June Is A Prime Time For Indiana Golf I want to acknowledge some newsworthy achievements by many of the individual collegiate golfers enrolled at colleges and universities in Indiana. TOP GOLFER. Hanover College men’s golfer Dawson Long, a native of Paoli, Indiana, was honored as the 2023 Hanover College athletic department Male Athlete of the Year. Earlier this year, Long became the first Hanover College Panther to be ranked on the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR). He was the only Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference student-athlete to claim the honor. SCHOLASTIC STARS. Of the 350 student-athletes who have been named as 2022-23 Daktronics NAIA Women’s Golf Scholar-Athletes, three of them were female golfers at Marion University: Mackendzie Dresbaugh, Sidney Parmer, and Lili Schneider. To be nominated for this award, studentathletes must maintain a grade point average of at least a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, they must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended one full year at the said institution. THREE-PEAT WINNER. For the third straight year, Caleb VanArragon, a senior on the Valparaiso University men’s golf team, was named the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Scholar-Athlete of the Year, which adds to his long list of accolades that also includes the MVC Elite 17 Award – which is presented to the highest cumulative grade point average among top finishers at the MVC Championship – for the third season in a row. Teammate sophomore Anthony Delisanti joined VanArragon on the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team. VALPOS VIPs. Valparaiso’s Caleb VanArragon and Anthony Delisanti, who both qualified for NCAA Regionals, finished with the best two single-season scoring averages in modern program history at Valpo. VanArragon shattered his own program record by finishing the season at 71.08, while Delisanti ranks second in program history at 71.17. Moving forward, good luck to Long, Dresbaugh, Parmer, Schneider, VanArragon, Delisanti, and their teammates in amateur events this summer and next season. And, don’t forget to include the Senior LPGA Championship on your viewing calendar. It will be June 29July 1 at the Sultan’s Run GC in Jasper. Complete details can be read inside this issue. Mike May (Editor in Chief; Indiana Golf Journal) MIKE MAY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SUBSCRIBE Back 9 Media Group Also Publishes: Ohio Golf Journal Michigan Golf Journal Back 9 Report Indiana Golf Journal
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