Tyler Omness of the Kalamazoo College men's golf team was named the SAAC Men's Hornet of the Week on Tuesday (Oct. 4).

Last week, the Hornets competed in the first two MIAA Jamborees of the season. The first Jamboree at the Wuskowhan Players Club, Kalamazoo finished the day with a score of 326 and came in fifth. The team was six strokes better in the second Jamboree at the Pine River Country Club but finished in sixth place. Overall through two tournaments, the Hornets sit in fifth in the MIAA. 

Leading the way in both tournaments was Omness, who has been the best Hornet golfer this season. He shot a 77 at Jamboree #1 and then a 74 in the second, tying his best round of the year. Omness just missed the top-10 at Wuskowhan, tying for 11th place. He then jumped into the top-10 at Pine River after tying for eighth. 

In his first collegiate season last year, there were only two other rounds that Omness shot better than a 74. Both rounds came during MIAA play with a 71 at Zollner and a 70 at PohlCat in the MIAA Fall Final first round. 

Kalamazoo will play in the third MIAA Jamboree on Saturday (Oct. 8) at Tecumseh Golf Club, beginning at 1 p.m.

2022-23 Men's Hornets of the Week
Tyler Omness, Golf
Josh Nichols, Football
Lance Taylor, Football
Bubba Wilson, Football
Ian Burr, Football