Brooks Blackmer Season 2004-05

Freshman (2004-05)
Blackmer competed in Nebraska’s Fairway Club Invitational as an individual and tied for 24th with a 233 total. He hopes to make an impact for Nebraska during his first spring season. Blackmer served on a two-year Mormon mission after compiling impressive credentials as a junior player in Canada. Nebraska Coach Bill Spangler said Blackmer possesses excellent maturity and he expects Blackmer to push for action this spring. Blackmer competed in just one tournament in the fall while getting his game back into tournament-shape.

Before Nebraska
One of the top juniors in Canada, Blackmer was the 2000 Alberta provincial high school champion at Magrath High School for his father, Ross Blackmer. Brooks was also the Alberta Junior Champion and a member of Alberta’s victorious National Junior America’s Cup team. He was also the first alternate on the Canadian World Junior Team.

Personal
Brooks is the son of Ross and Kathy Blackmer, and was born on Nov. 24, 1982. Brooks has two brothers, Derek (18) and Mitch (16). He was a Rutherford Scholar in grades 10 and 11, and is majoring in pre-dentistry at Nebraska.