2024-25 Men's Golf Roster
McLaughlin, Cade
Nick Mathews: The Balance of Academics, Golf and Being an RA
Wednesday, November 20
Golf Short Game Facility
Monday, November 13
Healthier U = Healthier NC: Golf
Thursday, June 01
2016-17 Men's Golf Season Highlight Video
Thursday, June 01

Cade McLaughlin
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Princeton, N.J.
- High School:
- Kent School (Ct.)
- Weight:
- null
- Prev School:
- Wyoming
Bio
2023-24 (Junior at NC State): Men’s Golf All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Honor Roll … Appeared in six events, playing 18 rounds … Season stroke average of 76.56 … Played two rounds at even or below par … Made NC State debut at Rod Myers Invitational playing at Rod Myers Invitational … Placed in a tie for 38th place out of 90 golfers at Ironwood Collegiate Classic finishing with a 54 hole score of three over par
2022-23 (Sophomore at Wyoming): Posted season stroke average of 73.92 … Recorded two Top 25 finishes, placing 19th at the Ram Masters Invitational and also finishing 11th in the individual only portion of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, where he shot a season low score of 214 (-2).
2021-22 (Freshman at Wyoming): Academic All-Mountain West … Mountain West Scholar-Athlete … Appeared in 10 tournaments … Best finish was 13th-place showing in the individual portion of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational … Lowest individual round was a 67 (-4) in the final round of the Ka’anapali Classic in Hawai’i where he also shot his lowest tournament total of 213 (Even) to finish 39th.
High School: Played golf and hockey at the Kent School in Kent, Conn., where he was named a team captain for both teams his senior year … Shifted focus to golf in March of 2020 when he spent an extended period of time in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic during the COVID pandemic … Was ranked as the No. 1 golfer in the state of New Jersey … Earned All-Founders League honors at the Kent School in golf … Awarded the prestigious Lion Award at Kent, which is presented to the top scholar-athlete at the school … Achieved High Honor Roll status … Won 2020 AJGA Stan Utley Qualifier in Columbia, Mo. … Tied for tournament title at 2021 AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve in Westminster, Colo. … As a hockey player, played on the 2015 Silver Stick team that won the championship in Whitby, Ontario and went on to capture the Bauer World Invite that same season in Chicago … 2015 team was ranked as the No. 1 youth hockey team in North America -- Canada and the United States combined.
2022-23 (Sophomore at Wyoming): Posted season stroke average of 73.92 … Recorded two Top 25 finishes, placing 19th at the Ram Masters Invitational and also finishing 11th in the individual only portion of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, where he shot a season low score of 214 (-2).
2021-22 (Freshman at Wyoming): Academic All-Mountain West … Mountain West Scholar-Athlete … Appeared in 10 tournaments … Best finish was 13th-place showing in the individual portion of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational … Lowest individual round was a 67 (-4) in the final round of the Ka’anapali Classic in Hawai’i where he also shot his lowest tournament total of 213 (Even) to finish 39th.
High School: Played golf and hockey at the Kent School in Kent, Conn., where he was named a team captain for both teams his senior year … Shifted focus to golf in March of 2020 when he spent an extended period of time in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic during the COVID pandemic … Was ranked as the No. 1 golfer in the state of New Jersey … Earned All-Founders League honors at the Kent School in golf … Awarded the prestigious Lion Award at Kent, which is presented to the top scholar-athlete at the school … Achieved High Honor Roll status … Won 2020 AJGA Stan Utley Qualifier in Columbia, Mo. … Tied for tournament title at 2021 AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve in Westminster, Colo. … As a hockey player, played on the 2015 Silver Stick team that won the championship in Whitby, Ontario and went on to capture the Bauer World Invite that same season in Chicago … 2015 team was ranked as the No. 1 youth hockey team in North America -- Canada and the United States combined.