Completed Event: Men's Golf versus Gopher Invitational on September 7, 2025 , , T-4th/15
Final
Men's Golf
Gopher Invitational
T-4th/15
Iowa State University Athletics
2009-10 Golf (M) Roster
Herrera, Ben
Ben Herrera
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Urbandale, Iowa
- High School:
- West Des Moines Valley/Wisconsin
Bio
Career Quick Facts:
- Low Round: 67 (Twice); Wolf Run Invite, Aldila Invite
- Low 54: 209, 2008 Wolverine Intercollegiate
- Best Finish: T3rd, 2009 Mizzou Tiger Intercollegiate
- Top 10 Finishes: 8
- Rounds Played: 90
- Average: 72.87
2009-10
Led team with a 72.19 stroke average, the second-best single-season scoring clip in school history ... ranked 154th by Golfstat and 155th by Golfweek ... his 72.87 career scoring average is the best mark in school history ... has four top-10 finishes ... led team with led team with nine sub-70 rounds ... became just the fourth Cyclone in school history to qualify for a NCAA Regional as an individual ... tied for 16th at the NCAA East Regional (71-68-70=209), the second-best finish by a Cyclone at a NCAA Regional competition ... tied for fourth at the Mizzou Intercollegiate ... tied for 11th at the First Tee Collegiate for his best finish of the spring season and his sixth top-11 finish or better on the year ... had an outstanding fall season, finishing in the top-11 in all five meets ... posted a team-best 71.53 stroke average in the fall ... ended the fall season ranked 64th nationally by Golfstat ... averaged 68.0 strokes per round in the final round of all five fall events, shooting in the 60s all five times ... carded two 67s ... finished tied fourth at Memphis Intercollegiate ... placed 10th at the Wolf Run Invite ... tied for 11th at Wolverine Invite (213) ...tied for 6th at the MacDonald Cup, firing a 211, the 13th-best 54-hole score in school history ... won the Iowa Amateur by 10 shots in the summer of 2009.
2008-09
Started his first full season with the Cyclones, playing in every tournament ... ended the season with a 73.27 scoring clip ... notched two top-10 finishes including the best finish of his career (T3rd) at the Mizzou Tiger Intercollegiate ... shot a career low-54 (209) at the Wolverine Intercollegiate ... won the Iowa Masters, tied for 7th at the Iowa Amateur and qualified for the 2008 U.S. Amateur in the summer.
2007-08
Played in every spring tournament after sitting out the first semester ... compiled the second-best stroke average on the team (73.45) ... posted top-10 finishes at the O.C Triangular and Tiger Classic ... tied for 13th at the Boilermaker Invitational, shooting a 68 in hte third round ... led the Cyclones at the Big 12 Championships, carding rounds of 72-77-73-72 (294) to tie for 13th.
2006-07
Transferred from the University of Wisconsin ... did not compete in the 2006 fall season, sitting out as a redshirt.
2005-06 (Wisconsin)
Competed in four fall tournaments, compiling a 75.3 stroke average ... tied for 22nd at the Memphis Intercollegiate with a 222 total (75-75-72) ... fired a 218 at the Barona Collegiate Cup ... coached by Jim Schuman.
High School
Ranked the 66th best player in the 2005 class by Golfweek/Titleist Performance Index ... Class 4A Iowa state high school champion in 2004 while leading West Des Moines Valley High School to a second-place team finish ... 2005 conference (CIML) champion ... two-time district medalist (2003 and 2004) ... tied for fourth at the 2003 state meet and tied for ninth in 2002 ... set the 18-hole state high school golf record in 2004 with a 7-under 63 ... won eight of 11 high school events in his final season.
Personal
Born Jan. 27, 1987 ... son of Luis and Deb Herrera ... has two brothers, Nick and Alex... favorite food is sushi.
Lachlan Barker feature
Friday, April 22
Cyclone Club Update: Jan 2022
Friday, January 28
Stark Performance Center
Tuesday, January 25
Iowa State Campus Tour
Tuesday, January 18
