Joe Honsa

Photo by: Brad Rempel

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

2025-26 | FRESHMAN
• Played in all 12 tournaments for the Gophers in his first season, totaling 33 rounds
• Recorded one finish inside the top 20 during the year
• Posted a scoring average of 72.3 with his lowest round coming in at 68 during the Puerto Rico Classic
• Best finish of the campaign was a tie for 16th at the Badger Invitational

Spring 2026
• Ended the season at the Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships (May 1-3), finishing tied for 40th with a score of 1-over-par (73-74-70–217)
• Finished tied for 37th at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (Apr. 18-19) with a score of 11-over-par (78-72-77–227)
• Competed at the Robert Kepler Invitational (Apr. 11-12), finishing tied for 38th with a score of 1-over-par (73-70-74–217), helping the Gophers to a team title
• Carded a score of 8-over-par (72-78-74–224) while competing at the Bell Bank "Pay It Forward" Collegiate (Mar. 23-24), finishing 60th
• Finished tied for 33rd at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island (Mar. 9-10) with a score of 5-under-par (71-71-69–211)
• Posted a score of 2-over-par (73-73-72–218) at the Colleton River Collegiate (Mar. 1-2), finishing tied for 33rd
• Began the spring season at the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 9-11), finishing tied for 33rd with a score of 5-under-par (70-68-73–211)

Fall 2025
• Collected a season-best score of 1-under-par (71-69-75–215) at Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 19-20), finishing in 36th place
• Placed 48th at the Marquette Intercollegiate (Oct. 5-7) with a final mark of 16-over-par (85-76-71–232)
• Tied for 16th place at the Badger Invitational (Sept. 22-23), shooting even par (72-73-71–216)
• Started his collegiate career competing in the Gopher Invitational (Sept. 7-8), placing 73rd with a score of 17-over-par (79-77-74–230)

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."