WIU’s Blackburn Collects #SummitMGF Weekly Award

4/20/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois' Andrew Blackburn was named Summit League Men's Golfer of the Week for his performances April 13-19.

ANDREW BLACKBURN, WESTERN ILLINOIS
Jr. // Sterling, Ill.

Collected his first career Golfer of the Week award after earning Golfer of the Month in October
Fired a 54-hole 217 (70-72-75) to finish in third place out of 68 golfers at the Beu/Mussatto Invitational
The Leathernecks finished in second place out of 12 teams in the event

Also nominated: Zach Schroeder, Fort Wayne; Austin Winings, IUPUI

Previous honorees: Sept. – Grant Smith, SDSU; Oct. – Andrew Blackburn, WIU; Feb. 17 – Grant Smith, SDSU; Feb. 25 – Cody Burrows, ORU; March 2 – Blake Brorman, ORU; March 9 – Felipe Strobach, SDSU; March 16 – Jackson Wetherbee, WIU; March 23 – Cody Burrows, ORU/Ben Maskus, UNO; March 30 – Michael Johnson, IUPUI; April 6 – Jordan Rykal, USD/Alex Templin, WIU; April 13 – Rylan Porter, IUPUI

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