DWU's Allison Meyerink aims to climb leaderboard in return to NAIA women's golf championship
May 15—MITCHELL — Allison Meyerink is back in a familiar position. Though just a freshman in 2024-25, the Dakota Wesleyan University golfer qualified for the NAIA women's golf national championship, made the 36-hole cut and finished in 52nd place in a field of 156 players. A year after her NAIA tournament debut, Meyerink is headed back to the national stage.
This time, she's hoping to push ...
May 15—MITCHELL — Allison Meyerink is back in a familiar position. Though just a freshman in 2024-25, the Dakota Wesleyan University golfer qualified for the NAIA women's golf national championship, made the 36-hole cut and finished in 52nd place in a field of 156 players. A year after her NAIA tournament debut, Meyerink is headed back to the national stage.
This time, she's hoping to push even further at the 2026 NAIA women's golf national championship, set for May 19-22, at Eagle Crest Golf Club in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The Mitchell native and back-to-back Great Plains Athletic Conference champion is one of just six individual qualifiers for the tournament. The championship field includes 30 teams plus six individuals whose teams did not qualify.
"I would definitely say this spring was pretty successful, but going into this next tournament, I'm trying to treat it like any other golf tournament, and it's just another golf course," Meyerink said. "I've played this sport my whole life, so I've just got to do my own thing and do my best to stay in it. " Meyerink enters the tournament ranked No.
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