Iowa Wesleyan?s Mitchell, Bishop receive MCC honorable mention for golf

Iowa Wesleyan College golfers Blake Mitchell and Kayla Bishop have been named honorable mention all-Midwest Collegiate Conference selections, as the conference released its men?s and women?s golf awards this week.

Mitchell, a sophomore from Loveland, Colo., received MCC men?s golf honors for the first time in his first season after transferring to IWC from Front Range (Colo.) Community College. He finished the year with a 76.9 stroke average over 25 rounds including the fall and spring seasons. He claimed two medalist titles and six individual top-10 finishes.

Mitchell was especially strong in the spring season, finishing with a 74.4 stroke average in 12 rounds. He was in the top 10 in five of six tournaments, including two where he took medalist honors: the Knox (Ill.) Prairie Fire Classic and the Scot-Fire Invitational hosted by Knox and Monmouth (Ill.) colleges. He shot four rounds below par in the spring and a total of six rounds at par or below in the split season. He shot a low round of 70 set three separate times.

Bishop, a senior from Monmouth, Ill., received conference women?s golf honors for the first time after leading the IWC women?s team in both the fall and spring. She finished the season with a 94.6 stroke average over nine rounds, including an average of 93.0 in three rounds in the fall and 95.3 in six rounds in the spring.

Bishop shot a low round of 89 on Oct. 2 at the Clarke University Fall Invitational, where she posted her best finish of the season by tying for fourth individually. It was her second top-10 finish; her first came a week earlier, on Sept. 27, at the Shootout at Springbrook Invite at Springbrook Country Club in DeWitt. Bishop recorded the lone two top-10 finishes by the Tiger women?s team in six tournaments this season.