SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A trio from the Notre Dame men’s golf team have been named to the 2026 NCAA Division I PING All-Region Team, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America over the weekend. A season that saw Jacob Modleski, Calen Sanderson, and Nate Stevens all earn individual titles in tournament play, the men’s team finished off the year at the NCAA Corvallis Regional where they placed among the top-10 as a team. All three were named to the Midwest team by the GCAA.
Modleski opened his junior year as the first individual to represent the University at the Walker Cup when he was selected to Team USA in late August. From there, he met the team at their first tournament of the fall and went on to record eight top-10 individual finishes with the team. His season-low score of 203(-13) at the Schenkel Invitational gave him a tie for first place and his lone tournament win of the year.
A record-setting season for Sanderson, the senior concluded his time with the Gold and Blue with a runners-up finish in his first tournament of the year followed by an individual title at the annual Canadian Collegiate Invitational as he helped his team to the team title as well. In Canada, Sanderson set a program record for both single-round low score of eight-under (64) en route to shattering the program record for a three-round total as he finished the 54-hole tournament at 197(-19). His 197 mark was the first sub-200 stroke count for a three-round tournament in program history. Competing in all 12 tournaments for the Irish in 2025-26, he helped lead his team to seven top-five finishes as a group and boasted them to a top-10 finish in all 12 tournaments played.
Stevens closes out his collegiate career having played 11 of the team’s 12 tournaments in 2025-26. The senior registered three top-10 individual finishes, including first place at The Williams Cup with a score of 209(-7). Stevens’ season low score came at the Ford Collegiate Invitational where he posted a three-round mark of 202(-8) before finishing sixth overall.