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2023-24 Men's Golf Roster

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Nick Gabrelcik

  • Position Right-handed
  • Year Senior
  • Height 6-2
  • Hometown Trinity, Fla.
  • High School JW Mitchell HS
  • Previous School JW Mitchell HS
  • Club Team Sport Management

Biography


** ASUN Champion (2022)
** ASUN Championship Medalist Crown (2022)
** ASUN Golfer of the Year (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
** PING All-American, 1st team (2024, 2021)

** PING All-American, 2nd team (2023)

** PING All-American, 3rd team (2022)

** PING All-Southeast Region (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
** Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award (2021)
** PING Freshman All-American (2021)
** All-ASUN, 1st team (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
** ASUN All-Tournament Team (2023, 2022, 2021)

** ASUN Freshman of the Year (2021)
** ASUN All-Freshman Team (2021)
** GCAA All-Nicklaus Team (2021)
** ASUN Golfer of the Week (15x, Last: Feb. 22, 2024)
** PGA Tour U No. 5 Final Ranking w/Korn Ferry Tour Card (2024)
** UNF Male Athlete of the Year (2021-24)
** UNF Male Freshman of the Year (2021)

** D-I Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year Award Finalist (2024)
** Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist, 2x (2021 | 2023)
** Ben Hogan Award Golfer of the Month Finalist, 2x (Oct. 2022 | Feb. 2022)

** Team USA Selection to Arnold Palmer Cup (2023, 2022, 2021)
** Team USA Selection to Walker Cup (2023)
** ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2023-24)

 

CAREER NOTES

Best 18: 62# (2023 Visit Knoxville Collegiate)
Best 54: 197#, 2x (Last: 2024 Gator Invitational)
Best 72: 289 (2024 NCAA Championship)
Top Finish: 1st, 9x# (2024 Gator Invitational | 2023 Williams Cup | 2022 Isleworth Collegiate | 2022 ASUN Championship | 2022 The Hayt | 2022 Sea Best Invitational | 2021 The Hayt | 2021 General Hackler Championship | 2021 Sea Best Invitational)
Top 5 finishes: 24#
Top 10 finishes: 33#
Top 25 finishes: 40#
Rounds under par: 84#
Rounds in 60s: 68#


# - program record
 

2023-24

- Ranked as the top player in the ASUN Conference by PGA TOUR U (No. 5) & Spikemark (No. 8)
- Competed in 12 tournaments and recorded a team-best scoring average of 69.38
- Earned four ASUN Golfer of the Week honors to total 15 in his career
- Medalist winner at the Williams Cup hosted by UNC and the Gator Invitational hosted by Florida
- Also tied program-record 54-hole mark at Gator Invitational with 13-under 197 (68-65-64) score
- Placed inside the top 25 in all 12 events with eight top-10 finishes as well
- Completed a program-best 25 rounds under par, 20 rounds in the 60s and nine of the 12 tournaments under par
- Helped Ospreys to three top-three placements and 10 top-five finishes, including all five fall tournaments
- Also included team runner-up finishes at Sea Best Invitational and Gator Invitational
- Aided UNF to a fifth-place team finish at the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional to advance to its eighth national championship appearance in program history
- Recorded 2-under 208 (68-69-71) over the NCAA Regional event to place fourth overall
- Went on to share 15th overall as well at the NCAA Championship with a four-round score of 1-over 289
- Was top UNF scorer in seven events, as well as top-two scorer in all but one event, and had 35 of 36 rounds (97.2%) count towards the team score
- Broke career program records for medalist crowns (9), top-five finishes (24), top-10 finishes (33), top-25 finishes (40), rounds under par (84) and rounds in 60s (68)
- Also competed for a second consecutive year at the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship under sponsor's exemption
- Earned his Korn Ferry Tour card at the conclusion of the season after a top-five finish in the PGA TOUR U rankings

 

2022-23

- First overall in the ASUN for H2H standings, as well as eighth in the nation on Golfstat
- Played in 11 events with a program record scoring average of 69.00 per round
- Shot 21 total rounds under par on the season and finished nine tournaments under par
- Best 18-hole score was 65 four different times over the course of the year
- Won a share of the medalist crown at the Isleworth Collegiate and helped Ospreys to team title at the Quail Valley Collegiate
- Also had runner-up individual finishes at the Quail Valley Collegiate, Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate, The Hayt and ASUN Championship
- Finished 10 times in the top 25 and nine time in the top 10 of the player's leaderboard out of 11 collegiate tournaments played
- Helped Ospreys to nine top-five finishes, including team runner-up finishes at the Sea Best Invitational, The Hayt and the ASUN Championship
- Best 54-hole score was 16-under 197 (65-65-67) at the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate, which was a new program record
- Hit program-best to-par score of 16-under three different times on the season as well
- Earned four ASUN Golfer of the Week honors from the conference over a span of six weeks in which it was awarded
- Was the top Ospreys scorer in 10 of the 11 events and all 33 competitive rounds played were counted towards the team's score
- Awarded ASUN Golfer of the Year, First Team All-ASUN, ASUN All-Tournament and PING All-America for a third consecutive season
- One of 10 semifinalists for the Ben Hogan Award awarded to the nation's top collegiate men's golfer
- Also nominated as a finalist for Ben Hogan Award Golfer of the Month in October
- Made his professional debut on the PGA Tour over spring break at the Valspar Championship, in which he made the cut after a 4-under 67 second round

 

2021-22

- Played in all 13 events with a scoring average of 70.68 per tournament
- Shot 20 total rounds under par and finished eight tournaments under par
- Best 18-hole score was 5-under 65 in the third rounds of both the Sea Best Invitational and the NCAA New Have Regional
- Won three medalist crowns at Sea Best Invitational, The Hayt and ASUN Championship
- Best 54-hole score was 8-under 205 (72-66-67) at ASUN Championship, where he won individual title by four strokes
- Selected as ASUN Golfer of the Week twice (Sea Best Invite & The Hayt), where he defended his medalist crown from previous year at both events
- Finished nine times in top 10 and 10 times in top 25 of player's leaderboard
- Was top Osprey scorer in nine events and all 39 competitive rounds played were counted towards team's score
- Helped UNF to seven top-three finishes, including team titles at The Hayt and ASUN Championship
- Also assisted in sending Ospreys to NCAA Championship with a top-three finish in New Haven Regional
- Advanced as individual to final round of NCAA Championship and placed tied for 37th
- Awarded ASUN Golfer of the Year and First Team All-ASUN honors for second consecutive season
- Also named to PING All-Region team and All-American third team
- Selected to play as member of United States team in Arnold Palmer Cup for second straight year
- Was one of 30 collegiate golfers from across the nation put on the Ben Hogan Watch List
- Named Ben Hogan Award February Golfer of the Month finalist after performances at Sea Best Invite (7-under, 1st), Nexus Championship (14-over, T10), and Coral Creek Club Invitational (5-under, T3)

 

2020-21

- Played in all 9 tournaments (27 rounds)
- Recorded program season record 69.59 stroke average
- Tallied 18 rounds under par including personal best 66, three times
- Posted under par total in six tournaments including a season best 11-under at General Hackler Championship
- Finished Top 25 in 8 events highlighted by seven Top 10 performances
- Claimed individual medalist crown in three events (The Hayt | General Hackler Championship | Sea Best Invitational)
- Earned No. 1 Golfstat ranking during season | Finished season ranked No. 2 individually by Golfstat
- Osprey's top performer in 7 tournaments
- Only had 4 rounds over par for the season
- Had perfect 3-0-0 match record vs Jacksonville in Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup
- Team counted 100% of round scores (27 of 27)

- Named semifinalist for both the Ben Hogan Award and Haskins Award (National Player of the Year honors)
 

Amateur || Juniors

- Reached semifinal match of U.S. Amateur at Oakmont CC (2021) | 1st UNF player to reach the semis
- Member of winning Team USA at Palmer Cup (2021) | Posted a 3-1-0 record
- Played on the Florida Junior Tour (2015-19)
- Captured a trio of FJT tournament titles
- Named FSGA Junior Player of the Year (2019)
- Earned FSGA tournament titles at 2018 State Match Play | 2019 Amateur Public Links | 2020 New Years Invitational
- Also played in the 2019 Amateur Championship and 2019 Florida Open

 

High School

- Varsity letterwinner at Mitchell High School for coaches Lou Gamboa (2016-18) and Jeff Leavey (2019)
- Four-time All-Conference selection for the Mustangs

 

Personal

- Born on April 24
- Son of Don and Annette Gabrelcik
- Has one brother, Donnie

- Majoring in sport management

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Right-handed
    6'2"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Right-handed
    6'2"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Right-handed
    6'2"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Right-handed
    6'2"