TOLEDO, Ohio - Junior Barend Botha was named Mid-American Conference Co-Men's Golfer of the Week by the league office on Thursday. It is the fourth time in his career he has received the weekly award and the second time this season a Rocket has been honored.
A George, South Africa native, Botha produced the best 54-hole outing of his Rocket career in Toledo's final fall tournament when he placed sixth at the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational in Vero Beach, Fla. Botha fired five-under par 67s in both his opening and final round to finish with a career-low 11-under par 205.