Southern Utah Sweeps Weekly Golf Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. - Southern Utah's Jeff Evans and Sadie Palmer
were named the Summit League Male and Female Golfers of the Week
for their performances March 16-22.
MALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Jeff Evans, Southern Utah
Jr. (Cedar City, Utah/Cedar)
Evans collects his sixth career Golfer of the Week honor and
fourth this season after leading Southern Utah at the Desert
Shootout last week. The junior fired a three-round 212 (67-69-76)
to finish 19th against competitors from top-50 programs
Oklahoma (No. 26), North Texas (No. 37) and TCU (No. 44). His first
round 67 also puts him tied for the league lead and was one stroke
off his career-low round of 66.
Also nominated: Bruno Carvalho, IPFW; Juan Diego Plasencia,
IUPUI.
Previous winners: Feb. 23 - Cannon Earp, CC/Jeff Evans, SUU;
March 2 - Jeff Evans, SUU; March 16 - Korbin Kuehn, UMKC/Jeff
Evans, SUU.
FEMALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Sadie Palmer, Southern Utah
Jr. (Tooele, Utah/Tooele)
Palmer earns her first career Golfer of the Week award after
leading Southern Utah at the BYU Entrada Classic last week. Her
54-hole score 230 (78-77-75) gave her a 15th-place
finish against three top-50 programs in BYU (No. 44), Tulsa (No.
46) and Oklahoma State (No. 48). Palmer has led the Thunderbirds in
all but two tournaments this season, including all three spring
events.
Also nominated: Kristi O'Brien, IUPUI.
Previous winners: March 2 -Crystal Reeves, ORU; March 9 -
Taylor Lamphier, IPFW; March 16 - Amy Anderson, NDSU.
