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Spartans Selected to Postseason Play at Austin Regional

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The San José State men’s golf team returns to NCAA postseason action as the Spartans were selected as one of 14 teams to play at the Austin Regional, May 13-15, at The University of Texas Golf Club.

  • The Spartans last played at regionals as a team in 2019, ironically on the exact same course and dates that year.
  • San José State is ranked 60th in the last national rankings.
  • SJSU is coming off a fourth-place finish at the Mountain West Championship, the best finish for the program since joining the conference in 2013-14.
  • The Spartans have four top-five finishes this season including third place at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational and the Pan-Pacific Collegiate Championship.
  • Caleb Shelter, Xuan Luo and Zubair Firdaus each tied for 13th at the MW Championship.
  • The Spartans are one of six Mountain West schools to receive an invite to the NCAA Regionals.
  • The top-five teams and low individual not on those teams will advance to the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, May 24-29, at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.

The University of Texas Golf Club – Austin, Texas

Hosted by Texas

Teams (seeded in the following order):

1.        Tennessee

2.         Arkansas

3.         Texas [Big 12 Conference]

4.         Georgia

5.         Wake Forest

6.         Notre Dame

7.         UNC Greensboro

8.         Brigham Young

9.         Utah

10.      San José State

11.      Grand Canyon [Western Athletic Conference]

12.      Arkansas State [Sun Belt Conference]

13.      Kansas City [The Summit League]

Individuals (seeded in the following order):

1.        Gustav Frimodt, TCU

2.     Luke Gutschewski, Iowa State

3.     Hunter Bott, UTSA

4.     Cooper Schultz, Kansas State

5.     Kobe Valociek, Virginia Tech

6.     Joseph Sullivan, Florida Gulf Coast

7.     Erik Jansson, Jacksonville State

8.     Justin Biwer, Colorado

9.     Alexandre Vandermoten, Jacksonville

10.  Peicheng Chen, St. John’s

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