Wilmington Dominates CACC Men’s Golf Major Awards and All-Conference Team
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Wilmington University once again dominates the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Golf major awards and all-conference team as announced today by Commissioner Daniel Mara of Waterbury. Wildcat senior Jerry Temple, Jr. has been tabbed as CACC Men's Golf Player of the Year, teammate Sam Clark has earned Rookie of the Year and WU mentor Harry Jennings has been chosen as the Coach of the Year. Felician College is the 2014 recipient of the Team Sportsmanship accolades. The major individual awards and all-conference team is determined by the current Golfstat rankings, the coach of the year is voted upon by the league's sports information directors and the team sportsmanship award is voted by the coaches.
Temple, a native of Newark, Delaware, sits atop the Golfstat rankings with a Division Rating of 164. In seven tournaments this season, the senior has carded an average score of 74.90 and has posted two top-five finishes and one additional top-10 in 2013-2014. He carded a low round of 69 during his second round of the Flagler College Jennison Memorial on September 24, 2013. This is the first appearance for Temple on the All-Conference Team as well.
Clark is currently ranked second in the conference with a Divisional Rating of 239. In seven tournaments, the freshman from Hampstead, Md. has recorded an average round of 75.38 and has registered five top-20 performances including two top-fives. Clark was tied for first with teammates Matt DiEleuterio and Tomasz Pulsakowski by shooting a 76 in a match with Felician on March 14. He was named CACC Rookie of the Week on March 31 after leading the Wildcats to a ninth-place finish at the Jim Bishop Toyota Classic hosted by North Alabama.
For the fourth consecutive time, Wilmington's Harry Jennings has been named CACC Coach of the Year. The headman is currently in his tenth season at the helm of the Wildcat program that enters the 2014 CACC Tournament as the three-time defending champion. Jennings has placed six Wildcats on the 2014 edition of the all-league team including the Player and Rookie of the Year.
The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference is an NCAA Division II Conference composed of 14 institutions in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The member institutions are Bloomfield College, Caldwell College, Chestnut Hill College, Concordia (NY) College, Dominican (N.Y.) College, Felician College, Georgian Court University, Goldey-Beacom College, Holy Family University, Nyack College, Philadelphia University, Post University, University of the Sciences and Wilmington University.
2014 CACC Men's Golf All-Conference Team
Jerry Temple, Jr., Wilmington |
Senior |
Newark, Del. |
Sam Clark, Wilmington |
Freshman |
Hampstead, Md. |
Matthew Yun, Nyack |
Junior |
Flushing, N.Y. |
Andrew Baldo, Wilmington |
Senior |
Landenberg, Pa. |
Andreas Lunding, Wilmington |
Sophomore |
Horsholm, Denmark |
Freddy Braun, Wilmington |
Freshman |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Ross Earnshaw, Post |
Senior |
York, England |
Sam Deitte, Concordia |
Senior |
St. Louis, Mo. |
Eutimio Fernandez-Meade, Concordia |
Junior |
Mexico City, Mexico |
Tomasz Pulsakowski, Wilmington |
Senior |
Wroclaw, Poland |
Player of the Year: Jerry Temple, Jr., Wilmington
Rookie of the Year: Sam Clark, Wilmington
Coach of the Year: Harry Jennings, Wilmington
Top XIV Award: Danny Carpenter, Philadelphia U., Soph., Elkton, Md., 3.978 GPA - Finance
Team Sportsmanship: Felician College