INDIANAPOLIS – Cedarville and Findlay collected the first selection of Great Midwest Athletic Conference Golf Athletes of the Week awards as announced on Tuesday afternoon.
 
The 2020-21 season teed off for several Great Midwest programs. Malone captured the team title at the Malone-Glenmoor Invitational with Cedarville and Walsh also participating in the first men’s event.
 
The Findlay women were the runner-up in the tough UIndy Fall Invitational while Malone was also in the field.
 
 
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Cody Cogdill
Cedarville
Junior
Pataskala, OH (Watkins Memorial HS)
 
After leading the Yellow Jackets in scoring average in a shortened 2019-20 campaign, Cogdill tied for medalist honors at the Malone-Glenmoor Invitational to start his junior season on a high note.
 
The junior had a 76.38 scoring average through six events last year while recording one top-10 finish.
 
Cogdill matched his career best round twice in his season-opening effort, posting rounds of 71 (-1) in the first and third rounds.
 
Cogdill finished with a 54-hole tournament score of 218 at Glenmoor CC in Canton and tied Gannon’s Connor Bennink for top honors at the end of regulation to force a playoff.
 
His 218 would tie the Cedarville program’s fourth-best score in school history and the Yellow Jackets went on to finish fourth as a team in the standings. He currently leads the conference in scoring average with a 72.7 per-18.
 
Cedarville will be back on the links next Monday at the Findlay Fall Invitational for a two-day tournament.
 
 
Women’s Athlete of the Week
Meredith Wipper
Findlay
Senior
Hilton Head, S.C. (Hilton Head HS)

The senior standout Wipper started off her final season with the Oilers with a stellar performance at the UIndy Fall Invitational earlier this week.

Wipper shot a even-par 72 in the opening round and followed it up with two rounds of 75 (+3) for a score of 222 to finish fourth individually in the tournament. 

Findlay finished with a three-round score of 904 (298-300-306) to take second place behind tourney host UIndy. Malone also competed, finishing sixth among the 10-team field. 

This marks Wipper’s fifth time earning conference athlete of the week honors, as she did twice during both the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. Wipper is a two-time all-conference selection and was named tournament medalist in 2019. 

Wipper finished the abbreviated spring season of 2020 with a 74.5 average through 11 counted rounds. 

The Oilers will host the annual William Beall Fall Classic on Oct. 5-6 at the Findlay Country Club.