EMU- De Bock Earns Second MAC Golfer of the Week Honor– Big Ten Women’s Players-of-the-Week below MAC POW.
Sophomore recently finished second at the Hurricane Invitational
By Roy J. Akers- www.skyviewsports.net
With players completing their fall collegiate seasons, it is fair to say that the teams with players reaching POW status not only once, but two or more times are teams with all-conference or all-American’s this spring. The article that will follow this one on team rankings from Golfweek magazine. To look at individual tournaments, Golfstat.com is one to check out. You can break down teams, player performance and how they entire course scores. Savannah deBock accomplished this feat in the MAC. Three players did the same in the Big Ten including two Big Ten players. Jasmine Koo of USC turned the trick three times and Brooke Biermann of MSU accomplished this fall feat twice.
MAC Player of the Week
CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) has named Eastern Michigan University sophomore Savannah de Bock the MAC Women’s Golfer of the Week, the conference announced Oct. 31. De Bock, who previously earned the same honor Sept. 27, was selected for the accolade following a vote of the league’s head coaches.
De Bock (Ecaussinnes-d’enghien, Belgium/Institut de l’Enfant-Jésus-Lycée/Georgia) led the way for the Eagles at the 2024 Hurricane Invitational, hosted by the University of Miami on the Biltmore Golf Course in Coral Gables, Fla., Oct. 28-29. She posted her fifth top eight showing in five tournaments this fall as she took runner-up honors at six-under, 210 (71-68-71). To earn her third top two finish of the season, de Bock carded a 68 in the second round to mark her fifth round of 69-or-lower through 15 rounds played. Her 210 is her second-best score of the year and the second-lowest recorded in EMU history behind her own school record of 204 (Golfweek Red Sky Classic, Sept. 23-25) and gives her five of the top seven all-time at Eastern. She has shot par or better in 14-of-15 rounds played this year and is a combined 28-under for the season.
Eastern Michigan will return to action for the start of its 2025 spring season Jan. 27, 2025, when it takes part in the Match in the Desert, hosted by the University of Kansas. The eight-team event features one round of play at Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Gold Canyon, Ariz., and will feature several highly ranked teams, including No. 6 Arizona State University, No. 19 Texas A&M University, and No. 25 Kansas. The remaining teams in the field include Baylor University, Purdue University, and San Jose State University.
Big Ten Women’s Player of the Week and Fall Recap of all winners
USC’s Jasmine Koo Named Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Week
Trojans top-ranked freshman honored after third consecutive individual crown
ROSEMONT, Ill. – University of Southern California freshman Jasmine Koo has been named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week for tournaments from October 24-30.
Golfer of the Week –Jasmine Koo, USC
Freshman – Cerritos, Calif. – Cerritos – Business Administration
- Won her third consecutive title at the East Lake Cup, hosted at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta
- Birdied nine of 18 holes to card a 7-under 65 in the individual round, tying her low round for the season
- Went 1-1 in match play, including a 2-Up victory in her final match, to help lead USC to the East Lake Cup championship over LSU
- Wins her third Golfer of the Week honor in the month of October
- Last USC Golfer of the Week: Jasmine Koo (10/24/24)
2024-25 Big Ten Women’s Golfers of the Week
Sept. 12 – Nicha Kanpai, Maryland
Sept. 19 – Catherine Park, USC
Sept. 26 – Brooke Biermann, Michigan State
Oct. 3 – Jasmine Koo, USC
Oct. 10 – Isabella McCauley, Minnesota
Oct. 17 – Brooke Biermann, Michigan State
Oct. 24 – Jasmine Koo, USC
Oct. 31 – Jasmine Koo, USC
The Big Ten and MAC contributed to this story. Roy J. Akers covers multiple sports for www.skyviewsports.net and covers golf from junior golf to being a credentialed golf reporter for the LPGA, PGA and PGA Champions Tour.