MAC Men's Co-Golfers of the Week
Vicente Quiroga, Eastern Michigan, 1st, Cochabamba, Bolivia (Tiquipaya School)
Event: Bank of Tennessee Invitational
Individual: T3 | Team: 2nd
Score: 70-68-64=202 (-14)
Quiroga tied for third at 14-under 202 (70-68-64) at the Bank of Tennessee Invitational to lead the Eagles to a second-place team finish. Quiroga, who started the final round in a tie for 11th, posted 10 birdies and two bogies to shoot a final-round 64 and make his run toward the top of the standings. His 64, the fourth-lowest in program history, was the lowest final-round score in the 26-year history of the Bank of Tennessee Invitational and helped him shoot 202, which tied for the tournament’s fifth-best score. Quiroga, ranked No. 244 this week, beat out 11 players ranked ahead of himself nationally, including a trio of top 50 players in No. 13 Erik Tjarnberg and No. 46 Veigar Heidarsson of ETSU and No. 27 Bence Bertenyi of MAC rival Toledo, to help him grab his second top three showing in as many tournaments after he used a final-round and school-record-tying 63 to earn co-medalist honors at the Nemacolin Collegiate Invitational earlier this month (Oct. 5-6).
Brooks Pawlak, Toledo, Sr., Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood)
Event: Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate
Individual: 3rd | Team: 3rd
Score: 67-70-65=202 (-14)
Senior Brooks Pawlak tied for third place and shot a school-record 14-under par 202 (67-70-65) this week at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate in Jonesborough, Tenn. His score broke the previous mark of 13-under par set by Barend Botha and Palmer Yenrick at the 2023 Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational. Pawlak tallied 17 birdies and an eagle in the event and recorded just one bogey in his final two rounds. Pawlak's play helped Toledo finish in third place in the tourney and set a pair of school records as well. The Rockets finished with a school-record 54-hole total of 40-under par and also established a new 18-hole mark with their 17-under 271 in the third and final round.
Other Nominees
Avery Mahoney, Ball State, Senior, Burlington, Ontario, Canada (Notre Dame Catholic)
Event: Flyer Invitational
Individual: T3 | Team: T3
Score: -2 (72-69-70=211)
Senior Avery Mahoney helped lead the Ball State men’s golf team to a third-place finish at the Flyer Invitational by tying for third individually among the 88-player field with a score of -2 (211) ... His effort tied for the best among all Mid-American Conference players in the field and included back-to-back sub-par rounds -2 (69) and -1 (70) to close the event ... Mahoney finished the tied for seventh among the field with 37 pars, while adding eight birdies and his first eagle of the season ... He also tied for fifth among the field with an even-par average on the par 4 holes on the South Course at the NCR Country Club.
Nolan Haynes, Kent State, Junior, Barberton, Ohio (Hoban HS)
Event: Bank of Tennessee
Individual: T-21st / 93 golfers | Team: T-7th / 13 teams (-14, 850)
Score: 66-73-71=210 (-6)
Nolan Haynes once again had the best score for the Golden Flashes by shooting six-under-par in the Bank of Tennessee tournament. Haynes’ 210 final score was good enough to place him in a tie for 21st individually and tie his collegiate personal record through 54 holes that he set in 2025 at the Hootie at Bulls Bay tournament. Haynes has been on an absolute tear over the last two weeks after having back-to-back performances breaking personal records and leading the team with the lowest score. Haynes also shot under par in the third round to help catapult him within the top 25% of the golfers in the tournament.
Bric Baird, Miami, Sophomore, Upper Arlington (Ohio)
Event: Dayton Flyer Invitational
Team: T2 | Individual: 7th
Score: 71-70-71=212
One-under-par to finish T7 with 11 birdies through three rounds.
Gabriel Mainella , Ohio, Sophomore, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Event: Dayton Flyer Invitational
Individual: T3rd | Team: 5th
Score: 71+69+71=211
Sophomore Gabriel Mainella helped lead the Ohio men's golf team this past week at the 2026 Dayton Flyer Invitational in Kettering, Ohio. Overall, Mainella shot a 71 (E) in round one and followed that up with a second-round score of 69 (-2), before recording a 71 (E) for a total of 211 to finish -2 on the week. Mainella's performance helped the Bobcats finish the fall slate with a fifth-place finish.
