BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The defending NSIC Champions of Minnesota State University, Mankato were picked to win the league in the preseason men's golf coaches' poll. The Mavericks received six first place votes (coaches cannot vote for their own team) and tallied 59 points to rank four points ahead of Winona State, which tallied 55 points . Concordia-St. Paul was third with 49 points and two first place votes. Bemidji State ranked fourth with 46 points while Sioux Falls was fifth with 39 points and the final first place vote.
Sioux Falls senior Mason Weeks was voted by the league coaches as the NSIC Men's Golf Preseason Golfer of the Year. Weeks is an All-NSIC First Team selection from last year, tied for ninth at the NSIC Championships and ranked sixth in scoring average in the NSIC last season at 73.1.
The three-round NSIC Men’s Golf Championship will take place next spring on April 16-19 at Adams Pointe Golf Club in Blue Springs, Missouri.