TOLEDO, Ohio – Junior Barend Botha was named Mid-American Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week by the league office on Wednesday.

A George, South Africa native who holds a 3.615 grade-point average in marketing, Botha won his first collegiate tournament on Monday at UNCW's Seahawk Intercollegiate with a record-tying performance. He tied Toledo's 54-hole record with a career-low 12-under par 204 on the par-72, 7,031-yard CC of Landfall's Dye Course that was established nearly 20 years ago by UT Hall of Famer and All-American Brad Heaven.

Botha opened the final round in second place two strokes out of the lead and birdied two of his last three holes to come away with the victory. He played his best golf on the par-five holes, tying for the tournament lead at nine-under and registered 16 birdies along with two eagles over the 54 holes.

A two-time first-team All-MAC selection, Botha leads the Rockets with a career-low 70.3 stroke average.

The MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honor is presented to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition.  Each week schools are asked to nominate one female and one male among the sports that are in season at the time.  The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty athletic representatives.