The Emory University golf team turned in yet another solid
campaign in 2007-08 with the team recording a number of highlights.
Competing in the always tough South Region, which boasted four of
the nation's top 10 D-III programs, the Eagles closed out the year
with the following accomplishments. * A No. 19
national ranking in the final Golf World/NIKE Division III
Poll.
* Its second consecutive team title at the University
Athletic Association Championship, the school's 12th-ever
conference crown. The Eagles outdistanced runner-up Carnegie
Mellon by 24 strokes and saw all five players earn All-UAA
honors. Emory's decisive opening-round score of 286 at the
UAAs was the best showing in school history at the league
championship while the squad's 36-hole total tied the school's
second-best performance at the event.
* Head Coach Mike Phillips and his assistant, Mike DiLonardo were
recognized as the UAA's Coaching Staff of the Year award
recipients. It represented the ninth time that Phillips had earned
that honor.
* The school's sixth straight and 13th-ever bid to the NCAA D-III
Championships where it posted a 15th-place finish.
Junior Jeremy Evans ended the season with the
team's best scoring average at 75.2 strokes per round. Evans
either led or tied as the squad's top performer in six tourneys
including a tie for 28th place at the NCAA D-III
Championships. Evans also chalked up a runner-up performance
out of 86 players at the O'Briant Memorial during the fall portion
of the schedule and helped Emory to a fourth-place finish out of 18
teams. At the O'Briant, Jeremy came up with back-to-back
rounds of 70 and his finish of 140 tied for the third-lowest,
two-round score by an Emory individual in school history. He
totaled five rounds of par or better including a 69 at the
Oglethorpe Fall Invitational which tied as the team's best 18-hole
mark of the season. Evans tied for second place at the UAA
Championships and in the process earned a First Team spot on the
All-UAA Team. He was recognized as the UAA Golfer of the Week
on four occasions.
Junior Patrick Cohn turned in a breakout year and
was right behind Evans in scoring average with a 75.7 per-round
mark. The St. Louis, Mo., native finished or shared the top
spot as the team's top player in four tournaments including a
fifth-place performance out of 80 contestants at the Emory Spring
Invitational. Cohn also paced the Emory contingent with an
18th-place finish in the 120-player pack at the prestigious Jekyll
Island Invitational. He also garnered a first-team berth on
the All-UAA Team by virture of tying for second place. Cohn
paced the field after the first day of the conference championship
with a 69, which would eventually tie him with Evans for the low
round of the season by an Emory player.
The lone senior on the team was Drew Harker who
capped off his career playing in a total of 21 out of a possible 25
rounds and averaging 77.0 strokes per 18 holes. The four-year
letterwinner ranked as Eagles' top man during the fall at the
Rhodes Classic and the Greensboro Invitational. A
co-captain with Evans on the '07-08 team, Drew closed out his
career playing in a total of 85 rounds and averaging 77.5 strokes
per outing.
Sophomore John Ross continued his improvement and
saw action in seven of 11 tournaments while putting a total of 17
rounds under his belt. Ross ranked No. 3 among the team's
regular players in scoring average with an average of 76.5
strokes. Ross brought home First Team All-UAA acclaim after a
second-place finish. His opening round 72 at the UAA's stood
as his best score of the season.
All-University Athletic Association
Jeremy
Evans
First
Team
Palm Harbor, FL
Patrick
Cohn
First
Team
St. Louis, MO
John
Ross
First
Team
North Barrington, IL
Drew
Harker
Second
Team
Barrington, RI
Sean
Madgett
Second
Team
Sammamish, WA
Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar Team
Jeremy
Evans
(one
team)
Palm Harbor, FL
Patrick
Cohn
(one
team)
St. Louis, MO
Drew Harker
(one
team)
Barrington, RI
Emory Invitational All-Tournament Team
Patrick Cohn
St. Louis, MO
O'Briant Memorial All-Tournament Team
Jeremy
Evans
Palm Harbor, FL
Georgia Cup All-State Team
Jeremy
Evans
Palm Harbor, FL
UAA Golfer of the Week
Jeremy
Evans
May 19,
2008
Palm Harbor, FL
Patrick
Cohn
April 14,
2008
St. Louis, MO
Patrick
Cohn
March 24,
2008
St. Louis, MO
Jeremy
Evans
March 17,
2008
Palm Harbor, FL
Jeremy
Evans
Oct. 29,
2007
Palm Harbor, FL
Jeremy
Evans
Oct. 15,
2007
Palm Harbor, FL