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2022-23 Men's Golf Roster

Andrés Leighton
Andrew Stern
Andrew Stern
Jeff Huehn
Andrés Leighton
Andrés Leighton
Garrison Smith

Garrison Smith

  • Height
    5-11
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Mansfield, Texas
  • High School
    Mansfield

Biography

Awards
  • 2022-23 All-WAC First Team
  • Ben Hogan Award Watch List
  • WAC Men's Golfer of the Month (September 2022)
2022-23 (Senior): Fired a 207 (-7) at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational to earn a third place finish … Highlighted the 2022-23 season opener with a team-low round of 65 … Followed the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational with another third place finish at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate … Shot 208 (-8) with a final round of 67 (-5) to lead NM State … Went under-par in all three rounds in Albuquerque ... Earned WAC Men's Golfer of the Month honors for September ... Finished sixth at a rain-shortened The Clerico in Tulsa ... Tield for ninth at the Lake Las Vegas Inercollegiate, finishing three-under ... Shot a career-best 209 (-7) in the PING Cougar Classic to conclude the regular season ... Shattered his career-best by ten strokes, shooting 197 (-19) at the WAC Men's Golf Championship ... 197 marked a new conference tournament 54-hole record, breaking a mark that stoof for 21 years ... Won the WAC Championships by seven strokes to qualify for an NCAA Regional bid ... Named to the 2022-23 All-WAC First Team.
 
Tournament R1 R2 R3 Total Finish
Gene Miranda Invitational 69 73 65 207 (-9) 3
William H. Tucker Intercollegiate 71 70 67 208 (-8) 3
The Clerico 68 73 - 141 (-1) 6
Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate 72 75 72 219 (+3) T-50
Border Olympics 73 76 74 223 (+7) T-29
Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate 74 74 75 213 (-3) T-9
Desert Mountain Intercollegiate 72 75 77 224 (+8) T-32
Louisiana Classics 80 77 71 228 (+15) T-35
The Aggie Invitational 72 72 77 221 (+5) T-41
PING Cougar Classic 70 70 69 209 (-7) T-11
WAC Championships 64 65 68 197 (-19) 1st


2021-2022 (Junior): Played 32 holes in 11 tournaments for the Aggies … Opened the season shooting a 271 (+8) at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational (Sept. 10-12) … Led NM State to a runner-up finish at the Lone Star Invitational (Sept. 20-21) after posting a 217 (+1) and finishing tied for third … Helped the Crimson & White claim the Herb Wimberley Intercollegiate (Mar. 21) title, recording a third-place finish with a 208 (-5) … Finishing in a tie for 15th at the Arizona Intercollegiate (Jan. 24-25), pacing the team with a 211 (-5) … Helped the Aggies to a tie for third-place at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate (Mar. 2-4) after recording a 217 (+1), second best on the team … Named Co-Champion of the Bayou Classic (Apr. 11-12) after posting a 213 (-3), giving him the first championship of his collegiate career … Posted a top-ten finish at the 2022 WAC Men’s Golf Championship (Apr. 29 – May 1), taking seventh with a 214 (-2).


2020-21 (Sophomore): Retained eligibility with NCAA COVID-19 Waiver.

2019-20 (Sophomore): Played nine rounds in three tournaments, tallying a 75.67 scoring average before the season was suspended due to COVID-19 ... Best finish of the year came at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15), tying for 35th at 10-over-par 223.

2018-19 (Freshman): Played 31 rounds in 11 tournaments, recording a 75.16 scoring average ... Posted his best finish of the season at The Big Texan (March 25-26), tying for 20th with a career-best round of one-under-par 215.

High School: Played four years of golf at Mansfield HS ... Helped the team to regionals inn 2017 and 2018 ... Named first-team all-region and first-team all-district in 2017 and 2018 ... Led the team to a second-place finish in 2015.

Personal: Son of Troy and Amanda Smith ... Brother of Ryan and Emma ... Majoring in business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'11"
  • 2022-23Senior

    5'11"