Week 3: GPAC Golf Players of the Week
(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following golfers-of-the-week for September 18-24, 2023. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2023-2024 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program.
Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Golfers-of-the-Week
Women – Sofia Castelan, Morningside University
Sofia Castelan of Morningside University is the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Women's Golfer-of-the-Week. Casetlan, a senior from Quertaro, Mexico, had a pair of eagles and a pair of birdies to shoot 4-under last Tuesday at the Northwest Iowa National Invite and finish even par for the tournament. The performance placed her in a tie for fourth individually and she heled the Mustangs to a fifth place finish.
Men – Jack Laven, Northwestern College
Jack Laven of Northwestern College is the GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Men's Golfer-of-the-Week. Laven, a junior from Okoboji, Iowa, had a phenomenal final round at the 2023 Northwest Iowa Invitational at Willow Creek Golf Course in Le Mars, Iowa. He tied his career-low round with a 66 (-5) in round three, to move up 11 spots in the individual standings to be the highest-finishing GPAC golfer at the event (Tied for 3rd). His stellar final round moved him to even par (213) on the tournament.