DENVER—Utah Valley's Gabe Lysen has been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men's Golfer of the Week for his performance last week at the Pizza Hut Pat Hicks Invitational.

Lysen, a graduate student from Kirkland, Wash., led the WAC in scoring average through the first tournaments of the season. At the Pizza Hut Pat Hicks Invitational in St. George, he was below par in all three rounds, tying for seventh with a 7-under-par 209. His best round came in the opening round of the tournament, shooting a 4-under-par 68. He followed that up with a 2-under-par 70 and a 1-under-par 71 in the final round secured him the top-10 finish in the 81-player field. As a team, Utah Valley finished second in the 12-team field.

Other men's nominees: Dixie State's Aman Uddin finished with 16 birdies to tie for 17th at the Pizza Hut Pat Hicks Invitational, shooting a 2-under-par 214 … Grand Canyon's Marcus Sundolf led the Lopes at their first tournament of the season, tying for 16th with a 7-over-par 223 at the Orange County Collegiate Classic.