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Missouri Valley Conference Golf
1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 • (314) 444-4326
For Immediate Release - May 7, 2015 • Contact: Mike Kern
Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete Team Announced
Southern Illinois senior Wade Thompson headlines the 2015 MVC Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete First Team,
announced by the league office today. Thompson earned the 2015 MVC Elite 18 Award at this year's championship. Golf sports information directors in the conference voted on the team, comprised of 12 total golfers.
Six golfers are on the first-team unit. Thompson, who earned the MVC's Elite 18 Award by achieving the
highest GPA among the Top 18 finishers at the league championship, is joined on the First Team by teammate Drew Novara, Wichita State teammates Grant Bennett and Alec Heinen, Bradley's Lyle Burns, and
Missouri State's Mark Karlsen.
Bobby Jacobs and Danny Masrin of Bradley, Will Knights of Evansville, Devin Leland and Dane Worley
of Drake, and Glenn Walls of UNI received honorable mention selection, by virtue of receiving a minimum
number of votes.
The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors
of America) standards for academic Capital One Academic All-America® program. Nominees must have at
least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale), while the student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institutions and must have participated in at least 50 percent of
his team’s rounds or played at the MVC Championship.
Wichita State won the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Golf Championship (its eighth-straight
league title), at The Club at Porto Cima in Sunrise Beach, Mo. The Shockers will represent the MVC in the
NCAA Golf Regionals in California next week.
2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete Team
FIRST TEAM, School
Yr.
GPA
Major
Hometown
Grant Bennett, Wichita State
Lyle Burns, Bradley
Alec Heinen, Wichita State
Mark Karlsen, Missouri State
Drew Novara, Southern Illinois
Wade Thompson, Southern Illinois
So.
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
3.44
3.42
3.81
3.97
3.86
3.69
Sport Management
Business Mgmt. / Admin.
Accounting
Business
Exercise Science
Accounting
Prosper, Texas
Mahomet, Ill.
Edmond, Okla.
Alleroed, Denmark
Murphysboro, Ill.
Mt. Carmel, Ill.
Honorable Mention
Yr.
GPA
Major
Hometown
Bobby Jacobs, Bradley
So.
4.00
Will Knights, Evansville
Jr.
3.84
Devin Leland, Drake
Sr.
3.88
Danny Masrin, Bradley
Sr.
3.47
Glenn Walls, UNI
Sr.
3.22
Dane Worley, Drake
Sr.
3.62
Civil Engineering
Valparaiso, Ind.
Marketing
New Lenox, Ill.
Cell/Molecular Biology
Huxley, Iowa
Biochemistry
Business Mgmt. / Admin.
Palatine, Ill.
Management: Business Admin. International Falls, Minn.
and Finance
Finance
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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