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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

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Ethan Klose

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
  • High School Arcadia HS
  • Previous School South Mountain CC

Biography

Awards
2024-25 Second Team All-Conference USA
2025 Border Olympics Individual Champion
2023 PING First Team All-American (at South Mountain CC)
2023 PING All-West Region Team (at South Mountain CC)
2022 PING Second Team All-American (at South Mountain CC)
2022 NJCAA First Team All-American (at South Mountain CC)
2022 NJCAA Division II National Champion (at South Mountain CC)

2024-25 (Redshirt Junior)
Had a breakout year with the Aggies, competing in nine tournaments along with playing in the NB3 Match Play at Twin Warriors... Improved his scoring average to 72.7, highlighted by a 67 in the final round of the Border Olympics... This closing round helped Klose post a career-best 54-hole score of 208 (-5) to secure the first win of his collegiate career... Recorded five total rounds in the 60s... Posted six top-25 finishes, including three top-10s... Finished T8 (-2) at the Herb Wimberly Memorial... Posted a 54-hole score of 215 (-1) to finish tied for sixth at the Arizona Thunderbirds Invitational... Secured a 13th-place finish at the CUSA Championship, shooting 74-73-68 (215,-1)... Finished tied for 48th at the NCAA Auburn Regional to help the Aggies turn in their best team finish in an NCAA Regional since 2013, finishing eighth.

2023-24 (Junior)
Competed in four events in his first season with the Aggies... Posted a season low round of 69 at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate, where he also finished tied for 45th to notch his best finish of the year... Maintained a scoring average of 75.0.

2022-23 (Sophomore at South Mountain CC)
Helped lead South Mountain to another NJCAA Division II National Championship, finishing tied for third as a team ... Tied for 30th as an individual at the national championships, firing a low round of 73 (+1) ... 

2021-22 (Freshman at South Mountain CC)
Played in eight tournaments for the 2022 NJCAA Division II National Champions ... finished 6th at the NJCAA DII National Championships at +6 (294) ... placed second at the Region I Championships at -3 (281) ... placed second at the Paradise Valley Classic at -7 (137) ... tied for second at the Gaucho Spring Shootout at +3 (145) ... tied for third at the Chandler-Gilbert Invite at -1 (141) ... placed fifth at the Eastern Arizona Invite at E (144) ... tied for sixth at the Mesa Thunderbird Invitational at E (108) ... tied for 11th at the Estrelle Mountain Invite at +3 (145). 

Personal
Sone of Kelly and Ryan Klose ... has one sibling, Avery ... names Augusta National as his dream course to play and Cypress Point as his favorite course that he has played ... would select Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Kopeka for a foursome of golf.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior

  • 2025-26Senior