CHICAGO, Ill. - Chicago State's senior
Julian Colavecchia (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) has been names to the 2025 NEC Men's Golf second team All-Conference.
Competing in Chicago State's inaugural NEC campaign, Colavecchia took home two individual titles on the season, claiming the Delaware County Club Shootout in September and the Hornet Invitational in March. He also finished in the top-25 in seven of his nine meets, Colavecchia boasted a 73.1 stroke average on the year, fourth-best in the NEC.
About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 44th season, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of nine institutions of higher learning located throughout six states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to a number of the largest markets in the United States including New York (#1), Chicago (#3), Boston (#8). Hartford/New Haven (#32) and Syracuse (#87). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 25 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 16 different NCAA Championships. NEC full member institutions include Central Connecticut, Chicago State, FDU, Le Moyne, LIU, Mercyhurst, Saint Francis U, Stonehill and Wagner. For more information on the NEC, visit the league's official website official website (www.northeastconference.org) and digital network (www.necfrontrow.com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, all @NECsports.
2025 NEC Men's Golf Award Winners
NEC Golfer of the Year
Arjun Singh Bhatia LIU So Chandigarh, India/Saint Kabir
NEC Rookie of the Year
Tom Winn LIU Fr Brisbane, Queensland, Australia/Villanova College
NEC Coach of the Year
Ben Belfield LIU
2025 NEC Men's Golf First Team All-Conference
Name School Yr Hometown/High School
Arjun Singh Bhatia LIU So Chandigarh, India/Saint Kabir
Taimur Malik LIU Jr Nairobi, Kenya/Braeburn Garden Estate
Marcelo Mexsen LIU Jr Torreon, Mexico/Instituto Cumbres de Torreon
Marcus Smith Jr. Howard 5th Rockford, IL/Winnebago (Eastern Michigan)
Pyae Phyo Thu FDU Sr Myanmar/Ayeyarwaddy International School
2025 NEC Men's Golf Second Team All-Conference
Name School Yr Hometown/High School
Julian Colavecchia Chicago State Sr Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Father John Redmond
Brandon Conner Binghamton Jr Cincinnati, Ohio/Madeira
Owen Corby Le Moyne So Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland
Jamal Hutchison NC Central So Fletcher, NC/Christ School
Mathis Perroni Howard So Metz, France/French High School Champion at
Cormontaigne (New Mexico JC)
