New Mexico State University Athletics

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 15^th 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.