Cole Rueck

Cole Rueck watches the result of his golf swing

Cole Rueck watches his shot in the Mountain West Championship

Cole Reuck watches the ball after a shot

Cole Reuck takes a swing during practice

Cole Rueck stands with his family after winning the 2024 MW title

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Cole Rueck walks on the green at the NCAA Stanford Regional

Cole Rueck tees off at the NCAA Stanford Regional

Cole Rueck is handed the medal for being named the Mountain West Champion

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Cole Rueck poses with Idaho's Joe Sykes as the Battle of Idaho Co-Champions.

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Cole Rueck tracks his tee shot at the Loyola Intercollegiate

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Cole Rueck poses with a sign that says "Champion" after winning the Genesis Collegiate Showcase

Cole Rueck eyes the green for a putt at the Ka'anapali Classic.

Cole Rueck tracks his tee shot at Quail Hollow Golf Course.

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Cole Rueck takes a swing from the fairway during practice at Spurwing Golf Club.

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Corvallis, Ore.
High School:
Corvallis HS
Major:
Finance BBA
NIL Exchange:
Cole Rueck

2025 Barracuda Championship Qualifier
2024 Scottish Open Qualifier
2023-24 Mountain West Individual Champion
2023-24 NCAA Stanford Regional Participant (Individual)
2x All-Mountain West (2023-24, 2024-25)
2x CSC Academic All-District (2023-24, 2024-25)
3x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
3x Spring Academic All-Mountain West (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
Mountain West Freshman of the Week - April 27, 2023

BOISE STATE CAREER

JUNIOR (2024-25): Led the Broncos to an 88-63-3 record and helped the squad jump from No. 176 the previous year to No. 108 in the Division I men’s golf rankings … Appeared in all 12 Boise State tournaments for Broncos … Logged 36 rounds of golf and averaged 70.47 per round … Improved his per round average by 1.14 from his sophomore season … Garnered All-Mountain West Men’s Golf Team honors for the second-consecutive year … Second Bronco (Hugo Townsend) to earn multiple All-Mountain West accolades in their career … Had eight top 25 finishes and placed in the top 10 on six occasions … T-9th in the Island Resort Classic (Sept. 1-2) after shooting 2-under 214 … Finished T-18th in Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) before claiming a share of fourth place in the Oregon State Invitational (Oct. 7-8) … Won the Genesis Collegiate Showcase (Feb. 10) for the second-straight year, carding a 3-under 69 in the event … Earned an invitation to the Barracuda Championship—a PGA Tour and European Tour Event—which he competed in July … Posted best individual rounds and tournament score of his collegiate career and was victorious in the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 16-18) … Shot 6-under 66 in Round 2 and Round 3, and overall, tallied shot 200 (-16) in his first victory of the season … Completed the Oregon Duck Invitational (March 24-25) T-14th … Notched 7-under 208 and finished second in the UC Santa Barbara Gaucho Intercollegiate (April 7-8) … Won the Battle of Idaho for the second-consecutive year, shooting 5-under 208 … Bested his individual performance in the Mountain West Championships (April 25-27) and carded rounds of 68-68-70 for a total score of 10-under 206 and a seventh-place finish.

SOPHOMORE (2023-24): NCAA Stanford Regional participant … Mountain West Individual Champion … All-Mountain West … Appeared in all 12 events … Averaged 71.61 strokes over 36 rounds (ninth-lowest in school history) … Won three events – two non-traditional events in the Genesis Collegiate Showcase and Battle of Idaho … Fifth individual conference champion in school history … Seventh golfer to earn an individual bid to a NCAA Regional … Posted three top-10 finishes and six top-25 finishes … Had 18 rounds at par-or-better, good for ninth on the school single-season list … Cracked the top-10 with rounds of 68-71-71 (210, -6) to finish 10th in the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 3-4) … Led the Broncos with a 2-over 218 (70-73-75) to finish in the top-25 in the Kansas State Wildcat Invitational (Sept. 17-18) ... Carded rounds of 72-74-80 (226, +10) to finish third in the lineup in the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (Oct. 2-3) … Finished a stroke behind the top-25 in the Oregon State Invitational (Oct. 9-10) with rounds of 74-78-69 (221,+8) … Season-low 208 (68-68-72, -5) came in the Ka’anaplai Classic Collegiate (Oct. 27-29) … Finished in the top 25 with a 212 (71-67-74, -4) in the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb 25-27) … Finished T-6th in the Palmetto Intercollegiate (March 4-5) with rounds of 68-71-73 (212, +2) to crack the top 10 … Appeared in the Oregon Duck Invitational (March 25-26) and Gaucho Intercollegiate (April 8-9) … Tied for first in the Battle of Idaho (April 15-16) with rounds of 73-72-74 (219, +6) to share medalist honors … Ended the Mountain West Championships (April 26-28) with 27-straight bogey-free holes … Concluded the conference championship with back-to-back rounds of 4-under 68 to become the second golfer to win a Mountain West title in program history … His 7-under 209 was a season-low and the fifth-best 54-hole score in a conference championship in program history … Ended the Stanford Regional (May 13-15) with a 2-under 68 in the third round … Carded rounds of 71-71-68 (210, E) to finish T-28th … Won the Genesis Collegiate Showcase in February to earn an exemption to the 2024 Scottish Open.

FRESHMAN (2022-23): Appeared in all 11 events during the season ... Was second on the team with a 73.55 scoring average across 29 rounds ... Finished in the top 10 once and top 25 three times ... Made his debut in the Husky Individual Invitational (Sept. 19-20), finishing T-4th at 3-under (70-70-70—210) ... Had three counting scores (74-75-69—218) and was 1-under in the final round in the Mark Simpson Colorado Invite (Oct. 3-4) ... Finished two strokes back of the top 10 and was 3-over (74-71-74—219) and T-13th in the TPC Colorado at Heron Lakes (Oct. 17-19) ... Finished T-16th in the Bandon Dunes Championship (March 12-14), carding rounds of 73-74 (+3) ... Competed in the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate (Oct. 28-3), the Oregon Duck Invitational (March 27-28) and the Redhawk Invitational (April 3-4) ... Was second in the lineup with a 215 (70-74-71, -1) in the PING Cougar Classic (April 21-22) ... Fired rounds of 73-73-71 to finish with a 217 (+1) in the Mountain West Championship (April 28-30).

PRIOR TO BOISE STATE: A native of Corvallis, Ore. … Attended Corvallis HS … Earned medalist honors in each of his first four tournaments as a junior … Went on to compete at the U.S. Open Qualifier … Advanced to a quarterfinal match of the 2021 PNGA Junior Boys' Amateur Championship … Advanced to the round of 16 in the Men's Amateur Championship … Son of Oregon State women's basketball coach Scott Rueck.

CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR	EVENTS	ROUNDS	STROKES	AVG	LOW	TOP 10	TOP 25	BEST
2022-23	10	29	2,133	73.55	69	1	3	T5
2023-24	12	36	2,578	71.61	67	3	6	1
2024-25	12	36	2,537	70.47	66	6	8	1
CAREER	34	101	7,248	71.76	66	10	17	1