In Bruce Brockbank’s final year at the helm, top-ranked freshman Kihei Akina, Simon Kwon and Peter Kim led BYU men’s golf to three team wins, three individual titles and nine top-5 outings this season.
After playing 11 events as a freshman at Utah Tech, Liechty will join BYU for his sophomore campaign.
Former Cougar golfer Spencer Dunaway returns to Provo as an associate head coach.
Todd Miller becomes the third head coach in BYU men’s golf history.
Kihei Akina becomes the 16th first team All-American honoree in program history.
Kihei Akina recorded an under-par score in every round of the tournament to place inside the top-10.
Kihei Akina will move on to the final round of stroke play individually at 6-under par.
Kihei Akina finished his first two rounds inside the top-10.
Kihei Akina’s 3-under-par Friday put him inside the top-10 on the individual leaderboard.
The Cougars advanced to the NCAA National Championship for the 34th time in program history.
Freshman Parker Bunn carded a career-best 4-under 67 on Tuesday.
Kihei Akina ended the day tied for eighth, while three other Cougars finished round one with a share of 17th.
BYU will enter as the No. 4 seed into its 29th NCAA regional appearance.
Kihei Akina became the fourth golfer in program history to be selected.
Kihei Akina notched the highest individual finish as a freshman in a conference tournament since Peter Kuest’s 2017 WCC Championship win.
Kihei Akina’s 9-under-par through 54 holes puts him two strokes off the lead, with 18 holes to go.
Kihei Akina tied and broke Big 12 Championship records with his 7-under 63 first round.
Kihei Akina notched his sixth top-5 finish of the season.
Kihei Akina, Simon Kwon and Peter Kim ended round two inside the top-15.
Three Cougars finished round one in 20th or higher.