Cole Nygren

Height:
5-9
Weight:
160
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Longmont, CO
High School:
Alexander Dawson School

2015-16 -- Averaged 72.6 strokes per round over 30 rounds as a junior with five top-20 finishes and 11 rounds of par or better, including four rounds in the 60s, en route to first-team All-Big West Conference honors ... best round of season was a 65, one shy of the school record, at the Del Walker Classic en route to a fifth-place tie ... also finished second in Big West Conference Championship, fifth in the OGIO UCSB Intercollegiate and seventh in the LMU Invitational ... enters senior season with 73.96 career scoring average over 72 rounds with seven top-20 finishes and 21 rounds of par or better.

2014-15 – Redshirt.

2013-14 -- As a sophomore, averaged 74.9 strokes over 25 rounds, including a pair of 69s, one at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational hosted by Hawai'i and the other at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate at Palm Desert ... also posted a 70 in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate ... competed in all nine tournaments with one top-20 finish, tying for ninth place in Firestone Grill Invitational at Monarch Dunes.

2012-13 -- Posted a pair of top-20 finishes as a true freshman at Cal Poly ... finished tied for seventh in the Firestone Grill Cal Poly Invitational after a final-round 68 and a 214 total ... also placed 12th in the Pat Hicks Invitational hosted by Southern Utah ... posted a 74.9 scoring average over 17 rounds ... carded a 70 in the second round of the Fresno State Lexus Classic.

High School -- A 2012 graduate of Alexander Dawson School in Lafayette, Colo. ... was team MVP three times and was state runner-up as a senior ... twice earned first-team All-Mile High League honors and was a second-team all-league selection once ... named school's male athlete of the year and earned four letters in golf ... averaged 73.0 strokes per round as a junior and 71.3 strokes as a senior ... three-time Honor Roll member ... member of Robotics Club ... visited Colorado and Air Force before choosing Cal Poly.

Personal -- Son of Charles and Melanie Nygren ... one sister, Lauren ... served an internship with Taylorsmade-Adidas Golf ... lists all sports as hobbies ... member of Block P, Cal Poly's lettermen's club ... grew up on a farm in Colorado ... born in Louisville, Colo. ... majors in mechanical engineering.