2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
Awards:
- Second-Team All-Lone Star Conference (2024-25)
- Lone Star Conference All-Tournament Team (2025)
- 2X LSC Men's Golfer of the Week (10/3/2024, 3/27/2025)
- Edgardo Madrid & Associates Men's Student-Athlete of the Year (2024-25)
- 3X Edgardo Madrid & Associates Student-Athlete of the Month (October 2024, March 2025, April 2025)
2025-26:
Team Captain.
2024-25 (Redshirt Junior):
Named to the 2025 LSC Preseason Golfers to Watch list... Was UTPB's 2024-25 Edgardo Madrid & Associates Men's Student-Athlete of the Year... Was named UTPB's Edgardo Madrid & Associates Student-Athlete of the Month three times during the year (October, March, April)... Was named Second-Team All-LSC for his performance during the 2024-25 regular season... Earned a spot on the LSC All-Tournament Team after tying for fifth place at the 2025 Lone Star Conference Championship... Including the NCAA Regional Tournament, Tate played in 11 tournaments spanning 32 rounds... Had a 72.47 scoring average, a 72.0 adjusted scoring average, and a 217.10 three-round average... Played 16 rounds of even-par or under-par golf with a low round of 65 at the Midwestern State Invitational... Had one tournament win, two top-three finishes, four top-five finishes, five top-10 finishes and seven top-20 finishes... Ranked No. 90 in NCAA Division II and No. 16 in the South Central Region when the season came to an end... 2024-25 Season Highlights: Midwestern State Invitational Individual Champion, 2024 Runner-up in the RJGA South Central Shootout, Fourth place in the 2025 Shadow Valley Invitational, Fifth place in the 2025 Lone Star Conference Championship, 10th place in the 2025 Palm Valley Classic, Qualified as an Individual for the NCAA Regional Championship... Had a top-20 finish in each of the first three tournaments of the year, including a runner-up finish for which he was named the LSC Men's Golfer of the Week after leading the UTPB men's team to the RJGA South Central Shootout team championship... In the first tournament of the season in The Writz at Mile High (Sept. 9-10), Tate shot 75-78-74 (227) and finished in 16th place... In the very next tournament, Tate shot 70-72-72 (214) and was even-par during each of the final two rounds of the tournament to tie for second place and lead UTPB to a win at the RJGA South Central Shootout (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)... Just one week after leading the Falcons to what was their third tournament win in program history and subsequently being named both the LSC Men’s Golfer of the Week (for the week ending Oct. 1) and UTPB's Edgardo Madrid & Associates Men’s Student-Athlete of the Month for October, Tate started the next tournament with a minus-two and shot 68-69-72 (209) to tie for 20th at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational (Oct. 7-8)... Tate was named a 2024-25 LSC Golfer to Watch after averaging 72.25 per round during the Fall season... Then in the Spring season, Tate led the Falcons in a tie for fourth place, going one-over par during round one and shooting 73-75 (148) overall at the Shadow Valley Invitational (Mar. 3-4)... Tate then shot 79-72-76 (227) and was plus-two during round two to tie for 19th place at the Oak Tree Invitational (Mar. 17-18)... The highlight of the season came as Tate claimed the first individual win of his career at the Midwestern State Invitational (Mar. 24-25) while UTPB put together its third top-five team finish of the season. Tate shot six-under-par during the opening round and led the tournament by four strokes, and kept up his great pace with a minus-one during round two to lead the tournament by six strokes. After shooting under-par during each of the first two rounds, Tate finished at 65-70-72 (207) and was plus-one during the final round, but still won the tournament by five strokes and beat six golfers who are ranked in top-10 of their respective division... Tate jumped into the top-five of two categories in the UTPB record book following his win. His single-round score of 65 during round one ranks as the fifth-lowest in program history while his three-round score of 207 is tied for fifth... Tate is also the third-ever UTPB golfer to win a tournament, joining Sangha Park (2022-24) and Colton Hilburn (2020-22)... After winning the Midwestern State Invitational, Tate was named both the LSC Men's Golfer of the Week (for the week ending Mar. 26) and UTPB's Edgardo Madrid & Associates Men’s Student-Athlete of the Month (March) for the second time during the 2024-25 season... In the final tournament of the regular season at the RJGA Palm Valley Classic (Apr. 7-8), Tate shot 71-68-71 (210), was four-under-par during round two and was one-under during each of the first and third rounds to finish at minus-six overall and finish tied for 10th place. In addition to finishing at six-under for the second tournament in a row, his 68 during round two was his second under-70 round in the last two tournaments... Finished the regular-season being named Second-Team All-LSC and then tied for fifth place at the LSC Championship (Apr. 14-15) to earn a spot on the LSC All-Tournament Team. Tate shot 76-70-71 (217) to finish at one-under-par during the final round, three-under over the course of the final two rounds, and plus-one for the tournament overall... With another top-five finish at the LSC Championship under his belt, Tate is now second all-time with four top-five finishes in his career at UTPB, all coming this season at the RJGA South Central Shootout (2nd place), the Shadow Valley Invitational (4th place), the Midwestern State Invitational (1st place) and the LSC Championship (5th place)... Was selected to compete in the NCAA Regional Tournament as an individual... Was subsequently named UTPB's Edgardo Madrid & Associates Men’s Student-Athlete of the Month (April) for the third time during the 2024-25 season... Saved his best for last at the NCAA Division II West/South Central Regional Championship (May 8-10), shooting one-under during the third and final round to wrap up the tournament at three-under and finish in a nine-player tie for 38th place. Tate shot 71-71-71 (213) to finish at three-under-par and become the first Falcon to shoot under-par during all three rounds at the regional championship. Tate also finished tied for first among the eight individuals playing in the field at regionals.
2023-24 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Played in a total of 10 events on the season... Totaled 28 rounds played... Season-best finish of ninth place at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invite (Oct. 2) and the RJGA South Central Shootout (Sep. 25)... His best score was three-under par at the RGJA South Central Shootout... Had a scoring average on the year of 72.3 (adjusted), helped him rank 34th in the region... Named to the Fall 2023 & Spring 2024 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
VCU:
Member of the 2021 and 2022 VCU Honor Roll.
High School:
Also played soccer in high school.
Personal:
Second place at Open Championship Regional Qualifying... Seventh place at Open Championship Final Qualifying... Second place at the 2025 Tillman Trophy... Fourth place at the 2025 Walton Heath Trophy.
Historical Player Information
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2024-25Redshirt Junior
6'2"
172 lbs
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2025-26Redshirt Senior
6'2"
0 lbs
