(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) –
The 2013-14 season serves as the 50th for the USA South
Athletic Conference. In an effort to relive 50 Years of great
student-athlete performances, each current League institution was
given the opportunity to submit names of student-athletes who have
competed within the Conference, completed their athletic
eligibility and excelled not only on their campuses but in the
Conference as a whole.
The maximum amount of athletes an institution could submit for
each sport was twice the typical starting lineup of
that particular sport. Due to the short length of their
presence in the USA South or sport-sponsorship, some current USA
South institutions are not included in some of the sports.
The USA South began sponsoring a regular season championship in
the sport of men's golf during the 1963-64 season, the same year
the Conference officially formed. The Conference's golf teams have
produced the most team NCAA Division III national championships for
the League, a total of 13. Methodist University leads the pack with
ten titles, Greensboro College has won two while Averett University
rounds out the group with one. Individually, ten
student-athletes have won 13 NCAA Division III national
championships. Averett, Greensboro, Methodist and former
member Christopher Newport University have each produced individual
title holders. Many of those individuals have continued their
playing careers in the professional ranks. As for the coaches,
Greensboro's Robert Linville and Methodist's Steve Conley have
earned a total of seven NCAA Division III National Coach of the
Year honors.
The USA South's 50th Anniversary Men's Golf Team Members follow
(as chosen by the particular institution):
| Averett
University |
| Nathan
Daly |
Brad
Efird |
Greg
Fisher |
Brad
Hartman |
Craig
Hosie |
Jeff
Johnston |
| Toni
Karjalainen |
Sam
Mantiply |
Janne
Mommo |
Nick
Sortino |
|
|
| Ferrum
College |
| Ed
Alvarez |
Brian
Cox |
Adam
Crawford |
Kent
Doughty |
Lee
Fisher |
Jeff
Greenfield |
| Matt
Jordan |
Chris
Koon |
Stuart
Smith |
RJ
Weaver |
|
|
| Greensboro
College |
| Brock
Elder |
David
Horne |
Rocky
Manning |
Andrew
McMurry |
Jeff
Nichols |
Ben
Nihart |
| Kevin
O'Connell |
Jared
Spencer |
Rich
Velluci |
Ryan
Wilson |
|
|
| Methodist
University |
| Mike
Adamson |
Nick
Bova |
Chad
Collins |
Adam
Horton |
John
McCullough |
Brion
McLaughlin |
| Mitchell
Morgan |
Rob
Pilewski |
Mickey
Solkaski |
Mike
Wesko |
|
|
| N.C. Wesleyan
College |
| Terry
Brit |
Richard
Shannonhouse |
To view each of the USA South Anniversary Teams, please click
HERE!
To view more ways the USA South is celebrating its 50th
year, please click HERE!