One Fort Lewis College men’s golfer was honored for his work on the course and three others for their course work in the classroom when the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference handed down its postseason awards recently.
Senior Charlie Laudermilk landed on the All-RMAC third team as one of the top 15 RMAC golfers in the NCAA West Region rankings as of April 24. Nick Ellis was a second-team choice and Dillon Washburn and Ronnie Toplyn third-team selections to the RMAC’s All-Academic team.
Laudermilk, an Austin, Texas, native, pieced together an impressive fall and spring slate for the Skyhawks, finishing in the top five in three events. He finished tied for second at both the RMAC No. 2 event at Fox Hollow Golf Course in Lakewood and at the Crawford/Wade Invitational at Tanglewood Resort and Conference Center in Pottsboro, Texas.
The senior placed fifth at the Skyhawk Classic Club Shootout at The Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif., and he capped his collegiate career with a 26th-place showing at the RMAC Championships.
Michael Lee of Colorado Mines was the league’s Golfer of the Year, with Western New Mexico’s Calum Hill the top freshman. Mines’ coach Tyler Kimble was tabbed Coach of the Year.
Ellis earned the second-team academic honor for carrying a 3.92 grade-point average in business administration. The Litchfield Park, Ariz., native just finished his sophomore season.
Washburn, a redshirt freshman from Pinetop, Ariz., carried a 3.94 GPA in accounting to earn the third-team nod. Toplyn, a sophomore from Bellvue, had a 3.91 GPA as a marketing major.
Jordan Arndt of Colorado Mines, also a first-team All-RMAC selection, parlayed his 3.84 GPA and solid on-course season into Academic Golfer of the Year honors.
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