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Will Pearson

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Will Pearson enters his third year on the Cyclone staff for the 2025-26 season.

Iowa State put together one of its best regular seasons in recent history in 2024-25, as the Cyclones won three tournament titles as a team and had two individual medalist during the season. To top off the season, Paul Beauvy qualified for the NCAA Urbana Regional. Beauvy shot a 209 over the three rounds, finishing in 11th place overall. It was the 11th time in program history a Cyclone has finished in the Top 12 at an NCAA Regional, while his 209 was tied for the fourth-lowest regional score in program history. It marked the third-straight year the Cyclones have had an individual qualifier for the NCAA Regionals. The Cyclones picked up wins at the Gopher Invitational, the Zach Johnson Invitational and the Bell Bank Collegiate during the season. Iowa State shot a 268 in the opening round of the Bell Bank Collegiate, the second-best round in program history. Beauvy won the N.I.T in Arizona, while Zach May won the Bell Bank Collegiate. Beauvy went on to earn PING All-Region honors, the first Cyclone to win the award in 2020. Luke Gutschewski ended his Cyclone career in 2025 as one of the best to ever play for the Cyclones. His 71.68 career stroke average is the best in program history, while his 70.78 in 2022-23 and 70.86 in 2023-24 are the two-best in school history.

The 2023-24 Cyclones won three tournaments, the most in a single season since the 2016-17 team won three as well. Iowa State took home the title at the Iowa Fall Classic, the Zach Johnson Invitational and the Tiger Collegiate Invitational. For the second-straight year, Gutschewski qualified for the NCAA Regional, becoming the first player in school history to qualify for the NCAA Regionals as an individual multiple times. Gutschewski broke the school record for 54 holes with a 198 at the Zach Johnson Invitational, taking home the title. Gutschewski's 70.86 stroke average was the second-best in school history behind his 70.78 from the year before. Freshman Owen Sawyer shot a 73.03 on the year, the fifth-best by a freshman in program history.

Pearson joined the Cyclone staff after spending the previous nine years on staff at Memphis. He joined the Tiger staff in 2015 as a graduate assistant before moving into a full-time assistant coach role in 2017.

During his time with the Tigers, he helped Memphis to some of the best seasons in school history. The 2016 team was the highest ranked team in program history, while the 2019 team won the American Athletic Conference championship. Pearson coached a pair of All-Americans in Lars Van Meijel and Isaiah Jackson. Ven Meijel played in the Palmer Cup, while Jackson finished with the lowest season stroke average in Memphis history. Pearson was part of a coaching staff that recruited the top six ranked amateur players in Memphis history during the modern era.

Pearson started his collegiate golf career at Arkansas before transferring to Memphis. He was a two-time Srixon/Cleveland Golf Academic All-American, while twice being named the Conference USA Golfer of the Week. He earned All-American Athletic Conference honors in 2014. He led Memphis to an NCAA Regional appearance in each of his three years, including a spot in the NCAA Championships in 2012. Pearson recorded the second-lowest round in school history when he shot a 64 at the USF Invitational during the 2013-14 season. The 65 he shot at the NCAA West Regional in 2013 is tied for the fourth-lowest round in school history. During his senior campaign, his 72.5 stroke average was the sixth-best in school history, while his 73.5 career average also ranks sixth in school history.