Grew up playing the home course of former PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions player Orville Moody.

Was never a member of a conventional golf course or club growing up, so as a kid he practiced in his back pasture.

Was a two-time Summit League Player of the Year, once as a senior (2019) and also as a sophomore.

In his second-to-last college tournament, finished in a four-way tie for medalist at the Summit League Championship in Newton, Kansas, sharing the top spot with Andrew Israelson, Calvin McCoy and Esteban Missura.