GREENWOOD, Ind. - The 2023-24 Academic All-District® Men's At-Large Team, as selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC), was released on Tuesday. Concordia-St. Paul's Thomas Gutzmer, Tommy Marker, Ben Rasinski, Trey Timm and Brandon Sperling were all named to the team. 

The Men's At-Large program includes student-athletes from the following NCAA sports: fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, tennis, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

This is the most athletes the Golden Bear golf team has ever had named to the Academic All-District® Team. Ben Rasinski becomes the fourth two-time Academic All-District® golfer in program history after being named to the team last season. 

District Seven includes the member institutions from the NCAA's Central Region including the Northern Sun (NSIC), Mid-America (MIAA) and Great American (GAC) conferences.

The Academic All-District® Team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in athletic competition and in the classroom. The five Golden Bears advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot, with first, second and third-team Academic All-America® selections announced on July 17. 

The Division II and III CSC Academic All‐America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All‐America® programs.

For more information about CSC's Academic All‐District® and Academic All‐America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com.

Thomas Gutzmer (L, 6-1, Jr., Jordan, Minn. / Jordan HS)

• 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District

• Shot an average of 74.95 during 2023-24 season

• Tied for 14th at the Missouri Western Holiday Inn Express Invite shooting 216 (+3) in three rounds

• Tied for 16th opening the season at the Bemidji State Invitational shooting a season-best two-round score of 149 (+7)

• Shot a season-best round of 70 (-2) at the Maverick/Golden Bear Fall Brawl

• Tallied five top-30 finishes on the season

• Finished with the ninth-best season average in school history

Tommy Marker (R, 5-11, Jr., Shakopee, Minn. / Shakopee HS)

• 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District

• 2023-24 NSIC Academic Team of Excellence

• Averaged a score of 75.86 during 2023-24 season

• Tied for eighth at the NSIC Conference Preview with a season-low two-round score of 145 (+1)

• Shot 146 (+2) at the Watkins Invite tying for 22nd place

• Placed 18th at the Maverick Desert Classic with a score of 148 (+4)

• Recorded a season-best three-round score of 222 (+9) at the Showdown at Shangri-La

• Tallied four top-30 finishes this season 

Ben Rasinski (R, 5-6, Sr., Lakeville, Minn. / Lakeville South HS)

• 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District

• 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District

• Three-time NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence

• Shot a season average of 75.45 which was the lowest in a single season in his career

• Placed ninth at Golden Bear/Maverick Fall Brawl shooting a season-low score of 146 (+4)

• Shot a season-best three-round score of 215 (+5) at the NCAA Regional Preview

• Finished career with 17th-best career average in school history at 78.36

• Ranked as the 14th-best scoring average in a season in school history

Trey Timm (R, 6-2, So., River Falls, Wis. / River Falls HS)

• 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District

• 2023-24 NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence

• Averaged a score of 74.8 during 2023-24 season for seventh-best season average in school history

• Had best finish of the season at the Bemidji State Invitational tying for ninth place

• Shot 144 (E) for a season-best two-round score at the Watkins Invitational

• Had a season-best three-round score of 221 (+5) at Firekeeper Open

• Placed 21st at the NSIC Championships shooting 227 (+11)

• Tallied four top-30 placements on the season

Brandon Sperling (R, 5-10, Jr., Lakeville, Minn. / Lakeville South HS)

• 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District 

• Two-time First Team All-NSIC Selection

• 2023-24 NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year

• 2023-24 NSIC All-Tournament Team

• 2022-23 NCAA Division II PING All-Central Region Team

• 2021-22 Second Team All-NSIC

• Two-time NCAA Central/Midwest Regional individual competitor

• Three-time NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence

• Six-time NSIC Golfer of the Week with three in 2023-24

• Lowest career scoring average in program history of 74.07

• Lowest season scoring average in program history of 72.2

• Shot 65 (-7) at Maverick Desert Classic for lowest round in school history

• Tallied five top-five finishes this season pushing his career total to 11