NIACC's Castle earns ICCAC golfer of week award

• Castle earns award after winning Graceland Spring Invite
• He's first Trojan to win weekly award since Fjetland in fall of 2023

MASON CITY - NIACC's Tim Castle was selected as the ICCAC Division II men's golfer of the week for the week of March 18-24.

Castle, a sophomore who prepped at Newman Catholic, won the Graceland University Spring Invitational at the Mozingo Lake Golf Course in Maryville, Mo. on March 22.

Castle shot a 36-40 - 76 to pick up his first collegiate individual title.

Castle is the second individual medalist this school year as Elic Fjetland also won the 2023 Waldorf University Fall Invitational. Fjetland earned the ICCAC weekly honor for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2023 after his individual title in the fall.

Castle was the 22nd different NIACC men's golfer to earn individual medalist honors in the Chris Frenz era, which began in the fall of 2006.

The season-opening invitational was originally scheduled for a two-day event but was shortened to 18 holes to due frigid weather conditions.

"Tim Castle came through in a big way," NIACC coach Chris Frenz said. "Tim started on four holes that were dead straight into a driving wind and he came through there even par.

"He did a tremendous job of battling the elements and staying mentally tough and locked in. He's put a lot of work into his game and he built off off of how he played in Florida last week."

NIACC returns to action April 12-13 at the Iowa Central Spring Invitational at the Fort Dodge Country Club.