2025-26 Golf Roster
Kaleb Wilson
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Christian Academy of Knoxville
Senior (2025-26)
- Was WVU's top finisher along with Ryan Leach at the Cullan Brown Collegiate, tying for 14th place with rounds of 72-69=141 (-1)
- Repeated as champion at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational, shooting 11-under-par (68-68-69=205), including an eagle and birdie on the final two holes
- Marked the 12th time in school history a WVU golfer won a collegiate event
- Became the fifth WVU golfer to win two career golf tournaments
- Tied for 15th place at the Gopher Invitational with rounds of 73-67-75=215 (+2)
- Earned a runner-up finish at the Island Resort Collegiate with rounds of 69-67-64=200 (-16)
- Round of 64 and 54-hole finish of -16 marked career bests
- Participated in the 125th U.S. Amateur in San Francisco
Junior (2024-25)
- Named to the Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar
- Became the second Mountaineer all-time to be selected as an individual for NCAA Regional (Mark Goetz, 2021)
- Player of the Year on the WVU golf team
- Was in WVU's lineup all season long
- Had the lowest average on the team at 71.72 in 33 rounds of competition
- Recorded nine rounds in the 60's, including a 68 on six different occasions
- Tied for 55th at the NCAA Regional with rounds of 71-76-74=221 (+11)
- Shot rounds of 75-75-73-69=292 and tied for 34th place at the Big 12 Championship
- Tied for 13th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 77-74-73=224 (+8)
- WVU's top finisher at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 74-70-72=216 (Even) to tie for 23rd place
- Shot 70-69=139 (-1) to tie for eighth place at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island
- Tied for eighth place at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate at -5 with rounds of 72-69-70=211
- Shot rounds of 68-68-79=215 (+5) to tie for 32nd place at the Gators Invitational
- Tied for 21st place at the Battle at Briar's Creek with rounds of 71-70-74=215 (-1)
- Finished -9 (68-71-68=207) to finish in 10th place at the White Sands Collegiate
- Went 3-1-1 at the Big 12 Match Play Championship with wins over UCF, Houston and BYU and a tie against Utah
- Won his first collegiate tournament at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational and was the only golfer to shoot under par in all three rounds (71-68-70=209) to finish -7
- Finished tied for 19th place at the Gopher Invitational with rounds of 72-68-78=218 (+5)
Sophomore (2023-24)
- Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- WVU Golf Most Improved Player Award
- Competed in 33 rounds for an average of 73.30 for the season
- Participated in 11 tournaments and was in the WVU lineup eight times
- Had seven rounds in the 60s, including a season-low 66 at the Mountaineer Invitational
- Shot 82-84-76=242 (+26) at the NCAA Golf Championships
- Finished tied for 22nd place at the NCAA Regional Championship with rounds of 71-70-73=214 (+4)
- Shot rounds of 74-74-77-75=300 (+12) at the Big 12 Championship
- Tied for 10th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 75-76-66=217 (+1)
- Shot 1-over-par at the Schenkel Invitational with rounds of 74-73-70=217
- Finished tied for 28th place at the Dorado Beach Collegiate with rounds of 69-71=140 (-4)
- Tied for 27th place at the Gators Invitational with rounds of 75-67-70=212 (+2)
- Finished a career-best 11-under-par and tied for 15th at The N.I.T. with rounds of 70-68-67=215
- Shot 76-79-80-235 (+19) at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational
- Recorded wins over Texas Tech and UCF at Big 12 Match Play Championship
- Shot 2-under-par (68-75-71=214) at the Minnesota Golf Classic, finishing tied for 14th
- Competed as an individual at the Red Bandanna Invitational and tied for 21st place at +10 (68-76-82=226)
Freshman (2022-23)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Was in the WVU lineup for four tournaments
- Played in seven tournaments for 22 total rounds
- Recorded an average score of 74.00
- Had seven rounds of par or better, including two rounds in the 60s
- Competed in the Big 12 Championship and finished tied for 34th with rounds of 73-72-77-77=299
- Tied for 24th place at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 76-77-73=226 (+10)
- Finished in fourth place at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with rounds of 68-69-75=212 (-4)
- Recorded rounds of 72-71-77=220 (+4) at the Dorado Beach Collegiate
- Posted rounds of 74-71-78=223 (+7) to finish in 29th place at the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate
- Finished tied for 44th place at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 72-71-83=226 (+10)
- Participated in the Big 12 Match Play Championship
- Competed in The Gopher Invitational in his first varsity event and finished at 9-over-par (77-72-73=222)
Prep
- 2020 Tennessee Golf Association Junior Player of the Year
- 2020 Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Division II-A State Individual Champion with rounds of 70-72 for a -2 total
- 2021 TSSAA Division II-A Individual runner-up
- Member of four-time State High School Champion team at Christian Academy of Knoxville
- 2020 and 2021 Regional Individual Champion
- 2020 & 2021 Men’s Club Champion (youngest in 113 history of club) at Cherokee Country Club
- 2019 & 2020 5-Star Preps Golfer of the Year
- 2019 & 2020 Tennessee Sports Writers Assoc. All-State Golf Team Award
- Youngest player to make qualify for and make the 60-man cut in 2020 Tennessee Men’s State Amateur
- 2020 Sneds Tour Player of the Year
- Named to the Tennessee Junior Cup in 2020 & 2021
- 2019 Prep-Extra Knoxville Golfer of the Year
- 2018 & 2019 District Individual Champion
Personal
- Son of Bryan and Stacey Wilson
- Birthday is December 6
- Majoring in business
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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