University of West Florida

Graduate transfer from Illinois.

* Two-Time Spring Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023)
* Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022-23)
* Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2019-20 at WVU)
* Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2019-20 at WVU)
* Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll (2019-20 at WVU)

2022-23 (Sr. at Illinois): Competed in 15 rounds over five events, all as an individual competitor ... Eighth on the team with a stroke average of 74.67 ... Posted a pair of top-20 finishes with a season-best tie for ninth at the Dayton Flyer Invitational (Oct. 17-18), and a tie for 19th at the Hal Williams Collegiate (Feb. 13-14) ... Carded five of 15 rounds at par or better including three rounds with a season-low score of 70 (-1), in Round 2 at Dayton, and Rounds 1 and 2 at the Hal Williams where he finished with a season-best 54-hole score of 211 (-2).

Summer of 2022: Runner-up, one stroke back, at the 2022 German International Amateur Championship  after carding rounds of 67-71-66-67 to finish with a 271 (-17) at Mülheim an der Ruhr Golf Club in Mülheim, Germany ... Competed in match play at the 2022 German TEam Championship (Aug. 6-7).

2021-22 (Jr. at Illinois): Competed in 19 rounds over eight events, including seven as an individual competitor ... Traveled to Big Ten Championship and NCAA New Haven Regional as an alternate but did not compete ... Ranked seventh on the team with a stroke average1 of 75.21 ... Recorded four rounds of par or better ... Played in the Illini's scoring lineup for the first time in his career at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 17-19) ... Recorded a season-best 54-hole total of 223 (+7) on two occasions: at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Feb. 14-15) and the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 23-24)

Summer of 2021: Runner-up, one stroke back, at the Gradi Polish Open (June 30 - July 2) with rounds of 66-64-66 ... Placed 18th with rounds of 69-70-71-69 at the German International Amateur Championship (July 22-25) ... Helped Team Germany to a sixth-place finish at the European Amateur Team Championship (July 6-10) PGA Catalunya Resort in Catalunya, Spain.

2020-21 (So. at Illinois): Competed in six rounds over two events as an individual competitor ... Ranked eighth on the team with a stroke average of 73.50 ... Recorded three rounds of par or better, including one round of season-low 71 (-1) in each of his two tournament appearances ... Recorded a season-best 54-hole total of 220 (+4) at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Feb. 14-16) ... Notched best finish of the season, a tie for 33rd, at the Louisiana Classics (March 15-16).

Summer/Fall of 2020: Placed seventh at the Golfsportmanufaktur Schäfflertanz International Open (June 23-25) ... Tied for 53rd at the GTGA Invitational (July 22-25) ... Tied for sixth at the GCAA Amateur Series at the U of I Orange Course in Savoy (Sept. 19-20) ... Tied for second at the Golfweek Purdue Amateur (Oct. 10-11) ... Missed cut at the South Beach International Amateur (Dec. 19-22) and the Orlando International Amateur Championship (Dec. 28-30).

2019-20 (Fr. at West Virginia): Competed in 16 rounds over six events ... Ranked second on the team with a stroke average of 71.81 ... Recorded 10 rounds of par or better and four rounds in the 60s ... Notched three top-20 tournament finishes ... Posted a season-best finish with a tie for 14th at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational (Oct. 7-8).

PREP: Won the 2017 Bavarian U18 Championship (74-76-71) and the 2016 German National Qualifier (74-70-70) ... Claimed medalist honors at the 2016 Austrian International Junior Championship (76-70-68) and the 2016 German U18 National Qualifier (74-68) ... Runner-up at the 2017 Bavarian 16-18 Junior Championship (75-76-70), the 2016 Czech International Junior Championship (72-75-67), the 2016 German U18 Nationals (71-72-71) and the 2015 Florida International Junior Championship (71-72-73) ... Recorded a top-10 finish at the 2017 German International Amateur Championship (ninth place) ... Posted a top-20 finish at the 2018 Coca-Cola Berlin Open Championship (19th place)

PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Kerstin Lang ... Born Nov. 24, 1999.