DALLAS – Sam Houston’s Pureun Kim and Missouri State’s Pedro Gallegos have been named Conference USA’s Golfers of the Week.
 
CUSA Women’s Golfer of the Week – Pureun Kim, Sam Houston – So. – Berlin, Germany
Kim won her first career individual title, tying for first at the Diamante Invitational hosted by Little Rock. The sophomore fired off rounds of 66-70-72 to finish 8-under 208 over 54 holes. Kim's opening-round 66 marked the best collegiate round of her career and was highlighted by four birdies and an eagle on the par-5 11th hole. She followed that with five birdies on her front nine in the second round and three birdies in the third round. Kim also led the Bearkats to win the team title with a 15-under 849 in the 20-team field.
 
CUSA Men's Golfer of the Week – Pedro Gallegos, Missouri State - So. - Madrid, Spain
Gallegos enjoyed his best collegiate outing, finishing just a stroke off the school record with a 202 total, 11-under-par, at the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate in Springfield with rounds of 66-69-67 to finish third in the field of 53 players. Gallegos birdied three of his first five holes in the opening round on the way to a front-nine 32 and a 66 on the par-71, 6739-yard layout. He rattled off four straight birdies on his way to a final-round 67 with a two-under 69 sandwiched in between. The sophomore finished the fall season with a 73.0 scoring average to rank third on the team. As a team, Mo State finished third and established a new school record for 54 holes by posting rounds of 276-281-275 over two days to set a new school mark of 832, eclipsing the previous record, set in 2023, by 12 shots.
 
2026-27 CUSA Women’s Golfer of the Week
S2      Grace Frei, WKU
S9      Rhianna Gooneratne, Delaware
S16     Lara El Chaib, Jax State
S23     Rhianna Gooneratne, Delaware
S30     Isabelle Hurrion, Sam Houston
O7      Rhianna Gooneratne, Delaware
O14    Clementina Castaño, Missouri State
O21    Pureun Kim, Sam Houston
 
2026-27 CUSA Men’s Golfer of the Week
S2      Luke Libbey, Liberty
S9      Kostka Horno, NM State
          Mateo Payán, NM State
S16     Michael Lugiano, Liberty
S23     Connor Henry, MTSU
S30     Austin Krahn, Liberty
O7      Max Chan, NM State
O14    Alejandro Caraballo, Kennesaw State
O21    Pedro Gallegos, Missouri State