LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Alison Gastelum is a New Mexico State sophomore golfer about to compete in her third spring season for the Aggies. NMSU opens its spring season Monday and Tuesday at The Gold Rush tournament hosted by Long Beach State.
She was a Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar as a freshman in 2019-20, and she had three-top 10 finishes including a seventh-place finish at the 2021 WAC Championships the following season. She retained a year of eligibility with last year’s NCAA COVID-19 waive and will help lead this year’s Aggie team looking to recapture the WAC title. She is originally from Chihuahua, Mexico — a city of nearly a million people — and is one of four foreign-born students on NMSU’s women’s golf team.
She offers an interesting perspective on the game.
