Nick Piesen

Weight:
null
Height:
5-11
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Strongsville, Ohio
High School:
Saint Ignatius

2025-26 (Junior)
• Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List

2024-24 (Sophomore)
• 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 (Freshman)
• 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.