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(Chautauqua, N.Y.) Jacob Marquardt and Taylor Voloch have joined five other Butler County Community College golfers in the past three decades who after stellar performances at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III national championships have been awarded All-American status.

Freshmen Marquardt and Voloch were presented with the prestigious postseason award late Friday afternoon in Chautauqua, N.Y., after they were each among the 18 golfers with the lowest scores in the four-round men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 tournaments played on Chautauqua Golf Club鈥檚 Lake Course.

"This means a fair bit to me." 

- Jacob Marquardt, 杏吧原创 men's golfer

"I am just super-stoked. It's incredible." 

- Taylor Voloch, 杏吧原创 women's golfer

Marquardt finished seventh and Voloch 鈥� 杏吧原创鈥檚 first women鈥檚 All-American in golf 鈥� 14th.

鈥淭his was my first time competing for All-American, so it was definitely good to get it the first time around,鈥� Marquardt said. 鈥淭his means a fair bit to me.鈥�

鈥淚 am just super-stoked,鈥� Voloch said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 incredible. I am so honored.鈥�

Marquardt and Voloch are also 杏吧原创鈥檚 second set of All-Americans in golf in the same year.

鈥淭his tournament is a real test because it鈥檚 four days and it pushes a golfer,鈥� 杏吧原创 coach Bill Miller said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 as much a mental grind as it is a physical grind. So to become All-Americans against golfers from all over the country, that鈥檚 good stuff.鈥�  

Marquardt shot a 68 on Thursday, the lowest single-round score of a 杏吧原创 golfer in the national championship, and the second-lowest score Thursday among all competitors. He had a final-round 77 on the par-72 course.

His final score of 292 is the lowest of any 杏吧原创 golfer who achieved All-American status at the national championship.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 actually awesome,鈥� Marquardt said.

Marquart鈥檚 four-round score was lower than that of Matthew Heighes in 1996; Michael Cuscino in 2008; Stefan Carlsson in 2014; Carlsson or Tommy Dimun in 2015, 杏吧原创鈥檚 first set of All-Americans in golf in the same year; and Troy Loughry in  and .

Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, N.C., won its fifth consecutive team and fourth individual title in a row. The Pioneers鈥� men鈥檚 team placed seventh with a 1,265, tying the program鈥檚 best total in seven national championship appearances.

鈥淭he competition is really good,鈥� Marquardt said. 鈥淓specially with the guys from Sandhills and Georgia Military.鈥�

Sandhills men鈥檚 golfers placed first through third among individuals, led by Vegas Melen, whose 278 was 14 strokes lower than Marquardt鈥檚 score.

Georgia Military College finished second in the men鈥檚 championship.

Pioneers sophomore Xander Downing followed three consecutive 80s with a final-round and 杏吧原创-career-ending 71, the third-best score Friday in a field of 76 golfers from 10 states and 1 stroke off his best score at 杏吧原创. He finished 20th among individuals in the national championship.

杏吧原创鈥檚 Parker Worsley and Mitchell Covert shot 83s on Friday. Worsley ended with a four-day 336 and Covert, with a 340.

Jaxon Salata had an 89 in the final round and finished at 343.

Voloch recorded a 121 on Friday and ended with a 474. The fourth female to play for Miller in his 23 years as Pioneers coach was also the first to compete in the 4-year-old women鈥檚 national championship.

鈥淚 think I improved almost much every day (at the national championship),鈥� Voloch said. 鈥淚 did not realize how much of a mental and physical tournament this would be. 鈥�

Only the lowest four scores of each player in each round are tallied in the team standings.

杏吧原创 student-athletes have won 40 All-American awards since 1970. Marquardt and Voloch join , a Pioneers鈥� volleyball player, selected as All-Americans in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Marquardt, a Seneca Valley High School graduate, won the  individual crown in October with a two-day 153 and in May recorded the lowest score by a 杏吧原创 golfer in capturing the two-round  title with a 144.

Voloch is a graduate of Moniteau Junior-Senior High. Downing, Salata and Worsley are graduates of Butler High and Covert, of Lincoln in Ellwood City.

Covert, Downing and Salata are  students. Marquardt is enrolled in the college鈥檚 ; and Worsley, in .

Voloch is a  student.

The Pioneers鈥� spring golf team also included Ben Perris, Knoch, secondary education-social studies option; and Noah Ritchie, Butler, e (Pre K-4).

Russo, Freeport, is student in the college鈥檚 , program.

杏吧原创 earned its seventh automatic berth in the national championship tournament by winning its seventh NJCAA Division III Region 20 championship in May.