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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Zachary Lucy
Zachary Lucy

Jake Skarperud

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fargo, N.D.
  • High School Shanley HS

Biography

All-Summit League Second Team ('24)
Summit League Golfer of the Week ('24)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll ('24)

2024-25 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in all 11 team events and all 33 rounds … Relative to par, averaged a +2 round for the season with a 73.88 scoring average ... Shot a season-best round of 66 (-5) at the Summit League Championship ... Posted 12 rounds of even par or better on the season ... Had one top-10 finish, taking sixth at the Summit League Championship ... Recorded five top-20 finishes …

2023-24 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): All-Summit League Second Team Selection … Played in nine team events, including 27 rounds … Won one tournament this season, claiming victory at the Loyola Intercollegiate where he set the NDSU Individual 54-hole scoring record with a -14 (202) tournament score ... Named Summit League Peak Golfer of the Week following his record-setting win (Mar. 4) ... Relative to par, averaged a +1 round for the season with a 72.48 scoring average … Shot a season-best round of 65 (-7) at the Loyola Intercollegiate, matching the team-best round of the season ... Posted 13 rounds of even par or better on the season, including seven rounds of at least -2 ... Recorded four top-20 finishes on the season, including a ninth at the Summit League Championships to go along with his victory …  

2022-23 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in one team event on the season … Played in two rounds … Averaged 75.50 strokes per round … Relative to par, averaged a +4 round for the season ...
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at the prep level for Shanley under the guidance of coach Brock Ellingson ... Earned all-state honors all four seasons ... Twice competed at the National High School Invitational Golf Championships held at Pinehurst in North Carolina ... Fired a career low prep round of 65 (-6) at the Detroit Country Club in Detroit Lakes, Minn. ... Won the 2020 Bobcat North Dakota Amateur Open with all three rounds under par to finish at -7 ... Won the 2020 North Dakota Spring Golf Championship (replaced the state tournament due to COVID-a9 pandemic) by seven strokes, finishing with back-to-back rounds of even par 72 ... Helped team to the North Dakota Men's Match Play Tournament title with four match play victories ... Also lettered in hockey, serving as the team captain as a senior ... 

PERSONAL: Son of Jessica and Chad ... Chad, along with his uncle Matt, played college golf in Florida ... Has two brothers; Alex and Zach ... Alex is a current member of the University of North Dakota men's golf team ... Grandfather Craig Skarperud played college basketball at the University of North Dakota ... Uncle Mike Johnson played college hockey at Hamline University ... Majoring in Business ...

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

  • 2025-26Senior