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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

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The Big West
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Scott Flanders/UC San Diego

Nathan Tseng

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fullerton, Calif.
  • High School Troy
  • Major Business Psychology
  • College Seventh

Biography

ACADEMIC AWARDS
• Two-time Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (2025, 2023)
• Two-time Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team (2025, 2024)
• GCAA All-America Scholar 2025)

ATHLETIC AWARDS
• All-Big West Second Team (2025)
• UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (4/14/25)

UC SAN DIEGO DEBUT
• 9/26-27/22 at the Nick Watney Invitational: Tie for 48th of 93

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024-25
All-Big West Second Team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... GCAA All-America Scholar ... UCU Athlete of the Week (April 14) ... Competed in four events in the fall ... Tied for 68th out of 90 at the Palouse Collegiate ... Tied for 51st out of 110 at the Falcon Invitational ... Tied for 33rd out of 92 at the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational ... Tied for 35th out of 74 at the White Sands NCAA Invitational.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023-24
Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Held a 73.6 stroke average over eight events and 24 rounds ... Low round was a 65 in the third round of the Orange County Collegiate Classic ... Shot in the 60s four times ... Fired seven under-par rounds ... Top finish was fifth of 64 at the Orange County Collegiate ... Also recorded top-20 finishes at the El Macero Classic (13th of 104), the Redhawk Invitational (15th of 106), and the UC San Diego Invitational (18th of 107).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022-23
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Over 23 rounds, posted a 73.9 stroke average ... Low round was a 67 in the second round of the Visit Stockton Invitational ... Shot par or better nine times, the third-most on the team ... Top finish was a tie for 18th of 84 golfers at The Joust.

OTHER
Played in a final qualifier event at Valencia Country Club for a spot in the 2025 U.S. Open ... Finished seven-under and missed the cut ... Appeared in the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship after winning a qualifier at Goose Creek in Jurupa Valley, Calif. ... In the 312-player field at Cherry Hills in Colorado, finished seven-over par in two rounds of stroke play ... Did not make the cut to advance to match play in the round of 64.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2022 graduate of Troy in Fullerton, Calif. ... 2019 Freshman of the Year ... All-Freeway League First Team in 2019 ... 2022 Varsity MVP... 2020-2022 Freeway League MVP ... Warriors were Freeway League runner-up 2019-22 ... 2022 4th in Central Individual Regional CIF Qualifier ... Third in CIF-SS Ford Championship and qualified for SCGA ... Tied for 5th at CIF/SCGA SoCal Boys High School Championship ... Qualified for CIF State Championship ... Also played water polo at Troy and was with SoCal Water Polo Club in 2019.

PERSONAL
Born: May 18 in Whittier, Calif.
Siblings: Has a younger brother
Most memorable moment in golf: Qualifying for and playing in the 2023 U.S. Amateur
Top memory at UC San Diego: Team rallied and jumped from 9th to 3rd at the Redhawk Invitational on the final day.
Major: Business Psychology
College: Seventh
Future plans: Pursue professional golf
Roots for: Los Angeles Lakers and Anaheim Angels
Favorite athlete: Tiger Woods
Hobbies: Pickleball, video games, hanging out with friends
Favorite movie: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Top social media outlet: Instagram
Favorite food: Popcorn chicken
Did you know: Is a black belt in Aikido

CAREER STATISTICS
Season Stroke
Avg
Low
Round
Par or
Better
Wins Top 5 Top 10 Events Rounds Strokes
2023-24 73.5 65 7 0 1 1 8 24 1765
2022-23 73.9 67 9 0 0 0 8 23 1700
Career 73.7 65 16 0 1 1 16 47 3465

YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
2023-24
• 2022-23

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    0 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    0 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'0" 145 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'0" 145 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'0" 145 lbs

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