LA JOLLA, Calif. - Francis Catalano and
Nathan Tseng of the UC San Diego men's golf team were named NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) as the organization announced its annual honorees Monday.
To be eligible for Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior, or senior both academically and athletically. In addition, they must participate in 50% of their team's competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 76.0 in NCAA Division I, and maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at their college or university.
A total of 649 NCAA Division I athletes from 210 schools earned 2025-26 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar honors.
Both seniors, Catalano and Tseng made major contributions on the course for the Tritons over the 2025-26 season.
Tseng, a business psychology major from Fullerton, Calif., earned All-Big West Second Team honors for the second-straight year. He posted a pair of top 10 finishes which included his first collegiate victory. Tseng finished the year with a 72.2 stroke average and posted 24 rounds of par or better.
Tseng was also tabbed a GCAA All-America Scholar in 2025.
Catalano majored in management science and hails from Camarillo, Calif. He held a 73.2 stroke average this past season. He had 12 rounds of par or better and shot under 70 three times.
Catalano was named a GCAA All-America Scholar in 2025 as well.
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
