General: Competed in all but one event to date in his Tech career and has been a solid contributor in the lineup … Ranked among the top 10 junior golfers in America, named a Rolex All-American and a Rolex Scholastic All-American in 2022 … Committed to Georgia Tech in July of 2023 after originally signing with Southern California … Released from his letter of intent after a coaching change … Became a regular member of Tech’s starting five during the spring of his freshman year … Majoring in business administration
2024-25: Tournament Results
Qualified and played in four of five fall events (did not play in the East Lake Cup), compiling a 73.17 stroke average over 12 rounds … Top finish was a tie for 28th at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational (+3) … Other finishes range from 49th at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational (+5), where he closed with a 68, to 66th at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate (+12) … Currently No. 471 in the Scoreboard NCAA rankings
2024 Amateur Highlights: Summer itinerary included trips to the Sunnehanna Amateur in Pennsylvania, the Trans-Mississippi Amateur in Kansas (tie for 8th) and the Monroe Invitational in New York (tie for 23rd) … Won a local qualifier for the U.S. Amateur but did not make it through final qualifying
2023-24: Tournament Results
Made the ACC All-Academic Golf Team … Competed in 12 of Tech’s 13 events, missing only the Calusa Cup due to an injury … Played 4th or 5th in the Tech lineup, and once as an individual … Finished 33rd or better in Tech’s last three regular-season events, best being a tie for 22nd at the Linger Longer Invitational (214, -2) … Tied for 33rd at the RE Lamkin Invitational and The Goodwin … Finished 53rd at the ACC Championship, 63rd at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional, 67th at the NCAA Championship, where he also went 1-1 in match play … Tied for 30th in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate in the fall and 13th in stroke play at the East Lake Cup, where he also went 1-0-1 in match play … Scoring average of 73.41 across 34 stroke play rounds
Junior Golf: Ranked No. 3 nationally in the Junior Golf Scoreboard, No. 6 in the Golfweek Boys rankings and No. 9 in the AJGA rankings after finishing 11th at the 2023 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and 21st at the AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods, as well as 17th at the California Amateur Championship … Advanced to match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur in Charleston, S.C., tying for 14th place in stroke play, and reached the round of 32 … Defeated Chris Pollak, 5&3, in the opening round before falling 5&4 to Torger Ohe … Represented the U.S. in the 2022 Junior President’s Cup and won all three of his matches, including a 5&3 singles win, the second largest victory of the competition for the U.S. side … Earned the spot thanks to a fourth-place finish at The Junior PLAYERS Championship … Also played for the West team in the 2022 Wyndham Cup … 2022 AJGA results were highlighted by a third-place finish at the Sergio and Angela Garcia Foundation Junior Championship, as well as a trio of fourth-place finishes (Junior PLAYERS and the Jack Burke, Jr., Invitational) … Tied for fifth at the PING Invitational) and seventh at the season-ending Rolex Tournament of Champions
High School: Captured All-Freeway League first-team notice and co-MVP team honors at Sunny Hills High School … Earned the AJGA Billy Dettlaff Sportsmanship Award and was active in the AJGA Leadership Links as the top fundraiser for the Veteran’s Golf Association … Compiled a 4.67 GPA with an academic resume that featured Rotary Top 100, AP Scholar with Distinction honors, the Servite President’s Scholarship Award and inclusion in the California Scholarship Federation
Coach Heppler on Kim: “We are really excited about adding a tremendous student-athlete to our program. Carson has had the commitment and passion to excel in all aspects of his life. Not only is he one of the nation’s highest ranked junior players, but has as a student excelled academically at a level that would have allowed him entrance into the very best universities. He is going to make a great contribution to our program as a player, a student and a teammate.”
| Low | Par/- | Finish Top | ||||||||||
| Season | Rounds | Strokes | 54-holes | Round | Rounds | Events | 1 | 5 | 10 | W-L | W-L% | Average |
| 2023-24 | 34 | 2496 | 213 | 67 | 13 | 12 | – | – | – | 497-576 | .463 | 73.41 |
| Totals | 34 | 2496 | 213 | 67 | 13 | 12 | – | – | – | 497-576 | .463 | 73.41 |
