INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference second half of the year has opened and Ian Clark of Davis & Elkins and Alexa Rippy of Trevecca Nazarene have been named the Men's and Women's Golf Athlete of the Month to begind the spring.

MEN’S GOLFER OF THE MONTH

Ian Clark
Davis & Elkins - Freshman
Chard, Somerset - Richard Hurish
 
The 2013-14 spring men’s golf season opened up in March and Ian Clark has been named G-MAC’s Men’s Golfer of the Month for March as the freshman at Davis & Elkins College led his team in two tournaments in difficult spring conditions.

In the two outings in March, Clark posted a first place finish (tied) and a 19th place finish as well. In the springs first tournament, hosted by Saginaw Valley State University, Clark led his team with a consistent two round total of 145 (72-73) to tie for first place. Facing off against much of the GLIAC, Clark helped his team place sixth in a field of 11, which included G-MAC opponent Ohio Valley (10th).
 
In his only other outing in March, Clark once again was consistent, firing a two round total of 155 (76-79), this time facing much of the G-MAC competition he will see at the G-MAC Championships. He finished tied for 19th and helped the Senators place eighth overall in wintery conditions. Among the G-MAC golfers in the field, he tied for eighth overall out of 34 conference golfers.
 
View Ian Clark’s bio (from SenatorNation.com)
 
 
WOMEN’S GOLFER OF THE MONTH

Alexa Rippy
Trevecca Nazarene University - Freshman
Clarksville, Tenn. - Rossview High School
 
The 2013-14 spring women’s golf season opened up in March and Alexa Rippy has been named G-MAC’s Women’s Golfer of the Month for March as the freshman at Trevecca Nazarene led her team in two tournaments in difficult spring conditions.


Rippy opened the spring with an 11th place finish, leading her team, in a field of 68 golfers. He score of 159 was only one stroke behind eighth place and two behind sixth. She was very consistent in shooting a 79-80 over the two rounds.
 
Rippy followed up the performance with her best performance of the season, establishing a career best score of 75 in a quick one-day tournament. Her 18-hole score was the second best mark posted by any women’s golfer at Trevecca in school history. She placed second at the tournament, two strokes behind Miriam Parker of Lipscomb, who led her team to the win, while TNU finished third.
 
View Alexa Rippy’s bio (from TNUTrojans.com)

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Men’s and Women’s Golf name an Athlete of the Month, rather than Athlete of the Week due to the fact that the NCAA golf season covers both the fall and spring semesters. The randomness of a specific golf schedule also does not adapt itself well to a weekly award since there are weeks in which a team may not play and tournaments are not restricted to weekends only. Winners will be announced following the months of September, October, March, and April.