The Owls and Lady Owls closed out the fall season by achieving a first in their respective programs' histories - as in a pair of No. 1 Golfstat rankings in the NAIA.
The William Woods University men, with an average 71.29 score, won all five of its fall tournaments by a combined 100 strokes. Meanwhile, the William Woods women - with an NAIA-best 74.50 average score - prevailed in all four of its four tournaments by a total of 237 strokes and have the top-ranked freshman class in the country.
Sophomore David Houlding - the reigning American Midwest Conference men's golfer of the week - topped the Owls with a 69.71 average, fifth-best in the NAIA. Senior Stan Gautier, a University of Kansas transfer, ranked eighth with a 70.14 average.
Senior Julian Taylor is 17th at 70.86, while sophomore Billy McKenzie is tied for 18th at 71.00.
The Lady Owls are paced by freshman Celia Mansour's 72.50 average, ranked third in the NAIA. Katie Warren, another freshman, is fifth at 73.17. Junior Myriam Hassan - named the AMC women's golfer of the week - is 15th at 75.17, while freshman Andrea Agniel is tied for 22nd at 76.00.