COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Ryan Firpo became Fresno State's first Mountain West Men's Golf Freshman of the Year and senior Matthew Sutherland earned an All-MW team nod, announced by the conference on Wednesday.
Firpo owned a 72.6 adjusted scoring average over 33 rounds this season, leading the league's freshmen. Firpo, who was featured in the lineup in all 11 of the Bulldogs' events so far, had four top-30 finishes, highlighted by a 13th-place finish at the El Macero Classic. The Davis, Calif. native helped the Bulldogs to five top-five team finishes this season, including runner-up efforts at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate and the Lamkin Invitational, and a fifth-place finish at the MW championship.
Sutherland earned the second All-MW honor of his career at Fresno State, after recording the lowest regular season scoring average in Fresno State history 69.6. The Sacramento, Calif. native had five Top 5 finishes and eight Top 20 finishes this season. Sutherland finished third at the MW Championship with a score of 5-under 211.