TEXARKANA, Arkansas – WKU’s Luke Fuller captured the 2024 Conference USA individual title with a three-round score of 7-under (209) on Wednesday at Texarkana Country Club. In addition to Fuller's individual crown, the match play semifinal spots were clinched on the team side, as No. 1 seed LA Tech is set to battle No. 4 UTEP, while No. 2 Sam Houston takes on No. 3 Liberty on Thursday morning in the conference semifinals.
 
LA Tech finished the three rounds at -4, while Sam Houston was also under par at -1. Liberty finished +1, while UTEP (+12) held off a late charge by WKU (+15), whom they were paired with, for the fourth and final spot, while Middle Tennessee missed out on match play by just two strokes (+14).
 
Team Leaderboard (stroke play)
Player Leaderboard (stroke play)
 
Fuller fired a 2-under 70 in his final round, and sank a short put to clinch the title on No. 18. Isaac MacNaughton of Jax State turned in the best round of the event on Wednesday, with a 5-under 67 to tie for fifth and a spot on the All-Tournament Team.
 
Eight total players earned spots on the All-Tournament team – Fuller, Josh Ryan (Liberty), Niilo Maki-Petaja (LA Tech), Gene Chaikangwal (Sam Houston), MacNaughton, Michael Barnard (Middle Tennessee), Hunter Battles (LA Tech) and Josh German (Sam Houston).
 
The match play semifinals tee off at 8 a.m. CT, as LA Tech takes on UTEP on hole one, while Sam Houston and Liberty tee off on hole 18 at the same time. Live scoring will be available via Golfstat.
 
Team Leaderboard
1.      LA Tech (-4)
2.     Sam Houston (-1)
3.     Liberty (+1)
4.     UTEP (+12)
5.     Middle Tennessee (+14)
6.     WKU (+16)
7.     New Mexico State (+22)
8.     Jax State (+26)
 
All-Tournament Team
1.      Luke Fuller, WKU (-7)
2.     Josh Ryan, Liberty (-6)
3.     Niilo Maki-Petaja, LA Tech (-4)
4.     Gene Chaikangwal, Sam Houston (-3)
5.     Isaac MacNaughton, Jax State (-1)
        Michael Barnard, Middle Tennessee (-1)
        Hunter Battles, LA Tech (-1)
        Josh German, Sam Houston (-1)