2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

Darren Carroll/Cabo Collegiate
Todd Drexler/SE Sports Media
Todd Drexler/SE Sports Media
Todd Drexler/SE Sports Media
Denis Poroy/KLC Fotos
Darren Carroll/Cabo Collegiate
Catharyn Hayne/KLC Fotos

Nathan Wang

  • Class Sophomore
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 163
  • Hometown Fremont, CA
  • High School Archbishop Mitty HS
  • Major Political Economy

Biography

Year Events Rounds Rds in 60s Average Low Score Best Finish Matches
2022-23 10 31 4 72.64 67 T6 0-1
2023-24 9 27 4 72.74 63 3 --
Career 19 58 8 72.68 63 3 0-1

Personal Records At Cal
  • Lowest 18-hole score: 63, Alister MacKenzie Invitational, Round 2 (Fall 2023)
  • Lowest 54-hole score: 198, Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Fall 2023)
  • Best finish: 3, Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Fall 2023)

Accolades
  • GCAA/Cobalt All-America Scholar (2023-24)
  • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team, Honorable Mention (2022-23)
  • Cal Golf Newcomer of the Year (2022-23)

After Cal
  • Announced his commitment to play for Stanford in the 2024-25 season

At Cal
2023-24 (So.)
  • Consistently appeared in the Cal lineup throughout 2023-24 as a sophomore
  • Played in nine stroke-play tournaments, shooting 37-over-par across 27 rounds
  • Averaged 72.74 strokes per round
  • Was Cal's top finisher at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Oct. 9-10), placing third with a 15-under-par 198 (65-63-70); helped Cal win the team title
    • Posted collegiate lows with a second-round 63 & 54-hole 198
  • Tied for ninth with a 6-under-par 210 (69-71-70) at the Cal Poly Invitational (Oct. 30-31) to help the Golden Bears win their second consecutive tournament
  • Subbed into the Cal lineup for the final 36 holes of the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional (May 13-15) & shot even-par 140 (73-67) to help the Bears advance to their first NCAA Championship since 2019
  • Tied for 110th with a 14-over-par 230 (76-78-76) at the NCAA Championships (May 24-26)
  • One of three Golden Bears who were named GCAA/Cobalt All-America Scholars following the concluion of the 2023-24 season
2022-23 (Fr.)
  • Was a Pac-12 All-Freshman Team honorable mention in his first year with the Golden Bears
  • Tied for the team lead with 10 stroke-play events, including nine in the Cal lineup
  • Averaged 72.64 strokes across 31 total rounds played (2,252 strokes, +43)
  • Finished in the top 25 individually five times
  • Helped lead Cal to the Alister Mackenzie Invitational title on Oct. 10-11, tying for sixth with a 6-under 210 (70-71-69)
  • Recorded four rounds in the 60s, including a season-low 67 in the second round at the Western Intercollegiate where he tied for 22nd
  • Was Cal's low finisher at the El Macero Classic (April 14-16), tying for 17th at 1-under 215 (72-70-73)
  • Shot 4-under 212 (71-73-68) & tied for 19th as an individual at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate (Jan. 30-31)
  • Placed 47th (+9, 289) and 50th (+12, 228) in the Pac-12 Championships & NCAA Morgan Hill Regional, respectively
  • Tied for 47th at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 3-5) with a 17-over 233 (76-79-78) in his first collegiate stroke-play event
  • Made his collegiate debut in match play, falling 5&4 to Stanford's Rose Zhang & Michael Thorbjornsen alongside Cal women's team's Annika Borrelli in the Big Match (Sept. 29)

Other Competitions
  • Captured the 2023 Ernie Pieper Santa Clara County Championship, shooting 6-under 206 (70-71-63)
  • Won medalist honors at 2022 NCGA Amateur Stroke Play Championship (71-70-71 – 212, -1)
    • The only golfer in the 87-player field to play the 54-hole event under par
    • Believed to have become only the second 17-year-old to win the event with the only other golf legend Johnny Miller in 1964
High School
  • Graduated from Archbishop Mitty High School in spring 2022
  • 2021 US Junior Amateur Championship qualifer
  • Led Archbishop Mitty to a second-place finish at regionals in 2020
  • Three-time All-WCAL First Team selection
  • Became the first freshman to ever win the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) MVP award in 2019
Personal
  • Birthday: August 25, 2004
  • Son of Wilson and Sherry Wang
  • Also played baseball

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    6'0" 163 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'0" 163 lbs