Tom Westenberger

SENIOR WUPPERTAL, GERMANY (IOWA WESTERN CC)

CAREER STATS Year Rounds

2019-20 12

Total 12 Strokes

917

917

CAREER HONORS

• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2019; Spring 2020) • NJCAA Division I All-American (HM, 2018) • 13th at NJCAA Championship (2018) • NJCAA Division I Championship Team Runner-Up Finish (Iowa Western CC, 2018) • No. 18 Scoring Average in NJCAA Division I (GolfStat, 2019) • First-Team Academic All-Region XI (2018)

JUNIOR (2019-20)

Tom Westenberger closed his first year at Nebraska with the team’s No. 3 stroke average (76.42) over 12 rounds.

The 2018 NJCAA All-American made his Nebraska debut in the Huskers’ second tournament of the season by competing at the Prairie Club Invitational in Valentine, Neb. He tied for 40th at 237 (+18), before putting together his best tournament of the season at the Maridoe Invitational. He fired a 226 (+10) to tie for 14th individually. He closed the fall with another 226 (+13) to finish 59th at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate.

Westenberger opened the spring by going 1-2-1 individually to help the Huskers to a fourthplace team finish at the Big Ten Match Play Championships. He also played solid golf with a

Average

76.42

76.42 CAREER BESTS

Low Round Low 54-Hole Score Top Finish Rounds Under Par 70 (Desert Mountain, 3/8/20) 226 (Maridoe, 10/8/19; Royal Oaks, 10/22/19) T14th (Maridoe, 10/8/19) 1

228 (+12) to tie for 41st at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 7-8).

The 2020 spring season came to an abrupt end with the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 closing down the remainder of the college sports season in mid-March.

Off the course, Westenberger earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2019-20.

BEFORE NEBRASKA (IOWA WESTERN)

One of three junior college transfers in Nebraska’s crop of five newcomers for 201920, Westenberger was one of the first pieces of Coach Mark Hankins’ 2019 recruiting class.

Westenberger, who produced an outstanding career at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, finished 13th individually as a freshman at the 2018 NJCAA Division I Championship. He fired a four-round total of 287 (-1), including a 66 (-6) to lead the Reivers to a runner-up team finish at the national tournament. His performance throughout the season, which included four top-five individual tournament finishes, earned him NJCAA Division I Honorable-Mention All-America recognition.

Westenberger finished the 2018-19 season with the No. 18 adjusted scoring average (72.46) in NJCAA Division I men’s golf, according to GolfStat.

He helped Iowa Western to a seventh-place team finish at the NJCAA Division I Championship at the Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Fla., May 14-17. He matched fellow Husker Mark Foelbaek with a four-round score of 296 to tie for 46th individually at nationals. Westenberger’s performance included an opening-round 69 (-3) and a final-round 70 (-2).

He helped the Reivers earn a trip to the NJCAA Championship by tying for 21st individually at the rain-shortened District III Championship at Wild Horse Golf Club in Gothenburg, Neb., April 29-30. The Reivers finished third as a team at the tournament to qualify for nationals.

Westenberger tied for sixth at the Beu/ Mussatto Invitational in Macomb, Ill., April 15-16, finishing with a two-round total of 142 (-2), after taking 20th at the NSIC Preview Invitational at Shoal Creek in Kansas City, Mo., April 5-6.

In the fall of 2018, Westenberger continued his strong play, finishing as an individual tournament medalist in two of his five events. He took first in both the Warrior Challenge (Sept. 17-18) and the Bent Tree Intercollegiate (Oct. 1-2). He fired a 204 (-12) over three rounds to win the Warrior Challenge and a 211 (-5) over three rounds at the Bent Tree Intercollegiate.

He closed the fall campaign with a 70.08 stroke average to rank No. 8 in the country in the NJCAA.

PERSONAL

The son of Stefan and Nicole Westenberger, Tom was born June 30, 1999. Westenberger is an economics major and earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2019-20.

Westenberger said he chose Nebraska because of the outstanding support and coaching staff.

“I chose Nebraska because of the great facilities and the opportunity to play college golf in an excellent conference, while being supported by a coaching staff that I trust. A big focus for me has been improving my short game and setting myself up for more birdie opportunities. I believe Coach Hankins will help me improve my game and take it to the next level.”