2026 NCAA Division II men's golf championship regional selections announced

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has announced the field of 80 teams and 32 student-athletes competing as individuals that have been selected to participate in regional competition of the 2026 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championships. Regional play will be conducted May 7–9.

At a minimum, the top three teams and the top two student-athletes not with a team from each regional will advance to the finals, May 18–22 at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada. The remaining eight team berths will be allocated based on the regions represented in the prior year’s head-to-head medal play portion of the championships, with the maximum number of teams from a given region capped at seven. The finals will be hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority:

Tournaments will be conducted at four regional sites with regional pairings as follows:

Atlantic and East
Central and Midwest
South and Southeast
South Central and West

ATLANTIC/EAST REGIONAL

Sunnehanna Country Club, Johnstown, Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown host.

Atlantic Region

1. Gannon
2. West Chester [Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference]
3. Pittsburgh-Johnstown
4. Indiana (Pennsylvania)
5. Bluefield State
6. California (Pennsylvania)
7. Charleston (West Virginia) [Mountain East Conference]
8. Winston-Salem State
9. Glenville State
10. Fairmont State
11. Fayetteville State [Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association]
12. Wheeling
13. West Liberty

Individuals:

1. Christopher Baguma, Virginia State
2. Trey Rios, Shepherd
3. Lucio Pavicich, Davis & Elkins
4. Morgan Dehoff, Shepherd

East Region

1. Adelphi
2. Assumption
3. Post
4. Southern New Hampshire [Northeast-10 Conference]
5. Bentley
6. St. Thomas Aquinas
7. Wilmington (Delaware) [Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference]

Individuals:

1. Pablo Hidalgo, Felician
2. Jaden Minter, Thomas Jefferson University
3. Brandon Vitarisi, Saint Anselm
4. Seth Saffel, Franklin Pierce

CENTRAL/MIDWEST REGIONAL

Katke Golf Course, Big Rapids, Michigan; Ferris State University, host.

Central Region

1. Central Oklahoma [Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association]
2. Central Missouri
3. Harding
4. Washburn
5. Winona State [Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference]
6. Pittsburg State
7. Arkansas Tech [Great American Conference]
8. Southern Arkansas
9. Missouri Western
10. Arkansas-Fort Smith

Individuals:

1. Cooper Scheck, Fort Hays State
2. Nathan Biais, Northeastern State
3. Conrado Diaz Ermacora, Southwestern Oklahoma State
4. Charlie Hanson, Sioux Falls

Midwest Region

1. Grand Valley State [Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]
2. Findlay [Great Midwest Athletic Conference]
3. Missouri S&T
4. Missouri-St. Louis [Great Lakes Valley Conference]
5. Rockhurst
6. Ferris State
7. Davenport
8. Tiffin
9. Wayne State (Michigan)
10. Hillsdale

Individuals:

1. Gaige Lewis, Drury
2. Aiden Hibbard, Cedarville
3. Carter Mishler, Ashland
4. Ellton Bostrom, Drury

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST REGIONAL

Valdosta Country Club, Valdosta, Georgia; Valdosta State University, host

South Region

1. West Florida [Gulf South Conference]
2. Florida Southern [Sunshine State Conference]
3. Nova Southeastern
4. Saint Leo
5. Lee
6. Barry
7. Rollins
8. Palm Beach Atlantic
9. Lynn
10. Miles [Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]

Individuals:

1. Reggie Fear, Eckerd
2. Alex Nilehn, Valdosta State
3. William Carestam, Valdosta State
4. Ty Werynski, Delta State

Southeast Region

1. Georgia Southwestern [Peach Belt Conference]
2. Wingate [South Atlantic Conference]
3. Catawba
4. Columbus State
5. North Georgia
6. University of South Carolina Aiken
7. Lincoln Memorial
8. University of South Carolina Beaufort
9. Flagler
10. Emmanuel University (Georgia) [Conference Carolinas]

Individuals:

1. Matt McDougall, Lenoir-Rhyne
2. Sean Finan, Lenoir-Rhyne
3. Ryan Jahr, Barton
4. Samuel Ankelstam, Young Harris

SOUTH CENTRAL/WEST REGIONAL

The Reserve at Spanos Park, Stockton, California; Visit Stockton and California Collegiate Athletic Association, hosts.

South Central Region

1. West Texas A&M
2. Colorado State University Pueblo
3. Colorado Mesa [Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference]
4. St. Mary’s (Texas)
5. The University of Texas Permian Basin
6. Dallas Baptist University
7. Cameron [Lone Star Conference]
8. The University of Texas at Tyler
9. Colorado Christian
10. Midwestern State

Individuals:

1. Traejan Andrews, Fort Lewis
2. Juan Monckeberg, Texas A&M International
3. Liam Allan, Colorado School of Mines
4. Lukas Taggart, Colorado School of Mines

West Region

1. Western Washington
2. Chico State [California Collegiate Athletic Association]
3. Cal State East Bay
4. Hawaii Hilo [Pacific West Conference]
5. Cal State San Bernardino
6. Simon Fraser
7. Cal State Monterey Bay
8. Cal State San Marcos
9. Dominican (California)
10. Vanguard

Individuals:

1. Kyle Krupp, Hawaii Pacific
2. Rasmus Tamker, Saint Martin’s
3. Jacobus Brakkee, Jessup
4. Troy Song, Cal State Dominguez Hills

At the 2025 championships, West Florida defeated Colorado Christian in a sudden-death playoff in the head-to-head medal play final to claim their third national championship in golf and their first since 2008. North Georgia junior Hunter Smith finished with a 54-hole total of 6-under par (210) to claim individual medalist honors. The championships were hosted at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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