Joe Honsa

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Mendota Heights, Minn.
High School:
Cretin-Derham Hall HS

HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Cretin-Derham Hall High School in 2025
• Named a finalist for the 2025 Mr. Minnesota Golf Award given to the top male high school senior golfer in the state
• Was a five-year letter winner with the Raiders during his prep career under the guidance of head coach Bob Kinne and qualified for the state tournament in each of those five seasons
• Earned four MSHSL All-State honors, while landing on the All-Section Team and Suburban East All-Conference Team five times
• Helped guide the Raiders to a MSHSL Class AAA team state championship at Bunker Hills Golf Club during his senior season, while finishing third as an individual
• Chosen as the 2025 Suburban East Conference Player of the Year in his final year of high school golf
• Named to the Academic All-State Team in 2025
• Finished as the runner up at the MSHSL Class AAA state tournament as a sophomore in 2023
• Landed on the Cretin-Derham Hall Honor Roll every year from 2021 to 2025
• Secured a tie for fourth place at the 122nd Minnesota Golf Association Amateur Championship in the summer of 2025
• Placed second at the 2024 Minnesota Junior PGA Championship at North Oaks Golf Club
• Qualified for both the USGA Junior Amateur and the National Junior PGA in the summer of 2024
• Ended the 2023 Notah Begay III National Championship in a tie for 19th place

PERSONAL
• Son of Mike and Sara Honsa
• Father, Mike, played college baseball at St. Thomas from 1997-2000
• Mother, Sara, played college softball at Saint Benedict in 1997
• Has a younger brother, Sam
• Loves to fish and hang out with friends in his free time
• If he wasn't playing golf, he would be playing baseball
• Chose the University of Minnesota because "I felt the school, the coaches, and the golf program were the best fit for me as a student-athlete. I also wanted to play in one of the best conferences in the country, while representing my home state of Minnesota."