Conference Carolinas

 

2013 Men’s Golf

NCAA National Tournament:
Team Regional Qualifiers – Barton (8th), Erskine (13th), Belmont Abbey (T-14th), Mount Olive (19th)
Individual National Qualifiers – Adam Hedges, Belmont Abbey –T-31st

Conference Carolinas Tournament Champion: Queens

All-Conference Awards:

All-Conference First Team:

Adam Hedges, Belmont Abbey

John Frisby, Belmont Abbey

Sebastian Andersen, Mount Olive

Daniel Claytor, Barton

Brad Thorne, Erskine

 

All-Conference Second Team:

Richard Powell, King

Nicolas Fonseca, Barton

Tyler Lucas, Erskine

Austin Doerr, Barton

Tyson Louth, Pfeiffer

 

All-Conference Third Team:

Christopher Fuga, Coker

Nicklaus Kennedy, Coker

Arnor Finnbjornsson, Belmont Abbey

Edward Thomas III, Barton

Danny Dippel, North Greenville

 

Player of the Year:

Adam Hedges, Belmont Abbey

Hedges' honor caps off a highly decorated career. The four year standout from Bromely, England was named the Conference Carolinas Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013, and was a first-team All-American and academic All-American in 2012. On the course, he led the nation in scoring average for four weeks and qualified for the NCAA Regionals as an individual. In 2013, Hedges won three tournaments as he was the number ranked number one in the region in stroke play and was named the Conference Carolinas Men's Golf Player of Year.

Freshman of the Year:

Sebastian Andersen, Mount Olive

Andersen becomes the first-ever Trojan men's golf freshman of the year winner. A freshman from Tonsberg, Norway, Andersen recorded a pair of runner-up finishes in 2012-13, placing second out of 78 golfers at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate and finishing second out of 99 golfers at the 54-hole Bearcat Golf Classic. He had seven rounds of par or lower this year, including a low of 69 in both the first and second round of the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate. Andersen is ranked No.73 in the Golfstat Division II Men's Golf Rankings.

Coach of the Year:

Jason Gault, Belmont Abbey

He was named the 2013 Conference Carolinas Men’s Coach of the Year as he helped guide the Abbey men to a national ranking and a win in the stroke-play portion at the Conference Carolinas championships. Under his tutelage, Adam Hedges and John Frisby were the top-ranked players in the Southeast region. Hedges also qualified for the NCAA National Championships. Coutesy of Charlotte Obsever




 

All-Tournament Team:

Tournament MOP/Medalist: Daniel Claytor, Barton 

Jake McLaren, Queens

Austin Doerr, Barton

Jordan Bilodeau, Queens

Cody Robertson, Limestone

Cody Clepper, Limestone

John Frisby, Belmont Abbey

Griffin Brown, Limestone

Freddie Nordhoff, Queens

Adam Hedges, Belmont Abbey

Alex Weare, Queens

 

2013 M&W Golf Academic All-Conference Teams Link

2013 Spring Tournament Championship (Archive) Link Page

2013 Spring Scholar Athletes of the Year Link

2013 Spring ‘Team Sportsmanship Award Winners’ Link