COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- San Diego State's Shea Lague (Jamul, Calif./Steele Canyon HS) has been named the Mountain West Men's Golf Freshman of the Week, the league announced Thursday. It is Lague's first career conference honor.
Lague helped the Aztecs finish sixth at the Southwestern Invitational in a 12-team field which included six teams ranked in the top 21 in the latest Golfstat rankings. SDSU finished sixth at 7-over-par, defeating No. 8 Texas by 15 shots, and fellow MW opponents San José State by 31 and UNLV by 35. The only teams ahead of San Diego State were No. 3 Arizona State, No. 7 Pepperdine, No. 21 Washington, No. 13 Georgia and No. 14 Wake Forest.
Lague finished tied for 23rd out of 64 golfers at 2-over 218. Lague opened with a 2-under 70 on Monday and played as the Aztecs' No. 1 golfer the rest of the tournament, following with an even-par 72 on Tuesday and a 4-over 76 on Wednesday. He recorded 13 birdies in the tournament, which was the most on the team and tied for the 12th most in the tournament. Lague also ranked second in the 64-man field in par-4 scoring (3.87).
On the season, Lague is averaging 72.58 in 12 rounds across four tournaments.
SDSU next competes in The Prestige presented by Charles Schwab at PGA West, Feb. 21-23, in La Quinta, California.