Concordia's Tyler Austin Selected to Compete at 2008 NAIA Golf Championships
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic (NAIA) released the qualifiers for the 57th Annual NAIA Men's Golf National Championship. The tournament will be held at Indiana National Golf Club in Plymouth, Ind., May 13-16, 2008.
Four individual qualifiers include Tyler Austin, Concordia (Ore.), Scott Conway, California-San Marcos, Raphael Marguery, Missouri Valley and Luke Vermeer, Northwestern (Iowa). Marguery and Vermeer received an automatic qualification to the national championships after winning Region V and Region III individual titles respectively. Conway earned the trip after being selected to the 2007 All-Tournament Team last season. Austin will head to Plymouth, Ind. as an at-large selection.
Austin, the Cascade Collegiate Conference Player of the Year, has compiled a 73.2 strokes per round average in 26 rounds of play this season for Concordia and has helped guide the Cavs to four tournament titles, including capturing the inaugural CCC championship last week.
This year's championship will feature 28 teams, include 13 region champions, 14 at-large bids and one host berth, and four individual qualifiers.
British Columbia, Campbellsville (Ky.), Davenport (Mich.), Johnson & Wales (Fla.), Lee (Tenn.), Malone (Ohio), Midland Lutheran (Neb.), Oklahoma City, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), Southwestern (Kan.), St. Ambrose (Iowa), Tennessee Wesleyan and Williams Woods (Mo.) all received an automatic bid after winning their respective region tournaments.
Berry (Ga.), California-East Bay, Lindenwood (Mo.), Northwood (Texas), Ohio Dominican, Oklahoma Christian, Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.), Shorter (Ga.), Southern Nazarene (Okla.), St. Thomas (Fla.), Texas Wesleyan, Victoria (B.C.), Wayland Baptist (Texas) and Webber International (Fla.) received an at-large bid while Bethel (Ind.) earned an automatic host berth.
Team Qualifiers (Listed Alphabetically)
Berry (Ga.) At-Large 3
Bethel (Ind.) At-Large 15 (Host)
British Columbia Region I Champion
California-East Bay At-Large 7
Campbellsville (Ky.) Region XI Champion
Davenport (Mich.) Region VIII Champion
Johnson & Wales (Fla.) Region XIV Champion
Lee (Tenn.) Region XIII Champion
Lindenwood (Mo.) At-Large 4
Malone (Ohio) Region IX Champion
Midland Lutheran (Neb.) Region III Champion
Northwood (Texas) At-Large 10
Ohio Dominican At-Large 14
Oklahoma Christian At-Large 1
Oklahoma City Region VI Champion
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) Region II Champion
Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) At-Large 12
Shorter (Ga.) At-Large 11
Southern Nazarene (Okla.) At-Large 8
Southwestern (Kan.) Region IV Champion
St. Ambrose (Iowa) Region VII Champion
St. Thomas (Fla.) At-Large 13
Tennessee Wesleyan Region XII Champion
Texas Wesleyan At-Large 6
Victoria (B.C.) At-Large 5
Wayland Baptist (Texas) At-Large 2
Webber International (Fla.) At-Large 9
Williams Woods (Mo.) Region V Champion
Individual Qualifiers (Listed Alphabetically)
Tyler Austin, Concordia (Ore.) At-Large
Scott Conway, California-San Marcos 2007 All-Tournament Team Selection
Raphael Marguery, Missouri Valley Region V Medalist
Luke Vermeer, Northwestern (Iowa) Region III Medalist