KERRVILLE, Texas – The Huskies concluded the 2024 The Big Texan at Riverhill Country Club finishing in 12^th place with rounds of 297, 305, and 289 to finish at 24-over par for the tournament. The one-over par, 289, in the final round is the best final round for the Husky program this championship season.

Ben Caton led the Huskies claiming his best finish to-date as a Husky with a tie for 5^th place at three-under par. After posting back-to-back under par rounds on opening day, 70-71, the Scotland native fired an even-par round of 72 to finish at three-under par and tally back-to-back tournaments with under-par finishes. Starting the day four-shots back of the leader in a tie for 2^nd place, Caton carded a bogey on his opening hole, the par-4, 10^th hole, before four straight pars followed by a birdie at the par-4, 15^th hole, to get back to even-par. A bogey at the 16^th hole before making the turn at even-par thanks to a birdie at the par-4, 18^th hole, Caton was five-shots off the lead heading into the final nine holes. After a bogey at the 1^st hole, Caton rallied seven straight pars before a birdie at the last hole, the par-4 9^th hole, to finish eight-shots back of the leader. The senior claimed his second top-10 and first top-5 of his five-year Husky career which includes three straight top-20 finishes this spring.

After a tough start on opening day with rounds of 76-78 to sit in a tie for 60^th place, Brooks Pawlak battled back with his eighth under par round of his freshman campaign. A final round one-under par, 71, catapulted the Kingwood native 15-spots up the leaderboard to a tie for 45^th place. Pawlak opened the final round with a birdie at the par-4, 10^th hole, before getting to two-under par after a birdie at the par-5, 14^th hole. A double-bogey at the 15^th hole followed by 10 straight pars before closing out with a birdie at the par-4, 8^th hole, Pawlak completed the tournament at nine-over par for the week.

Cooper New followed up rounds of 73-75 on day one with a five-over par, 77, in the final round to also finish in a tie for 45^th place. The senior added two birdies on day two tallying back-to-back birdies at the 4^th and 5^th holes to finish with five birdies for the week. The Comfort native finished tied for 5^th place in total pars for the week with 37 pars.

Mason Napier led the Huskies and finished tied for 7^th place with the most birdies for the week, 12 birdies, after adding six birdies in the final round. Thanks to a one-under par, 71, on the final day, the sophomore jumped 13-spots up the leaderboard to finish in a tie for 56^th place with rounds of 78-78-71. The Paris native recorded three birdies on each nine holes in the final round to finish the tournament at 11-over par for the week.

Rounding out the Husky lineup, Roy Barrera bounced back on day two with a final round three-over par, 75, after rounds of 81-80 on day one. The sophomore added three birdies in the final round at the 5^th, 9^th and 15^th holes to finish the week in a tie for 78^th place at 20-over par.

Competing as an individual, Benjamin Dabos claimed his second best finish of his freshman season in a tie for 39^th place. After rounds of 74-78 on opening day, the Argentina native tied his lowest round of the year with an even-par, 72, to finish at eight-over par for the week. After just three birdies on day one, Dabos recorded four birdies in the final round starting with back-to-back birdies at the 14^th and 15^th holes before rolling in another birdie at the par-4, 18^th hole, to make the turn at one-under par. Dabos knocked in another birdie at the 4^th hole en route to back-to-back 72's in the final round of the last two tournaments.

Host, UTRGV, went wire-to-wire to claim the 2024 The Big Texan with rounds of 285-292-277 to finish the week at 10-under par as a team. Abilene Christian posted a final round 15-under par, 273, to claim second place at one-over par, 11-shots back. UTRGV's Javier Neira came from behind to claim the individual title with a final round eight-under par, 64, after carding rounds of 69-72 on opening day. Seton Hall's Wenliang Xie and day one leader, Tarleton State's Alvaro Huidobro, captured a tie for second place at seven-under par, four-strokes back.

The Huskies will return to action for their final non-conference tournament of the season at the 2024 Koasati Pines Intercollegiate hosted by Nicholls at Koasati Pines Golf Club in Kinder, Louisiana on April 8^th – 9^th.