Kye Meeks

Photo by: Ole Miss Athletics

Hometown:
Walnut, Miss.
High School:
Walnut
Major:
Multi-Disciplinary Studies

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2025 PING All-Region Southeast Team
• SEC All-Freshman Team (2021-22)
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)

CAREER: Competed in 38 tournaments across four seasons at Ole Miss… Held a 71.91 stroke average across 111 rounds… Tallied three top five finishes, six top 10s and 12 top 20 finishes… Helped Ole Miss to six team victories… Played in four NCAA Regionals (2022: Norman, 2023: Norman, 2024: Stanford, 2025: Tallahassee)… Guided the Rebels to their first No. 1 ranking in program history on October 23, 2024… Helped the team earn their first No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament history in 2024-25… Helped the Rebels advance to the semifinals of match play at the 2025 NCAA Championships… Third place finish at the NCAA Championships marked the highest finish in program history… Second place finish at the 2025 Tallahassee Regional marked the best finish in regional by a Rebel team in program history… Helped Ole Miss to a program record for the most team rounds under par in a single season at 26 in 2024-25… Program record 26 team rounds of par or better in 2024-25… Carded the lowest team round in program history in relation to par (265, -23) in the first round at the 2025 Old Waverly Collegiate Championship… Selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2021-22… Named SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll recipient in 2020-21.

2024-25 (SENIOR): PING All-Region Southeast Team selection… Competed in all 12 events… Held a 71.54 stroke average over 37 rounds, good for the third best scoring average on the team… Tallied 22 rounds of par or better and 18 rounds in red figures… Carded 11 rounds in the 60s… Second on the team with seven top 20 finishes… Secured a match play point for Ole Miss in the quarterfinals at the NCAA Championships… Defeated the No. 10 ranked golfer in the nation and a top five stroke play finisher in Josele Ballester, winning 2&1… Won his semifinal match against Oklahoma State’s Gaven Lane, winning 4&2… Carded the lowest team round in program history in relation to par (265, -23) in the first round at the 2025 Old Waverly Collegiate Championship… Had a career-best T2 finish at Fallen Oak… Set a new career-low 54-hole score of 205 at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate to open the season… Carded a career-low 18-hole score of (-7,65) in round two at Fallen Oak.

2023-24 (REDSHIRT-JUNIOR): Competed in seven tournaments for the Rebels, making the lineup in five… Competed with a 71.29 stroke average … Earned a career best finish at the Seminole Intercollegiate tying for 4th shooting a 211 (-5)... Shot a season low round of 66 and a season low of 210 through three rounds at the Mason Rudolph Championship… Recorded 12 rounds at or below par…Had five rounds in the 60s… Earned two top 10 finishes on the season ... Finished in the top-20, tied for 18th at the NCAA Stanford Regional, shooting a career-best 54 hole score 208 (-2).

2022-23 (REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE): Competed in seven tournaments for the 2022-23 season … Opened his sophomore debut with a tied-for 10th finish in the Badger Individual Invitational … Sank three back-to-back birdies on Holes 11, 12, and 13 to earn his first top-10 finish of his career … Competed as an individual at the Ka’anapali Classic and shot a career-low round of 67 in the final round … Began the spring season as an individual at the Puerto Rico Classic … Tied his career-low 18-hole score of 67 in the final round of the Mossy Oak Collegiate … Ended the regular season with a tied for 11th finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship with a 210 (-3) overall score … Appeared in the SEC Championships during stroke play … Competed in his second NCAA Regional appearance in Norman, shooting par or better in the second and third round … Earned a 72.00 stroke average.

2021-22 (REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN): Competed in 11 tournaments for the Rebels during the 2021-22 season … Logged a 72.68 stroke average for the Rebels … Named to the 2022 SEC All-Freshman team, becoming the first Rebel freshman named to the team since Jackson Suber in 2018 ... Earned Co-SEC Freshman of the Week honors after earning a career-best 54-hole score of 210 (-3), as well as then-personal best marks with a 31st place finish and a low 18-hole score of 68 (-3) at the Cabo Collegiate ... Recorded a total of 13 birdies while at the Cabo Collegiate ... Would match his personal-best 18-hole score of 68 at the Hootie at Bulls Bay, where he would finish 68th ... Finished in the top 20 for the first time of his collegiate career at the Mossy Oak Collegiate Invitational, with his scorecard of 70-73-71--214 (-2) earning him a share of 12th ... Placed 27th at the team's trip to the NCAA Norman Regional, recording two of his three rounds under par (77-71-70--218) to help Ole Miss punch its ticket to Scottsdale for the NCAA Championships ... Made his collegiate debut for Ole Miss at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational in Roland, Arkansas … Went on to finish tied for 32nd in his debut, carding a final score of 223 (+7) over three rounds … Finished with a record of 3-1 at the SEC Match Play Championship, earning victories over Auburn’s Alex Vogelsong (3&2), Tennessee’s Tyler Johnson (5&3) and Alabama’s Tyler Lipscomb (4&2) ... Finished tied for 67th at the 2022 NCAA Championships (78-75-72-75--300) ... Ended his freshman campaign with 14 rounds at par or better, 12 rounds under par and four rounds in the 60s for the Rebels.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted ... Earned a spot on the SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned six letters at Walnut High School … Ranked the No. 1 recruit in the state of Mississippi … Posted a 68.50 stroke average as a senior … Two-time individual state champion, capturing the title as a sophomore and junior … Finished 4-under to win the 2018 state tournament … Named the 2018 North Mississippi Boys Golfer of the Year … Earned all-state accolades and was a finalist for the Clarion Ledger’s 2018 Golfer of the Year … Led his team to a regional championship as a junior … Collected two wins on the Southeast Junior Golf Tour, the Hattiesburg Country Club Junior and the Annandale Junior Classic … Put together a top-3 finish at the 2019 Mississippi Junior Amateur along with two top-15 performances at the Press Thornton Future Masters and the Magnolia Amateur.

PERSONAL: Son of Shane Meeks and Betsy Winstead … Has one sibling, Can … Full name is Kye Logan Meeks ... Born: Sept. 18, 2001 … Multi-Disciplinary Studies major.

YEAR-BY-YEAR
Year	Tournaments	Rounds	Strokes	Avg.	Best 18	Best 54	Top 5	Top 10	Top 20	Best Finish
2021-22	12	34	2,471	72.68	68	210	-	-	1	T12
2022-23	7	19	1,368	72.00	67	210	-	*1	2	T10
2023-24	7	21	1,497	71.29	66	208	1	2	2	T4
2024-25	12	37	2,647	71.54	65	205	2	3	7	T2
Total	38	111	7,983	71.91	65	205	3	6	12	T2

CAREER BESTS
Low 18	(-7, 65) (Fallen Oak Collegiate Inv., 2024)
Low 54	205 (2024 Visit Knoxville Collegiate)
Best Ind. Finish	T2 (Fallen Oak Collegiate Inv., 2024)