FRISCO, Texas – UTRGV's Jorge Martin Sampedro has been named the Southland Conference’s Men's Golf Student-Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced Wednesday.
Sampedro qualified for the NCAA Men's Golf Championships, making him the first Vaquero in program to do so since 1978. The freshman also earned the program’s first-ever Southland Conference Golfer of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors. He ranks 341 in Scoreboard rankings with a team-best scoring average of 71.5. He competed in 12 events and posted six top-10 finishes, a third place finish at the SLC Championships and a 10th place finish at the NCAA Bryan Regional.
He earned a 3.89 GPA with a major in Business Administration, while also helping lead UTRGV to its first-ever SLC championship title.
The All-Academic teams are nominated by head coaches, sports information directors and academic/compliance staff members from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.25 cumulative GPA, have completed one full semester at the nominating institution to qualify for All-Academic selection, and have competed in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests on the season. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least one semester at the nominating institution.
2026 Men's Golf Student-Athlete of the Year: Jorge Martin Sampedro, UTRGV, Fr., 3.89 GPA
2026 Men’s Golf All-Academic Team
Davis Seybert, ET, Sr., 4.00 GPA
Janis Erll, ET, Sr., 4.00 GPA
Nicke Kaajavirta, ET, Sr., 3.90 GPA
Matt Walters, ET, Sr., 4.00 GPA
Brendon Willey, HCU, Sr., 3.65 GPA
Roy Barrera, HCU, Sr., 3.56 GPA
Mason Napier, HCU, Sr., 3.75 GPA
Carter Patterson, HCU, Sr., 3.70 GPA
Brooks Pawlak, HCU, Jr., 3.34 GPA *
Alexander Kolodziejski, UIW, Fr., 3.52 GPA
Cole Cantu, UIW, So., 3.92 GPA
Francisco Toboada Diaz, UIW, Sr., 3.72 GPA
Joel Talusen, UIW, So., 3.87 GPA *
Thomas Chalk, UIW, Sr., 3.52 GPA
David Schneider Jerez, LU, Sr., 3.62 GPA *
Nathan Woodham, LU, Jr., 3.76 GPA
Filip Widepalm, LU, So., 4.00 GPA
Jude Bourque, UNO, So., 3.56 GPA
Garrett Trahan, UNO, Sr., 3.35 GPA
Max Feistmantl, UNO, Sr., 3.64 GPA
James Bould, NICH, So., 3.85 GPA
Ethan Marx, NICH, So., 3.76 GPA
Jack Moro, NICH, Jr., 3.72 GPA
Chase Pochylko, NICH, Jr., 3.72 GPA
David Marsh, SLU, Fr., 4.00 GPA
Landon East, SLU, Jr., 3.60 GPA
Jorge Martin Sampedro, UTRGV, Fr., 3.89 GPA *
Rodolphe Cicala, UTRGV, Jr., 3.40 GPA *
Esteban Gonzalez, UTRGV, Jr., 3.47 GPA
Brock Porter, UTRGV, Fr., 3.90 GPA
*First Team All-Conference Selections