Friday, April 7, 2006

 

KINZER, DIBBLE EARN SAC MEN'S GOLF AWARDS

 

Nick Kinzer
Nick Kinzer
All-SAC First Team

                ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum College senior Nick Kinzer earned All-South Atlantic Conference First Team honors while Bob Dibble was named the SAC Men's Golf Coach of the Year as the league announced its 2006 award winners.

 

Bob Dibble
Bob Dibble
SAC
Coach of the Year

                Kinzer, a native of Signal Mountain, Tenn., led the Pioneers in scoring with a 76.26 stroke average as he recorded three top 10 finishes.  One of those top 10 showings came at the Tusculum Invitational where he captured medalist honors.  Kinzer finished sixth at the Accusport Intercollegiate and tied for ninth at the season-opening Kiawah Island Invitational.

 

                Dibble, who is in his 16th season at Tusculum, earns the SAC Men's Golf Coach of the Year award for a second time.  He guided the Pioneers to five top-five tournament finishes, including a first place showing at the Tusculum Invitational.  Dibble earned this honor in 2003 and has been named conference coach of the year an amazing eight times.

 

Tusculum is currently listed No. 6 in the latest NCAA Division II Southeast Region rankings.  At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams in the region will advance to the NCAA Tournament.  The Pioneers will compete at the 2006 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Golf Championship, next week in Hickory, N.C.  The two-day, 54-hole tournament will begin on Monday.

 

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2006 All-South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Team

First Team

Kent George, Lenoir-Rhyne

Hunter Mengel, Newberry

Hugh Morrison, Presbyterian

Rob Varner, Presbyterian

Nick Kinzer, Tusculum

 

Second Team

Tanner Davis, Carson-Newman

Dane Fairfield, Carson-Newman

Tyler Lane, Carson-Newman

Richard Lowe, Catawba

Jakin Fox, Lenoir-Rhyne

 

SAC Coach of the Year: Bob Dibble, Tusculum

SAC Player of the Year: Kent George, Lenoir-Rhyne

SAC Freshman of the Year: Kent George, Lenoir-Rhyne

SAC Men's Golf Scholar Athlete: Tyler Lane, Carson-Newman