Two-time LSC All-Academic honoree
Seth Bearden leads the five-player 2026 Lone Star Conference Men's Golf All-Academic Team announced by the Conference on Sunday (April 19).
A senior from Midwestern State, Bearden is a Sport and Leisure Studies major carrying a 3.857 grade-point average recognized on the MSU President's and Dean's Honor Rolls in addition to six LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll citations. The top golfer for MSU, Bearden currently ranks No. 9 in the NCAA Division II South Central Region and No. 55 among all Division II players. He carries a 71.3 adjusted scoring average and has posted six Top 20 individual individual finishes in the 2025-26 season, including medalist at NCAA Division II National Preview in October. Bearden claimed LSC Golfer of the Year and PING All-America First Team honors in 2025 and has twice been named All-LSC First Team.
Bearden is joined on the 2026 LSC Men's Golf All-Academic Team by
Maximiliano Dufey of Lubbock Christian;
Kongpop Kaikaew and
Baptiste Touchard of St. Mary's; and
Tyler Durden of UT Dallas. Both Bearden and Touchard are two-time LSC Men's Golf All-Academic Team honorees.
The Men's Golf All-Academic Team is selected by vote of the LSC sports information directors and recognizes student-athlete accomplishments in the classroom and in their sport. To be eligible for the All-Academic Team ballot, individuals must maintain a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average and have reached sophomore athletic eligibility.
Bearden will be a candidate for the 2025-26 Lone Star Conference Fred Jacoby Academic Athlete of the Year award to be announced in June.
2026 LSC Men's Golf All-Academic Team
Academic Player of the Year: Seth Bearden, Midwestern State University
Sorted alphabetically by institution.
| Player |
Team |
Yr |
Field of Study |
Hometown |
| Maximiliano Dufey |
Lubbock Christian |
Sr. |
Business |
Santiago, Chile |
| Seth Bearden |
Midwestern State |
Sr. |
Sport & Leisure Studies |
Crowell, Texas |
| Kongpop Kaikaew |
St. Mary's |
Sr. |
Marketing |
Rayong, Thailand |
| Baptiste Touchard |
St. Mary's |
Sr. |
Finance & Risk Management |
Saint-Agathon, France |
| Tyler Durden |
UT Dallas |
Sr. |
Arts Technology/Emerging Communications |
Austin, Texas |