Friday, April 29, 2005

TUSCULUM GOLF INKS THREE

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum College golf teams have signed three players to national letters of intent according to Pioneer head coach Bob Dibble.

Joining the men's squad is local product Jake Scheffers while Amber Ladner and Susanne Sisco have inked with the women's team.

Scheffers is wrapping up his prep golf career at Greeneville High School, where he has been a very strong player with an excellent swing and tempo. "Jake has an outstanding high school record and should have an immediate impact on our team," said Dibble.

Ladner, a native of Maryville, Tenn., won the Blount County Junior Championship for two consecutive years, while also qualifying for the Tennessee Junior Tournament of Champions. She is completing her final season at Maryville High School where she was a prep teammate of current All-South Atlantic Conference First Team performer and TC standout Shannon Palenkas.

Sisco will join the Pioneer squad after a solid prep campaign at Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Ohio. "When Susanne came on her unofficial visit in June, I wasn't impressed with her golf swing at first," Dibble added. "But when she came back in October, her hard work produced a swing with excellent position, balance and release through the ball. She will be a great help to our program."

Tusculum College, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA, is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference which is comprised of eight colleges and universities in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

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