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Kentaro Nanayama Season 2025-26

YearSenior
HometownJakarta, Indonesia

2024-25 // AS A JUNIOR
• Nanayama appeared in eight events, posting a 73.21 stroke average in 24 rounds played. •
Recorded two top-20 showings with 10 rounds of par of better.
• Finished tied for ninth at the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate (72-71-71=214).
• Was tied for eighth at the season-ending Boilermaker Invitational (71-67-74=212), sitting in the top five after the first two rounds.
• Recorded two rounds in the 60s at the Puerto Rico Classic, ending up tied for 36th at 2-under par 214 (69-76-69).
• Member of the Big Ten’s All-Academic Team.

2023-24 // AS A SOPHOMORE
• Nanayama appeared in six events, registering a 73.73 stroke average in 15 rounds.
• Recorded a pair of top-10 finishes in individual events, placing 5th at the Don Benbow Spring Invitational (66-71=137).
• His 66 at the Don Benbow Spring Invitational was a career-low round.
• Also placed sixth at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational (72-74-70=216).

2022-23 // AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Nanayama posted a stroke average of 70.83 in 12 rounds played, competing as an individual in four events.
• Played the final round at the NCAA Clemson Regional, shooting Purdue's best score of the week -- 68. 
• Won the Badger Individual at 1-under par 141 (71-70). 
• Finished T-10 as an individual at the Boilermaker Invitational (71-72-66=209; -4). 
• Was T-12 as an individual at the Purdue Fall Invitational (71-72-75=218; +2).

2021-22 // AS A FRESHMAN
• Redshirted as a freshman in 2021-22, having four seasons of eligibility beginning in 2022-23. 

HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered four times at the Jakarta International School, being named a four-time team MVP and captain three times.
• Won the IASAS Championship as a freshman and was runner-up as a sophomore.

PERSONAL
• Enrolled in the Krannert school of management, majoring in general management. 
• Born Dec. 2, 2002, in Jakarta.
• Father, Hiroto, played basketball at Nagoya University.
• Chose Purdue because the university suits him well and it's a place he can thrive.

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Junior
2024-25

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Junior
2024-25

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Sophomore
2023-24

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Sophomore
2022-23

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Freshman
2021-22

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