2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Luke Powell
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Laguna Niguel, Calif.
- High School:
- Capistrano Valley Christian Schools
- Prev School:
- UCLA
Career Accolades
- All-PAC-12 Second Team (2023-2024)
- PAC-12 All-Freshman Team (2023-2024)
- GCAA West All-Region (2023-2024)
- Ben Hogan Award Watch List (2024)Â
- PAC-12 Men's Golfer of the Week (Oct. 10, 2023)
2025 Fall Season
- Started and played in three of the team’s four fall tournaments
- Made is UA debut and finished tied for 33rd overall at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational at 4-over par 214
- Recorded a season-best score of even par 216 and tied for 34th place at the Fallen Oak Collegiate
- Four of his nine rounds in the fall were par or better
UCLA (2023-25)
- All-PAC-12 Second Team (2023-2024)
- PAC-12 All-Freshman Team (2023-2024)
- GCAA West All-Region (2023-2024)
- Ben Hogan Award Watch List (2024)
- PAC-12 Men's Golfer of the Week (Oct. 10, 2023)
- Across his two seasons with the Bruins, he competed in 22 tournaments (64 rounds)
- Recorded a 71.7 scoring average over 37 rounds and 12 tournaments during his freshman season, and was the only Bruin to appear in the starting lineup for all 12 of UCLA's tournaments
- Collected four top 10s and five top 20s and tallied 17 rounds under par, including 12 rounds in the 60s his freshman season
- Had a stellar start to his collegiate career with three top three finishes in the Fall 2023 season, including outdueling Nick Dunlapto earn his first collegiate medal at the Hamptons Intercollegiate on Oct. 2-3 Â
- Carded a score of 17-under par 199 (64-67-68) at the Hamptons Intercollegiate, the third-lowest 54-hole tournaments score in UCLA program history
- Averaged a team-best 69.9 strokes and was a collective 25-under in UCLA's four fall tournaments
- Collected four top 10 finishes across his first five collegiate tournaments as a true freshman, including three top five results
- Competed in 10 tournaments (27 rounds) as a sophomore, finishing with a stroke average of 73.5 per round
- Had four rounds under par, two rounds in the 60s and one top 20 finish
Prep Highlights
- Powell competed four years of varsity golf at Capistrano Valley Christian Schools under coach Bobby NickellÂ
- Shot a -7, 66 to win the 2023 CIF State Championship at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble BeachÂ
- Also captured the 2023 CIF Southern Section Individual Regional title at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills after shooting a -7, 67Â
- 2023 Capistrano Dispatch Athlete of the Year for Golf and Orange County Register’s 2023 Player of the YearÂ
- Selected as the 2023 Capistrano Valley Christian Schools Student-Athlete of the YearÂ
- A three-time All-CIF First Team selection in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and two-time Mesquite Valley League MVPÂ
- Competed in the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur after winning his qualifier at Vista Valley Country Club by three strokes with a -4, 67Â
- Crowned as the 2022 Southern California Junior Amateur Golf Champion at Morongo Golf Club, accounting for two of the three lowest rounds posted at the event and with a -4, 68 and -6, 66Â
- Rallied with four birdies on the six opening holes of the back nine in the final round of the 2022 AJGA Dave Stockton Junior Championship for his first AJGA victoryÂ
- Medaled at the Toyota Tour Cup (TTC) Patrick Cantlay Foundation Series Finale at the Indian Wells Golf Resort (-9; 66-69)Â Â
- Competed in the 2022 U.S. Amateur at Ridgewood Country Club after qualifying with the third-lowest score at Mission Viejo Country Club (67-71)Â
Men's Golf Spring Preview with Coach Seawell
Monday, February 16
Fall Recap with Coach Seawell
Thursday, February 12
Watersound Invitational Recap: Coach Seawell
Wednesday, February 21
Watersound Invitational Day 1 Recap: Thomas Ponder
Monday, February 19



