Nick Holder

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.
High School:
Bishop Dwenger

• Purdue Fort Wayne Top 50 Student (2025)
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
• 2023 Horizon League Championship Team Champion
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 2024, 2025)
• GCAA All-America Scholar (2024, 2025)

2024-25:
Season Stats/Results
Played in all 28 rounds and 10 tournaments ... Had a season average of 75.21 ... Had a season-low of 219 in the season-opening tournament at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (Sept. 9-10) ... Had two rounds of 71 in that tournament, also matching his season-best 18-hole scores ... Tied for 16th at the World Golf Village Collegiate (Feb. 24-25) with a 73-76-149 ... Followed it up with a 75-74-149 at the Surf Club Invitational (March 10-11) ... Shot 85-76-77-238 at the Horizon League Championship (April 19-21).

2023-24:
Season Stats/Results
Played in 31 rounds over 11 tournaments ... Through two seasons, he owns the fourth-best career scoring average in program history ... Season average of 73.84 ranks third in program history among sophomores ... Shot his season best of 67-72-70-209 at the Tom Tontimonia Invitational (Oct. 2-3) where he finished in a tie for 12th ... That 209 mark ties for the sixth-best 54-hole score in program history ... Had his best finish at the Sacred Heart Invitational (March 8-9), where he tied for 11th with a 75-73-148 ... Had two top-20 finishes in the last month of the season: the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational (73-67-140, Apr.1) and the Horizon League Championship (78-76-71-225, Apr. 20-22).

2022-23:
Season Stats/Results
Played in all 13 events for a total of 38 rounds ... Shot 69-72-76-217 (+4) at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invite (Sept. 12-13) to tie for 27th ... Tied for 35th after a 74-72-77-223 (+7) performance at the Mickey Mouse Intercollegiate (Feb. 19-21) ... Had his best performance of the season with a 68-72-140 (-4) at the Sacred Heart Spring Invite (March 9-10) to take third ... Shot 70-79-76-215 (+5) at the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational (March 27-28) ... Had a top-10 finish at the Horizon League Championship (April 23-25) with a 73-74-75-222 (+6), leading the Mastodons to their first Horizon League Championship and berth to the NCAA Regional ... Was the Mastodons' best scorer at the NCAA Regional with a 75-72-76-223 score to tie for 62nd.

2021-22
Did not compete in any tournament action ... Redshirted.

High School: Led the Saints to a pair of sectional championships, two regional championships and two berths to the berths to the IHSAA state tournament ... Selected to the All-Summit Athletic Conference in 2019 ... Had four top-10 performances his career ... Tied for fourth at the Indiana Junior Championship with a 73-74-147 ... Tied for 12th at the 2019 Indiana state championship with a 72-74-146 ... Tied for seventh at the Chatham Hills Golfweek Junior Tour with a 75-74-149 ... Tied for seventh at the Hoosier Junior Championship with a 75-76-151 ... Competed in the Indiana Amateur Championship ...Was an Honor Roll selection ... Earned the Mother Teresa award.

Personal: Son of Troy and Kari Holder ... Has two brothers, Zach and Alex, and one sister, Lainey ... Majoring in General Studies.