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LARAMIE, Wyo. – Cowboy Golf’s Ryan Wallen will compete as an individual in the NCAA Division I men’s regional in Sammamish, Wash., next week, beginning with the first round on Monday, May 15.

Wallen, a native of Blaine, Wash., will return to his home state to compete in the tournament hosted by the University of Washington at the Aldarra Golf Club. The par-71 course measures 6,885 yards.

Each of the six regionals will feature three rounds of competition running from May 15-17. The field at the Washington Regional is comprised of 14 teams and five individuals. The University of Southern California holds the top seed in the region. The host Huskies are the fifth seed. Mountain West foe San Diego State is in the seventh spot. The low five teams and the lowest individual finisher not on an advancing team will earn a spot at the 2017 NCAA Men’s Championship.

Wallen is the first Cowboy to earn an NCAA Regional bid since Gabe Maier in 2011, and the seventh in school history. The Cowboy senior has the opportunity to become the first Wyoming men’s golfer to ever advance from a regional to the NCAA Championship. Wallen’s season scoring average of 71.89 is the second-lowest in school history and less than one-tenth of a stroke from Maier’s school record set in the 2009-10 season.

“I think it’ll be great to play a course in an area I’m familiar with,” Wallen said. “I have a lot of family and friends in Seattle and it’s just a two-hour drive for my parents to come down. I haven’t played there before but I think it’ll be a tree-lined course, pretty traditional like most of the courses in Washington. Getting yardages, being acclimated to the weather, it’s all what I’m used to and it should be an advantage for me.”

Wallen’s performance at the 2017 Mountain West Championship was one for the history books. His third-place finish was the lowest ever in the event by a Cowboy, and earned him a spot on the MW All-Conference team. It also matched the best finish ever by a Wyoming men’s golfer at a conference championship, tying Don Abbott’s third-place finish at the 1992 WAC Championship

Competition will begin on Monday, May 15. Live stats are available at the link above. Tee times will be released as soon as they are set. Follow @wyo_golf on twitter for more updates.