Branden Meyer

SENIOR GILBERT, ARIZONA (CAMPO VERDE/SOUTH MOUNTAIN CC)

CAREER STATS Year Rounds

2019-20 15

Total 15 Strokes

1,133

1,133

CAREER HONORS

• GCAA All-America Scholar (2020) • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020) • NJCAA Division II All-American (First Team, 2019) • NJCAA Jack Nicklaus National

Player-of-the-Year Award Finalist (1 of 6, 2019) • Fourth as Individual at NJCAA Championships (2019) • Ping NJCAA Division II All-American (Second Team, 2019) • NJCAA Division II All-American (HM, 2018) • Ping NJCAA Division II All-West Region (2019) • NJCAA Team National Championship (South Mountain CC, 2019)

JUNIOR (2019-20)

Branden Meyer posted Nebraska’s No. 2 stroke average (75.53) in his first year as a Husker before the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 ended the college sports season in mid-March.

The 2019 NJCAA Division II All-American opened his Husker career by tying for 41st with a 224 (+8) at the Duke/Rod Myers Invitational. He followed with a tie for 11th with a 224 (+5) at the Prairie Club Invitational in Valentine, Neb. He continued to perform in the Husker lineup by tying for 45th at the Maridoe Intercollegiate and tied for 57th at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate.

Average

75.53

75.53 CAREER BESTS

Low Round 72 3x (last at Desert Mountain, 3/7/20) Low 54-Hole Score 224 (Duke/Rod Myers, 9/15/19) 224 (Prairie Club, 9/30/19) Top Finish T11th (Prairie Club, 9/30/19) Rounds Under Par 1

Meyer opened the spring by going 3-1 individually to help Nebraska to a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Match Play Championships, as the Huskers tied their best finish in history at the tournament.

He closed the season as Nebraska’s No. 2 finisher at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate by shooting a 226 (+10) to tie for 32nd.

Meyer capped his junior year by being named an All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America. He also claimed spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2019-20.

BEFORE NEBRASKA

Meyer joined the Husker men’s golf program in June of 2019 after an NJCAA AllAmerica sophomore season at South Mountain Community College in Arizona.

Meyer, who was the No. 2 ranked golfer in NJCAA Division II in 2018-19 according to GolfStat with an adjusted scoring average of 71.67, helped lead South Mountain CC to the 2019 national championship by finishing fourth as an individual. He finished with a four-round total of three-over-par 291 at Swan Lake Golf Resort in Plymouth, Ind., May 21-25. Meyer was also the NJCAA DII District A individual runnerup with his four-over-par 284 on the Sidewinder Course in Gold Canyon, Ariz., April 25-28, as South Mountain CC won the regional title to earn a bid to nationals by sweeping the top four individual spots at the regional.

Meyer was one of three South Mountain CC golfers to earn first-team NJCAA DII All-America honors in 2019. He was one of six finalists for the 2019 NJCAA Jack Nicklaus National Player-ofthe-Year Award. Meyer captured three individual tournament titles in 2018-19, while producing a total of nine top-five tournament finishes in 12 events for the Cougars on the year. He was also a second-team 2019 NJCAA Ping Division II AllAmerican, after earning NJCAA Ping DII West Region honors.

Meyer claimed honorable-mention NJCAA All-America honors as a freshman when he helped South Mountain CC to a fourth-place national finish.

The 6-4, 220-pounder from Gilbert, Ariz., helped Campo Verde High School to an Arizona Division II state championship while finishing third individually as a junior in the fall of 2015.

Meyer was a two-time first-team All-Arizona selection at Campo Verde and a two-time firstteam All-East Valley pick. Meyer finished seventh individually at the Arizona Division I state championship as a senior in 2016.

PERSONAL

The son of Brad and Lora Meyer, Branden was born May 30, 1999 in Mesa, Ariz. He has two younger sisters, Jordan and Morgan. Branden is majoring in finance at Nebraska and was named a GCAA All-America Scholar in 2020. He also earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2019-20.

He chose Nebraska over Nevada, Denver and Colorado.

“I chose Nebraska because of the exceptional facilities and student-athlete support, as well as Coach Hankins’ dedication to the program as well as winning,” Meyer said. “I think that speaks volumes about the direction the team is headed.”