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2012-13 Men's Golf Roster

Santiago Gomez

  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 150
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Armenia, Colombia
  • Prev School GI School
  • Major Undecided

Biography

The Gomez File
Parents: Gabriel Gomez and Victoria Hoyos
Birthday: May 26, 1993
Major: Management
Honors
PING Division II All American
2013 (3rd)
PING All-South Central Region
2013 (1st)
GCAA All-Freshman Team
2013
LSC Individual Champion
2013
LSC Golfer of the Week
3/21/13
At Midwestern State

Redshirt Freshman (2012-13)
- named Midwestern State's first All American during the NCAA era.
- garnered third-team PING Division II All-America status and was a first-team PING South Central Region pick.
- tabbed to the All-Freshman Team by the Golf Coaches' Association of America.
- played in 11 tournaments and 28 rounds posting a team-best stroke average of 72.93 to rank 19th nationally.
- carded team countable scores in 27 of his 28 rounds.
- set program single-season records in scoring average versus par (1.11), national scoring rating (19), wins (2), par or better rounds (12), finish percentage (89.2), birdies (89), eagles (4) and Par-4 scoring (4.11).
- carded seven sub-70 rounds posting a campaign best score of 67 (-5) in the opening round at the NCAA Division II Men's West/South Central Super Regional.
- led Mustangs to first Lone Star Conference team championship by claiming the individual title with a 7-under, three-round total of 209 (73-68-68) at the Par-72, 6,988-yard course at The Golf Club at Champions Circle in Fort Worth from April 15-16, 2013.
- posted a pair of sub-par rounds to finish sixth individually at the NCAA Division II West/South Central Super Regional played at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. with a 4-under, three-round total of 212 (67-73-72) from May 6-8, 2013.
- claimed individual win at the Midwestern State Invitational played at the Par-72, 7,034-yard course at The Champions Course at Weeks Park with a even-par, three-round total of 216 (75-70-71).

Freshman (2011-12)
- served redshirt season.

At GI School
- a 2011 graduate of GI School in Armenia, Colombia.
- graduated with honors in math.
- member of the Colombian junior national golf team in 2008 and 2009.
- won the 2010 International Junior Championship with rounds of 69-61-69-69.
- reached semifinals of the International Junior Masters at East Aurora Country Club in Buffalo, N.Y.
- finished fourth at the Texas-Oklahoma Open in 2009 with rounds of 75-72-70-73.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2012-13Redshirt Freshman

    5'10" 150 lbs