Southern Illinois senior Matthis Besard was named the Missouri Valley Conference Golfer of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. This is the fifth time Besard has been recognized by the MVC with the weekly honor during the 2021-22 season.

Besard claimed his fourth individual title of the 2021-22 season at the Desert Mountain Collegiate over the weekend.  Besard fired an opening round score of 66 on the Outlaw Course at Desert Mountain, designed by Jack Nicklaus, to jump to the top of the leaderboard on Saturday. Besard was locked in, carding 75 and 73 in the final day to finish 2-under-par with a total of 214 for his sixth collegiate-career win.