Horizon League Announces 2022 #HLGOLF All-League Awards
INDIANAPOLIS – The Horizon League announced its 2022 #HLGOLF All-League awards on Friday. Wright State’s Tyler Goecke and Oakland’s Amalia Shahzan have been named the Golfers of the Year while IUPUI’s Sam McWilliams and Green Bay’s Caylie Kotlowski picked up Freshman of the Year honors. Wright State’s Conner Lash is Men’s Golf Coach of the Year and Oakland’s Alyssa Gaudio Guss is the Women’s Golf Coach of the Year after both led their teams to championships earlier this week. The League’s head coaches selected the All-League teams and specialty award winners.
Tyler Goecke earns Men’s Golfer of the Year honors after a second-place finish at the Horizon League Championship. Goecke finished the regular season with a scoring average of 70.58 and followed that up with a three-round 208, including a 67 in round one, at the championship. The junior also collected four Golfer of the Week honors this spring and is the first Raider to earn Men’s Golfer of the Year since Ryan Wenzler in 2017.
Amalia Shahzan is the Women’s Golfer of the Year following her dominant individual medalist performance and Oakland’s team victory at the League championship earlier this week. Shahzan shot a seven-under par 212 at the championship, earning medalist honors by 15 strokes. The senior averaged rounds of 75.3, posting four top-five finishes in the regular season. Shahzan is the third Golden Grizzly since 2015 to earn Golfer of the Year honors.
Sam McWilliams collected Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year honors after a top-15 finish at the League championship. McWilliams led the Jaguars with a scoring average of 75.1 during the regular season.
Caylie Kotlowski picked up Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year recognition for the Phoenix. The freshman finished tied for 17
th at the championship, helping Green Bay to a second place finish, after posting a 77.8 scoring average during the regular season.
Conner Lash was named Men’s Golf Coach of the Year in his first season at the helm at Wright State after the Raiders earned their seventh #HLGOLF championship on Tuesday.
Alyssa Gaudio Guss earned her fourth Women’s Golf Coach of the Year award (2016-17-18) following Oakland’s second #HLGOLF title.
Joining Goecke on the Men’s Golf All-League First Team are Oakland’s Thomas Giroux, Purdue Fort Wayne’s Kasey Lilly and fellow Raiders Bryce Haney and 2022 championship medalist Mikkel Mathiesen.
Along with Shahzan, Cleveland State’s Sabrina Coffman, Green Bay’s Ashley Kulka, IUPUI’s Amelie Svejda and Youngstown State’s Puthita Khuanrudee earned Women’s Golf All-League First Team recognition.
Cleveland State’s Zach Robbins, RMU’s Josh Nagy, WSU’s Cole Corder and Youngstown State’s Ken Keller and Kevin Scherr all earned Men’s Golf All-League Second Team honors.
Cleveland State’s Madison Butler, Detroit Mercy’s Alexa Hatz, Green Bay’s Isabelle Maleki, UIC’s Megan Tang and Youngstown State’s Danae Rugola were named to the Women’s Golf All-League Second Team.
2022 #HLGOLF Award Winners
Men’s Golfer of the Year
Tyler Goecke, Wright State
Women’s Golfer of the Year
Amalia Shahzan, Oakland
Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year
Sam McWilliams, IUPUI
Women’s Golf Freshman of the Year
Caylie Kotlowski, Green Bay
Men’s Golf Coach of the Year
Conner Lash, Wright State
Women’s Golf Coach of the Year
Alyssa Gaudio Guss, Oakland
Men’s Golf All-League First Team
Thomas Giroux, Oakland
Kasey Lilly, Purdue Fort Wayne
Tyler Goecke, Wright State
Mikkel Mathiesen, Wright State
Bryce Haney, Wright State
Women’s Golf All-League First Team
Sabrina Coffman, Cleveland State
Ashley Kulka, Green Bay
Amelie Svejda, IUPUI
Amalia Shahzan, Oakland
Puthita Khuanrudee, Youngstown State
Men’s Golf All-League Second Team
Zach Robbins, Cleveland State
Josh Nagy, RMU
Cole Corder, Wright State
Ken Keller, Youngstown State
Kevin Scherr, Youngstown State
Women’s Golf All-League Second Team
Madison Butler, Cleveland State
Alexa Hatz, Detroit Mercy
Isabelle Maleki, Green Bay
Megan Tang, UIC
Danae Rugola, Youngstown State