Men's Golf | 5/4/2026 4:00:00 PM

Utah Tech freshman David Liechty and Ashton McArthur were both named to the 2025-26 Western Athletic Conference Men's Golf postseason awards list, which was announced by the league office on Monday.

Liechty (Layton, Utah/Layton HS) earned first team all-WAC honors after finishing second on team with a 71.67 season stroke average, which ranked as the second-lowest single season average in the program's NCAA era.

A two-time WAC Player of the Week honoree, Liechty played in all 10 team events and became the first Utah Tech men's golfer to win medalist honors twice in a single season during the program's brief NCAA Division I era. 

Liechty's first tourney victory came in the spring-opening CSUN Bill Cullum Invitational (Feb. 2-3), at which he posted a three-round total score of even-par 216 and won the individual title in a playoff.

He followed that up with an eight-shot victory at the Seattle U Redhawk Invitational (March 30-31) played at famed Chambers Bay Golf Course. Liechty tied both the Utah Tech 36-hole (-10 134) and 54-hole (-16 200) scoring records en route to the win, and fired the second-lowest 18-hole score in program history with an 8-under 64 in the second round.

Liechty, who also tied for fourth at the UC Santa Barbara Inv'l (April 6-7) and finished t-11^th at the 2026 WAC Championships (April 27-29), wound up with four top-10s overall. His four top-10s tied for the sixth-most in a single season in the program's NCAA era, and Liechty carded a team-high 18 par-or-better rounds in his debut collegiate season.  

The freshman also carded a hole-in-one during the first round at the Idaho Bandon Dunes Championships (March 8). 

McArthur (Rexburg, Idaho/Madison HS/Utah State) played in eight of Utah Tech's 10 team events this past season and finished third on squad with an even 73.00 stroke average.

The junior posted four top-15 finishes on the year, highlighted by a t-11^th showing at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate (Feb. 23-25), during which he fired consecutive rounds of 3-under 69 and a final round even par 72. 

McArthur, who finished second on the team with 12 par-of-better rounds, also tied for 14^th at the Air Force Gene Miranda Falcon Invite (Sept. 20-22), and tied for 21^st the 2026 WAC Championships.

Utah Tech finished its sixth season of NCAA Division I play with six top-six showings in 10 team events, highlighted by a third finish at the Colorado State Ram Masters (9/11-12/25).