Nate McCoy

Weight:
0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
West Des Moines, Iowa
High School:
Dowling

2011-12
One of the most accomplished golfers in Iowa State history, Nate McCoy led the team in stroke average at 71.65, breaking Iowa State’s single-season scoring mark ... named First-Team All-Big 12 by the league’s coaches ... was a Ping All-Central Region selection ... earned honorable mention All-America accolades ... honored as Iowa State’s Male Athlete of the Year ... ended the season ranked 42nd nationally by Golfweek ... totaled 14 career top-10 finishes, including eight in 14 tournaments this year ... his career 73.21 stroke average ranks second all-time in school history ... shot 72 or lower in 28 of 43 rounds, including eight sub-70 rounds ... won three tournaments in his career, including two this year, becoming the first Cyclone to have three career victories since Jeremy Lyons (2000-04) ... became the first Cyclone to compete in the NCAA Championships since Clay Davis in 1980 ... tied for 29th at the NCAA Championships (217), firing rounds of 72-73-72 ... was the top finisher among the six individuals at the NCAA finals ... finished seventh at the NCAA Bowling Green Regional with rounds of 73-68-71 (212) ... birdied the final hole to defeat Arkansas’ Ethan Tracy for the lone NCAA indivdual qualifying berth ... his second-round 68 tied the school record for low round in a NCAA postseason event ... led the Cyclones at the Big 12 Championships by tying for 14th (297) ... won his second tournament of the season by six shots at the Hawkeye Invitational, carding a school-record 54-hole low 202 (68-65-69) ... shot a second-round 65 to eclipse the school record for lowest 18-hole round at 7-under ... was named Golfweek’s National Player of the Week on April 16 ... finished third at the Mizzou Intercollegiate with rounds of 69-71-71 (211), tying for the 14th-best score in school history ... tied for sixth at the UTSA Invitational (214) ... tallied a 71.36 stroke average and led the squad with three top-10 finishes in the fall ... ended the fall campaign ranked 71st nationally by Golfstat ... won his second career tournament at the Rees Jones Invite, tallying a 6-under 210, nine shots better than the rest of the field ... hit 47 of 54 greens and had no 3-putts en route to the title ... recorded a top-10 finish at the Firestone Invite, tying for ninth (212) ... tied for 10th at the Wolverine Intercollegiate with a 213 ... did not lose a tournament in the state of Iowa since 2010, winning his last five events he competed in as an amateur: IGA Four-Ball, U.S. Open qualifier, Iowa Masters, Herman Sani and Hawkeye Invite ... had arguably the best summer by a Cyclone golfer in recent memory ... finished the summer ranked 53rd in the world amateur rankings by Golfweek ... won all four tournaments he played in the state of Iowa ... won the prestigious Dogwood Invitational at 22-under par, defeating many of the top amateurs in the world ... Iowa Masters Champion ... medalist honors at the local U.S. Open qualifier ... Herman Sani champion.

2010-11

Led the team in stroke average (74.11) as the only Cyclone to play in all 36 rounds ... posted three top-five finishes ... tied for fourth at the Hoosier Invite (212) ... tied for 13th at the Desert Shootout, carding a 66 in the second round ... placed in the top-five twice in the fall ... won medalist honors at the Verizon Wireless VCU Shootout ... carded an 8-under 54-hole 208 total at the VCU Shootout, tying for the ninth-best 54-hole round in school history … birdied three of the last five holes to pull away from the field to claim the first tournament title by a Cyclone since Jeremy Lyons in 2004 … finished fifth at the D.A. Weibring invite, carding a 70 in the final round.

2009-10

Posted two top-10 finishes ... compiled a stroke average of 73.68, the second-best clip on the team ... top Cyclone finisher at the Big 12 Championships, tying for 32nd ... placed fourth overall at the Mobile Bay Invitational (216) ... played in all five fall tournaments, averaging 73.26 strokes per round to rank second on the team ... tied for sixth at the MacDonald Cup with a 211 ... carded a 67 at the Wolf Run Invitational.

2008-09

Compiled a solid freshman campaign, finishing second in stroke average for the Cyclones (73.83) and breaking Chris Baker’s rookie stroke average record ... shot a 69 in the second round of the Wolf Pack Classic ... finished fourth at the Shocker Classic for his top placing.

High School

2007 Iowa Class 4A individual champion ... won the state title by eight strokes with rounds of 68-70 (139) ... team finished in third ... compiled a 72.0 stroke average his senior season ... placed sixth at the 2006 state meet ... two-time CIML conference champion (2006, 2008) ... two top-10 finishes the summer of 2007 ... fifth at the Iowa Masters ... ninth at the Herman Sani Invitational ... coached by Ron Gray.

Personal

Born July 17, 1990 ... son of Mike McCoy, one of the most accomplished amateur golfers in Iowa history ... Mike is a six-time Iowa Amateur Player of the Year recipient ... mother is Terri Mitchell ... has one brother, Danny and two sisters, Megan and Erin ... communication studies major.

McCoy Quick Facts
Driver: 910 D3
Irons: Titleist AP2
Putter: Odyssey #9
Favorite Course: Pine Valley in New Jersey
Favorite Tour Player: Zach Johnson
Favorite Club In The Bag: 7 iron
Greatest Golf Moment: Winning the 2011 Dogwood Invitational
One Thing I Can't Live Without In My Bag: My pocket Bible