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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Jeff Kettering
Miguel Esparza
Eddie Kelly / ProLook Photos
Eddie Kelly / ProLook Photos
Trey Reed
Will MacNeil
Trey Reed
Miguel Esparza

Kongpop Kaikaew

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Ht. / Wt.:
    6-4 /
  • Hometown:
    Rayong, Thailand
  • High School:
    Rayong English Program School
  • Prev School:
    UT Permian Basin

Summary

Biography

CAREER HONORS
GCAA All-American (2026 Third Team)
PING All-Region (20252026)
Lone Star Conference Golfer of the Year (2026)
Lone Star All-Conference (2025 First Team2026 First Team)
Lone Star Conference Golfer of the Week (Oct. 10, 2024Feb. 13, 2025Feb. 20, 2025Oct. 9, 2025Oct. 30, 2025)
Lone Star Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2024Spring 2025Fall 2025Spring 2026)
CSC Academic All-District (20252026)
Cobalt/GCAA All-America Scholar (2025)
 

2025-26 (SENIOR)
Put together one of the best seasons in St. Mary’s history, winning two tournaments en route to earning GCAA Third-Team All-American honors after being named the Lone Star Conference Golfer of the Year and First-Team All-Conference honors… His round of 63 from the second round of the Skip Wagnon Invitational, which he won, ties for the second-lowest single round in StMU history, trailing only his 62 from a season ago… Had a stretch in the fall of shooting par or better in nine of 10 rounds… Averaged 71.90 strokes per round… Ranked No. 10 nationally in the final regular season rankings by Scorecard… Fired nine rounds in the 60s, led the team with seven eagles, and tied for the Rattlers’ lead by leading the team four times in 10 tournaments… Twice earned Lone Star Golfer of the Week honors by the Lone Star, after winning the Skip Wagnon and three weeks later after winning the DBU Classic… Named to the LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll in both semesters.

2024-25 (JUNIOR)
Broke the St. Mary’s single-round record after firing a 62 at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational en route to breaking the 54-hole tournament record at 198… Named to the Lone Star All-Conference First-Team and the PING All South Central Region teams… Also earned a place on the CSC Academic All-Region squad… Three times during the year was named the Lone Star Conference Golfer of the Week… Finished inside the top 25 in seven of the team’s 12 tournaments, with five of those being inside the top 10… Won the Fujikura Invitational to kick off the spring season, shooting a 211 (-5)… Averaged 72.18 strokes per round, which ranks ninth all-time at StMU… Tied the school record for rounds of par or better in a season with 22, tying teammate Baptiste Touchard and pro-golfer Emilio Gonzalez from 2018-19… Shot eight rounds in the 60s… Totaled 411 pars, 127 birdies and led the team with nine eagles… Named the school’s Male Newcomer of the Year… Earned a place on the Lone Star Commissioner’s Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters.

 
PRIOR TO StMU
Finished T4 in the Southwest Airlines HPU Sharks Shootout with a career-low three-round total of –6... Spent two seasons on the UTPB Men's Golf team... Was the team's #3 golfer for most of the 2023-24 season.

2025-26 Tournament-by-Tournament Scores
Tournament Date Place Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total (+/- Par)
Travis Roy Memorial Sept. 15-16, 2025 T27 79 72 151 (+7)
Skip Wagnon Invitational Oct. 6-7, 2025 1 68 63 66 197 (-13)
Golfweek Fripp Island Oct. 20-21, 2025 T10 75 69 71 215 (-1)
DBU Classic Oct. 27-28, 2025 1 69 69 71 209 (-7)
Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate Feb. 9-10, 2026 T8 75 72 72 219 (+3)
Rattler Invitational Feb. 17-18, 2026 T4 72 73 71 216 (E)
Midwestern State Invitational March 23-24, 2026 T17 72 76 67 215 (+2)
Argonaut Invitational March 30-31, 2026 T6 69 67 72 208 (-8)
Lone Star Championship April 20-21, 2026 T17 75 77 75 227 (+11)
NCAA Regional May 7-9, 2026 T91 74 74 80 228 (+12)

2024-25 Tournament-by-Tournament Scores
Tournament Date Place Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total (+/- Par)
Battle for the Belt Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2024 T20 75 71 72 218 (+2)
Ryan Palmer Foundation Oct. 7-8, 2024 2 67 62 69 198 (-12)
The Hrnciar Oct. 21-22, 2024 T26 71 79 78 228 (+12)
DBU Classic Oct. 28-29, 2024 T29 70 78 81 229 (+13)
Fujikura Invitational Feb. 10-11, 2025 1 72 69 70 211 (-5)
Rattler Invitational Feb. 17-18, 2025 T2 73 70 67 210 (-6)
Las Vegas Desert Classic March 3-4, 2025 30 72 73 70 215 (-1)
Midwestern State Invite March 24-25, 2025 T23 74 74 75 223 (+10)
Battle at Riverhill April 7-8, 2025 2 70 69 69 208 (-8)
Lone Star Championship April 14-15, 2025 T8 72 72 75 219 (+3)
Lone Star Medal Match April 16, 2025 L, 73-72
NCAA West Regional May 8-10, 2025 T52 72 70 73 215 (-1)
NCAA Championship May 19-21, 2025 T40 68 77 76 221 (+5)
NCAA Medal Match May 22, 2025 L, 75-72

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  • 2024-25Junior

    6'4"
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'4"

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