United Athletic Conference

Seattle U's Nathan Cogswell has been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Golfer of the Month for September.

 

Cogswell, a sophomore from Kent, Wash., led the WAC with a 70.6 scoring average through five rounds played. After shooting a 6-over-par 150 at the Husky Invitational to open the season, he shot two sub-70 rounds at the Nick Watney Invitational, including an 8-under-par 63 in the tournament's final round to finish 10-under-par for his first top-5 finish of the season. His strong play also helped lead Seattle U to the top team stroke average in the month of September as the Redhawks averaged 286.8 per round.

 

Other men's nominees: Grand Canyon's Trevor Lampson shot a 2-over-par 212 at the Ram Masters Invitational to lead the Lopes in their only tournament of the month … Kansas City's Vitek Novak shot a 4-under-par 68 in the first round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge to earn a top-15 finish in his first event of the season … UT Rio Grande Valley's Rhaasrikanesh Kanavathi led the Vaqueros in his collegiate debut, shooting a 1-under-par 215 at the Hartford Hawk Invitational … Utah Valley's Jake Bryson averaged 71.2 strokes per round in the first month of his junior season, including a 5-under-par 65 in the second round of the Ram Masters Invitational.

 

A busy October gets underway on Monday with Grand Canyon and Utah Valley meeting in Erie, Colo. for the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational. NM State and UT Rio Grande Valley will also see each other, competiting at the Bentwater Intercollegiate in Conroe, Texas. Finally, Kansas City will take on the challenge at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Classic in South Bend, Ind.

 

Through the first month of the 2019-20 season, Seattle U's Nathan Cogswell holds the top scoring average at 70.6 strokes per round. Grand Canyon's Trevor Lampson is closely behind at 70.7 followed by Utah Valley's Jake Bryson at 71.2. As a team, Seattle U has the top stroke average at 286.8 per round. Grand Canyon is second (289.0) followed by Kansas City (291.7).

 

The 2020 WAC Men's Golf Championship heads back to Arizona as Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club will play host to the tournament on May 1-3, 2020. The championship Australian Sand Belt-style golf course sits on 320 acres of land that was once a part of Ak-Chin's original May 1912 reservation before it was removed by Presidential Executive Order in late 1912. Nearly 100 years later, in 2010, the Community recovered its sacred land when it purchased the Brian Curley and Fred Couples designed facility after it was originally developed as a private club. The course currently boasts several coveted accolades that include Golfweek's list of the "Top 100 Resort Courses," "Best Courses You Can Play," and "Top Casino Courses," as well as Golf Magazine's list of "Top 100 Courses You Can Play."