INDIANAPOLIS – William Jewell College junior Bryson Oots has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men's Golf Player of the Year, as announced by the Conference office Monday morning. Oots, who is coming off of a tied for 27th finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional over the weekend is the first ever Men's Golf Player of the Year for Jewell. With the Player of the Year accolade, Oots earned a spot on the All-GLVC Team for the second consecutive year.
 
Player of the Year: Bryson Oots, Junior, William Jewell

• Becomes William Jewell's first-ever Player of the Year and earns the Cardinals their second major honor.
• Played in 31 rounds during the 2024-25 season with a 72.1 stroke average and season-low 66.
• Won four events with three other top-ten finishes over 11 events.
• Ranked No. 2 in the GLVC, sixth in NCAA Midwest Region, and 86th in NCAA Division II.
• Helped Cardinals to three tournament wins, to go along with another runner-up finish and four other top-10 results.
• Finished third at GLVC Championship (69-78-74–221).

 
Freshman of the Year: Logan Mayo, Missouri-St. Louis

• Becomes UIndy's third Freshman of the Year and first since Leo Baudry in 2023.
• Played in 32 rounds during the 2024-25 season with a 71.81 stroke average.
• Earned a win at the Findianapolis Spring Invitational as well as capturing a runner-up at the Arch Cup.
• Ranked sixth in the GLVC, 14th in NCAA Midwest Region, and 128th in NCAA Division II.
• Helped Tritons to three runner-up finishes, to go along with five top-five results.
• Finished tied for sixth at GLVC Championship (78-71-67–216) with a tournament-low score in the third round.

 
Coach of the Year: Troy Halterman, Missouri-St. Louis

• Wins fifth Coach of the Year award and fifth overall for UMSL.
• Led Tritons to a semifinal finish in GLVC Championship medal/match play losing to UIndy 4-1.
• Mentored Tritons to three runner-up finishes, to go along with five top-five results.
• Guided Mayo to his major award and two others to All-GLVC recognition, including sophomore Dani Solavera and freshman Trigg Lindahl. 

Per GLVC Bylaws, each of the top-five finishers – extended to include ties – at the GLVC Championship automatically earn an All-Conference selection, with the remaining five individuals and major award winners nominated and voted on by the head coaches. Coaches are not permitted to vote for their own players.

The league also recognized 13 GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award honorees for the sport and Missouri-St. Louis as the team award winner . The student-athletes chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. These individuals must also be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. The honorees are now eligible to become one of their school's two Spalding Sportsmanship Award winners, which will be announced later this month.

A complete list of All-GLVC performers and major postseason award winners can be found below.
GLVC PLAYER OF THE YEAR:  Bryson Oots, Jr., William Jewell
GLVC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:  Logan Mayo, Missouri-St.Louis
GLVC COACH OF THE YEAR:  Troy Halterman, Missouri-St. Louis
 
ALL-GLVC 
Hunter Jowers, Sr., DU ^
Cameron Young, So., UINDY ^
Cody Donovan, Sr., LEWIS ^
Ty Doty, Jr., LEWIS
Max Hsu, Sr., MU
Cole Komyati, Jr., S&T ^
Isaac To, Jr., S&T
Trigg Lindahl, Fr., UMSL ^
Logan Mayo, Fr., UMSL
Dani Solavera, So., UMSL
Bryson Oots, Jr., WJC

^ Top-five finishers at GLVC Championship
* Extra Member due to tie

GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP HONOREES
Wil Claywell, DU
Daniel Edwards, UIS
Cameron Young, UINDY
Ty Doty, LEWIS
Henry Mwanza, LIN
Hsiang Hsu, MU
Griffin St. Pierre, MCK
Isaac To, S&T
Andres Aguirre, UMSL
Glenn Sutton, QU
David Schilp, RU
Owen Davison, UIU
Bryson Oots, WJC

GLVC JAMES R. SPALDING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM AWARD
Missouri-St. Louis