KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association has announced a new Men’s Golfer of the Week award winner in the 2026 fall season. Four MIAA teams were in Topeka, Kansas, earlier this week for the Washburn Invite, while Missouri Southern hosted a 12-team MSSU Men’s Fall Invite in Joplin, Missouri. Chandler Cooke of Arkansas-Fort Smith had the best finish of any MIAA student-athlete to be crowned the latest MIAA Men’s Golfer of the Week.
MIAA GOLFER OF THE WEEK: Chandler Cooke, Arkansas-Fort Smith
Chandler Cooke earned a fifth-place finish at the Washburn Invitational for his third straight top-five finish in the 2026-27 season. Cooke led all MIAA golfers in the tournament with a 54-hole scorecard of 212 (-1) at the Topeka Country Club. The senior from Belton, Texas, fired rounds of 71(even), 69 (-2) and 72 (+1) and led the Lions with 10 birdies and 37 pars — the fourth-most among the field of 86. Cooke finished -5 on par-5s and had the third-fewest bogeys in the competition. He is the first UAFS Lion to be claim an MIAA Golfer of the Week award this season.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
Max Farber, Washburn
Max Farber led the Ichabods to a runner-up finish at the Washburn Invitational after placing eighth individually with a three-round total of 215 (+2). After opening the tournament with a 77 (+6), the freshman from Wichita, Kansas, had back-to-back under par, which included a score of 70 (-1) in the second round and a 68 (-3) in the final round. He ended the invite with 33 pars, nine birdies, and was one of 13 golfers to have an eagle.
Maxwell Templeman, Missouri Southern
Maxwell Templeman led the Lions in their own MSSU Men's Fall Invitational at Twin Hills Golf Country Club in Joplin. The senior from Carthage, Missouri, opened the invite with a 75 ( +3) and improved in the second round with a 71 (-1) before finishing with a 69 (-3) in the third round to tie for ninth overall at 215 (-1). Templeman totaled 34 pars and 11 birdies across the two-day competition.
2026-27 MIAA MEN’S GOLFERS OF THE WEEK
2026 FALL SEASON
WEEK ONE (Sept. 11): Will Whorton, Central Oklahoma
WEEK TWO (Sept. 30): Nick Canales, Central Oklahoma
WEEK THREE (Oct. 14): Parker Boggins, Missouri Western & Austen Muller, Pittsburg State
WEEK FOUR (Oct. 21): Chandler Cooke, Arkansas-Fort Smith