LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Centre College’s Chris Morris, Oglethorpe University’s Taylor Urbanski and University of the South – Sewanee’s Jerre Maynor headline an impressive list of 16 past standouts named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s 30th Anniversary men’s golf team.
Morris, Urbanski and Maynor join this elite squad as the only three student-athletes in the last 15 years to earn First Team All-SCAC at least three times in their career and earn the distinction of conference Golfer-of-the-Year.
Among current members, Southwestern University and Trinity University led the way with three student-athletes selected to the exclusive team. Schreiner University followed with two members and Texas Lutheran University had one representative named to the squad. Oglethorpe University led former league members with three selections and Centre College, DePauw University, Rhodes College and University of the South – Sewanee had one selection each.
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference will be announcing 30th Anniversary teams in 19 sports throughout the 2020-21 academic year. The league selected 15th Anniversary teams during the 2005-06 academic year – those selections can be found here.
The SCAC's 30th Anniversary teams were selected by present coaches, administrators and/or conference office personnel. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2020 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC teams and/or were a selected as a Player-of-the-Year in their respective sport were eligible for selection.
Morris, the 2011 Jack Nicklaus Award recipient as the Golf Coaches Association of American (GCAA) Division III Collegiate Player-of-the-Year, is one of just four golfers in SCAC history to be named Golfer-of-the-Year multiple times during a career, earning the honor in 2010 and 2011. A four-time All-SCAC performer, Morris was a three-time First Team honoree (2008, 2010-11), earning tournament medalist honors in both 2010 and 2011. The former Colonel still holds the largest individual margin of victory in conference history, winning the 2011 championship by 16 strokes. His 54-hole total in 2010 of 216 (73-71-72) still ranks sixth all-time in conference history at the SCAC Championships. A three-time All-American, including back-to-back First Team GCAA accolades in 2010 and 2011, Morris capped off his career by earning Division III individual medalist honors at the 2011 National Championships. He is one of just three SCAC individuals to win medalist honors at the National Championship Tournament.
A 2007 First Team GCAA All-American after finishing fifth at the Division III National Championship, Urbanski is the lone athlete in SCAC men’s golf history to earn First Team All-SCAC honors in four-straight years (2005-2008). The former Petrel capped off his career by securing SCAC Golfer-of-the-Year accolades in 2008 after firing a 54-hole total of 226 to earn medalist honors at the conference championship, highlighted by a final round 69. His final round is one of just 19 rounds in championship history in the 60s and is tied for the fifth lowest final round in SCAC championship history. Oglethorpe won two conference championships during his four-year tenure.
Maynor earned Golfer-of-the-Year honors in 2006, his third-straight First Team All-SCAC performance, after posting the greatest 36-hole individual score in league history of 134 (69-65) to claim the medalist title. Maynor is still the only golfer in league history to post multiple rounds in the 60s in the same championship and his final round 65 is both the lowest single round and lowest final round in SCAC Championship history. A 2006 GCAA Third Team All-American, Maynor is one of just 11 golfers in SCAC history to earn First Team honors three times.
SCAC MEN’S GOLF – 30TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM
Josh Abrams – DePauw University
Jonathan Alden – Trinity University
Bill Bazzel – Rhodes College
Jordan Cowart – Southwestern University
Tyler Gammill – Southwestern University
Cheyne Kendall – Schreiner University
Tyler Lehmann – Trinity University
Redmond Lyons – Trinity University
Anthony Maccaglia – Oglethorpe University
Jerre Maynor – University of the South – Sewanee
Chris Morris – Centre College
Zach Oliver – Schreiner University
Cade Osgood – Southwestern University
Scott Pugh – Oglethorpe University
Colin Uecker – Texas Lutheran University
Taylor Urbanski – Oglethorpe University
Six more previous golf student-athletes joined Morris, Urbanski and Maynor as former Golfers-of-the-Year to earn recognition to the all-anniversary team – Josh Abrams of DePauw, Tyler Gammill of Southwestern, Zach Oliver of Schreiner, Cade Osgood of Southwestern, Scott Pugh of Oglethorpe and Colin Uecker of Texas Lutheran.
A three-time All-SCAC performer, including twice a First Team honoree in both 2005 and 2006, Abrams was named Golfer-of-the-Year in 2005 after earning medalist honors at Chamberlyne Country Club in Danville, Ark. He fired a two-round total of 143 (70-73), still tied for the fifth best 36-hole championship score in SCAC history, to earn a one-shot victory. Abrams closed out his career at DePauw by earning GCAA Third Team All-American honors in 2007.
Gammill, the league’s Golfer-of-the-Year in 2016 and 2017, joins Morris as one of just four golfers to earn multiple Player-of-the-Year honors in SCAC men’s golfing history. His medalist performance at the 2016 Championships at Vaaler Creek Golf Club is still tied for the second lowest 36-hole score in championship history after he fired a two-round total of 141 (70-71). In 2017, Gammill carded a final round 73 to roar from seven-strokes behind entering the final day to claim a two-shot victory and medalist honors. A three-time All-SCAC performer during his career, Gammill helped lead Southwestern to three-straight conference championships during his tenure in Georgetown.
The 2014 Golfer-of-the-Year, Oliver still holds the SCAC 54-hole championship score record after firing a three-round total of 208 (70-70-68) at Tapatio Springs Golf Course en route to earning medalist honors with a 10-stroke victory. He is one of just two golfers in league history to win championship medalist honors by 10 or more strokes and his final round 68 is tied for the third lowest final round in conference history. A two-time All-SCAC performer, Oliver helped lead Schreiner to back-to-back conference championships in 2014 and 2015 and was a member of the Mountaineers’ National Championship team in 2014.
Osgood earned All-SCAC honors three times in his career at Southwestern, including his sophomore season when he won in a playoff for 2018 medalist honors at Panther Trail Course at the Golf Trails of The Woodlands, Texas. The 2018 SCAC Golfer-of-the-Year, Osgood was a three-time GCAA All-American, including twice a First Team recipient in 2018 and 2020, and was a member of two Pirate conference championship teams in 2017 and 2018.
Pugh finished tied for second as a sophomore at the 2008 championships, before earning a one-shot victory to earn SCAC Golfer-of-the-Year honors in 2009 at Tunica National in Tunica, Miss., after firing a three-round total of 225 (78-73-74). A three-time All-SCAC performer during his career in Atlanta, Pugh was a member of two conference championship teams at Oglethorpe, including the 2009 team that went on to win the program’s first-ever National Title. Pugh was a two-time GCAA All-American, including 2008 when he claimed First Team accolades.
Texas Lutheran’s Uecker is the only golfer in league history to win SCAC Freshman-of-the-Year and Golfer-of-the-Year honors during a career. A four-time All-SCAC performer, including twice a First Team honoree, he earned FOTY in 2016 and capped off his career with GOTY honors as a senior in 2019. His conference championship medalist performance in 2019 at Vaaler Creek Golf Club in Blanco, Texas still stands as the second lowest 54-hole championship score in league history, posting a three-round total of 211 (71-70-70). A two-time GCAA All-American, Uecker earned Third Team accolades in 2019.
Other SCAC athletes earning all-anniversary recognition that were also three-time First Team All-Conference honorees during their career include Rhodes’ Bill Bazzel and Trinity’s Jonathan Alden, Tyler Lehmann, and Redmond Lyons.
Bazzel turned in three-straight First Team All-SCAC performances from 2009-2011 during his career at Rhodes. His career best 54-hole SCAC championship score of 226 (78-75-73) at the 2009 Championship at Tunica National was good enough for runner-up honors.
Alden, a four-time All-SCAC performer, including First Team from 2008-2010, finished tied for runner-up at the 2008 Championship at Twin Bridges Golf Club in Danville, Indiana. The former Trinity Tiger turned in three top four performances during his career in San Antonio and fired his lowest championship round in 2009 when he opened with a 71 en route to a third-place finish.
Lehmann earned First Team All-SCAC honors in 2011, 2013 and 2014 to secure his spot on the all-anniversary team. A member of Trinity’s 2013 SCAC Championship team, Lehmann’s best individual performance came at the 2014 Championships at Tapatio Springs Golf Course in Boerne, Texas when he finished tied for second after a 54-hole total of 218 (70-72-76). His three-round total of 218 is still tied for the 10th lowest 54-hole championship score in SCAC history.
A four-time All-SCAC performer during his time in San Antonio, Lyons earned three-straight First Team honors from 2015-2017. In 2015 at Vaaler Creek, he posted his first of two tied for third place finishes in his career when he fired a 54-hole total of 218 (73-70-75), which is still tied for the 10th lowest 54-hole championship score in SCAC history. In 2016 he finished tied for fourth with a 36-hole total of 145 (75-70) and remains tied for the 12th lowest 36-hole championship score in SCAC history.
Rounding out the all-anniversary team is Jordan Cowart of Southwestern, Anthony Maccaglia of Oglethorpe and Cheyne Kendall of Schreiner.
Southwestern’s Cowart was a three-time All-SCAC honoree during his career, including twice earning First Team accolades in 2013 and 2014. He finished tied for runner-up at the 2014 Championship after firing a three-round total of 218 (69-78-71), still tied for the 10th lowest 54-hole score in SCAC Championship history. His opening round of 69 is one of just 19 rounds in SCAC Championship history in the 60s. Cowart earned GCAA Second Team All-American honors in 2014 after helping lead the Pirates to an 11th-place finish at the Division III National Championship and individually finishing third with a four-round total of 290.
Maccaglia made a massive impact in his only year in the SCAC before Oglethorpe left the league following the 2011-2012 academic year. The 2012 SCAC Freshman-of-the-Year, Maccaglia earned First Team All-SCAC honors after posting a 54-hole total of 224 (74-77-73) to finished tied for sixth at Tunica National as Oglethorpe claimed its 10th conference title in 15 years. He then led Oglethorpe to its second Division III National Title in four years by winning medalist honors after posting the sixth-lowest score in relation to par (-6) in the history of the Division III NCAA Championships that included a pair of rounds in the 60s. The Petrels led wire-to-wire in posting a 20-shot victory as Maccaglia capped off his rookie campaign by earning the Arnold Palmer Award for being the tournament medalist, the Phil Mickelson Award as the nation’s best freshman and GCAA First Team All-American accolades.
Schreiner’s Kendall was a two-time First Team All-SCAC performer in helping to lift the Mountaineers to back-to-back conference titles in 2014 and 2015 after finishing tied for second and tied for fourth, respectively. His two 54-hole championship scores are still in the top 20 all-time of the lowest championship scores in conference history as his 2014 total of 218 (72-75-71) is tied for 10th and his 2015 total of 219 (76-70-73) is tied for 17th. A two-time GCAA All-American, including Second Team in 2015, Kendall helped guide Schreiner to the 2014 Division III NCAA National Championship after he finished second individually with an even par four-round total of 288 (70-70-74-74).
The SCAC was formed in 1991 after a reorganization of its predecessor, the College Athletic Conference (CAC). The CAC dates to 1962 with four charter members: Centre College, Southwestern @ Memphis (now Rhodes College), Sewanee-The University of the South, and Washington & Lee (Va.) University. Washington (Mo.) University joined the CAC later that same year.
The SCAC was formed to provide an association through which the member institutions may encourage organized competition in intercollegiate sports among teams representative of their respective student bodies. Members of this conference share a commitment to priority of the overall quality of academic standards and quality educational experiences.
