Bio

As a men's golf All-American in his senior year, Ryan Kiel was one of just 24 honorees on the 2011 All-Nicklaus Team. A First Team NCAA Division III All-American, Kiel joined players from NCAA Division I, II, and III, the NAIA, and the NJCAA on the All-Nicklaus Team, which recognized the top collegiate players in the nation for their outstanding play during the 2010-11 season. Kiel led the Bulldogs to a third-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships - then the highest finish at the NCAA Division III Championships by an American Southwest Conference school and at the time the best finish in school history for a team sport in an NCAA Division III championship. Kiel finished fourth individually at the national tournament and was named a First Team All-American and to the PING First Team All-West Region. Kiel was the ASC individual runner-up and led TLU to the 2011 ASC Championship. He was named the 2010-11 TLU Male Co-Athlete of the Year and finished third in the voting for 2010-11 ASC  Male Athlete of the Year. A business administration major, Kiel was TLU's Distinguished Scholar-Athlete for men's golf. Kiel was named PING All-West Region three times. He won the ASC Men's Golf individual championship as a freshman and was the individual runner-up twice (sophomore and senior seasons). He played one year at the University of Texas at San Antonio, but he returned to TLU for his final season with the Bulldogs (in the 2010-11 academic/athletics year).