TOWSON, Md. – After losing five Tigers from the previous season, the Towson University men's golf team welcomes six additions for the 2023-24 season.

Incoming freshmen Braden Anderson, Sky Aung, Ariihau Faana, Joshua Galindo, Matt Gonnello and Mike Matheson are set to make their debuts as Tigers this fall.
 
Braden Anderson
Hometown: Buhl, Idaho
High School: Boise High School
Accolades: Placed fourth at the 2022 Dropping Junior Championship, having rounds of 68-70-73…won the Gallatin Valley Junior Championship after shooting 73-72…tied for sixth at the 2019 Idaho Junior Am with scores of 72-76-74…First Team All-Conference (high school)…team player of the year for his high school in 2019 and 2021…played for his high school football team, leading in passing yards his senior year and earning Second Team All-Conference honors.
Head coach Mike Larkin on Anderson: "Braden was a two-sport athlete in High School, quarterbacking his football team to a phenomenal offensive season his senior year. On the golf course, he's got incredible clubhead speed, and a great desire to dive into the details to learn how to be an elite level golfer, which will serve him really well throughout his collegiate career."
 
Sky Aung
Hometown: Yangon, Myanmar
High School: IMG Academy
Accolades: Won the 2023 IMG Junior Golf Tour at Eagle Creek with rounds of 68-72 to finish 6-under par…won the 2021 Optimist Tournament of Champions at PGA Nationals after rounds of 74-74…11-time Junior Golf Myanmar Champion.
Larkin on Aung: "Sky is one of our guys who has been playing great golf recently, winning the final tournament of his career at IMG by a single stroke with a birdie on the last hole, to finish at 6 under par. He is a freshman who will come to Towson already having great knowledge of how to prepare to play elite level competitive golf from his time training at IMG."
 
Ariihau Faana
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
High School: Lake Mary High School
Accolades: Won 2023 Florida Junior Tour at ChampionsGate…competed in High School states three times, capturing a second place finish as a team his junior year…three time First Team All-Conference.
Larkin on Faana: "Ariihau has been playing some fantastic golf this summer, highlighted by a final round 64 to win a Florida Junior Tour 54 Hole Major by 7 strokes, which is not something that happens very frequently in golf. He also brings a great energy to seemingly everything he does. I look forward to seeing how that energy translates here with our team at Towson."
 
Joshua Galindo
Hometown: Davis, California
High School: Da Vinci High School
Accolades: Won 2022 Junior Tour of Northern California after rounds of 74-67… helped lead high school team to win Sections his junior year, placing third individually…earned All-League senior year.
Larkin on Galindo: "Joshua is another one of our freshmen who has experience winning, having shot a bogey-free 67 in a Junior Tour of Northern California event to go on to win the event by 3 strokes. He's also got multiple strong finishes in AJGA events, and that tournament experience will serve him well in the transition to collegiate golf."
 
Matthew Gonnello
Hometown: West Palm Beach, Florida
High School: Jupiter High School
Accolades: Tied for second at the South Florida Junior PGA (SFPGA) Medalist Tour after rounds of 72-70, finishing 2-under par…placed fourth at the 2021 South Florida PGA Tour Championship…placed third at the SFPGA Doral Junior Open…high school team was 2022 State Championships…carded seven birdies at the High School PGA Honda Classic Tournament, helping team finish second overall.
Larkin on Gonnello: "Matt's high school team had great success his senior year, winning the Florida State Championship, and individually he seems to be extremely eager to continuing learning how to better manage his golf game to maximize his scoring potential. That desire to improve will really help him as he starts his collegiate career."
 
Michael Matheson
Hometown: Norfolk, Massachusetts
High School: King Phillip Regional High School
Accolades: Won 2023 Massachusetts State Amateur Qualifier…earned multiple top 5 finishes in Challenge Cup tournaments…2022 individual champion of his high school league…helped lead team to Conference Championships his junior and senior year.
Larkin on Matheson: "Mike has been playing some really solid golf lately and brings a lot of experience with training for elite level competitive golf from his time at Saddlebrook Academy in Florida. Even as a freshman, he will bring a veteran presence to our team."
 
Towson opens the fall season on Sept. 9, travelling to New York for the annual Doc Gimmler tournament. The two-day event will be hosted by St. John's University at Bethpage State Park on the Red Course.