October 20, 2026

HELENA, Mont. – Rocky Mountain (Mont.) swept the sixth installment of the 2026-27 Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Golfers-of-the-Week honors Tuesday.

Women's Golfer of the Week
Natasza Klimko, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Freshman I Wrzesnia, Poland

Klimko continued her impressive freshman campaign by capturing her third individual championship of the fall season at the Battle at the Dance tournament.

She fired consecutive rounds of 74 and 73 for a two-round total of 147 strokes, securing medalist honors by three strokes.

Klimko finished first among 41 individual competitors in the seven-team tournament, helping lead the Battlin' Bears to the team championship.

Rocky Mountain competed against two nationally ranked teams in the tournament field.

This is Klimko’s third career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week honor.

Men's Golfer of the Week
Braxton McDonald, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Junior I Coldstream, B.C., Canada

McDonald delivered an impressive three-round performance at the Battle at the Dance tournament, earning individual runner-up honors while leading Rocky Mountain to a second-place team finish.

He opened the tournament with a 79 before improving to a 72 in the second round. He closed the tournament with an outstanding 3-under-par 69 in the final round, recording a three-round total of 220 strokes.

McDonald's final-round performance propelled him into second place individually among 50 competitors in the tournament field.

He recorded two rounds at par or better during the tournament, helping Rocky Mountain finish second in the team standings against a field that included two nationally ranked programs.

This is McDonald’s first career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week honor.
 

	Women	Men
No. 6 - Oct. 20	Natasza Klimko - Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Braxton McDonald - Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
No. 5 - Oct. 13	Natasza Klimko - Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Tyler Avery - Montana Tech
No. 4 - Oct. 6	Annabelle Cziezerski - Bellevue (Neb.)	Sam Norman - Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
No. 3 - Sept. 29	Natasza Klimko - Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Hayden Delaloye - Bellevue (Neb.)
No. 2 - Sept. 22	Annabelle Cziezerski - Bellevue (Neb.)	Sam Norman - Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
No. 1 - Sept. 8	Brooklyn Materi - Dickinson State (N.D.)	Griffin Zimmer - Dickinson State (N.D.)