Northwestern shot a final round of 287 during GPAC Qualifier #4 in Orange City, Iowa, at Landsmeer Golf Club to vault them to the 2014-15 Great Plains Athletic Conference  Men’s Golf Championship.

They won with a 72 hole total of 1207.  Nebraska Wesleyan finished as the GPAC Runner-Up with a team total of 1216.

Justin Kraft of Northwestern shot a 71 on Monday and claimed individual medalist honors with a four round total of 292 (73-72-76-71). He is the 2015-15 GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Player-of-the-Year.  Ben Vetrovsky of Hastings shot a low round of 70 to lead all golfers at GPAC Qualifier #4 and finished second place overall just five strokes back of Kraft (297). Keegan Bak of Morningside was third (300) and Garrett Giesselmann of Midland was fourth overall (303). Nebraska Wesleyan’s Cameron Farrell and Colton Kooima of Northwestern tied for fifth (304).

The top-ten (including ties) in the final GPAC results (72 holes) are considered GPAC All-Conference.   There will be four additional players (for a total of 15) voted all-conference by the coaches and the GPAC Coach-of-the-Year will be named in the coming weeks.

As a team Northwestern had three golfers shoot a 71 on the day to help move them up the leaderboard to the championships. They came into the event trailing Nebraska Wesleyan, who took the first qualifier, by nine strokes.

Northwestern will represent the GPAC at the NAIA National Golf Championships on May 19-22, 2015, in Daytona Beach, Florida.