Tarleton State University
Tarleton State University
25/07/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 26/07/2024 02:17
Four Tarleton Men’s Golf student athletes named GCAA All American Scholars
STEPHENVILLE, Texas - Four Tarleton State Men's Golf student-athletes were named Cobalt Golf Division 1 All-American Scholars, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced Thursday.
, , and all represented Tarleton Men's Golf on the 2023-24 GCAA All-American Scholars list. Huidobro earned his second career GCAA All-American Scholar award while Gallaher, Samaniego and Sepulveda received the honor for the first time. Each individual was also named to the Academic All-WAC Team last month.
, , and all represented Tarleton Men's Golf on the 2023-24 GCAA All-American Scholars list. Huidobro earned his second career GCAA All-American Scholar award while Gallaher, Samaniego and Sepulveda received the honor for the first time. Each individual was also named to the Academic All-WAC Team last month.
Tarleton State's four student-athletes marked the second-most honorees among Western Athletic Conference programs for 2023-24. The honor marks the second consecutive season Tarleton has seen at least three student-athletes named as a GCAA All-American Scholar.
To be eligible for GCAA All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their Associate's Degree and in their last year of athletic eligibility in the NJCAA. In addition, they must participate in 50% of their team's competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 76.0 in NCAA Division I, under 78.0 in NCAA Division II, under 79.0 in NCAA Division III, under 78.0 in NAIA, and under 77.0 in NJCAA, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at their college or university.
531 NCAA Division I athletes from 180 schools earned GCAA All-America honors.
In its second year of Division 1, Tarleton State Men's Golf made great strides during the 2023-24 season. After finishing 10th in the WAC Championship in 2023, the Texans collected a fourth-place finish in the 2024 WAC Championship. The Texans also had three student-athletes finish in the top 10 individually at the conference championships ( - T-5th, - T-5th, - T-10th).
Tarleton Men's Golf's student-athletes completed the 2023-24 campaign with one individual medalist, one All-WAC selection and combined for 11 individual top 10 finishes.