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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Men’s Golf Claims Second TranSouth Title in Three Years

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - 4/15/2008 - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ University men’s golf team captured the after shooting a final round of 290 to coast to the 20-shot victory. Â鶹ÊÓƵ led the two-round event after the first round by nine shots with a score of 305. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has won two of the last three (2006, 2008) TranSouth Men’s Golf Championships and now have 10 conference titles in their history.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ golf team continues to play in honor of their teammate who remains in the Jackson-Madison County Hospital after suffering injuries in the F4 tornado that struck ±«²Ô¾±´Ç²Ô’s campus on February 5. The team proudly wears golf hats that were donated to the program with Matt’s name stitched on the side.

, in his second season as head coach was named the TranSouth Conference Coach of the Year. Rushing, who spent 17 seasons as the head coach of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ baseball team, was a golf assistant coach during the 2006 conference championship season.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ sophomore , a native of Milan, Tennessee, took home the TranSouth Player of the Year honors with a first place finish. Mallard posted a 74 in the first round and 73 in the final round for a two day total of 147. He edged teammate and fellow Milan native 148 tournament total. Hamaguchi and Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University’s Will Scism tied for second with scores of 148. ±«²Ô¾±´Ç²Ô’s finished seventh with a score of 151.

Mallard, Hamaguchi, and Glapa each earned TranSouth All-Conference honors for finishing in the top-7 of the tournament.

±«²Ô¾±´Ç²Ô’s , another Milan native, finished ninth with a score of 152. from Gallatin, Tennessee placed 15th with a score of 156.

2008 TranSouth All-Conference Team
Clay Mallard – Â鶹ÊÓƵ University (Medalist – Player of the Year)
Mills Hamaguchi - Â鶹ÊÓƵ University
Will Scism – Trevecca Nazarene University
Clay Wilson – Martin Methodist College
Austin Whitmer – Cumberland University (Freshman of the Year)
Sam Bass – Bethel College
Gary Glapa – Â鶹ÊÓƵ University

Andy Rushing – Â鶹ÊÓƵ University (Coach of the Year)

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