Wednesday, April 16, 2008

WYNNE NAMED SAC MEN’S GOLFER OF THE YEAR, CARROLL REPEATS AS SAC SCHOLAR ATHLETE

Chris Wynne SAC Player of the Year	Chase Carroll SAC Scholar Athlete

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum College senior Chris Wynne has been named the 2008 South Atlantic Conference Men’s Golf Player of the Year announced league officials. Wynne and junior teammate Chase Carroll both earned All-Conference First Team recognition. Carroll was also named the SAC Scholar Athlete for Men’s Golf for a second straight year.

Entering this week’s SAC Championship, Wynne posted a 72.07 scoring average, which is on pace to be a new school record. The Science Hill High School graduate posted a career-low 66 at the Tusculum Fall Classic. Wynne captured medalist honors at last month’s TC Invitational with a four-under par 67 and posted a pair of runner-up performances in two other events. This marks the second straight year Wynne has earned All-SAC First Team accolades.

Wynne becomes the second Tusculum player to earn this accolade. In 2002, Brent Dyson became the first TC student-athlete to be named SAC Men’s Golf Player of the Year.

Carroll, a native of Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden HS), finished third in the conference in stroke average (72.43) and won the Tusculum Fall Classic for a second straight year. He had five top-10 finishes and carder four rounds under par. Carroll was named to the All-SAC Second Team a year ago, while capturing 2007 SAC Tournament medalist honors.

In the classroom, Carroll has a 3.89 cumulative grade point average as a Business Management major and has been named to the Dean’s List, President’s List, Charles Oliver Gray Honors List and SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll. In the community, Carroll has volunteered assisting the homeless, the “Empty Stocking Fund,” and tutoring and mentoring at a local elementary school.

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