INDIANAPOLIS – Trevecca Nazarene and Findlay shared Great Midwest Athletic Conference Golf Athletes of the Week honors that came out on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Blain Turner
Trevecca Nazarene
Senior
Mt. Juliet, TN (Wilson Central HS)
 
Trevecca Nazarene completed its seventh tournament of the 2020-21 season at the Saginaw Valley State Spring Invite in Lexington, Ky., as Turner tied for top honors in the field.
 
The senior fired a two-round score of 136 (-8) as the Trojans finished runner-up in the team scoring with six Great Midwest programs in attendance for the tournament.
 
Turner (70-66) tied with Grand Valley State’s Charles Delong as the top individual and the Trojans finished just seven strokes off of the first-place tournament team score.
 
Turner posted a 66 (-6) for the second time this season, also having done so at the Mississippi College Invitational. He has the second lowest rounds this season in the conference only to Ohio Dominican’s Blake Saffell and a 65 (-7).
 
Through 16 rounds played, Turner has also taken over the league lead in scoring average for the season. He has five top-10 finishes and is averaging 71.06 strokes per 18 holes.
 
Women’s Athlete of the Week
Gabby Woods
Findlay
Freshman
Sabina, OH (Clinton-Massie HS)
 
The Oilers hosted the Findlay Spring Invite at University Club of Kentucky’s Big Blue Course, upcoming site for the conference championship in April.
 
The Oilers, ranked sixth nationally in the WGCA Poll, were led by the freshman Woods, another indication of how scary good the team can be with its depth.
 
Findlay posted the second-best 54-hole tournament team score in program history with an 887 as Woods secured all-tournament honors with a 215 (74-69-72) to finish 1-under par.
 
Woods was tied for runner-up in the scoring with UMSL’s Emma Thorngren and Grand Valley State’s Katie Chipman would finish as medalist.
 
The Oilers were only three strokes off GVSU’s winning pace at 884. Woods started the day with a birdie on the 16th hole and concluded her second round, which was postponed from the day before, with a 69 (-3).
 
For the event, Woods took advantage of the Par 5s as she was second in the tournament at six-under on those holes. She also finished second in the event with 11 total birdies.