Conner Kumpula

Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

Photo by: Casey Valentine, ISI Photos

Photo by: Oregon State Athletics

Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Albany, Ore.
High School:
West Albany HS

Career Statistics

CAREER: Finished his four-year Oregon State career with a scoring average of 74.19 … Played 79 rounds … Named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) in 2016 … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team in 2016 and named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention in 2015 and 2017 … Had five top-10 finishes … Shot 15 sub-par rounds … Best score was a 7-under 64 as a senior in the second round at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational … Best three-round score was an Oregon State record 15-under 198 as a senior at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational … Best finish was a tie for first place as a senior at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational.

SENIOR (2016-17): Played in five tournaments … Had a scoring average of 72.07 in 14 rounds, the best on the team … Missed the spring season with an injury … Named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention … Won the individual title at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational with an Oregon State three-round record 15-under 198 … Shot five sub-par rounds … Best score was a 7-under 64 in the second round of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational … Shot a 5-under 66 in the third round and a 3-under 68 in the first round at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational … Shot a 3-under 69 in the third round at The Jackrabbit and the second round at the Amer Ari Invitational … Finished in a tie for 10th place at The Jackrabbit (-1, 215) … Finished in 17th place at Duck Commander Intercollegiate (+10, 226).

JUNIOR (2015-16): Played in all 11 tournaments … Had a scoring average of 74.00 in 34 rounds, the third best on the team … Named a a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team … Shot a team-best eight sub-par rounds … Best score was a career-best 6-under in the first round of the Amer Ari Invitational … Shot a 4-under 67 in the second round of the Husky Invitational and a 3-under 68 in the first round of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational … Best finish was a tie for fourth place at the Redhawk Invitational (+13, 225) … Finished in sixth place at the Husky Invitational (+2, 215), his first career top-10 finish … Finished in a tie for 10^th place at the Amer Ari Invitational where he shot 6-under 210, his best career three-round score … Shot a 5-under 208 at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational where he finished in a tie for 22^nd place … Competed as an individual at the Bandon Dunes Championships and finished in 12^th place (+5, 218) … Finished in a tie for 42^nd place at the Pac-12 Championship (+14, 298).

SOPHOMORE (2014-15): Played in seven tournaments … Had a scoring average of 75.00 in 22 rounds … Named Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention … Shot a career-best even-par 216 at the Amer Ari Invitational … Shot first career sub-par round, a 1-under 71, in the third round of Golfweek’s Conference Challenge … Shot a 1-under 71 in the first round of the Amer Ari Invitational … Best finish was 26^th place at Golfweek’s Conference Challenge (+7, 223) … Finished in a tie for 47^th place at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate (+9, 219) … Finished in a tie for 52^nd place at the Duck Invitational (+13, 229) … Competed at the Pac-12 Championship for the first time and finished in a tie for 49^th place (+15, 295).

FRESHMAN (2013-14): Played in three tournaments … Had a scoring average of 76.22 … First collegiate tournament was the Kikkor Husky Invitational where he competed as an individual and finished in a tie for 17^th place (+6, 219) … First collegiate tournament as a member of the team was the Erin Hills Intercollegiate where he finished in a tie for 52^nd place (+13, 229) … Best score was an even-par 71 in his first collegiate round at the Kikkor Husky Invitational … Best three-round score was a 6-over 219 at the Kikkor Husky Invitational … Best finish was a tie for 17^th place at the Kikkor Husky Invitational … Finished in a tie for 74^th place at the Arizona Intercollegiate (+25, 238).

JUNIOR/AMATEUR GOLF: Finished second at the Oregon Junior Stroke Play with rounds of 71, 72 and 70 … Tied for 15^th at the Junior America’s Cup … Tied for eighth at the Hogan Cup.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from West Albany High School in Albany, Ore. in 2013 … Lettered four years in golf … Won medalist honors and led West Albany to Oregon Class 5A state title at Trysting Tree Golf Club in 2013 … Tied for medalist honors at Oregon Class 5A state championships in 2012 … Team finished second in state in 2012 and 2011 and third in 2010 … Selected First Team All-State and First Team All-League four times … Was a two-time district champion … Named team’s Most Valuable Player four times … Graduated with a GPA of 3.68.

PERSONAL: Born in Corvallis, Ore. … Son of Robert and Michelle Kumpula … Father is a business owner and mother is a stay-home mom … Has one sister, Chandler … Father played football at Linfield College … Mother and grandfather, Evor Kumpula, both attended Oregon State … Favorite athlete is Phil Mickelson … Hobbies are hunting, fishing and being outdoors … Biggest athletic thrill to date is “playing in the America’s Cup in 2012” … Chose Oregon State because “it’s been my favorite school forever, and it’s very close to home. Also, I respect the way they do things there, and I like their facilities and coaches” … Majoring in industrial engineering.