
Ben Loomis
Class
Junior
Hometown
New Canaan, Conn.
High School
St. Luke’s School
Major
Political Science
Honors
- SEC Community Service Team (’25)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (’24)
- First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll (’23)
Vanderbilt Career
- Collected one collegiate win (2024 Colonel Shootout)
- Career scoring average of 73.68
- Helped the Commodores win the 2023 St Andrews Links Collegiate
- Posted two top-10 career finishes
- 18-Hole Low Score: 65, 2024 Colonel Shootout, Round 1
- 18-Hole Low Par: 6-under 65, 2024 Colonel Shootout, Round 1
- 54-Hole Low Score: 206, 2024 Colonel Shootout
- 54-Hole Low Par: 7-under 206, 2024 Colonel Shootout
- Best Finish: 1st, 2024 Colonel Shootout
As a Junior (2024-25)
- SEC Community Service Team
- Shared medalist honors at the Colonel Shootout with a personal-best 54-hole score of 7-under 206
- 73.42 scoring average in 12 rounds, all as an individual
- Carded under par in three rounds
- Tied for 20th at the Turtle Point Invitational with a score of 1-over 217
- Alternate player at the NCAA Amherst Regional and NCAA Championships
- 18-Hole Low Score: 65, Colonel Shootout, Round 1
- 18-Hole Low Par: 6-under 65, Colonel Shootout, Round 1
- 54-Hole Low Score: 206, Colonel Shootout
- 54-Hole Low Par: 7-under 206, Colonel Shootout
- Best Finish: 1st, Colonel Shootout
As a Sophomore (2023-24)
- Played in four tournaments, three as an individual
- Held a stroke average of 74.00 through 10 rounds of play
- Made his Vanderbilt debut at the 2023 MartinFed Invitational
- Helped the Commodores win the 2023 St Andrews Links Collegiate to close out the fall
- Defeated North Carolina’s Hampton Roberts in match play at the St Andrews Links Collegiate to help Vanderbilt claim a 4.5-1.5 win over the Tar Heels
- 18-Hole Low Score: 70 (2x), Last: MartinFed Invitational, Round 3
- 18-Hole Low Par: 2-under 70 (2x), Last: MartinFed Invitational, Round 3
- 54-Hole Low Score: 212, MartinFed Invitational
- 54-Hole Low Par: 4-under 212, MartinFed Invitational
- Best Finish: T-8th, MartinFed Invitational
As a Freshman (2022-23)
- First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Did not appear in a tournament as a true freshman
The Loomis File
- AJGA scholastic All American
- Finished third in stroke play at the Connecticut Amateur
- Tied for ninth at the 120th Met Amateur Championship
- Father Mark Loomis, BA’89, graduated from Vanderbilt and was a member of the Vanderbilt men’s golf team