Tarleton State University Athletics

All-WAC Second Team (2024-25)
WAC Men's Golfer of the Week (Feb. 27, 2025)

Senior (2024-25): 
Finished his collegiate career tied for the most top 10 finishes in the program’s Division I Era with five … Earned All-WAC Second Team honors ... Had two top 10 finishes in his senior season and played in all 10 tournaments for the Texans … Compiled four top 20 finishes and had a stroke average of 73.3 … Finished tied for fourth at the WAC Championship … Tallied a pair of 2-under-par 70 rounds at the Mark Simpson Invitational, finishing the tournament at 1-under-par … Wrapped up the fall with a 3-under-par 69 and a 2-under-par 70 at the Monterrey Collegiate Classic, finishing at 3-under-par to tie for 20th … Recorded his second top 20 finish of the season at the Bentwater Intercollegiate, tying for 19th … Collected his best round of the season with a 5-under-par 67 in the first round of the Desert Intercollegiate, following up with a 3-under par 69 and a 1-under-par 71 to tie for sixth place … Named WAC Men’s Golfer of the Week on Feb. 27 after his 9-under-par performance at the Desert Intercollegiate … Shot 1-under-par 71 in each of the first two rounds of the WAC Championship, putting him on top of the leaderboard heading into the final round. 

Junior (2023-24):
Competed in all 11 events for Tarleton State, collecting three top 10 finishes ... Accumulated the most rounds on the team with 33 and had a stroke average of 73.3 ... Shot 3-under-par 67 and a 2-under-par 68 in the final two rounds of the Ram Masters Invitational, tying for ninth overall ... Matched a season-low 18 hole score of 67 (-5) in the second round of Monterrey International Invitational, shooting 6-under-par overall ... Finished tied for ninth in The Big Texan after a 2-under-par 54-hole performance ... Capped off the 2023-24 campaign tied for fifth overall in the WAC Championship ... Named to the Academic All-WAC team. 

UTSA:
Played the two seasons for the Roadrunners (2021-23), appearing in eight tournaments overall … Played in five tournaments as a sophomore, posting two top 20 results, including a bronze medal finish at the San Antonio Shootout.
 
New Braunfels High School:
Played four varsity years, earning First Team All-District honors three times … Set new program records in single-round score and tournament score, plus was the District Freshman of the Year with a 72.3 scoring average … Helped lead the Unicorns to back-to-back district runner-up finishes … During his junior career, posted more than a dozen top-10 finishes on the Southern Texas PGA Junior Golf circuit … Also carded a 208 (70-70-68) to share runner-up accolades at the 2019 Texas Masters/IMG World Qualifier in San Antonio.
 
Personal:
Is a 2021 graduate of New Braunfels High School in New Braunfels, Texas … Was Academic First Team three times in high school and a member of the National Honor Society … Full name is Carson James Gallaher … Hometown is New Braunfels, Texas … Son of James and Kelly … Has two sisters, Caitlyn and Emilie … Majoring in business management … Born June 17.