Tuesday, April 29, 2014
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FINAL RECAP - The Wichita State men’s golf team won its seventh-consecutive Missouri Valley Conference Championship on Tuesday, carding a 54-hole score of 874 (291-299-284) to best runner-up Illinois State by three shots.
Overall, it is Wichita State’s 19th MVC title.
Chandler Rusk won captured first place individually, defeating Tyler Genttilella on the third playoff hole. Rusk shot a 215 (70-75-70) over the 54-hole tournament.
Every Shocker landed in the top-20, as Louis Cohen Boyer finished in fourth place with a 218 (75-75-68), Alec Heinen finished in a tie for fifth with a 221 (73-74-74), Grant Bennett carded a 224 (77-75-72) to finish in a tie for 10th and Calvin Pearson shot a 228 (73-76-79) to finish in a tie for 20th.
Rusk, Boyer and Heinen were each named to the MVC All-Conference Team with Boyer being named the MVC Golfer of the Year. It is the third consecutive year the Shockers have taken home the Golfer of the Year award and sixth time overall. The conference started giving out the honor in 2007.
Bennett was named the MVC Newcomer of the Year and Heinen captured the league’s Elite 18 award.
Additionally, for the 12th time in his career and seventh-straight year, head coach Grier Jones was named MVC Coach of the Year.
With the MVC title, Wichita State will now head to the NCAA Regionals for a chance to compete in the NCAA Championships, which will be hosted by Wichita State at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan., May 23-28.
The 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships selections will be announced live via the Golf Channel Monday, May 5 from 10 to 11 a.m., Eastern time, during Morning Drive. Additionally, the show will be streamed live on the Golf Channel website and posted afterwards on the NCAA website at www.ncaa.com.
Wichita State earned its 7th-straight title with a three-stroke victory over second-place Illinois State at the 2014 MVC Men's Golf Championship, contested at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.
- Wichita State’s Chandler Rusk defeated Illinois State’s Tyler Gentilella on the third playoff hole to win medalist honors. It marked the 2nd medalist playoff in the past four years.
- Wichita State’s team title is its 7th straight and a league-record 19th overall.
- Illinois State finishes second for the third time in four seasons.
- Bradley’s 897 team score established a school record for 54 holes at the conference championship, and its 3rd-place finish was its best since finishing second in 1986.
2014 All-Conference
Louis Cohen Boyer, Wichita State
Parker Freiburg, Illinois State
Alex Turner, Evansville
Nick Dennis, Loyola
Chandler Rusk, Wichita State
Wils Hawn, Illinois State
Alec Heinen, Wichita State
Danny Masrin, Bradley
Mitch Mather, Missouri State
Tyler Gentilella, Illinois State
Elite 18 Winner – Alec Heinen, Wichita State
Newcomer of the Year – Grant Bennett, Wichita State
Golfer of the Year – Louis Cohen Boyer, Wichita State
Coach of the Year – Grier Jones, Wichita State
COURSE INFORMATION -- TPC Deere Run offers an award-winning, championship course that is open to the public. Located in Silvis, Ill. the Quad Cities region, TPC Deere Run has hosted the PGA TOUR’s John Deere Classic since 2000 and also hosts many other golf events throughout the year. TPC Deere Run’s championship course was featured as one of America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses by Golf Digest, as well as ranked fifth in the state of Illinois by GolfWeek Magazine.
TPC Deere Run’s golf course is built on the site of a former Arabian horse farm. Illinois native and former PGA TOUR professional D.A. Weibring masterfully preserved the natural, rolling landscape along the Rock River to create a championship golf course beautifully framed by oak trees and accented by small ponds and deep ravines.
