Spring 2009
Kirakossian earned his first collegiate title at the Schreiner Spring Shootout where he earned top honors with a two-round score of 142 (70-72)...won his second tournament title in a sudden death playoff at the Great West Conference Championship where he tallied a three-round score of 219 (72-74-73)...finished the spring season with four top-10 finishes...placed second at the National Minority Collegiate Golf Championship...shot a low round of 66 in the second round of the National Minority Championship for a career low...tied for sixth in the second tournament of the spring season (SFA Bill Hill Classic)...earned Great West Conference Player of the Year accolades along with being named First Team All-Conference...earned All-American scholar status as he was a recipient of the Cleveland Golf /Srixon All-American Scholar award...also earned Great West Conference All-Academic honors...concluded the fall and spring seasons with a 73 stroke average in nine tournaments played.
Fall 2008
The third-year veteran earned two top-10 finishes during the fall season...tied for fifth at the America Sky Men[apos]s Golf Championship with a two-round score of 148 (72-76)...tied for eighth at the Nebraska Fairway Club Invitational where Kirakossian tallied a score of 147 (78-69)...in his final two tournament of the season, the Portland, OR native garnered a 13th and 22nd place finish...shot a 68 in the second round of the Sam Houston Elkins Lake Invitational for a low-round of the fall.
Spring 2008
Kirakossian competed in all five tournaments for the broncs in the spring season where is best finish was in the Jack Brown Memorial Tournament where he tied for 3rd in a three-round score of 219... notched a 7th place finish at the National Minority Golf Championship with a score of 218 over 54-holes... tied 17th at the Kauai Cup with a total score of 227... tied 41st in a three-round tally of 235 at the Braveheart Classic... tied 70th at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic with a total score of 219.
Fall 2007
Kirakossian saw action in all three tournaments during the fall season where he ranked second on the team with a 75.2 strokes average... best finish came at the American Sky Golf Conference Championships where he placed 14th overall with a two-round tally of 147... finished 20th overall at the Texas Cup Invitational with a two-round score of 150... collected a 39th place showing at the Crown Classis Invitational with a three-round tally of 230... garnered Dean[apos]s List Second Honors for the first time in his career.
Spring 2007
The UTPA newcomer saw action in all five tournaments during the spring season for the Broncs... finished the campaign ranked third on the team with a 76.6 strokes average... tied for fifth overall at the National Minority College Golf Championships with a three-round score of 216, which was the best finish of the season for the UTPA freshman... finished 21st overall at the Branson Creek Invitational with a score of 227... notched a 24th-place finish at the Rice Intercollegiate in the first tournament of the spring season with a score of 232 over 54 holes.
Fall 2006
Kirakossian saw action in both tournaments during the fall season in his rookie campaign with the Broncs... recorded the best finish for the UTPA newcomer in his first tournament of his career with the Broncs after he finished second overall with a three-round score of 210 at the Hartford Hawks Invitational... notched a career-best score of 68 in the second round of competition, which was the fourth-lowest round in program history... was ranked second in the country according to Golfweek.com after the Broncs[apos] first tournament of the season... finished 43rd overall at the Francis Marion Intercollegiate with a three-round score of 225, including a 70 in the second round of competition... finished first on the Broncs with a 72.5 strokes average during the fall season... selected to the Bronc Pride 3.0 Club for the first time in his career.
High School
Kirakossian attended Wilson High School where he was considered one of the top players in the State of Oregon during the 2005 season... finished 11th overall at the Oregon Boys[apos] Golf 4A State Championships during his junior campaign... captured the 2005 Portland City Junior Championships and earned runner-up laurels at the 2004 Oregon Junior Championships... posted a third-place finish at the 2005 Oregon Junior Championships and fourth-place accolades at the 2005 OGA Junior Tournament of Championships... participated in the 36th Annual Eddie Hogan Cup Team Matches in Portland, OR, where he was part of Team Oregon... earned a top-10 finish in that event, which pits the best junior golfers from Western United States and Canada against each other in a team format... attended the prestigious International Junior Golf Academy in Hilton Head, SC, which is a training ground for future collegiate and professional golfers... ranked 15th overall on the International Junior Golf Tour point-race.
Chip Shot
Armen is the son of George and Lisa Kirakossian...has two brothers - Kevin and Zohrab...brother - Kevin is a freshman on the men[apos]s golf team at UTPA.
