KERRVILLE, Texas – The Huskies compete in the 2024 Southland Conference Championship at the 7,253-yard, Commanche Trace Golf Club, for the 54-hole conference tournament on Monday-Wednesday. The Huskies finished in 10^th place at the 2023 SLC Championship.

The Huskies return to the course for post-season play after capping off a successful regular season schedule claiming four top-10s and three top-5s. HCU concluded the regular season at the 2024 Koasati Pines Intercollege finishing in a tie for 4^th place.

This week, the Huskies will send out a lineup of seniors Ben Caton and Cooper New, sophomore Mason Napier, and freshmen Brooks Pawlak and Benjamin Dabos. Sophomore Roy Barrera will travel with the team and be available as an alternate.

Ben Caton leads the Huskies claiming top-10s in his last two starts after finishing tied for 5^th place at The Big Texan and tied for 8^th place at the Koasati Pines Intercollegiate. The Scotland native has three top-10 and one top-5 finish in his Husky career. The senior has recorded nine-straight rounds of par or better in his last three starts including five-under par rounds during that stretch.

Cooper New claimed his best finish to-date of his Husky career this season at the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate, finishing in a tie for 8^th place. The senior has three top-10s in four-year stint with the Huskies and has tallied 20 rounds of par or better.

In his inaugural season as a member of the Huskies, Brooks Pawlak has made a name for himself at HCU. The freshman was the first Husky since Carlos Trevino in 2016 to claim an individual title, winning the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate with an eight-under par total. The Kingwood native fired the lowest round of the year for the team with a seven-under par, 65, in the second round of the 2023 Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate and tallied five rounds in the 60s this season. Pawlak finished three tournaments under-par and fired 10 rounds of par or better this year.

Finding his form late this season, Benjamin Dabos claimed his best finish in his early Husky career last tournament, tied for 13^th place at the Koasati Pines Intercollegiate. The freshman fired back-to-back rounds of two-under par, 70, on opening day, his lowest rounds of the season. The Argentina native has posted four rounds of par or better in his inaugural season including back-to-back rounds of even-par, 72, at The Big Texan last month.

Rounding out the Husky lineup, Mason Napier has carded three rounds in the 60s this year. With two top-20s in his two-year Husky career, the sophomore has five career rounds in the 60s and eight rounds of par or better. The Paris, Texas native fired a five-under par, 67, in the opening round of the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate where he claimed his best finish of the season, tied for 18^th place. Napier also claimed his lowest total finish of his Husky career at the 2023 Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate firing rounds of 69-75-71 to finish at one-under par for the week.

Roy Barrera has carded five of his six career rounds of par or better this season. The sophomore fired a four-under par, 68, in the opening rounds of the La Tour Intercollegiate where he claimed his best finish this year, tied for 12^th place.

In his 17^th season at the helm of the Husky program, David Shuster returns to the SLC Championship where he has had a lot of success. Leading the women's program to back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018, and claiming eight conference championships between the Great West, America Sky, and Southland; Shuster has four NCAA Championship appearances. A two-time Southland Coach of the Year for the women's program in 2017 and 2018, a four-time Great West Coach of the Year for both the men and women's programs, and the 2013 America Sky Conference Coach of the Year; Shuster has totaled 26 tournament victories in his illustrious career at HCU.

The 2024 Southland Conference Championship will commence on Monday with 18-holes played each day. The 10-team field will consist of HCU, Bryant, UIW, Lamar, Texas A&M-Commerce, Nicholls, SLU, New Orleans, and reigning conference champions, Augusta. The Huskies will compete alongside Bryant in the opening round, teeing off on hole one.

2024 SLC Championship Opening Round Tee Times:
11:45 a.m. – Mason Napier
11:54 a.m. – Benjamin Dabos
12:03 p.m. – Cooper New
12:12 p.m. – Brooks Pawlak
12:21 p.m. – Ben Caton

Live stats for the tournament are on Golfstat.com and live broadcast for the final round will be streamed on ESPN+!