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2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

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Michael Spitzer

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hinsdale, Ill.
  • Highschool Hinsdale Central

Biography

Has earned three letters (2023, 2024, 2025) ... 

Career Lows

18 Hole - 65 - CCIW Championship - May 2, 2025
36 Hole - 135 - Blueboy Invite - April 14-15, 2023
54 Hole - 208 - CCIW Championship - May 1-3, 2025
72 Hole - 283 - 2024 NCAA Division III National Championship - May 14-17, 2024

Career Wins

CCIW Championship (73-65-70=208) - May 1-3, 2025
Hawk 36 (69-69=138) - Sept. 9, 2024

Cochran Collegiate (67-72-77=216) - April 21-22, 2026

National Awards
GCAA PING Second Team All-America (2025)
GCAA PING All-America Honorable Mention (2024)
NCAA All-American (2024)
GCAA PING All-Region (2024, 2025, 2026)

Conference Awards
CCIW Medalist (2025)
All-CCIW (2024, 2025, 2026)
Three-time CCIW Golfer of the Week
        April 19, 2023 - April 26, 2023 - April 22, 2026


Academic Awards
GCAA Cobalt Scholar All-American (2024)
CSC Academic All-District (2024)

Academic All-CCIW (2024, 2025)

Ends his career ranked third in program history with a 72.68 career stroke average over 81 rounds

2025-2026: Played in 10 tournaments, compiling a stroke average of 72.6 through 28 rounds … Part of the 2026 NCAA Division III National Runner-Up Team … Finished 18th at the national championship, marking his third top-20 finish at a national tournament (73-71-71-71=286) … Had one win throughout the season and five top-10 finishes … Won the Cochran Collegiate (67-72-77) … Earned First Team All-CCIW honors with a third-place finish at the CCIW Championship … Named CCIW Golfer of the Week April 22 … Earned GCAA PING All-Region status for the third time in his career …

2024-25: Played in 11 tournaments, compiling an average of 72.0 strokes per round over 31 rounds ... His season average of 72.0 ranks fifth-best in program history ... Posted first career win at the Hawk 36, topping the 73-player field with a score of 138 (69-69) ... Won the CCIW individual title with an eight-under 208 ... Finished one shot off the program record with a seven-under 65 in the second round of the league championship ...  Collected four top-five finishes and nine top-20 placements ... Tied for the team-high with 16 rounds of par-or-better ... Earned a share of 14th-place at the NCAA Division III National Championship, his second straight top-20 placement on the national stage ... 

2023-24: Competed in nine tournaments, compiling an average of 73.5 strokes per round over 22 rounds ... Tallied four top-10 finishes ... Posted 10 rounds of par-or-better ... Tied for eighth at the NCAA Division III Championship with rounds of 68, 74, 72, and 69 to finish five-under at 283 ... Placed runner-up at the CCIW Championship with a three-day total of four-under, 212 ... 

2022-23: Played in five tournaments, recording an average of 72.6 strokes per round over 10 rounds … Tallied five top-20 finishes, four top-10, and three top-five … Registered four rounds of par-or-better …

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Hinsdale Central High School … Four-year letterwinner in golf … Competed in the Illinois State Championship three times, leading the team to third-place finish in 2021 and a seventh-place finish in 2019 … Individual regional medalist in 2020 … Voted team captain … Named HCHS Senior Athlete of the Year in 2022 … Led team to IHSA State Championship in 2018 … West Suburban Gold medalist in 2020 … 


PERSONAL: Majoring in entrepreneurship at Illinois Wesleyan … Other interests include playing video games, pickup basketball, going to the gym, and reading … Sisters golfed at Mount Holyoke and Emory … Co-President of U.S. Adaptive Golf Association from 2017 until 2022 … Coordinator for the Christopher House Charter School and Family Service Foundation …
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'10"
  • 2025-26Senior