Jackson Van Paris Season 2024-25

Class Senior

Hometown Pinehurst, N.C.

High School Pinecrest

Major Human & Organizational Development

Bio

Honors

GCAA Division I PING Honorable Mention All-American (’24)
Two-Time GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast) (’24, ’25)
Two-time Second Team All-SEC (’24,’25)
Preseason Haskins Award Watchlist (’24)
Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (’23, ’24)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (’24)
SEC Golfer of the Week – Nov. 1, 2023
First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll (’22)
Made PGA TOUR debut at the 2024 Puerto Rico Open & finished in a tie for 10th at 15-under 273

Vanderbilt Career

Won two individual titles at Vanderbilt
Collected his first collegiate individual title at the St Andrews Links Collegiate in Scotland, then won the 2025 NCAA Amherst Regional
Has helped the Commodores win 11 team titles during his time at Vanderbilt
Career scoring average of 70.53 is second-best in school history
Posted five top-five career finishes
18-Hole Low Score: 64, 2023 St Andrews Links Collegiate, Round 1
18-Hole Low Par: 6-under 64, 2023 St Andrews Links Collegiate, Round 1
54-Hole Low Score : 202, NCAA Amherst Regional
54-Hole Low Par : 8-under 202, NCAA Amherst Regional
Best Finish: 1st (2x), 2023 St Andrews Links Collegiate, 2025 NCAA Amherst Regional

As a Senior (2024-25)

GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
All-SEC Second Team
Byron Nelson Award Finalist
Fred Haskins Award Spring Finalist
GOLFWEEK Preseason All-American Second Team
Golf Channel Preseason All-American Second Team
Preseason Haskins Award Watchlist
69.63 scoring average in 27 rounds leads the team
Carded under par in a team-high 20 rounds
Ranked No. 4 in PGA Tour U. rankings
Ranked No. 8 in the WAGR & No. 19 in CLIPPD
2025 NCAA Amherst Regional Medalist
Collected a team-high six top-10 finishes
Finished in the top 25 in every collegiate tournament he played in
Qualified for the 124th U.S. Amateur Championship, where he advanced to match play
Went 2-2-0 at the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup to help the United States win its first Palmer Cup on international soil since 2018
Posted a runner-up finish at the 2024 North & South Men’s Amateur
18-Hole Low Score: 65, SEC Championship, Round 2
18-Hole Low Par: 5-under 65 (3x), Last: SEC Championship, Round 2
54-Hole Low Score : 202, NCAA Amherst Regional
54-Hole Low Par : 8-under 202, NCAA Amherst Regional
Best Finish: 1st, NCAA Amherst Regional

As a Junior (2023-24)

GCAA Division I PING All-American Honorable Mention
GCAA Division I PING All-Region (Southeast)
All-SEC Second Team
CSC Academic All-District
SEC Golfer of the Week – Nov. 1
Posted four top-five finishes
Ranked 15th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings at the end of the season
Named SEC Golfer of the Week on Nov. 1 after winning the St Andrews Links Collegiate
Won the St Andrews Link Collegiate individual title by carding 9-under 131 in two rounds of stroke play
Helped Vanderbilt win seven team titles, which are tied for the second-most in a single-season in program history
Held a scoring average of 70.67 through 33 rounds
Shot under par in 16 rounds and carded in the 60s in 11 rounds
Posted a runner-up finish at the 2024 Mason Rudolph Championship by posting a career-best 7-under 206
Went 3-0-0 in match play at the 2024 SEC Men’s Golf Championship
Made his PGA TOUR debut at the 2024 Puerto Rico Open and finished in a tie for 10th at 15-under 273
Posted the lowest round score at the 2024 Puerto Rico Open by carding 8-under 64 in Round 4
18-Hole Low Score: 64, St Andrews Links Collegiate, Round 1
18-Hole Low Par: 6-under 64, St Andrews Links Collegiate, Round 1
54-Hole Low Score : 206, Mason Rudolph Championship
54-Hole Low Par : 7-under 206, Mason Rudolph Championship
Best Finish: 1st, St Andrews Links Collegiate

As a Sophomore (2022-23)

As a Freshman (2021-22)

The Van Paris File

Four-time Rolex Junior All American
In 2018 at the age of 14 became the youngest player to win a match at the U.S. Amateur since Bobby Jones in 1916
Ranked seventh nationally by Golfweek and fourth by Rolex
Won 10th annual Junior Invitational at Sage Valley by shooting 9-under par with rounds of 71-69-67 – including 4-under on his final nine holes of the tournament
Captured 2020 Sea Pines Junior Heritage
Won back-to-back AJGA Simplify Boys Invitational titles
Member of the 2017 ACDS Junior All Star Team
2020 AJGA Player Representative
AJGA Foundation Board Member
Four-time NCISAA all-state selection
Competed in 2017 Evian Junior Cup in France where he won the individual competition and led United States team to victory
Part of team titles with United States in 2019 Junior President’s Cup, with East Team at 2019 Wyndham Cup and with The O’Neal School in NCISAA state golf tournament
Organized and hosted Carolina Cup through AJGA’s Leadership Links program raising more than $250,000 for charity