Mitch Bolte Earns PING All-Region Honors for 2025 Season
| 2025 NCAA Division III PING All-Region Teams |
SPRINGFIELD, OH — Wittenberg freshman Mitch Bolte (Newark, OH / Newark) has been named to the 2025 NCAA Division III PING All-Region V Team, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced on Sunday, May 18.
Bolte is one of 15 All-Region V selections for the 2025 season. He is one of four golfers representing North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams to earn all-region honors, as he is joined by two Kenyon golfers and one from DePauw.
The all-region award is the latest earned by Bolte in a tremendous first year of intercollegiate competition. After recording three top-10 finishes during the 2024-25 season, capped by a fifth-place finish in the NCAC Championships, Bolte earned one of two special awards from the NCAC as he became just the second Tiger in program history to earn Newcomer of the Year.
Bolte's fifth-place finish led the way for the Tigers in the NCAC Championships. He posted a three-round total of two-under-par 214 (71-68-75). He heads into the NCAA Division III Championships ranked fourth in the NCAC, 16th in Region V, and No. 113 in all of Division III in scoring average.
Wittenberg advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament after winning the NCAC title on May 3. The Tigers posted a tremendous three-day total of 858 strokes on the 6,897-yard, par-72 North and West courses at Otter Creek Golf Course to defeat pre-tournament favorite and defending conference champion Kenyon by four strokes. It was Wittenberg's 13th NCAC title, earning the Tigers the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships at Midvale Country Club in Penfield, New York, May 20-23.
The Tigers made their fourth straight NCAA Division III Tournament appearance and the 30th in program history in 2025. The 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Golf National Champion, Wittenberg finished 16th in the event, which took place at Midvale Country Club in Penfield, NY.
Written By: Ryan Maurer