Nicolas Simon

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Elk Grove Village, Ill.
High School:
Conant High School

Michigan Career
• Academic All-Big Ten (2026)

Season: 2025-26
• Played in seven tournaments, making six starts
   • Started all six fall tournaments and two spring events before injuries sidelined him for the final four events
   • Made his first career start at the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Aug. 31-Sept. 1), tying for 12th (207, -9)
• Contributed to four top-five team finishes
• Averaged 72.90 strokes per round
   • Recorded 10 rounds of par or better, including six under-par rounds and four rounds in the 60s
   • Matched his career low of 68 (-4), twice: final round of the Island Resort Intercollegiate and opening round of the Canadian Collegiate Invitational (Sept. 14-16), playing his final 12 holes at six-under par
• Averaged 219.00 per 54-hole tournament
   • Posted a career-best 54-hole total of 207 (69-70-68, -9) at the Island Resort Intercollegiate
   • Posted a career-best 36-hole total of 144 (74-70, +2) at the Cullan Brown Collegiate (Oct. 6-7)

Season: 2024-25
• Played in four tournaments, all as an individual
   • Made his collegiate debut at the Palmas del Mar Collegiate (Feb. 9-11), tying for 44th (221)
• Contributed to seven top-five finishes, including four top-three results.
   • Helped Michigan repeat as team champion at the Virtues Intercollegiate.
• Averaged 77.00 strokes per round
   • Shot a season-low 72 (+1) in the final round of the Border Olympics (Feb. 17-18)
• Averaged 231.00 per 54-hole tournament
   • Posted a season-best 54-hole total of 221 (74-73-74) at the Palmas del Mar Collegiate

Prep & Junior Career
• Prepped at James B. Conant High School
• Four-time IHSA Class 3A State qualifier (2020-23)
• IHSA Class 3A individual state champion (2023), becoming the first golfer in Conant history to win a state title
• Two-time IHSA All-State First Team selection (2021, '23), the first in program history
• IHSA Sectional champion, Mid-Suburban League Player of the Year and All-Mid-Suburban League First Team selection (2023)
• Four-time All-Mid-Suburban League First Team honoree (2020-23) and league medalist in 2021
• Holds Conant school records for 9-hole and 18-hole scoring averages and low rounds
• As a senior in 2023, captured the IHSA Class 3A state championship (67-76/143, -1), earned sectional medalist honors (69) and helped Conant win a regional title and finish runner-up at sectionals.
• Tied for fifth at the 2021 IHSA Class 3A State Finals (70-72—142) and tied for 18th at the 2022 state championships (79-73/152).
• Reached the semifinals of the 2023 Chick Evans Junior Amateur after earning the No. 10 seed in stroke play qualifying. Added a tie for sixth at the Illinois State Junior Amateur at Makray Memorial.
• Won the 2021 Chick Evans Junior Amateur title and finished fourth at the AJGA Junior at Knollwood (73-71-69/213).

Season	Events	Starts	Rounds	Total	Avg.	18	36	54	T5	T10	T20	Sub-Par	Par
2024-25	4	0	12	924	77.00	72 (+1)	-	221	0	0	0	0	0
2025-26	7	7	20	1458	72.90	68 (-4), 2x	144	207 (-9)	0	0	2	6	3
2026-27	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career	11	7	32	2382	74.44	68 (-4), 2x	-	207 (-9)	0	0	2	6	3