Valparaiso University men’s golf fifth-year senior Caleb VanArragon (Blaine, Minn. / Blaine) was recognized as a Division-I PING All-Midwest Region honoree, adding to his long list of accolades as the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) revealed All-Region honors on Saturday.
VanArragon was one of 25 players named to the All-Midwest Team, was the only Missouri Valley Conference golfer to receive the honor and was one of just two players from non-power conference institutions to achieve All-Midwest honors, joining Toledo’s Barend Botha.
This caps a busy week for VanArragon, who carded a 36-hole score of 133 (-11) to earn a three-stroke victory at the Twin Cities Open at his first professional tournament, which was held at The Meadows at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake, Minn. VanArragon’s pro debut came right on the heels of his final collegiate tournament, as he golfed a 217 (+1) to tie for 23rd in the NCAA West Lafayette Regional, which concluded last Wednesday, May 15. This marked the second straight season that VanArragon earned an at-large NCAA Regional berth.
The All-Region honors adds to a list of accolades that also includes 2022-23 College Sports Communicators First Team Academic All-American and 2023-24 MVC Golfer of the Year. The 2023-24 MVC Championship runner-up finished with a program-record career scoring average of 71.24 over 147 rounds and established a program standard for single-season scoring average at 69.62 in 34 rounds this season.
VanArragon, a four-time First Team All-MVC honoree, four-time MVC Elite 17 Award Winner and four-time MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, boasted 37 career top-10 finishes, 26 top-5 finishes, 18 top-2 finishes and six tournament titles.
Midwest All-Region Team
Barend Botha, Toledo
Jackson Buchanan, Illinois
Cooper Claycomb, Louisville
Timmy Crawford, Illinois
Noah Gillard, Indiana
Max Green, West Virginia
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Cameron Huss, Wisconsin
Palmer Jackson, Notre Dame
Max Kennedy, Louisville
Ashton McCulloch, Michigan State
Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame
Maxwell Moldovan, Ohio State
Sebastian Moss, Louisville
Drew Salyers, Indiana
Herman Sekne, Purdue
Neal Shipley, Ohio State
Nels Surtani, Purdue
Daniel Svärd, Northwestern
Hunter Thomson, Michigan
Ethan Tseng, Northwestern
Caleb VanArragon, Valparaiso
Ryan Voois, Illinois
Adam Wallin, Ohio State
Ben Warian, Minnesota
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