MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho men's golf enters the tightly contested Big Sky Championship with the highest ranking and one of the best seasons in program history under their belts, but rankings sometimes go out the window when it comes to conference championship.
 
The Vandals are ranked 178th in the NCAA, but the four western teams in the league are all ranked within 14 spots of the Vandals, Weber State sits just one spot behind the Vandals at 179th, Sacramento State is 188th and Northern Colorado is 192nd.
 
All five Vandals in the lineup for this week's championship earned All-Conference honors with Colt Sherrell leading the way with first-team honors. Jose Suryadinata, Joe Sykes and Samuel Johnson all earned second-team honors. Matt McGann earned All-Conference honorable mention honors. Sykes was named the Big Sky Freshman of the Year.
 
The Vandals won a pair of tournament titles this year, picking up the win at the SIU Dolenc Invite in the fall and winning in a stacked field at the Seattle U Redhawk Invite at Chambers Bay, over a pair of Power-five opponents and a strong field of mid-major teams.
 
Sherrell has had a solid spring including a runner-up finish at chambers Bay. He leads the way for the Vandals in his final championship as a senior. Sykes has a pair of top-five finishes so far this season and Suryadinata is a steadying force for the Vandals, finishing third at Chambers Bay.
 
Johnson has had an outstanding freshman season with multiple top-20 finishes and Matt McGann will be in the fifth spot. McGann had a strong performance in chambers, including a second-round 68.
 
Mid-year transfer Johannes Hounsgaard will be the alternate for Idaho.
 
The teams play at the Talking Stick O'Odham Course in Prescott, Arizona. The course will play at a par-70 with a yardage of 7,059.
 
The Vandals tee off in five groups beginning with McGann at 7:45 a.m.  live leaderboard will be available via Golfstat.com.