Adam Fields of Wayne State College has been selected to play in the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Tournament as an individual qualifier for the second straight season. The junior from Sioux City Heelan HS will compete in the Central/West Regional at the Classic Club in Palm Desert, California (hosted by Cal State-San Bernardino) May 3-5.
Fields led Wayne State this spring with a scoring average of 74.0. He captured individual medalist honors at the Wayne State Spring Invite with rounds of 74 and 70 for an even par score of 144. He also placed fifth at the Upper Iowa Invite and was tied for sixth at the Winona State Spring Invitational. This is just the third time that a WSC men's golfer has qualified for the NCAA Tournament as Klinton Keller qualified in 2004 along with Fields making the tournament last season.
The NCAA announced late Friday that 80 teams and 32 individual student-athletes were selected to participate in regional competition May 3-5. The top five teams and top two individuals not with a team from each regional will advance to the NCAA Division II National Men's Golf Championships scheduled for May 18-21 at The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Indiana.
A total of 10 teams and four individuals were selected to play in the Central/West Regional. Teams from the Central Region that qualified were St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference while Colorado-Colorado Springs, Western New Mexico, Fort Lewis, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado Christian and CSU-Pueblo were selected from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Individual qualifiers from the Central Region included Brady Strangstalien from Winona State, Greg Johnson of Regis, Devon Kastler from Nebraska-Kearney and Adam Fields of Wayne State.