Skidmore College Athletics

Josef Pohle's '02 extraordinary performance as a player and team leader - equally matched by his remarkable academic achievement - leaves a legacy of excellence that ranks among finest in the history of Men's Golf. Team MVP in 2000, 2001, and 2002, he led the Thoroughbreds to a third place finish in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Championships (2000), capping a season that brought the team seven tournament wins and a third straight Eastern College Athletic Association title. He was team captain his senior year.
 
Named NCAA Division III Player of the Year in 2000, the three-time All American was First Team in 2000and 2002, and an Honorable Mention selection in 2001. Pohle was twice honored as Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year (1999, 2001). He captured 11 collegiate tournament championships, finishing second 11 times. He played in 35 collegiate and three NCAA tournaments, finishing in the top ten 31 out of 38 times, including a second place finish in the 2000 NCAA Tournament.
 
Winner of the 1999 New England Amateur Open Championship, he qualified to play in the U.S. Amateur Open the same year. Pohle's singular roster of accomplishments does not end on the links. An All-American Scholar (2002), he was selected Skidmore Senior Male Athlete of the Year (2002).