Shane Howell has led the Bobcats through conference realignment, seeing three conferences in three seasons, and is in his 12th year at the helm of the Bobcat men’s golf program.

Texas State has been a part of the Southland, WAC and now the Sun Belt.

Howell led the Bobcats to many accomplishments during the 2021-22 season. Halfway through the season, Texas State defeated 13 teams to win the 2022 Jackrabbit Invitational recording a season-low four-under par, and all Texas State golfers finished in the top-15 to propel the team to the top. At the Graeme McDowell Invitational, they finished third shooting one-under for their second best tournament. The Bobcats finished seventh at the Sun Belt Conference Championship, and senior Evan White won the individual championship and earned a spot at the NCAA Regionals. This was the second time for Howell and fourth time overall that a Texas State golfer won the conference individual championship and advanced to NCAA Regionals. White tied for eighth out of 10 individuals competing at the Bryan Regional, and was selected to the All-Sun Belt Second Team.    

NCAA Championship Runner-Up and three-time All-American Scholar Giovana Maymon was named Texas A&M’s assistant coach on July 8, 2021.
 
“The first thing that sticks out with Giovana is her energy,” head coach Gerrod Chadwell said. “I don’t know if I have met a person of her age that is more driven. The things that she has accomplished at this stage in her career far surpasses anyone that I have seen. She was a phenomenal player at Baylor, and what she did in her short stint at South Alabama to better herself was out of this world. I look forward to her coming to Aggieland and to see the impact she is going to have on our program, and what she will do for these young women and their experiences at A&M. I am excited to see the energy she is going to bring into the building and I know she is a perfect fit for us.”
 
Maymon comes to Aggieland after a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at South Alabama. She helped develop Jaguars’ Julie Hovland into the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Golfer of the Year, and helped her receive an invitation to the Baton Rouge Regional as an at-large individual. Maymon was a part of nine top-five team finishes during her time at South Alabama. 

Shaw’s Wildcats recorded their best finish at the Southland Conference Championships, placing third at 22-over 886 thanks to a brilliant 3-under 285 third round at the Stonebridge Ranch Country Club. ACU’s final-round score was the lowest recorded by any team at the tournament as the quartet of senior Alex Clouse, juniors Brian Choe and Francisco Osio, and sophomore Zane Heusel all moved up the individual leaderboard. 

Clouse went from eighth to fourth (2-over 218) with a 2-under 70 that gave him his first top-five conference showing.

Osio cracked the top 10 after birding two of the last three holes, tying two others for ninth place at 8-over 224. He recorded rounds of 77, 73 and 74.

Heusel shot up nine spots with a 1-under 71 to tie Choe for 12th place at 9-over 225. Heusel carded rounds of 74, 80 and 71, and Choe registered single-day scores of 79, 74 and 72.