Updated on July 8, 2026
Honors
* 2025-26 PING First-Team All-American
* 2025-26 Golfweek First-Team All-American
* 2026 Arnold Cup Participant (Internationals)
* 2026 Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist
* 2026 Haskins Award Postseason Watch List
* 2025-26 PING All-West Region
* 2025-26 Mountain West Golfer of the Year
* 2024-25 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
* Two-Time all-Mountain West (2024-25 & 2025-26)
* Two-time Mountain West Golfer of the Week (Jan. 29, 2026 & March 5, 2026)
* Three-time Mountain West Men's Freshman of the Week (Feb. 20, 2025, March 13, 2025 & April 21, 2025)
Career Collegiate Low 18: 64 (March 26, 2026)
Career Collegiate Low 54: 201 (April 13-15, 2026)
NCAA Regional
2025: T-19th at Tallahassee (73-72-70--215)
2026; 13th at Marana (73-66-69--208)
Mountain West Championship
2025: 2nd (68-65-69--202)
2026: 3rd (68-66-69--203)
Career
Now with enough rounds to quality (50), has the lowest scoring average in SDSU’s recorded history (since 1993-94) at 70.29 in 65 rounds … Also has the fifth-best career individual finish percentage (77.2).
2025-26 (As A Sophomore)
Put together one of the best seasons in program history and finished sixth in the final Scoreboard powered by clippd computer rankings … Was named a first-team All-America selection by both PING and Golfweek … Takis is the first Aztec to earn first-team All-America honors since Greg Twiggs in 1983 and the sixth overall. The others are Chuck Courtney (1962), Frank Merhar and Paul Tuttle in 1964 (college division) and Curt Worley in 1978 … Was selected to represent the Internationals at the 2026 Arnold Palmer Cup, just the fifth Aztec to make an Arnold Palmer Cup team (Team USA or Internationals) … Was named a Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist and to the Haskins Award Postseason Watch List … His 69.23 scoring average was an Aztec single-season record by more than a stroke (No. 2 is Shea Lague’s 70.30 set in 2022-23) … Was 56-under-par on the season in 30 rounds, 99 strokes better than San Diego State’s No. 2 man … Out of 10 tournaments on the season, he had a victory, two runner-up finishes, two third-place efforts, five top-5 showings, six top-10s and nine finishes in the top 20.
Spring: Averaged 69.00 strokes in 27 rounds (and nine tournaments) this spring with a win, four top-5 showings, and eight of the nine in the top 20 … Captured his first career win at the Southwestern Invitational from Jan. 26-28 at 7-under 203 with rounds of 67, 66 and 70, besting a field of 75 golfers … Was named the Mountain West Golfer of the Week on Jan. 29 for the first time of his career for the win … Came in second at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, Feb. 12-14, out of 111 at 7-under 203 with rounds of 68, 70 and 65 … The 65 was the lowest round of his career … Tied for seventh out of 84 individuals at the Southern Highland Collegiate, March 1-3, at 4-under 212 following rounds of 67, 73 and 72 … Was named the MW Golfer of the Week for the second time of the season .. Tied for 22nd out of 94 at the R.E. Lamkin Invitational, March 9-10, at even-par 216 with three straight 72s … Tied for 16th out of 92 at 2-under 211 at the Pauma Valley Invitational (March 16-18) … Tied for 13th at The Goodwin, March 26-28, at 4-under 206 with rounds of 64, 73 and 69 … The 64 was a collegiate low … Finished in a tie for third at the Western Intercollegiate, April 13-15, at 9-under 201 with under-par rounds of 67, 66 and 68 … Came in third at the Mountain West Championship, May 3-5, at 13-under 203 (68, 66 and 69) … Came in 13th at the NCAA Marana Regional (May 18-20) at 8-under 208 with rounds of 73, 66 and 69.
Fall: Played in only one collegiate tournament the spring, where he tied for second out of 72 golfers at the Sahalee Players Championship at 2-under 214 … Shot rounds of 76, 71 and 67.
2024-25 (As A Freshman)
Was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Year, SDSU’s fifth in league history … Also was named to the all-MW team … Has played in all 11 tournaments this season, ranking second on the team with a 71.16 scoring average across 32 rounds … That is the 10th-lowest scoring average in recorded SDSU single-season history (since 1993-94)… Has 12 rounds in the 60s, tied for the most in the team, and 14 rounds below par … Has been named the MW Freshman of the Week three times this season.
Spring: Ranked second on the team in the spring with a 70.35 scoring average across eight tournaments and 23 rounds … 10 of his 23 rounds were in the 60s and 13 were under par … Shot an opening-round 71 and a closing-round 68 at the Southwestern Invitational, Jan. 27-29, but could not play in the second round because of an injury … Tied for 14th out of 101 golfers at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Feb. 13-15) at 3-under 207 … It was his best 54-hole score of his young career … For his efforts, was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week … Tied for 47th at the Southern Highlands Collegiate, March 2-4, at 10-over 226 (78-78-70) … Tied for second at the Lamkin Classic, March 10-11, out of 94 golfers at 12-under 204 … Both the runner-up finish and 204 were career lows (his 204 was later beaten) … Shot rounds of 67, 68 and 69 … Was named the MW Freshman of the Week for the second time of the season … Tied for 33rd at the Pauma Valley Invitational (March 17-18) at 3-over 216 with rounds of 70, 73 and 73 … Tied for 11th out of 91 golfers at the Western Intercollegiate (April 14-16) at 1-under 209 with rounds of 66 (then career low), 71 and 72 … For his efforts, was named the MW Freshman of the Week for a third time this season … Came in second at the Mountain West Championship, April 25-27, at 14-under 202 with rounds of 68, 65 and 69 … It was his second runner-up up of the season, both behind teammate Justin Hastings (also Lamkin Classic, March 10-11) … The 202 was the lowest 54-hole score of his career, while the 65 in the second round was also a collegiate best … Carded a 1-under 215 at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, May 12-14, to tie for 19th with rounds of 73, 72 and 70 … Tied with Tyler Kowack for the low score on the team, the first time he led the team all season.
Fall: Played in all four tournaments in the team’s starting lineup, scoring in 10 of the 12 rounds for an 83.3 count percentage … Ranked fourth on the team with a 72.83 scoring average … Tied for second with two rounds in the 60s … Tied for 44th in his first career collegiate tournament out of 96 at the William H. Tucker Invitational, Sept. 20-21, at 7-over 223 with rounds of 74, 72 and 77 … Tied for 49th out of 80 at The Tindall (Sept. 23-24) at 5-over 218 (67, 74 and 77) … Tied for 14th of 36 at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup, Oct. 21-22, at 6-over 216 … Fell to No. 1 Oklahoma’s PJ Maybank III, 5&4, in the third-place match in match play at JTS on Oct. 23 … Ended his fall campaign with a T21 out of 72 at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate, Oct. 28-29, at 1-over 217 (73-68-76).
TAKIS' SDSU SCORECARD
Spring 2025
Southwestern Invitational.............67-73-72--203 (1st)
John A. Burns Intercollegiate.........68-70-65--203 (2nd)
Southern Highlands Collegiate.......67-73-72--212 (T-7th)
Lamkin Classic.....................72-72-72--216 (T-22nd)
Pauma Valley Invitational..........72-70-69--211 (T-16th)
The Goodwin........................64-73-69--206 (T-13th)
Western Intercollegiate.............67-66-68--201 (T-3rd)
Mountain West Championship............68-66-69--203 (3rd)
NCAA Marana Regional.................73-66-69--208 (13th)
Fall 2025
Sahalee Players Championship.............76-71-67 (T-2nd)
Spring 2025
Southwestern Invitational.............71-DNC-68--n/a (nr)
John A. Burns Intercollegiate......71-69-67--207 (T-14th)
Southern Highlands Collegiate......78-78-70--226 (T-47th)
Lamkin Classic......................67-68-69--204 (T-2nd)
Pauma Valley Invitational..........70-73-73--216 (T-33rd)
Western Intercollegiate............66-71-72--209 (T-11th)
Mountain West Championship............68-65-69--202 (2nd)
NCAA Tallahassee Regional..........73-72-70--215 (T-19th)
Fall 2024
William H. Tucker Invitational.....74-72-77--223 (T-44th)
The Tindall........................67-74-77--218 (T-49th)
Jackson T. Stephens Cup............72-73-71--216 (T-14th)
The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate..73-68-76--217 (T-21st)
^ competed as an individual
| Year | TP | TS | Rounds | Strokes | Avg. | Low 18 | Low 54 | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Best Finish |
| 2024-25 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 2,492 | 71.20 | 65 | 202 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2nd |
| 2025-26 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 2,077 | 69.23 | 64 | 201 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1st |
| Total | 22 | 24 | 65 | 4,569 | 70.29 | 64 | 201 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1st |