DALLAS – Following his fourth-place finish at the Git-R-Done Invitational, Sam Houston sophomore Alex Malanga has been named the Conference USA Men's Golfer of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday. 

Malanga turned in a great week, finishing fourth individually at the Git-R-Done Invitational and leading the Bearkats to a sixth-place finish as a team.  

The sophomore from the Woodlands finished the 54-hole event at -6 for the week, firing rounds of 71-67-69. He totaled 14 birdies in the event, including six in firing a 67 in Round 2. Malanga added four more in Round 3 with only one blemish on the card.  

He has now fired under par in each of his first two tournaments of the season and in three of his last four rounds of competition overall after also closing the opening week of play at the Cincinnati Bearcat Invitational with a round of 67. 

Malanga and the Bearkats will next be in competition October 5-7 in Dallas at the Trinity Forest Invitational, hosted by SMU.