University of Houston Athletics
Cougar Student Athlete of the Week
3/29/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
March 29, 2006
2005-06: Made his season debut at the Cobb/Ferrell Mean Green Classic... Finished 16th at that event after shooting 221... Fired back-to-back, career-low 67s in the second and final rounds at the Kansas Invitational to finish in second place, his highest collegiate finish... Posted back-to-back 68s during the final two rounds of the Del Walker Intercollegiate on the way to a third-place finish... Won the first collegiate tournament of his career at the Club de Golf Santa Anita/North Texas Classic... Fired a 68 in the 68 in the final round with birdies on five of the last six holes to win the total and help lead UH to the team championship... Shared C-USA Golfer of the Week honors following that impressive performance... Led UH with a second-place finish at the UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic after shooting 2-under-par 212.
| Cobb/Ferrell Mean Green Classic (t-16th of 87) | 73-70-78 -- 221 |
| Kansas Invitational (2nd of 93) | 74-67-67 -- 208 |
| Louisiana Tech/Squire Creek Invitational (t-18th of 105) | 75-69-74 -- 218 |
| Del Walker Intercollegiate (3rd of 66) | 70-68-68 -- 206 |
| Santa Anita/North Texas Classic (1st of 55) | 72-70-68 -- 210 |
| All-American Intercollegiate (12th of 75) | 70-74-74 -- 218 |
| Louisiana Classics (t-32nd of 78) | 74-73-72 -- 219 |
| Palmetto Intercollegiate (t-39th of 65) | 77-74-78 -- 229 |
| Border Olympics (t-14th of 84) | 70-71-77 -- 218 |
| UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic (t-2nd of 81) | 72-70-72 - 214 |
2004-05 SEASON
Led the Cougars throughout the Kansas Invitational on the way to a third-place finish... Improved his score with each round, capping the event with a career-best 70 in the final round... Earned a sixth-place finish at the Louisiana Tech/Squire Creek Intercollegiate Invitational after shooting a 3-over-par 219... Was one of three Cougars to finish among the Top 11 players at the Palmetto Intercollegiate... Was one of two players to improve his score with each round at that event... Fired a career-best-tying 70 in the opening round and would go on to tie for fourth at the Border Olympics.
2003-04 SEASON
Made his collegiate debut at the Mean Green Classic and fired a 233 to finish in a tie for 74th place.
2002-03 SEASON
Sat out the year with a redshirt after joining the team at the semester break.
HIGH SCHOOL
Won the 2003 National Intercollegiate championship at La Preparatona High School in Guatemala... Reigned as the National Amateur Champion in 2002... Won the Guatemala National Junior Amateur Championship in 1997, 2001 and 2002... Won the Guatemala National Amateur with a record of 280 strokes... Member of the Guatemala National Amateur Team since 1998 and a member of the National Amateur Junior Team since 1997... Played in two World Team Amateur Championships for Guatemala... Competed at the World Junior Golf Team Championships for his country in Japan... Was the youngest player to win the International competition at the Guatemala Open... Made the cut at the Tour de las Americas in Guatemala and finished 30th of 120.
PERSONAL
Full name is Pablo Ignacio Acuna... Born on Nov. 29, 1983, in Houston... Son of Claudia de Acuna and Ithri Acuna... Majoring in economics.
Acuna's Career Numbers
| Season | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Avg. |
| 2002-03 | Redshirt | |||
| 2003-04 | 1 | 3 | 233 | 77.8 |
| 2004-05 | 12 | 35 | 2,590 | 74.0 |
| 2005-06 | 10 | 30 | 2,161 | 72.0 |
| Totals | 25 | 68 | 4,984 | 73.3 |
