INDIANAPOLIS - Ohio Dominican and Findlay had a pair of individual medalists and team victories during tournament action to earn Great Midwest Athletic Conference Golf Athletes of the Week awards as announced on Wednesday.
 
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Robert Holden
Ohio Dominican
Junior
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England (Bedford)
 
Holden was under par in both rounds at the Cedarville Invitational, finishing with a tournament score of 142 (-2) to earn an individual victory and contribute to a team win.
 
The Panthers won by eight strokes in the 36-hole event over runner-up Tiffin. From the Great Midwest, Cedarville was third, Ohio Valley fifth and Lake Erie sixth, as the fall season winds down to a close.
 
Holden held off Tiffin’s David Siegel by three shots for the medalist win while being supported in the top 10 by Ben Herman (tie for third) and Dalton Crowley (tie for eighth).
 
Holden came into his junior season at Ohio Dominican in 10th all-time among Great Midwest scoring average leaders (75.12).
 
In the shortened 2019-20 season, Holden led the Panthers with a 74.43 scoring average through 14 rounds. He has a pair of top 5 finishes already this season.
 
Holden’s season scoring average is now at 73.86, among the top 20 in current conference leaders. ODU previous won at the MVNU Fall Cougar Classic and competed at the Tiffin-hosted Kyle Ryman Memorial Invitational.
 
ODU still has two more events in the queue for the fall with the IU-East Tee-Off two weekends out in Liberty, Ind. This is his second conference career weekly honor.
 
Women’s Athlete of the Week
Jill Schmitmeyer
Findlay
Junior
St. Marys, OH (St. Marys HS)
 
Schmitmeyer went into the Tiffin Invitational tied for second in the Great Midwest in scoring and like Holden, double dipped with an individual win and team victory at the Mohawk Golf and Country Club.
 
She emerged out of the tournament as the league’s new leader in scoring average (75.75) by the slimmest of margins, passing Tiffin’s Alice Putoud by 0.10 of a stroke.
 
Schmitmeyer posted a 150 (78-72) to edge out Tiffin’s Amanda Johansson (152) for the best tournament score. Findlay tied the host Dragons for top team honors with a 623 in two rounds.
 
It was Findlay’s third tournament of the fall, which previously included runner-up performances at William Beall Fall Classic and the UIndy Fall Invitational.
 
Schmitmeyer has three top-10 finishes to the season already and came into the 2020-21 season ranked sixth all-time in conference career scoring (77.83).
 
The all-conference performer received her second conference career weekly honor.