Albert Ochoa — Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame

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Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame

Albert Ochoa

**Inducted: 2022**
**Hometown: Edinburg, Texas**
**High School: Edinburg High School**
**College: Texas Christian University**
**Best known for: Golf**

Albert Ochoa’s career began modestly when his father signed him up for a Summer Golf Program at Ebony Hills Golf Course in Edinburg when Albert was about seven years old.
By the time he was in junior high school, he had won multiple tournaments on the junior golf circuit, not only in Texas but nationwide. He was receiving flyers from colleges interested in recruiting him before he ever entered high school. He would reach greater notoriety on the Edinburg Bobcats varsity golf team, where he was twice named to the All-State team (1993 & ’95) and made All-Region four times.
From there, he played at Texas Christian University for four years. He was named a Freshman to Watch by Golf Week magazine. He later engineered two All-American recognitions. One of those years (1997), he was ranked second in the nation among college golfers and became the WAC Player of the Year. In 1998, he helped the Horned Frogs to their second straight WAC title, and Ochoa earned honorable mention All-American honors.
He was Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year while at TCU (which also won the WAC). He turned pro and competed on the PGA Tour. He competed with the best golfers in the world in the MasterCard Colonial Open and even the US Open – one of the PGA Tour’s four major tournaments.
Ochoa now works as a general contractor in construction in the Rio Grande Valley.

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