Staff Directory
Cruz Silva, Pedro
Pedro Cruz Silva
- Title:
- Men's Golf Graduate Assistant
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Pedro Cruz Silva remained in Starkville as a graduate assistant following his final season of eligibility in the summer of 2024.
The Portuguese native twice won his country’s National Amateur Championship while he was competing with the Bulldogs. He also played in the European Amateur Championship twice and won Portugal’s 2023 Kendall Cup, one of the country’s oldest national competitions for male amateurs.
In his junior season, Cruz Silva posted a 72.73 stroke average with two top-five finishes. That year, he shot a career-low 67 twice and posted his best 54-hole total at 207 (9-under) at MSU’s Mossy Oak Collegiate.
In 2023-24, he recorded a career-high 11 par or better rounds and a career-low 72.26 stroke average. His best finish came at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational where he tied for sixth.
Cruz Silva played in the NCAA Regionals three times in his career, including finishing 11th individually as part of the Bulldogs’ 2023 Morgan Hill Regional Championship squad. He competed in 26 career tournaments and recorded three top 10 finishes while at State. Academically, he was a member of the SEC Honor Roll three times and a two-time GCAA All-American Scholar.
The Portuguese native twice won his country’s National Amateur Championship while he was competing with the Bulldogs. He also played in the European Amateur Championship twice and won Portugal’s 2023 Kendall Cup, one of the country’s oldest national competitions for male amateurs.
In his junior season, Cruz Silva posted a 72.73 stroke average with two top-five finishes. That year, he shot a career-low 67 twice and posted his best 54-hole total at 207 (9-under) at MSU’s Mossy Oak Collegiate.
In 2023-24, he recorded a career-high 11 par or better rounds and a career-low 72.26 stroke average. His best finish came at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational where he tied for sixth.
Cruz Silva played in the NCAA Regionals three times in his career, including finishing 11th individually as part of the Bulldogs’ 2023 Morgan Hill Regional Championship squad. He competed in 26 career tournaments and recorded three top 10 finishes while at State. Academically, he was a member of the SEC Honor Roll three times and a two-time GCAA All-American Scholar.
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