CALIFORNIA – Hawai'i Hilo represented well at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate on the Big Island, tallying a team score of -7 in a large field of some of the top Division I teams in the country. Dylan Bercan also turned in a -7 scorecard for Player of the Week.

Player of the Week

Hawai'i Hilo's Dylan Bercan, the 2025 PacWest champion, got off to a very productive start in 2026 with a 54-hole tally of -7 at the 35th annual Amer Ari Intercollegiate. Bercan had rounds of -6, +2 and -3 to top the Vulcans, the only non-Division I American team in the field. That put the Canadian tied for 48th in a field of 122, which seems modest until you consider that the 2024 NCAA National Champion Hiroshi Tai of Georgia Tech and individual runner-ups Preston Stouth of Oklahoma State and Jackson Koivun of Auburn were in the field, along with 31 of the top 100 ranked Division I players in the country. This is Bercan's third straight PacWest Player of the Week award, as he also won the final two fall honors of 2025. 

Team of the Week

Hawai'i Hilo is the Team of the Week after a strong showing at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate at the Mauna Lani Golf Resort on the west side of the Big Island. The Vulcans were 17th of 20 teams in the all Division-I field, posting a -7 tally to defeat UC Davis, UH Manoa and UT Arlington. The Vulcans turned in 3-day scorecards of -3, +3, and -7. Just two strokes back of Dylan Bercan (-7) was Ben Crinella (-5), followed by Dysen Park (-1) and Jacob Torres (+6). Seven of the last 10 NCAA Division I championship teams were in the field, including 2025 winner Oklahoma State. The tournament was won by No. 5 ranked Auburn.