INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has named Liam Ainsworth of Davis & Elkins the Men's Golf Athlete of the Month, kicking off the 2013-14 season. Ainsworth had a conference-low average of 73 per 18 holes.

Liam Ainsworth
Davis & Elkins - Sophomore
London, England - Haydon HS
 
The 2013-14 season kicked off in September as the G-MAC welcomed three additional men’s golf programs to the conference. One of those new programs, Davis & Elkins College, earns the season’s first G-MAC Men’s Golfer of the Month as Liam Ainsworth guide the Senators to a first place finish, a second place tie and an 11th place finish at the Midwest DII Regional.

Individually, Ainsworth posted a tie for third at the Cedarville Invitational, which featured all six men’s golf programs in the conference. As a team they tied host Cedarville for third, just seven strokes behind champion Trevecca Nazarene. Ainsworth finished in a three-way tie for third with teammate Sebastian Bendsen and Cedarville’s Jacob Nafzinger.
 
The three all scored a two-round total of 147, just two strokes behind champion Jordan Reese of Cedarville. Ainsworth shot a first round 73 and followed it up with a 74 in round two. He improved upon his performance the next week at the Ohio Valley Invitational in which he placed in a tie for second with a two round total of 144, just one stroke this time behind medalist Evan Muscari of Concord University.
 
In the biggest tournament field of the month at the Midwest NCAA DII Regional in Chicago, Ainsworth helped guide his team to an 11th place finish, highest among the G-MAC schools with his 17th place individual finish. He shot a two-day score of 147 (75-72), which was good enough for second among all G-MAC golfers individually, three strokes behind the top G-MAC finisher Patrick Schirmer of Kentucky Wesleyan. Overall his 17th place finish individually was only five strokes behind the tournament champion from Grand Valley State.

Ainsworth had a conference low six round average of 73, with a low round of 71 and high round of 75.  
 
View Liam Ainsworth’s bio (from SenatorNation.com)