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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Andy Mead/YCJ
George Walker/DFWsportsonline

Will Sides

  • Class SR
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Tulsa, Okla.
  • Previous School Cascia Hall

Biography

2024-25 (Jr.) - Sides had a 71.15 scoring average with a team-high 21 rounds of par or better. He also posted nine rounds in the 60s and an individual victory. He recorded a top 10 finish at the ACC Championship and won his match play quarterfinal pairing. He finished in the top 10 against a large, talented field at The Goodwin. He finished in 11th at the Hal Williams Collegiate moving up 12 spots on the final day with a 67. Sides finished as runner up at the Vaqueros Intercollegiate. Sides won his first tournament title at the Stephens Cup with a playoff victory. He also paired the victory with a match play win in the final. Sides finished in a tie for sixth at the Trinity Forest Invitational with a 10-under score. He shot 66 in the middle round. He led the team with a T-11th place finish at the Valero Texas Collegiate carding a 68 on the final day to move up 20 spots. Sides carded a 69 in the final round of the first event of the season in 2024-25. 

2023-24 (So.) - Sides averaged 71.31 in 13 tournaments in 2023-24.  He's finished second on the team with 21 rounds of par better and tied for first with 14 rounds in the 60s. Sides finished in 82nd of 185 at the NCAA Championship and 36th of 82 at the NCAA Regional. Sides earned All-Conference status for the second straight year. The sophomore led the Mustangs with a third-place finish at the AAC Championship. He shot a 67 in the middle round and finished at four-under par. Sides co-led the team with a 22nd place finish at Pauma Valley. The sophomore shot a 69 in the final round. Sides finished in 14th at the Louisiana Classics posting a 68 in the middle round. Sides led the team with a 17th-place finish at the Prestige. He carded a round of 66 on the final day. The sophomore finished in the top third of the field at the Arizona NIT. The Tulsa native led the team at the Cal Poly Invite with a 21st finish.  He shot a season's best 66 in round two. Sides finished in 24th at four under at the Stephens Cup before tying his match play showdown. In his first appearance of 2023-24, he finished in 18th at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate. He carded a round in the 60s on each day with a low of 67.

2023 Summer : Sides and fellow Mustang freshman Zach Kingsland participated in the USGA Amateur 4-Ball Championship ... after making the cut and advancing to match play, the pairing won their round of 32 matchup ... in the round of 16 match, Sides and Kingsland advanced with a solid 5&4 victory

2022-23 (Fr.) : Sides has participated in seven events in his first season and finished in the top third in four of them ... Earned All-Conference honors with a sixth-place showing at the AAC Championship, tied for the best round by a Mustangs during 2022-23 with a 65 in the middle round of the AACs ... Sides posted a 28th place finish at The Thunderbird Collegiate shooting 72 or better in each round ... The freshman led the Mustangs with a 21st place finish at the Louisiana Classics shooting even par in his final round ... Sides secured a T-12 finish at the Cal Poly Invite led by a round of 69 on the final day ... At the Trinity Forest Invitational, Sides finished in 20th with his best round of 68 on day three.

About Will:
  • Four-year letterwinner at Cascia Hall under coach Brian Rahilly
  • Named All-State
  • Helped Cascia Hall to a State Championship in 2021
  • Two-time Rolex All-American
  • Earned Outstanding Achievement in 13 courses
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Cascia Medal – highest honor for student in their class
  • Also participated in basketball and cross country
Personal: Grandpa, Billy Hughes, played football at TU… Great uncle, Randy Hughes, played for the Dallas Cowboys.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23FR

    5'11"
  • 2023-24SO

    5'11"
  • 2024-25JR

    5'11"
  • 2025-26SR

    5'11"