El Dorado, Ark.- Senior Evan White won the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Individual Championship with an even-par at Mystic Creek Golf Club, and earns automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Golf Championship. Texas State finished seventh among the 12 conference teams. 
 
"I'm so happy and proud of Evan White," said Texas State men's golf head coach Shane Howell. "His career at Texas State has had some up and downs, but through it all he has continued to work hard and be a tremendous leader for Bobcat Golf." 
 
Individual
Evan White jumped three spots to claim the conference individual championship. In round three, White went two-under putting him at an even-par 216. He ended the tournament with eight birdies, second most for the Bobcats, and led the team with the most pars, 35. 
 
It was in the last nine holes where White secured the first-place finish staying at two-under and three-under par. White set himself ahead of the field by three strokes and finished ahead of two top-50 players. He went even in the first round and under in the final round. 
 
Coach Howell on White's time at Texas State, "We talk all the time, in our program, about leaving a mark on the program during your time at Texas State and Evan was going to do that whether or not he won today. This Sun Belt Individual Championship he won today just leaves his mark on Texas State golf a little bit bigger now!"

With the victory, White earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. Regionals will be held May 16-18.
 
Senior Wyatt Koricanek finished second for the Bobcats, moving up 22 spots and tied for 21^st. Koricanek led the team with nine birdies, having four in round three. 
 
In Kasper Nyland's second time at the championship, he followed closely behind and tied for 24^th 13-over par with an eagle on hole one in round two.
 
Team
"A bittersweet day for our team," said Coach Howell. "On a very difficult golf course in difficult conditions our team competed their hearts out in the final round. We shot the low round of the day by 4 shots and with 2 holes to go were in position to make match play. It was not to be as we fell just short of match play by 3 shots." 
 
The Bobcats finished seventh, moving up four spots from the first day. Texas State had the lowest score among the conference teams in the final round with six-over 294, and 43-over after three rounds. The team missed getting into the match play round by three strokes. 
 
No. 46 Georgia Southern and No. 44 Little Rock tied for first shooting 25-over par. UT Arlington and Georgia State join those programs for match play tomorrow to determine the conference champions. 
 
"This team competed their hearts out every single round this year and today was no exception. Every one of these guys mean so much to our program and I'm lucky to have coached these great group of guys this year."
 
TXST in the Standings
1. Evan White (72-74-70=216; E)
T-21. Wyatt Koricanek (80-76-72=228; +12)
T-24. Kasper Nyland (78-76-75=229; +13)
T-43. Clayton King (77-80-77=234; +18)
54. Fabian Sunden (81-82-80=243; 27)