Friday, April 27, 2007

TUSCULUM'S CHASE CARROLL, CHRIS WYNNE TO PLAY IN NCAA MEN'S GOLF SUPER REGIONAL

Chase Carroll	Chris Wynne

INDIANAPOLIS --- Tusculum College's Chase Carroll and Chris Wynne have been selected to compete as individual participants at the 2007 NCAA Division II Southeast/Atlantic Men's Golf Super Regional, May 7-9.

The three-day, 54-hole Super Regional will be held at the Savannah Quarters Country Club in Savannah, Ga. The tournament is being hosted by Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Eighty teams and 50 individuals have been selected to participate in the 2007 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championship Super Regionals. The five super regional tournaments encompass the current ten regions of the NCAA. The top team from each region within the super regional and the top individual not with a team advancing from each super regional (regardless of region) will go to the national championship, May 22-25 at The Meadows in Allendale, Mich.

Carroll, a sophomore from Knoxville, Tenn., will be making his first NCAA postseason appearance. The Bearden High School graduate led the Pioneers in scoring this year with a 74.58 stroke average, which is currently the fourth lowest in school history. Carroll captured medalist honors in two tournaments this season, including the 2007 South Atlantic Conference Championship, becoming the first player in the program's history to win the event.

The All-South Atlantic Conference Second Team selection has posted five sub-par rounds this year, which are the third most in a TC season. He won the Tusculum Fall Classic with 67-67=134, the lowest 36-hole score in school history. His career low round of 67 is tied for the third lowest in TC history. He also accounted for six top 20 finishes, including four in the top six. Carroll was also named the 2007 South Atlantic Conference Scholar Athlete for Men's Golf.

Wynne, a junior from Johnson City, Tenn., is making his second straight appearance at the NCAA Super Regional. Last year, Wynne posted a 31^st place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional.

The Science Hill High School alum earned All-SAC First Team honors this season while posting a 74.79 scoring average, the sixth lowest in Tusculum history. Wynne finished fourth at the SAC Championship, earning a spot on the SAC All-Tournament Team for a second consecutive year.

Wynne has finished in the top 10 in four events this season, including three in the top five. He carded the second lowest 36-hole tally in school history at the Anderson Invitational in September when he posted rounds of 68-69=137, claiming medalist honors in that event. He tied for fifth place at the Tusculum Fall Classic (72-70=142) and tied for 10^th at the Lincoln Memorial University Fall Invitational.

This marks the fourth time in the last five years that a Tusculum men's golfer has advanced to the Super Regional. Brent Dyson advanced to the NCAA postseason in 2003 and again in 2004. Sasha Catron also advanced to the Super Regional in 2004. In 2006, Nick Kinzer and Wynne made a regional appearance.

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

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