PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Houston senior Michael Perras was named the American Athletic Conference Men's Golf Player of the Week on Wednesday after finishing in a tie for seventh at the Aggie Invitational on April 7-8.
 
Playing at the Traditions Golf Club in Bryan, Texas, Perras fired rounds of par or better in each of the last two rounds to climb the leaderboard, finishing with an even-par score of 216 (74-72-70 – 216). The result put Perras into a tie for seventh, where the senior finished ahead of 18 players ranked among the Golfstat top 100.
 
Perras entered the tournament ranked No. 55 in the Golfstat top 100, but improved eight places as a result. The senior is the defending American Athletic Conference Golf Championship medalist.
 
Perras helped Houston place sixth at the tournament, which featured eight Golfstat top 40 programs. In a tightly-bunched middle, the Cougars bested No. 10 Baylor, No. 16 Arkansas and No. 6 Texas Tech on the leaderboard.
 
Its regular season concluded, Houston will next compete at the American Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship presented by Visit St. Pete Clearwater on April 22-24. The championship will be contested at the Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Golf Club. The American Digital Network will have live coverage of the final round of the championship, beginning at approximately 12 p.m. ET.
 
 
AROUND THE AMERICAN
Five American Athletic Conference squads are ranked in the Golfstat top 100 – USF (20), UCF (56), Houston (57), ECU (75) and SMU (86) … Memphis’ Chase Harris posted his second straight top 10 finish, taking third at the Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate in Nashville, Tenn. … Harris finished the tournament at 3-under par (72-68-70 – 210), missing out on a playoff by two shots … Also competing on the Richland Country Club course was Cincinnati, which placed in a tie for eighth … Austin Squires finished in a tie for 12^th to lead the Bearcats … John Barone’s two-over effort (74-70 – 144) led Temple at the Princeton Invitational … As a team, the Owls took sixth on a leaderboard that saw four shots separate second from sixth … Gage Ihrig (75-73-71 – 219) led Wichita State at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic in Chandler, Ariz. … Eight American Athletic Conference teams will be in action over the next week, with UConn and SMU competing at the Clemson Invitational; ECU at the Stitch Intercollegiate; UCF, Cincinnati and Wichita State all at the Boilermaker Invitational; Memphis and USF will compete at the Old Waverly Intercollegiate.