League Names September Golfers of the Month

10/3/2012 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City's Korbin Kuehn and North Dakota State's Nathan Anderson and Amy Anderson were named The Summit League's Golfers of the Month for their performances Sept. 1 - Oct. 2.

MALE GOLFERS OF THE MONTH
Korbin Kuehn, Kansas City
Sr. // Overland Park, Kan.
Kuehn captures Golfer of the Month honors after recording a league-leading 71.33 stroke average in three tournaments during the month of September. The senior fired a 54-hole 209 (68-70-71) to finish tied for fifth place and led the Kangaroos to a fourth place score of 854, the fourth-lowest in school history, at the Mark Simpson Invitational. Kuehn recorded his second top-10 finish of the month at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate with a score of 216 (70-73-73) placing in a tie for ninth. Kuehn also carded a 217 (71-71-75) at the Golfweek Program Challenge to start the season. Currently, Kuehn holds the fourth-lowest career scoring average in school history at 74.14.

Nathan Anderson, North Dakota State
Sr. // Oxbow, N.D.

Anderson records the Golfer of the Month award after collecting two individual titles and a 71.38 stroke average for the month. He began the year with a first-place finish at the Navy Fall Classic by firing a 36-hole school record-tying 138 (68-70), helping the Bison win the event. Anderson recorded his second individual title and the second team title at the Jackrabbit Fall Invitational with a 54-hole score 212 (74-68-70). The senior also took fourth place at the Erv Kaiser Invitational with a 221 (75-72-74). Anderson became the first Bison men's golfer to win two events in the same season since 2006-07.

Also nominated: Drew Imel, Fort Wayne; Rob van de Vin, IUPUI; Evan Bowser, Oakland; Mitch Johnson, Omaha; Sam Matthew, South Dakota; Hudson Carpenter, South Dakota State; Dan Bidle, Western Illinois.

FEMALE GOLFER OF THE MONTH
Amy Anderson, North Dakota State
Sr. // Oxbow, N.D.
Anderson earns Golfer of the Month honors after placing in the top three in all four tournaments in September. The senior took first place at the Jackrabbit Fall Invitational with a 54-hole 216 (71-70-75) to win the tournament by 10 strokes, guiding the Bison to a first-place team finish. NDSU also took first place at the Concordia Cobber Open where Anderson placed second with a one round 76. At the Nebraska Chip-N Club Invitational, she took second place with a 221 (74-73-74) and placed in a tie for third at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational with a 222 (75-72-75). As a team, the Bison placed third and fourth, respectively, at the two tournaments. For the month, Anderson collected a 73.5 stroke average which leads the league by more than 2.5 strokes. With her first-place finish at the Jackrabbit Fall Invitational, she won her 16^th career title, putting her one shy of the Division I record of 17 set by San Jose State's Juli Inkster, according to Golf World.

Also nominated: Allison Curtis, Fort Wayne; Jordan Woods, IUPUI; Emily Isaacson, Kansas City; Alanna Gerber, Oakland; Jordan Rearick, South Dakota; Morgan Fitts, South Dakota State; Ashley Jeffers, Western Illinois.

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Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.

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