NORMAN, Okla. — Freshman golfer Kihei Akina was named to the 2026 PING All-Region West Team, presented annually by the Golf Coaches Association of America committee, on Saturday.
Across 80 schools in six different regions, there were 151 players that earned all-region honors.
Akina started in all 13 events for the Cougars this season. While achieving a program record 68.95 scoring average, the freshman earned two individual titles at the R.E. Lamkin and Bridgestone Collegiate Invitationals. In addition, Akina also notched two runner-up finishes at The Goodwin and the Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship.
His 2025-26 campaign has given the All-Big 12 first team member the Haskins Award finalist honors and a spot on the Arnold Palmer Cup Team USA roster.
Other Cougars that were selected for an all-region team include Peter Kim, Cole Ponich, Zac Jones, Carson Lundell, Peter Kuest, Rhett Rasmussen, Patrick Fishburn, Joe Parkinson and Zac Blair.
West Team
- Kihei Akina, BYU
- Nguyen Anh Minh, Oregon State
- Jack Buchanan, USC
- Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
- Johnnie Clark, New Mexico
- Alejandro de Castro Piera, Long Beach State
- Jaden Dumdumaya, USC
- Mesa Falleur, New Mexico
- Dean Greyserman, Stanford
- Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
- Sergio Jimenez, Utah
- Josh Kim, UCLA
- Fifa Laopakdee, Arizona State
- Baylor Larrabee, UCLA
- Jay Leng, Stanford
- Ian Maspat, San Diego
- Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State
- Taishi Moto, Arizona
- Zach Pollo, Arizona
- Brady Siravo, Pepperdine
- Harry Takis, San Diego State
- Willy Walsh, Pepperdine
- Connor Williams, Arizona State
- Steen Zeman, Long Beach State
- Ziqin Zhou, California