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2022-23 Men's Golf Roster

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Nico Lang

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Ingolstadt, Germany
  • High School Gymnasium Gaimersheim
  • Instagram nico.lang

Biography

Honors and Awards 

  • Two-Time Spring Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023)
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022-23)
  • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2019-20 at WVU)
  • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2019-20 at WVU)
  • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll (2019-20 at WVU))

Senior - 2022-23

  • Competed in 15 rounds over five events, all as an individual competitor
  • Eighth on the team with a stroke average of 74.67
  • Posted a pair of top-20 finishes with a season-best tie for ninth at the Dayton Flyer Invitational (Oct. 17-18), and a tie for 19th at the Hal Williams Collegiate (Feb. 13-14)
  • Carded five of 15 rounds at par or better including three rounds with a season-low score of 70 (-1), in Round 2 at Dayton, and Rounds 1 and 2 at the Hal Williams where he finished with a season-best 54-hole score of 211 (-2).

Summer - 2022

  • Runner-up, one stroke back, at the 2022 German International Amateur Championship  after carding rounds of 67-71-66-67 to finish wit ha 271 (-17) at Mülheim an der Ruhr Golf Club in Mülheim, Germany
  • Competed in match play at the 2022 German TEam Championship (Aug. 6-7)

Junior - 2021-22

  • Competed in 19 rounds over eight events, including seven as an individual competitor
  • Traveled to Big Ten Championship and NCAA New Haven Regional as an alternate but did not compete
  • Ranked seventh on the team with a stroke average1 of 75.21
  • Recorded four rounds of par or better
  • Played in the Illini's scoring lineup for the first time in his career at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 17-19)
  • Recorded a season-best 54-hole total of 223 (+7) on two occasions: at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Feb. 14-15) and the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 23-24) 

Summer - 2021

  • Runner-up, one stroke back, at the Gradi Polish Open (June 30 - July 2) with rounds of 66-64-66
  • Placed 18th with rounds of 69-70-71-69 at the German International Amateur Championship (July 22-25)
  • Helped Team Germany to a sixth-place finish at the European Amateur Team Championship (July 6-10) PGA Catalunya Resort in Catalunya, Spain.

Sophomore - 2020-21

  • Competed in six rounds over two events as an individual competitor
  • Ranked eighth on the team with a stroke average of 73.50
  • Recorded three rounds of par or better, including one round of season-low 71 (-1) in each of his two tournament appearances
  • Recorded a season-best 54-hole total of 220 (+4) at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Feb. 14-16)
  • Notched best finish of the season, a tie for 33rd, at the Louisiana Classics (March 15-16) 

Summer/Fall - 2020

  • Placed seventh at the Golfsportmanufaktur Schäfflertanz International Open (June 23-25)
  • Tied for 53rd at the GTGA Invitational (July 22-25)
  • Tied for sixth at the GCAA Amateur Series at the U of I Orange Course in Savoy (Sept. 19-20)
  • Tied for second at the Golfweek Purdue Amateur (Oct. 10-11)
  • Missed cut at the South Beach International Amateur (Dec. 19-22) and the Orlando International Amateur Championship (Dec. 28-30). 

Freshman - 2019-20 (at West Virginia)

  • Competed in 16 rounds over six events. 
  • Ranked second on the team with a stroke average of 71.81
  • Recorded 10 rounds of par or better and four rounds in the 60s
  • Notched three top-20 tournament finishes
  • Posted a season-best finish with a tie for 14th at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational (Oct. 7-8)

High School/Junior

  • Won the 2017 Bavarian U18 Championship (74-76-71) and the 2016 German National Qualifier (74-70-70)
  • Claimed medalist honors at the 2016 Austrian International Junior Championship (76-70-68) and the 2016 German U18 National Qualifier (74-68)
  • Runner-up at the 2017 Bavarian 16-18 Junior Championship (75-76-70), the 2016 Czech International Junior Championship (72-75-67), the 2016 German U18 Nationals (71-72-71) and the 2015 Florida International Junior Championship (71-72-73)
  • Recorded a top-10 finish at the 2017 German International Amateur Championship (ninth place)
  • Posted a top-20 finish at the 2018 Coca-Cola Berlin Open Championship (19th place)

Personal

  • Son of Michael and Kerstin Lang
  • Born Nov. 24, 1999
  • Majoring in Business

Career Statistics

Year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round Low 54-Hole Score
2019-20 (Freshman at WVU) 16 1,149 71.81 67 (-4) 206 (-7)
2020-21 (Sophomore at Illinois) 6 441 73.50 71 (-1) 220 (+5)
2021-22 (Junior at Illinois) 19 1,429 75.21 69 (-2) 223 (+7)
2022-23 (Senior at Illinois) 15 1,120 74.67 70 (-1) 211 (-2)
Total 56 4,139 73.91 67 (-4) 206 (-7) 

Career Results

2019-20 (Freshman at WVU) Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 8-9 The Gopher Invitational 70-67-80 = 217 (+4) T21
Sept. 23-24 Old Town Club Collegiate 70-68-71 = 209 (-1) T20
Oct. 7-8 The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational 77-72-72 = 221 (+5) T14
Oct. 20-22 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational 76-76-71 = 223 (+7) T48
Nov. 1-3 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic 67-69-70 = 206 (-7) T18
Feb. 2 vs. Connecticut 73 = 73 (+1) T2
2020-21 (Sophomore at Illinois) Tournament Score Finish
Feb. 14-16 Mobile Bay Intercollegiate ^  75-71-74 = 220 (+4) T44
March 15-16 Louisiana Classics ^ 71-72-78 = 221 (+5) T33
2021-22 (Junior at Illinois) Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 5-6 Hoosier Collegiate Invitational ^ 78-76-81 = 235 (+22) T57
Sept. 17-19 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational  73-82-77 = 232 (+22) T78
Oct. 3-4 Mimlikin Country Club Classic ^ 69-71 = 140 (-2) 3
Feb. 14-15 Mobile Bay Intercollegiate ^ 72-75-76 = 223 (+7) T51
March 28-29 Butler Spring Invitational ^ 72-77 = 149 (+9) T43
April 9-10 Boilermaker Invitational ^ 75-75-77 = 227 (+14) 44
April 23-24 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate ^ 78-75-70 = 223 (+7) T52
2022-23 (Senior at Illinois) Tournament Score Finish
Sept. 16-17 OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational ^ 79-75-75 = 229 (+19) T72
Oct. 17-16 Dayton Flyer Invitational ^ 78-70-72 = 220 (+7) T9
Feb. 13-14 Hal Williams Collegiate ^ 70-70-71 = 211 (+9) T19
March 17-18 National Invitational Tournament ^ 72-77-76 = 225 (+9) T79
April 22-23 Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate ^ 76-83-76 = 235 (+22) T57

^ - Competed as an individual and did not count toward team score

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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