Summer months and 2012-13 schedule

As of today, we have 13 days until the first day of practice and most of the guys will be back in town next week!  It has been a busy summer for me recruiting and traveling with family, but I am ready to get everyone back and start back up. 

We have had a couple more great academic achievements this summer as our team was recognized by the Golf Coaches Association as an All-Academic Team.  We were one of two teams from the Ohio Valley Conference that was recognized.  We also, for the second straight year, won the OVC Team Academic Achievement Award given to the top academic team in the conference.  We are continuing to show how important academics are to our program and how hard they guys work in the classroom.  It was a proud summer for me to have the team recognized for these two awards.

Our guys have been out playing in many tournaments this summer gaining valuable tournament experience.  Many have played in their respective state am's and match play tournaments along with many other USGA qualifiers.  Colin McCarty played well in the Southwestern AM placing 27th with a 72 hole total of 293.  Mitchell Homb won his third Lincoln Highway tournament in July.  Incoming Dalton Charboneau qualified for the National JR PGA Championship after shooting 4 under 140 to win the MN JR Section.

Our schedule has been released for the 12-13 season and I think it will be very competitive.  We will play 11 tournaments in 9 different states giving us great competition from all over the country.  We have a few new tournaments this year adding UMKC' Bill Ross Invitational in the fall, Southeastern Louisiana's Carter Plantation Intercollegiate in Springfield, LA about an hour north of New Orleans in March and Tennessee State's Big Blue tournament in Nashville.  Of course we have added the OVC Conference Tournament to our schedule.  Last year we played schools from 21 different conferences and hope to be around that number again. 

Here is the full schedule:

University of Nebraska                  Fairway Club Invitational               September 10-11, 2012

Illinois State                                        D.A. Weibring Invite                       September 22-23, 2012

Depaul                                                  Dallio Memorial                                October 6-7, 2012

Missouri-Kansas City                      Bill Ross Invitational                        October 15-16, 2012

Austin Peay                                        APSU Intercollegiate                      October 22-23, 2012

Washington State                            Snowman Getaway                        February 25-26, 2013

Southeastern Louisiana                 Carter Plantation Intercollegiate  March 18-19, 2013

Arkansas State                                  Red Wolves Intercollegiate          April 1-2, 2013

Indiana                                                 Hoosier Invitational                         April 6-7, 2013

Tennessee State                              Big Blue Invitational                        April 15-16, 2013

OVC                                                       OVC Conference Championship                April 25-27, 2013

And finally if you did not see the release we have received word from the NCAA that we have passed our certification officially to Division 1.  As of last week we are now an official member of Division 1!  

I hope everyone is having a great summer.  I hope to see some of you out this fall or next spring at our tournaments!  

Coach Brown