TOLEDO, Ohio – Junior Barend Botha will make a short trip north on May 15-17 to compete in the NCAA Bath Regional at the Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath, Mich. Botha is ranked as the No. 1 individual in the regional after enjoying a spectacular season that was capped off by winning the Mid-American Conference Championships on Tuesday in Athens, Ala.
A native of George, South Africa, Botha was named the MAC's Men's Golfer of the Year after posted a school-record 70.5 stroke average. That figure ranks first in program history ahead of Varsity T Hall of Famer Brad Heaven's 71.