KERRVILLE, Texas – The Huskies tied their best finish at the conference tournament since joining the Southland in 2014, claiming 4^th place with rounds of 290-291-302 to finish 19-over par for the week. HCU tallied the second most birdies for the 54-hole tournament at Commanche Trace Golf Club, carding 44 total birdies for the week. The Huskies finished second in par-3 scoring average with a 3.12, seven-over par on par-3s for the tournament, and third in par-5 scoring average with a 4.88, seven-under par on par-5s for the week.

Leading the Huskies for his final tournament as a member of the program, Ben Caton notched a tie for 10^th place. After claiming 10^th at the 2022 conference tournament, the senior is one of two players, since HCU joined the Southland in 2014, to claim two top-10s in the conference tournament in their Husky career (Carlos Trevino 2017 & 2018). The Scotland native carded rounds of 70-73-77 to finish at four-over par for the week. Entering his final round as a Husky, Caton sat at one-under par for the tournament. The Scotland native made par at his first three holes before rolling in a birdie at the par-5, 4^th hole. After back-to-back bogeys at the 5^th and 6^th holes followed by a double-bogey at the 8^th hole, Caton made the turn at two-over par for the week. After a trio of pars to start his inward nine holes, Caton recorded back-to-back bogeys at the 13^th and 14^th holes. After a bogey at the 17^th hole, Caton stepped on the tee at the 18^th hole knowing his collegiate career is coming to an end. After striping an iron off the tee to play for position, Caton struck his final full swing toward the challenging pin tucked back left at the par-4, 18^th hole. On a difficult 18^th hole that has seen the closest approach settle more than 20 feet away all afternoon, Caton threw a dart to just 10 feet right of the hole. With head coach, David Shuster, close by admiring Caton's shot and understanding the difficulty of execution, Caton received an excited fist pump and a gentleman's hand shake to respect the senior for his time and devotion to the program. With a bleak smile, a wave of appreciation, and a tip of the cap after rolling in the 10-footer center-cut to close out his Husky career with a birdie, Caton's expressed his gratitude with a show of respect to his fellow teammates. Caton finished his five-year Husky career with four top-10s and a top-5, claiming two top-10s and a top-5 in his final season. Caton closed out his career firing rounds of par or better in 10 of his final 12 rounds and carded a career-low round of six-under par, 66, earlier this season at the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate.

In his first conference tournament as a Husky, Brooks Pawlak battled back from an opening round, 78, to post rounds of 69-74 on the final two days and claim 14^th place at five-over par for the week. The freshman led the Huskies with five birdies in the final round and finished tied for the Husky' lead with 10 birdies for the week. Improving 18-spots up the leaderboard heading into the final round, the Kingwood native opened with a bogey at the 1^st hole before rolling in a birdie at the par-3, 3^rd hole. After a major blemish at the 5^th hole, Pawlak rebounded with a birdie at the 6^th hole and closed his front nine holes with a birdie at the 9^th hole. With bogeys at the 11^th and 17^th holes surrounding birdies at the 14^th and 16^th holes, Pawlak claimed his second-best finish of his young Husky career in 14^th place. Pawlak ended his first season claiming the lowest round of the Huskies this year, a seven-under par, 65, in the second round of the 2023 Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate. Pawlak also secured the first individual win for the Huskies at the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate since Carlos Trevino won the 2016 Colin Montgomerie Invitational. Pawlak earned SLC Golfer of the Month for October, fired six total rounds in the 60s, and carded double-digit rounds of par or better for the 2023-2024 campaign.  

After firing his career-low round of three-under par, 69, in the opening round, Benjamin Dabos carded rounds of 76-77 to claim his second-best finish of the season in a tie for 15^th place. The freshman led the Huskies with 34 pars for the week and finished one-under par on par-3s for the tournament, 2.92 par-3 scoring average. The Argentina native made eight starts this season finishing with a 75.13 scoring average. Dabos notched his two-best finishes in his final two starts after claiming a tie for 13^th place at the 2024 Koasati Pines Intercollegiate two-weeks ago. Dabos fired five rounds of par or better with three under-par rounds in his last two starts.

In his final tournament as a Husky, Cooper New claimed his best finish at the conference tournament in a tie for 26^th place after posting rounds of 79-73-74 to finish at 10-over par for the week. The senior tied Pawlak for the best final round for the Huskies claiming two birdies at the 4^th and 12^th holes. Coming off a trio of pars at the 15^th through the 17^th holes, New tallied his final fairway hit of his Husky career after teeing off at the difficult 18^th hole. After the Comfort native tapped in his putt to secure his farewell at a course he is very familiar with being 20 minutes from his childhood home, New expressed a huge sigh of relief and a warming smile to his family and friends witnessing his final moments as a member of the Husky program. New finished his four-year Husky career with three top-10 finishes and 20 rounds of par or better. In his senior season, New claimed his best finish of his career in a tie for 8^th place at the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate where he also fired his lowest round as a Husky, a three-under par, 69, in the second round.

Rounding out the Husky lineup, Mason Napier posted rounds of 73-76-78 to finish in a tie for 28^th place in his first conference tournament. Napier carded eight birdies for the week including two in the final round at the 4^th and 9^th holes en route to a even-par, 36, on his opening nine holes. After a six-over par inward nine holes, the sophomore finished 11-over par for the tournament. The Paris, Texas native has two-top 20s in his two-year Husky career finishing in a tie for 18^th place in his first start as a Husky at the 2022 Zach Johnson Invitational and at the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate. Napier has tallied eight rounds of par or better including five career rounds in the 60s. Napier claimed his best round as a Husky this season, opening the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate with a five-under par, 67, and finished one-under par at the 2023 Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate with rounds of 69-75-71.

Reigning conference champs, Augusta, defended their team title claiming the 2024 Southland Conference Championship by 18-shots, finishing at nine-under par for the tournament. Lamar claimed second place at nine-over par and New Orleans climbed into third place at 11-over par, 20-strokes back. Augusta's Cole Stevens went wire-to-wire to claim individual champion with rounds of 68-67-75. Reigning individual Southland champion and fellow teammate, Stefan Jacobs, claimed second place at five-under par, one-shot back. Francis Marion's Mitchell Vance will extend his postseason run claiming third place at three-under par, three-shots back.

The Huskies capped off another successful season tying the best finish at the conference tournament since joining the Southland in 2014 with a 4^th place finish. HCU notched five top-10s and four top-5s in the 2023-2024 campaign including a 4^th place finish at the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate and a tie for 4^th place at the 2024 Gulf Coast Collegiate. The Huskies tallied eight rounds of par or better including the lowest round of the season, a seven-under par, 281, in the opening round of the 2024 HCU Colin Montgomerie Invitational. HCU finished under par in two tournaments, two-under par, 862 total, at the 2023 La Tour Intercollegiate and the home tournament.