Four Catamount Golfers Selected to CSC All-District

Cullowhee, N.C. – Western Carolina put two men’s golfers and a pair of women’s golfers on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) At-Large Academic All-District teams announced today by the organizing group. Catamount men’s golfers Andrew Korytoski and Jace Butcher are joined by women’s golfers Elizabeth Lohbauer and Sadler Miller on the At-Large Academic All-District team.
 
Miller is the first Catamount golfer to earn all-district at-large team plaudits in multiple seasons, collecting her second honor over the past two academic calendars. WCU women’s golf has had seven student-athletes recognized all-time, with Lohbauer and Miller joining Kayleigh Baker, Victoria Ladd, and Brie Mapanao from the 2023-24 season . WCU’s honorees also include Johanna Lundberg (3rd-team, 2003) and Brandy Andersen (2nd-team, 2004) as WCU’s honorees.
 
Butcher and Korytoski join former Catamount Pablo Hernandez (2023) as WCU’s only all-district at-large team selections.
 
The CSC Academic All-District® teams recognize student-athletes for their combined academic and athletic achievements. A combined 10 men’s sports – fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling – and a total of 12 women’s sports – beach volleyball, bowling, crew/rowing, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, and water polo – are all housed under the at-large category.
 
A maximum of six student-athletes from men’s sports and six student-athletes from women’s sports are eligible to be nominated by each school’s respective media relations or communications office.
 
Across The Southern Conference, 35 women’s student-athletes and 24 on the men’s side were recognized on Tuesday. Furman, Mercer, Chattanooga, VMI, and Wofford each had six women, followed by UNCG with three and WCU’s pair honored. Mercer and VMI had six apiece on the men’s team, followed by Furman with four, while Chattanooga, UNCG, Wofford, and WCU each had two.
 
Sophomore Andrew Korytoski spent seven of his nine seasonal appearances among the Catamount scoring five in 2024-25, averaging 75.37 over 27 combined rounds. A combined 25 of his 27 rounds were shot in the 70s or better, including a career-low round of 67 fired at the JT Poston Invitational in Waynesville. He led WCU with a season-low 54-hole score of 216 (74-70-72) at the fall-ending Furman Intercollegiate.
 
A product of  Cataula, Ga., Korytoski boasts a cumulative grade point average of 3.93 while majoring in integrated health sciences. He was listed on the 2023-24 SoCon Academic Honor Roll, with the 2024-25 list yet to officially be released by the league.
 
Sophomore Jace Butcher played in all 10 of the team’s events in 2024-25, finishing fourth on the team in seasonal scoring average at 73.50. All 30 of his seasonal rounds were shot in the 70s, including a season-low round of 68 in the opening round of The Peoples Championship at Sea Palms Resort. Butcher had three Top 15 finishes, twice placing inside the Top 10, and twice led the Catamount scoring five last season.
 
Butcher is majoring in management and finance, and has a cumulative grade point average of 3.73 through his first two years. The Kennesaw, Ga., native was named to the 2023-24 SoCon All-Freshman team and received SoCon Academic Honor Roll plaudits a season ago.
 
Elizabeth Lohbauer led the Catamount scoring five with a seasonal stroke average of 75.46, the 12th-best single-season in program history. A combined 25 of her 28 rounds in her All-Southern Conference season were shot in the 70s or better, including a season-low round of 69 over the final 18 holes at The Robbie. Lohbauer recorded five Top 10 finishes, including three ninth-place showings and a season-best third-place finish at the SoCon Women’s Golf Championship.
 
A senior from Venice, Fla., Lohbauer finished with a 3.53 GPA while majoring in nutrition and dietetics. She is a three-time Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll recipient, with the 2024-25 list to be announced later this month. Lohbauer was also a three-time SoCon Women’s Golfer of the Week in her career.
 
Sadler Miller was in the starting lineup for all 10 of the team’s seasonal events, finishing the year third on the squad with a 78.50 scoring average over 28 rounds. She fired 16 rounds at 70 or better, including a career-low round of 69 on the opening 18 holes at the Puerto Rico Classic. A product of Clayton, N.C., Miller finished a season-best fourth at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate before flirting with the top of the leaderboard at the SoCon Women’s Golf Championship, finishing 14th.
 

Miller, who is also eligible for the Academic All-District team for her performance with women’s outdoor track & field, boasts a 3.93 cumulative GPA while majoring in interior design. She was also named a 2023-24 WGCA All-American Scholar.
 
After today’s announcement of the men’s and women’s at-large awards, Western Carolina has put a combined 38 student-athletes on the CSC Academic All-District teams this season to date, including eight from football, six from women’s soccer, five from baseball and softball, four from women’s tennis and volleyball, and two from women’s basketball, men’s golf, and women’s golf teams. The postseason academic honors for men’s and women’s golf, as well as track & field, have yet to be announced this spring.
 
The CSC (formerly College Sports Information Directors of America – or CoSIDA) Academic All-District Team aims to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the diamond and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes baseball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.
 
Selections to the 2025 Academic All-District® teams were made from nominations submitted by the communications or sports information professionals at each NCAA member institution. Honorees were required to have posted a 3.50 or better GPA, completed at least two semesters at their current school, played in at least half of their team’s competitions, and be considered a starter or key contributor. Freshmen student-athletes were ineligible.
 
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