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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Ioan Rowe

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Swansea, Wales
  • Highschool Cwmtawe Community School

Biography

Awards:
  • Second-Team All-Lone Star Conference (2025-26)
  • LSC Men's Golfer of the Week (10/16/2025)
  • UTPB Edgardo Madrid & Associates Men's Student-Athlete of the Month (October 2025)
  • 2X College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Men's At-Large Team (2024-25, 2025-26)
  • 2024-25 NCAA Division II Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar (2024-25)
  • 2025-26 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee (UTPB’s Inaugural Class)

2025-26 (Junior):
Named to the 2026 LSC Preseason Golfers to Watch list... Named Second-Team All-LSC... Finished the season ranked No. 93 in NCAA Division II and No. 13 in the South Central Region... Posted a 72.0 adjusted scoring average while playing in all 11 tournaments and in all 32 rounds... Totaled three top-10 finishes and seven top-25 finishes... Also had three top-four finishes this season: The Hrnciar (2nd), the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational (3rd), and the Rattler Invitational (4th). Finished under-par in three tournaments this season, including a score of nine-under at The Hrnciar... Named UTPB's Men's Student-Athlete of the Month for October. The month of October saw Rowe finish second at The Hrnciar (Oct. 6-7) and third at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational (Oct. 14-15). With his second-round score of 64 at The Hrncir, Rowe (72-64-71; 207; -9) set a new tournament record and tied for the third-lowest single round score in program history. Rowe (67-68-71; 206; -7) was then named the LSC Men's Golfer of the Week after finishing third at the Ryan Palmer... To start the Spring season, after tying for first place during each of the first two rounds at four-under during round one and even-par during round two, Rowe (68-72-76; 216; E) finished in a three-player tie for fourth place out of 87 total golfers at the Rattler Invitational... Lastly, the highlight of the Shadow Valley Invitational for the Falcons was the round-three performance by Rowe (71-77-75; 223; +7). During the round, Rowe shot back-to-back eagles on a par-4 and a par-5, becoming the first player in program history to accomplish the extremely rare feat. Rowe performed his magic on the par-4 hole two (374 yards) and the par-5 hole three (502 yards) during round three... Tied for 22nd at the LSC Championship (78-70-80; 228; +12) and tied for 60th at the Regional Championship (77-73-72; 222; +6)... Rowe previously ranked as high as No. 10 in all of Division II and second in the region in the first National Collegiate Golf Rankings (Clippd Scoreboard rankings) of the 2025-26 season (mid-October) after posting back-to-back top-three finishes within the first three tournament of the Fall season... Named to the Fall 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll... Named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team for the second year in a row.

2024-25 (Sophomore):
Played in all 10 tournaments for the Falcons in his second year... Totaled 29 rounds on the year... Had a 74.59 scoring average (73.9 adjusted scoring average) and a 223.89 three-round average... Had six rounds of par or under with a low round of 69... Had one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes... Ranked No. 338 in the nation and No. 51 in the South Central Region... Shot 74-72-72 (218) and was even-par during each of the final two rounds to tie for a spot in the top-10 and help lead UTPB to a win at the RJGA South Central Shootout (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)... Tied for fourth place after shooting 75-73 (148) and going plus-one during the final round at the Shadow Valley Invitational (Mar. 3-4)... Best score of the year came at the RJGA Men's Palm Valley Classic (Apr. 7-8) where he shot 73-70-70 (213) and finished at three-under-par... Shot just one-over-par during round two at the LSC Championship (Apr. 14-15) and finished at 78-73-86 (237)... Named to the Spring 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll... Has made the LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll three times in his first four semesters at UTPB... Named to the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team... Was named a 2024-25 NCAA Division II Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar... Earned 2025 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2023-24 (First-Year):
Played in a total of nine events as a true freshman... Totaled 22 rounds played... Season-best finish of 23rd at the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate (Oct. 27), where he also scored his season best of one-over-par... He held a scoring average of 74.1 (adjusted) on the year... Named to the Fall 2023 & Spring 2024 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Personal:
Played for Wales in the Home Internationals and European Championship at Boys level... The summer after his sophomore year at UTPB Rowe was selected to play for the Welsh men's national team in the Home Internationals starting on August 6, 2025, at Woodhall Spa in England... He also spent the summer playing various tournaments across Wales and England and managed to win the Tucker Trophy and have a couple of other top-10 finishes in various events.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    0 lbs
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2025-26Junior

    5'11" 0 lbs