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GCAA Release <\/a>|\u00a0All-Time Big West All-Region Selections<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n The pair of Alejandro de Castro Piera and Steen Zeman from Big West champion Long Beach State have\u00a0earned\u00a0selection\u00a0to the\u00a0NCAA Division I PING All-West\u00a0Region\u00a0Team, as announced by the GCAA.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n This marks just the sixth time a pair of Big West golfers have earned All-Region honors and the second\u00a0occasion in which the duo has come from the same team, joining LBSU’s duo of de Castro Piera and Charlie Forster in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n The two\u00a0upperclassmen\u00a0from the Beach\u00a0paced the team to a fourth consecutive Big West crown and a\u00a0seventh-place\u00a0showing in NCAA regional competition. Zeman, a graduate student from\u00a0Oxnard, Calif.,\u00a0is still competing in the national postseason. After\u00a0advancing to\u00a0the NCAA Championships finals\u00a0with a fifth-place individual finish in the Columbus regional, Zeman sits in\u00a0100th\u00a0through 18 holes from Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.\u00a0<\/p>\n Zeman\u00a0has been\u00a0magnificent in May\u00a0with individual medalist honors at The Big West Championship after putting together a three-day total of 11-under\u00a0205 at La Quinta to open the month and hoist the trophy. Highlighted by a second-round 68 in regional play, Zeman closed just two strokes back from the leader\u00a0to become The Big West\u2019s first individual national qualifier since 2019.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n For the season, Zeman finished in the Top 10 in six events\u00a0with three straight showings in the top six and an adjusted scoring average of 70.2 strokes per round in 2025-26\u00a0heading into the NCAA Championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ranked as high as No. 26 in the\u00a0Clippd\u00a0listings this season,\u00a0Big West Golfer of the Year Alejandro de Castro Piera\u00a0also earned regional distinction. The senior from Sant Esteve\u00a0Sesrovires, Spain,\u00a0finished the season with a 69.1 strokes per round adjusted average,\u00a0nine top 10 finishes,\u00a0five top three results\u00a0and a victory at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate in March.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n De Castro Piera took fourth at The Big West Championship as the Long Beach State lineup finished in positions one through five\u00a0en\u00a0route to the team title, capping a string of seven consecutive top 10 finishes\u00a0that spanned the entirety of the spring and stretched back to October.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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