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Kentaro Nanayama Season 2025-26

YearSenior
HometownJakarta, Indonesia

2025-26 / AS A SENIOR
• Nanayama saved his best for last with a strong senior season, appearing in all 13 events with a stroke average of 72.24, good for second on the team.
• His 72.24 stroke average ranks 11th on the Purdue single-season list.
• Finished with four top-20 placings and 15 rounds of par or better, including seven rounds in the 60s.
• Placed T-3 at the Purdue Fall Invitational (71-67-74=212; -4).
• Placed tied for 12th at the Fighting Irish Classic with a score of 1-over par 211 (67-72-72). 
• Was tied for 16th at the Hootie Intercollegiate (68-70-74=212; -4). 
• Had a strong Big Ten Championship, placing tied for 17th at 2-over par 212 (72-67-73).
• Was in the top 10 after 36 holes at the NCAA Corvallis Regional, but slipped to T-40 at the conclusion of the event (67-71-76=214; +1). 
• Advanced to final qualifying for the US Open after winning a playoff in local qualifying at Crooked Stick.
• Named to the Big Ten’s All-Academic Team with a 3.36 cumulative GPA and a master’s degree in Business Analytics and Infomation Management.

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
• Earned his master’s degree in Business Analytics and Information Management.

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Junior
2024-25

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2024-25

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Sophomore
2023-24

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2022-23

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Freshman
2021-22

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