Peachtree City, Ga. (April 14, 2019)– Ten student-athletes have been honored as part of the 2018-19 Men’s Golf All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team, as announced Monday.
Headlining the All-SIAC Team are Albany State's Chase McLain, the SIAC Player of the Year, and Spring Hill’s Peter Schilli, the SIAC Freshman of the Year. Miles College’s Leonard Smoot garnered SIAC Coach of the Year accolades.
The All-SIAC Player, Freshman, and Coach of the Year was selected by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors, while the all-conference teams were decided by conference rankings with a minimum of 12 rounds.
McLain, a sophomore from Leesburg, Georgia, had a scoring average of 73.06 in 17 rounds and posted four top 20 finishes in his six events played this season, including a fourth-place finish at the Don Benbow Invitational in March, tied for eighth place in the Coastal Georgia Invitational, a thirteenth-place finish in the University of North Georgia Invitational, and a fifteenth-place finish in the Georgia Southwestern Hurricane Invitational. McLain is the second Golden Ram to win this award prior to the 2010 season.
Schilli is the first Badger to be named SIAC Freshman of the Year since their entrance into Division II in 2014. The Birmingham, Alabama, native finished the regular season with a 77.24 scoring average with three top-20 finishes in seven tournaments during his rookie season.
Smoot led the Golden Bears to their first ever SIAC Championship in 2016 since their establishment of the program in 2013. Miles College is currently ranked third in the conference and Coach Smoot has collected his fourth SIAC Coach of the Year honor.
The 2019 SIAC Men’s Golf Championship will take place April 15-17th at Flat Creek Country Club in Peachtree City, Ga. The first and last day of competition will begin at 8:30 a.m. The start time for Tuesday is slated for 11:30 a.m. For more information,
click here.
Men’s Golf All-Conference
Player of the Year
Chase McLain, Albany State
Freshman of the Year
Peter Schilli, Spring Hill
Coach of the Year
Leonard Smoot, Miles
First Team
| Chase McLain |
Albany State |
Sophomore |
Leesburg, Ga. |
| Abhinav Walia |
Albany State |
Junior |
Lusaka, Zambia |
| Tyler Hanson |
Albany State |
Junior |
Albany, Georgia |
| Peter Schilli |
Spring Hill |
Freshman |
Birmingham, Ala. |
| Jackson Crandall |
Albany State |
Freshman |
St. Augustine, Fl. |
Second Team
| Timothy Simpson |
Miles |
Junior |
Fort Lauderdale, Fl. |
| John Karcher |
Spring Hill |
Junior |
Detroit, Michigan |
| Mac Corbin |
Spring Hill |
Senior |
Dallas, Texas |
| Chandler Holcomb |
Miles |
Junior |
Guntersville, Ala. |
| Taylor Simmons |
Miles |
Sophomore |
Pleasant Grove, Ala. |