Co-MAC Men’s Golfers of the Week
Bavake Sihota – Eastern Michigan – Senior
Hometown: Caledon, Ontario (Independent Learning Center)
Tournament: Robert Kepler Intercollegiate
Team Finish: 6th
Individual Finish: T-5th
Score: 70-75-72 = 217 (+4)
Note: Sihota tied for fifth with a 217 total, his second-best 54-hole score. His finish was a career-best and marked his first top-10 and top-20 collegiate result. His performance helped Eastern Michigan place sixth as a team, including wins over Big Ten’s Minnesota (7th) and No. 45 Colorado State (9th).
Jordan Gilkison – Kent State - Senior
Hometown: Springboro, Ohio
Tournament: Robert Kepler Invitational
Team Finish: 3
Individual Finish: T-5
Score: 71-75-71 = 217 (+4)
Note: Gilkison earned his fourth top-five finish of the season at the Robert Kepler Invitational over the weekend. The senior shot even-par rounds of 71 in round one and three to improve his season tally of rounds of par or better to a team-high 21.
Other Nominees
Morgan Blythe – Miami – Sophomore
Hometown: Newcastle, England (Queen Elizabeth HS)
Tournament: Boilermaker Invitational
Team Finish: 10th
Individual Finish: T-13th
Score: 68-71-72 = 211
Note: Morgan Blythe scored two-under-par to help lead the RedHawks to a tenth-place finish. He opened the tournament with back-to-back birdies and totaled 10 birdies across three rounds, finishing with a steady final round of even-par 72.
Ben Sluzas – NIU – Senior
Hometown: Lockport, Ill. (Lockport HS)
Tournament: Boilermaker Invitational
Team Finish: 11th
Individual Finish: T-7th of 90
Score: 75-67-67 = 209 (-4)
Note: Ben Sluzas tallied his fifth top-10 finish of the season, tying for seventh place. After opening with a 75, he surged with back-to-back 67s—highlighted by an eagle on the par-five 16th in Round 2 and a bogey-free final round. Sluzas played the final 36 holes at 8-under-par with seven birdies and one eagle, climbing from T-65 to T-7.
CJ van Wyk – Toledo – Senior
Hometown: George, South Africa (Glenwood HS)
Tournament: Boilermaker Invitational
Team Finish: 9th
Individual Finish: T-9th
Score: 71-67-72 = 210 (-3)
Note: CJ van Wyk recorded his second straight Top 10 finish with a three-under-par 210 at Purdue’s Boilermaker Invitational. His four-under 67 in Round 2 featured five birdies and one bogey. He tied for the team lead with 12 total birdies in the tournament.
