Denzel Ieremia

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Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Hamilton, New Zealand

2017-18
Led team in top-10 finishes (7), birdies (133), eagles (10) and stroke average (72.11) ... his seven top-10 finishes ties for sixth and his stroke average ranks ninth on ISU’s season list ... ranked No. 81 nationally by Golfstat ... tied for 57th at the NCAA Championship (73-74-75=222) ... earned a ninth-place finish (68-68-74=210) at the NCAA Pacific Regional, lifting Iowa State to a third-place finish as a team and a NCAA Championship berth ... one of seven players in school history to record a top-10 at a NCAA Regional ... was two strokes shy from making the Big 12 All-Tournament Team, placing 13th at the Big 12 Championship (71-73-71-73=288) ... placed fourth at the Hawkeye Invitational (67-75=142) ... tied for eighth at the Hootie Intercollegiate at 211 ... tied for second at the NIT with a career-low 202 (70-64-68), tying for the third-best score in ISU history ... his second-round 64 featured 11 birdies and ties for the second-lowest score in in the history of ISU golf ... tied for fourth at the Northern Intercollegiate (72-71-66=209) ... recorded a top-10 finish at the Badger Invite (T10th) with rounds of 73-68-71 ... recorded a top-10 finish at the Windon Memorial (T10) with rounds of 71-72-66=210... ended career with the third-best stroke average in school history (72.57) ... tallied 13 top-10s and 25 rounds in the 60s in his career ... his 13 career top-10s tied for sixth in school history ... posted seven rounds of 66 or lower in his career.

2016-17
First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... tied for the team lead in top-10 finishes (4) and third on the team in stroke average (72.76) ... third on the team in sub-70 rounds (10) ... averaged 3.12 birdies per round ... ranked No. 209 nationally by Golfweek ... made the 54-hole cut as an individual at the NCAA Championship, tying for 47th with rounds of 73-70-71-81 (295) ... carded a 72-hole total of 315 to tie for 43rd at the Big 12 Championships ... tied for 25th at the NCAA Austin Regional (71-79-68=218) ... led the team in the spring with a stroke average of 70.00 ... tied for fourth at the NIT with three-straight rounds in the 60s (68-67-69=204) ... ISU’s low scorer in the first three fall tournaments ... finished seventh (71-71-70=214) at the Badger Invite ... led the Cyclones at the VCU Shootout by tying for fourth (67-69=139) ... won his first career tournament by four shots at the Pinetree Invitational (71-65-73=209) ... fired all three rounds under 70 at the NIT (68-67-69=204) to tie for fourth ... tied for fourth at the Pacific Coast Amateur (66-72-69-71=278) at Chambers Bay in Washington in the summer of 2017.

2015-16
Transferred to Iowa State for the spring season ... played in eight tournaments, compiling a stroke average of 72.96 to rank third on the team ... tied for second on the team in top-10 finishes with two ... posted his first career top-10 (T3) at the Desert Shootout with a career-low 203 (66-67-70), the fourth-lowest 54-hole score in school history ... marked a 205 at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational (sixth-place finish) after scoring a career-low 64 in the first round ... his 64 ties for the second-best 18-hole score in school history ... in the summer, qualified for the U.S. Amateur.

High School
Member of the New Zealand national team for three years … member of the Waikato interprovincial team which won two national titles … the 2015 South Island Stroke Play champion … winner of the 2015 Cambridge Classic … placed fourth at the New Zealand Stroke Play and finished second at the North Island Under 19’s ... home course is Hamilton Golf Club ... also played rugby, tennis, cricket and soccer.

Personal
Born Feb. 22, 1996 ... son of Lale and and Marina Ieremia ... has three siblings: Ariona, Lela and Eleina ... finance major.