United Athletic Conference

Kansas City's Paul Foulquie has been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Golfer of the Month for October.

 

Foulquie, a junior from Paris, France, posted three of the top 10 lowest scores in the month of October and the WAC's top scoring average to earn honors. Through nine rounds, the junior averaged just 69.6 strokes over nine rounds played. His top finish came in his final tournament of the fall, tying for second with a 9-under-par 207 at the Hoakalei C.C. Invitational in 'Ewa Beach, Hawai'i. He also took eighth with a 10-under-par 206 at the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational and tied for 18th at the Fighting Irish Classic with an even-par 213. 

 

Other men's nominees: Grand Canyon's Trevor Lampson had three top-20 finishes on the month, including a second-place finish at the Bill Cullum Invitational while averaging 69.7 strokes per round on the month … NM State's Aidan Thomas earned his first collegiate win at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate, shooting a 6-under-par 207 … Seattle U's Nathan Cogswell finished in the top-20 in both tournaments played this month, most notably a tie for seventh at the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational … Utah Valley's Gabe Lysen recorded a pair of top-20 finishes on the month at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational and Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate.

 

Only one tournament remains this fall at UT Rio Grande Valley wraps up the 2019 portion of the schedule beginning on Sunday at the FGCU Classic in Estero, Fla.

 

Grand Canyon's Trevor Lampson holds the top scoring average in the WAC this season at 69.9 through 12 rounds. Kansas City's Paul Foulquie is second at 70.3, followed by Seattle U's Nathan Cogswell in third at 71.1. As a team, Grand Canyon holds the top stroke average at 284.2, followed by Kansas City (288.3) and Seattle U (289.6).

 

The WAC has had two individual medalists this season. Grand Canyon's Michael Salazar won the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational with a 12-under-par 204. NM State's Aidan Thomas was the second WAC golfer to medal this season, winning the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate with a 6-under-par 207.

 

The 2020 WAC Men's Golf Championship heads back to Arizona as Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club will play host to the tournament on May 1-3, 2020. The championship Australian Sand Belt-style golf course sits on 320 acres of land that was once a part of Ak-Chin's original May 1912 reservation before it was removed by Presidential Executive Order in late 1912. Nearly 100 years later, in 2010, the Community recovered its sacred land when it purchased the Brian Curley and Fred Couples designed facility after it was originally developed as a private club. The course currently boasts several coveted accolades that include Golfweek's list of the "Top 100 Resort Courses," "Best Courses You Can Play," and "Top Casino Courses," as well as Golf Magazine's list of "Top 100 Courses You Can Play."