This Week in PAC Men's Golf

April 14-20

PAC Men's Golfers of the Week for April 21
PAC Men's Golfers of the Week for April 21

Men's Golf | 4/21/2026 4:00:00 PM

Week 10 PAC Honors (for events played April 14-20)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 10 of the 2025-26 season.

PAC Player of the Week
Jude Smith • Bethany • Junior • Weirton, W.Va./Weir
Smith fired a 75 (+4) and a 76 (+5) with four birdies through two rounds at the Denison Spring Shootout, finishing 20th out of the 89-man field, a team best.

PAC Honor Roll
Geneva junior Ryan Edwards (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin); Grove City junior Nathan Young (Street, Md./Homeschooled); Saint Vincent senior Brendan Cooley (Pittsburgh, Pa./Serra Catholic); Thiel sophomore Eli Nicklas (Erie, Pa./Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy); W&J sophomore William Ainsworth (Woldingham, Surrey/Reigate Grammar School); Waynesburg senior Matt Karpeal (Bedford, Pa./Bedford); Westminster junior Tyler Hager (Lehighton, Pa./Palmerton)

PAC Newcomer of the Week
Sean Clark • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman • Madison, Wis./Monona Grove
Clark led W&J by finishing in a first-place tie with two Grove City golfers at Grove City's McBride-Behringer-Allen 'MBA' Invitational, shooting a 75 on the day to finish three-over-par.

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Bethany freshman Jacob Bursey (Winchester, Va./James Wood); Grove City senior Jack Jollie (Jeannette, Pa./Penn-Trafford); Thiel freshman Brandon Stubert (Greenville, Pa./Greenville); Westminster freshman Brody Pirt (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny)

PAC Records & Milestones
Grove City's Nathan Young earned medalist honors Monday at the Grove City McBride-Behringer-Allen "MBA" Invitational by shooting a 75, winning a scorecard playoff for the title in the 94-golfer event, and also took fifth with a 77 at Moravian's Bedford Springs Invitational ... At the Bedford Springs Invitational, Brendan Cooley was Saint Vincent's top finisher, finishing third overall after shooting a 75 (+3), which helped lead the Bearcats to the tournament victory ... Rounds 3-4 of the PAC Golf Championships will be Friday-Saturday, April 24-25 at the Mill Creek Metroparks and the Mill Creek Golf Course in Boardman, Ohio, with the men playing on the South Course ... Two-time defending champion Allegheny built a nine-shot advantage following the 2025 PAC Fall Men's Golf Championships, which the Gators will carry into the spring championship rounds ... Allegheny sits atop the leaderboard again following the fall after consistent rounds of 300/300 to finish at 600, nine strokes ahead of second place W&J (307-302/609) and 15 in front of third place Grove City (303-311/614) ... Topping the individual leaderboard is Grove City's Luke Gronbeck (Gibsonia, Pa./Eden Christian), who fired 139 (67-72) to become the first Grove City player to earn Fall Medalist since Cole McCook shared top player honors following the 2019 rounds ... Behind Gronbeck in second place and pacing front-running Allegheny is freshman Christopher Hoffman (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny), who scored 145, while in third place with matching scores of 146 is Westminster junior Tyler Hager and W&J sophomore Matthew Morelli (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock) ... The combined 72-hole team totals determine PAC team champions and winners of the league's automatic-qualifying bids to the NCAA Division III Championships ... Complete 2025 PAC Fall Golf Championship Results.