PRESS RELEASE: WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – – Wilmington standout Noah Wallace sits atop the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference after being named the CACC 2-24-25 Men’s Golf Player and Rookie of the Year as the league’s all-conference team was announced on Tuesday.
Joining Noah Wallace (Elkton, Md.) on the All-CACC Team is senior Pablo Quintero (Bogota, Colombia). They are a part of the top 10 student-athletes named All-CACC following the final round of conference ranking produced by Scoreboard powered by Clippd, stat statistics and rankings provider of NCAA Golf.
Noah Wallace becomes the second Wildcat to win both the CACC Men’s Golf Player and Rookie of the Year in the same season, joining Ryan Rucinski who did it in the 2015-16 season. He is the first CACC Golfer of the Year for the Wildcats since Rucinski’s senior season in 2018-19, and the first CACC Rookie of the Year since Sergio Ronchel in 2017-18.
Wallace is the No. 2 golfer in the East Region, sporting a 73.5 adjusted scoring average in 26 rounds as a freshman. He was the co-winner of the Penmen Spring Invitational and has five top-three finishes this season. Wallace tied for third place in the 2024-25 CACC Championship tournament last October and was named to the event’s All-Tournament team.
Pablo Quintero is ranked No. 11 in the East Region and has an adjusted scoring average of 75.6 strokes in 26 total rounds. He’s won two tournaments this year, first winning the Chestnut Hill Invitational in October and then the Dr. Edwin B Cottrell Invitational in the beginning of April. He also finished third overall at the Penmen Spring Invitational a couple weeks ago.
Goldey-Beacom’s coach TJ Dekmar repeats as the CACC Coach of the Year after leading the Lightning to the CACC Championship and regional rankings. Felician was voted with the CACC Team Sportsmanship Award
2024-25 CACC MEN’S GOLF ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Adrian Bonilla (Goldey-Beacom College)
Joe Ensign (Post University)
Guillermo de Miguel (Goldey-Beacom College)
Pablo Hidalgo (Felician University)
Alexander Lundvall (Dominican University)
Daniel Martensson (Felician University)
Bruno Pardo (Dominican University)
Pablo Quintero (Wilmington University)
Camilo Samur (Goldey-Beacom College)
Noah Wallace (Wilmington University)
2024-25 CACC Golfer of the Year: Noah Wallace (Wilmington University)
2024-25 CACC Rookie of the Year: Noah Wallace (Wilmington University)
2024-25 CACC Coach of the Year: TJ Dekmar (Goldey-Beacom College)
2024-25 CACC Team Sportsmanship Award: Felician University
Wilmington University Major Award Winners:
2006 – John Purple, Jr – Rookie of the Year
2010 – Paul Tighe – Rookie of the Year
2011 – Dan Ott – Player of the Year
2012 – Dan Ott – Player of the Year
2013 – Andreas Lunding – Rookie of the Year
2014 – Jerry Temple – Player of the Year; Sam Clark – Rookie of the Year
2015 – Andreas Lunding – Player of the Year; Joey Russo – Rookie of the Year
2016 – Ryan Rucinski – Player and Rookie of the Year
2017 – Miguel Siercke – Player of the Year
2018 – Joey Russo – Player of the Year; Sergio Ronchel – Rookie of the Year
2019 – Ryan Rucinski – Player of the Year
2025 – Noah Wallace – Player and Rookie of the Year
