CARLSBAD, Calif. -- San Diego State sophomore Harry Takis (Brisbane, Australia) has been named a PING First-Team All-American, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced on Wednesday.
Takis is the first Aztec to earn first-team All-America honors since Greg Twiggs in 1983 and the sixth overall. The others are Chuck Courtney (1962), Frank Merhar and Paul Tuttle in 1964 (college division) and Curt Worley in 1978.
Takis recently completed arguably the best season in program history. Takis, who is the sixth-ranked player in the country in the latest Scoreboard powered by clippd computer ratings, has also been named a PING All-West Region selection, the Mountain West Golfer of the Year, and a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award and to the postseason watch list for the Haskins Award, each which go out to the national players of the year. A two-time MW Golfer of the Week this season, Takis also has been selected to represent the Internationals at the 2026 Arnold Palmer Cup in July.
Takis finished the 2025-26 campaign with a 69.23 scoring average over 30 rounds, more than a stroke better than Shea Lague’s previous school record set in 2022-23. Out of 10 tournaments on the season, he had a victory, two runner-up finishes, two third-place efforts, five top-5 showings, six top-10s and nine finishes in the top 20. Takis had 17 rounds in the 60s.
Through two seasons, Takis has a 70.29 scoring average, which is tops in SDSU recorded history.
After tying an MW record with four consecutive wins at the league championship from 2022-25, the Aztecs took third in their final MW event earlier this month before ending the year at the NCAA Marana Regional. San Diego State officially joins the Pac-12 on July 1.
PING First-Team All-Americans
Kihei Akina, Brigham Young
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Ben James, Virginia
Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
William Jennings, Alabama
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Will Sides, SMU
Harry Takis, San Diego State
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Harry Takis Named PING First-Team All-American
Takis becomes SDSU’s sixth first-team All-American and first since 1983.
