University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Roster
Nile Petersen
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- High School:
- Washington HS
2025-26: Led UNI in one of the Panthers’ 10 tournaments over the season … Shot a season, single-round low 69 in the first rounds of the Zach Johnson Invitational and the SIUE Dolenc Invitational … Placed top-25 in three tournaments … Finished tied for 12th at the Zach Johnson Invitational (69-73-75 | 217) … Placed 14th at the WIU intercollegiate (73-75-73 | 221) … Led UNI with a 21st-place finish at the 2026 MVC Championships (76-72-72 | 220).
2024-25: MVC Honor Roll ... Led UNI in one of the Panthers’ 10 tournaments over the season … Shot a season, single-round low 69 in the second round of the WIU Invite … Placed top-25 in one tournament … Led UNI with a second-place finish at the WIU Invite (73-69-75 | 217).
2023-24: MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 11 rounds for the Panthers … Shot a season, single-round low 70 in the first round of the WIU Intercollegiate … Placed top-25 in one tournament … Finished tied for ninth at the WIU Intercollegiate (70-75-75 | 220).
2022-23: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in nine rounds for the Panthers … Shot a season, single-round low 72 in the third round of the Iowa Fall Classic … Had a season-best 28th-place finish at the Iowa Fall Classic (85-78-72 | 235).
HIGH SCHOOL: Runner-up at the Iowa High School State Championships for Cedar Rapids' Washington High School in 2019, the first time for any player from his school ... Two-time First Team All-State and First Team All-State Tournament award winner ... Two-time Second Team All-State honoree.
PERSONAL: From Cedar Rapids, Iowa ... Son of Marshall and Jennifer ... One younger sibling, Jane, and one older sibling, Tate ... Majoring in business analytics ... Enjoys fishing and playing pickleball ... Volunteered with Elmcrest Junior Golf.
CAREER STATISTICS
| YEAR | TOURNAMENTS | ROUNDS | STROKES | AVERAGE | 60s | 70s | LOW ROUND |
| 2022-23 | 3 | 9 | 692 | 76.88 | 0 | 8 | 72 - Iowa Fall Classic (3rd Round) |
| 2023-24 | 4 | 11 | 843 | 76.63 | 0 | 9 | 70 - WIU Intercollegiate (1st Round) |
| 2024-25 | 5 | 15 | 1,122 | 74.80 | 1 | 12 | 69 - WIU Intercollegiate (2nd Round) |
| 2025-26 | 8 | 24 | 1,799 | 74.96 | 2 | 17 | 69 - Two Times |
| CAREER | 20 | 59 | 4,456 | 75.53 | 3 | 46 | 69 - Three Times |
