Kansas State University Athletics
2020-21 Men's Golf Roster
Jacob Eklund
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Carbondale, Ill.
- High School:
- Carterville HS
Graduate Student (2020-21)
Saw action in five events, accumulating a 74.38 stroke average… Had four top-20 finishes… Carded a season-low round of 69 at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational… Earned Academic All-Big 12 honors for a fourth-straight year.
Senior (2019-20)
Participated in all five events during the shortened season, leading the team with a 71.03 stroke average… All of his rounds (100 percent) counted towards the team score... Finished runner up at the Colleton River Collegiate, shooting 5-under par 211… Placed 7th at the Royal Oaks Collegiate with a 6-under par 207… All-Big 12 Academic Team for a third straight year...Tallied three top 20 finishes, including two top 10 finishes… Led the team with eight rounds under par.
Junior (2018-19)
One of three Wildcats to earn an individual bid at the NCAA Athens Regional, shooting an 8-over par 221 to tie for 36th... Finished tied for 23rd at the Big 12 Championship, tallying 5-over par 215... First Team Academic All Big 12 for second year in a row... Played in nine events, tallying a 71.74 stroke average, second on the team and second best in school history... Had four top-10 finishes, including three in the top five... Recorded a second-place finish at the Missouri Tiger Invitational... Tied for second at the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular, helping K-State to their first team win since 2012... Carded an 18-hole score of 65 at the Missouri Tiger Invitational, and had a 54-hole score of 203, both tied for fifth in school history.
Sophomore (2017-18)
Played in 11 events and put together a 74.15 stroke average... Had three top-20 finishes, including a pair of top-10 showings when he tied for seventh at the USA Individual Invitational and tied for eighth at the Seminole Intercollegiate thanks to a season-low 3-under par 213... Carded a season-low round of 67 at the Badger Invitational and Missouri Invitational, the second lowest round on the team during the season... Finished third on the team with 12 rounds of even or under-par golf, including 10 under-par rounds to rank second... Named a First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.
Freshman (2016-17)
Participated in eight events, leading the team with a 73.42 stroke average… Also placed second on the team for rounds even/under par (9) and average strokes per round behind leader (4.33)… Was also second on the team for gross top individual round score (68), while he was third in percentage of rounds counted (87.5)… Posted his low 18-hole score (68) at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate while posting his low 36-hole (142) and low 54-hole (216) at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate… Earned a top-10 finish at the Bill Ross Intercollegiate with a 1-over par 217, placing 10th individually and helping the team secure a second place finish… Also posted a top-20 finish at the Big 12 Championship with a team-leading 16th place finish at 18-over par (298).
High School
A three-time All-State honoree and regional winner… Set school records for low 9-hole (30) and low 18-hole (65) scores, in addition to lowest 9-hole (32.7) and lowest 18-hole (69.8) averages… Also successful on the junior circuit as he was ranked second in the state of Illinois and in the top-200 nationally in the class of 2016 by Golfweek when he signed with K-State... Recorded six top-10 finishes in AJGA events in 2014 and 2015, including top-five finishes in the 2015 AJGA Memorial Junior, the 2014 AJGA Bass Pro Junior and the 2014 AJGA St. Louis Junior... Also played basketball at Carterville.
Personal
Jacob Ryan Eklund was born January 5, 1998, in Carbondale, Illinois… Son of Lee and Donna Eklund… Has two siblings, Steven and Dillon… Majoring in Business.
| Career Stats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Events | Rnds | Strokes | Avg | Low 18 | Low 36 | Low 54 | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Best Finish | |
| 2016-17 | 8 | 24 | 1,762 | 73.42 | 68 | 142 | 216 | - | 1 | 2 | T10th - Bill Ross |
| 2017-18 | 11 | 33 | 2,447 | 74.15 | 67 | 142 | 213 | - | 2 | 3 | T17th - USA Individual |
| 2018-19 | 9 | 27 | 1,937 | 71.74 | 65 | 131 | 203 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2nd - Tiger Invitational |
| 2019-20 | 5 | 13 | 924 | 71.08 | 68 | 137 | 207 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2nd - Colleton |
| 2020-21 | 5 | 16 | 1,190 | 74.38 | 69 | 138 | 211 | - | 1 | 1 | T6th - Tiger Invitational |
| Career | 38 | 113 | 8,260 | 73.10 | 65 | 131 | 203 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2nd - Twice |
