Nick Piesen

Height:
5-11
B/T:
4th
Hometown:
Strongsville, Ohio
High School:
Saint Ignatius

2026-27 (Fourth Year)
• Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List
Shot a 223 (73-73-77; +7) to tie for 39th at the Highlands Invitational… tied for 20th at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate with a score of 208 (69-68-71; -2).

2025-26 (Third Year)
• Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List
Played 36 rounds across 12 events… played 16 rounds at or below par, including a season-low 66 in the third round of the Gators Invitational… posted a stroke average of 72.28… finished inside the top-20 in four events, including two top-10 outings… tied for 55th at the Big Ten Championships with a score of 220 (75-74-71; +10)… shot a 226 (76-74-76; +13) to tie for 30th at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational… played a 218 (72-74-72; +2) to finish t-44th at the Robert Kepler Invitational… finished t-19th at the Schenkel Invitational with a score of 214 (72-70-72; -2)… tied for 10th at the Colleton River Collegiate with a three-round score of 214 (73-70-71; -2)… played a 210 (72-72-66; E) to tie for 15th at the Gators Invitational… closed the fall season with a t-88th finish and a score of 217 (71-68-78; +4) at the Ka’anapali Classic… turned in a scorecard of 216 (73-68-75; E) to tie for 47th at the Quail Valley Collegiate Classic… tied for 58th at the Fighting Irish Classic with a scorecard of 221 (74-70-77; +11)… played a 218 (69-74-75; +2) at the Windon Memorial Classic to tie for 47th place… finished at 216 (72-74-70; +6) to place t-39th at the Fighting Illini Invitational… tied for eighth while playing as an individual at the Rod Myers Invitational with a score of 212 (67-71-74; -4).

2024-24 (Second Year)
• Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Nominee
• Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List
Played 30 rounds across 10 events… compiled 14 rounds at or below par, including a season-low of 68 in the second round of the Boilermaker Invitational… posted a stroke average of 72.97… finished inside the top-10 in one tournament… carded a 217 (71-69-77; +7) to tie for 28th at the Big Ten Championships… tied for 31st at the Purdue Invitational with a score of 214 (74-68-72; +1)… signed for a 216 (75-70-71; E) as an individual at the Schenkel Invitational to tie for 23rd… registered a score of 231 (75-80-76; +15) to finish t-56th at the Colleton River Collegiate… posted a score of 221 (77-72-72; +5) to tie for 44th at the Palmas del Mar Collegiate… shot a 211 (69-71-71; -2) to tie for 58th at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Invitational… played a scorecard of 221 (74-77-70; +11) to tie for 50th at the Fighting Irish Classic… tied for 83rd at the Windon Memorial Classic with a score of 232 (76-81-75; +19)… placed fourth at the Purdue Fall Invitational with a three-round score of 212 (73-69-70; -4)… tied for 33rd at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate with a three-round scorecard of 214 (75-70-69; +4).

2023-24 (First Year)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (April 3)
Played 24 rounds across nine events… compiled five rounds at or below par, including a season-low of 65 in the second round of the Don Benbow Spring Invitational… posted a stroke average of 73.79, the fifth-lowest for a freshman in program history… earned three top-20 outings and two outright wins… shot a 229 (77-76-76; +16) as an individual at the Hoosier Collegiate to finish t-35th… won the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational with a score of 133 (68-65; -7)… tied for 60th as an individual with a scorecard of 220 (76-74-70; +4) at the Colleton River Collegiate… placed t-63 as an individual at the Battle at Briar’s Creek after shooting a 153 (76-77; +9)… tied for 65th as an individual at the Steelwood Collegiate with a three-round scorecard reading 233 (76-79-78; +17)… earned his first collegiate victory at the Cardinal Invitational with a two-round score of 134 (68-66; -6)… posted a t-71st finish while playing as an individual at the Fighting Irish Classic with a score of 226 (73-76-77; +16)… played a scorecard of 221 (72-74-75; +8) at the Windon Memorial Classic to place 78th… shot a 222 (70-75-77; +12) to tie for 18th as an individual at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational… won the 2023 Golfweek Hoosier Amateur at The Pfau Course after shooting a 208 (68-67-73; -5) prior to the start of the season.

Prep/Personal
A four-time letterwinner for head coach PJ Meyers at Saint Ignatius High School… 2022 OHSAA Division 1 Individual State Champion… All-Ohio First Team in both 2020 and 2022… 2021 All-Ohio Second Team… three-time All-Northeast Ohio District First Team… two-time OHSAA Division 1 Team State Champion (2021, ‘22)… the Wildcats shot a two-day total of 591 in the 2021 state tournament to break the OHSAA Division 1 record by 15 strokes… 2020 OHSAA Division 1 Team State runner-up… won the 2021 AJGA at Knollwood Presented by Yoder Oil… holds the school record for single-season scoring average at 70.94… qualifier for 2022 US Junior Amateur… plans study sports management or business… favorite professional golfer is Rory McIlroy… favorite course is Pinehurst 4… son of Scott and Vicki Piesen.

Year	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low
2023-24	24	1,771	73.79	65
2024-25	30	2,189	72.97	68
2025-26	36	2,602	72.28	66
2026-27	6	431	71.83	68
TOTALS	96	6,992	72.84	65