In a release on Monday afternoon, the Northwest Conference has voted Linfield's Zach LaPlaca as the conference's golf student-athlete of the week. The award comes on the heels of an impressive performance by LaPlaca in the fall season's opening tournament, the West Coast Classic.
 
In the tournament, the junior from Bend, Oregon shot a 150 and went six shots over par. LaPlaca tied for 19^th individually in the tournament and the Wildcats as a team placed 11^th.
 
Linfield's next tournament takes place from March 15-16 in the Willamette Valley Cup at the Creekside Golf Club in Salem.