Men's Golf | 9/23/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 4 PAC Honors (for events played September 16-22)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 4 of the 2025 fall season.
PAC Player of the Week
Connor Bell • Allegheny • Junior • Montrose, Colo./Montrose
Bell earned individual medalist honors at Allegheny's annual Guy and Jeanne Kuhn Memorial Invitational ... He finished in a two-way tie for first place, but earned the victory via tiebreaker, which went to the player with the lowest final-round score ... Bell began with a 2-over 74 on Sunday before carding the best round of the tournament on Monday with a 5-under 67, the lowest round of his career ... He was par or better on 17 holes with six birdies during the second round ... Led Allegheny to a second-place finish with a team score of 296-293-589 (+13).
PAC Honor Roll
Bethany junior Jude Smith (Weirton, W.Va./Weir); Geneva junior Ryan Edwards (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin); Grove City sophomore Luke Gronbeck (Gibsonia, Pa./Eden Christian); Hiram sophomore Ian Muka (Mount Vernon, Ohio/Mount Vernon Nazarene); Saint Vincent junior Matt Edwards (Bedford, Pa./Bedford); Thiel sophomore Eli Nicklas (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy); W&J sophomore William Ainsworth (Woldingham, Surrey/Reigate Grammar School); Waynesburg senior Matthew Karpeal (Smithfield, Pa./Albert Gallatin)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Sean Clark • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman • Madison, Wis./Monona Grove
Clark finished in a three-way tie for 15th place with a 147 in two rounds at The Gauntlet ... His 18-hole best came during Monday's portion where he shot a 73, which included two birdies and 12 pars for the round.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Christopher Hoffman (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny); Bethany freshman Jacob Bursey (Winchester, Va./James Woods); Geneva freshman Wyatt Hervey (Cadiz, Ohio/Jefferson County Christian); Westminster freshman Brody Pirt (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley)
PAC Records & Milestones
Bethany's Jude Smith placed first and led the Bison to a team win at the Kent State-Tuscarawas Golden Eagle Invitational by shooting a career-low 68 (-4), as he had six birdies to mark the lowest round score in the program since the reinstatement of the golf team in 2017 ... Grove City's Luke Gronbeck tied for 10th at the Kuhn Memorial with a two-day score of 149 (76-73) ... After scoring 75 at the Golden Eagle Invitational to earn runner-up, Waynesburg's Matthew Karpeal shot the low round of 79, as the Yellow Jackets defeated Carlow in a dual match.