COLUMBUS, IN – The 2025 NCAC Men's Golf Championships concluded on Sunday, May 4, at the par-72, 6,897-yard Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, Indiana. The Wittenberg Tigers won their 13th overall NCAC men's golf title with a 54-hole score of 858 (284-283-291). As NCAC champions, Wittenberg has earned the league's automatic bid into the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships, which will be contested at Midvale Country Club in Penfield, New York, May 20-23. The field will be announced on Monday, May 12, on ncaa.com.
The Ohio Tigers were followed in the final men's team standings by Kenyon in second with an 862 (284-288-290), while DePauw finished third with 884 strokes (297-298-289) and Denison placed fourth with an 890 (293-302-295). Wabash took fifth with a score of 891 (288-298-305), and was followed by Wooster in sixth (300-317-295/912), Ohio Wesleyan in seventh (303-309-317/929) and Hiram in eighth (331-333-331/995).
Kenyon’s Jaiden Koonar (Alberta, Canada/Webber Academy) (70-70-70) and Wabash’s Sean Bledsoe (Columbia City, IN/Columbia City) (69-71-70) tied for first after they both carded a two-under par 54-hole score of 210. After finishing with par on the first playoff hole for medalist honors, Koonar was awarded the 2025 NCAC Men's Golf Bob Nye Award.
2025 NCAC Men’s Golf All-Tournament Team
T1. Jaiden Koonar, Kenyon (70-70-70/210)
T1. Sean Bledsoe, Wabash (69-71-70/210)
3. Mikey Schutte, Wittenberg (70-70-72/212)
4. Manuel Loring-Campos, DePauw (72-68-73/213)
T5. Jonathan Oakes, Kenyon (70-73-71/214)
T5. Mitchell Bolte, Wittenberg (71-68-75/214)
T5. Josh Wright, Wittenberg (71-72-71/214)