Patriot All-America Champions
Connor Williams, 2025 Men’s Division Champion
Arizona State University junior Connor Williams capped a wire-to-wire victory, at the 15th annual Patriot All -America Invitational. Williams’ final round -4 (66) on the Wigwam Golf Club Gold Course earned him the Men’s Division title by 6 strokes at -14 (196) overall.
“It feels amazing – I look forward to this tournament every winter break, and to come back to my second year and get the win means a lot,” said Williams, a junior from Escondido, Calif., of his second career collegiate win. “I think I was in control of most of my game. I played very smart, some of these pins are very tricky and I think I only made three bogeys all week which is huge, because there’s birdies out there but you’ve got to avoid some of those bigger numbers.”
Reagan Zibilski, 2025 Women’s Division Champion
University of Arkansas senior Reagan Zibilski overcame a three-shot deficit in the final round to win her first Women’s Division title in four tries Wednesday at the 15th annual Patriot All -America Invitational. Her -4 (66) on the Blue Course was good enough for a one-shot win at -6 (204) overall.
“It’s been a long year and a fun year, and so to cap off 2025 with a win it means so much,” said Zibilski, a Springfield, Missouri-native with two career collegiate wins. “I told my dad the front sounds really tough, so just stay patient and steady on the front, and then kind of get on a run on the back. And that’s exactly what I did – I stayed patient and let the putts fall whenever they presented themselves.”
Left to right: Joseph Lloyd, Chaz Aurilia, Calvin McCoy
Connor Henry, 2025 Thunderbolt Champion
Middle Tennessee State University redshirt sophomore Connor Henry played a lights-out final round at Sterling Grove Golf + Country Club to win the 4th annual Thunderbolt. Henry began the day two shots off the lead, but fired a -6 (65) in the final round to force a playoff with 36-hole co-leader Rylan Johnson of Oregon State University. Henry’s par on the first playoff hole (the 18th) would be enough to give him the title.
“Just being able to come out here and represent our fallen American heroes it’s just really puts things into perspective how blessed we are just to be able to play golf for fun in college and just competitively,” said Henry, a Fort Worth, Tex.-native who started his final round by holing a wedge on the first hole, en route to his first career collegiate win. “It’s really cool. I had that on my mind all week, and just to come out with the trophy and what that means, it’s all a bonus, it’s all just a blessing and very grateful.”
Past Champions
Men's Division Champions
The original championship started in 2011 with 84 male collegians who made the PING All-America team during that year in all NCAA divisions as well as AJGA All-Americans. As the championship gained in popularity and attained status on the World Amateur the field and eligibility expanded.
Women's Division Champions
The women’s division was added in 2021 with 42 players invited to compete. It turned out to be such a success that the next year, the field size was expanded to 66 players.
The Thunderbolt
The Thunderbolt (named after the Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt) consists of up to 72 players and acts as feeder tournament for the Patriot in the event of a withdrawal. The top three finishers automatically receive an invitation to the next year’s Patriot All-America at the Wigwam.