Will Hogan, Missouri State University golf team, ended up the regular season with a 73.65 scoring average, which ranked him third in the Valley.  In separate Golfstat ranking which is based on scoring average, strength of schedule and head-to-head with other players in the league, he finished up as the top-ranked player in the conference.  He won the SIUE Invitational and had four top 10's, was named Valley Player of the Week three times and tied the school record with a 63 (-9) in the final round of the ASU Red Wolf Classic in Jonesboro, Ark., last month.

Men's Golf Takes Third at Valley Tournament, Three Bears Earn Individual Honors

Courtesy: MSU Athletics Communications           Release: 04/26/2011

Courtesy: MSU Athletics Communications Daily Young The Missouri State men's golf team finished third Tuesday (Apr. 26) at the 2011 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Championship in Sunrise Beach, Mo.  The Bears shot 317-302-305--924 in three trips around the Club at Porto Cima layout, but also had three players walk away with individual honors. Junior Will Hogan was named MVC Player of the Year by the league's coaches, while sophomore Daily Young was voted Newcomer of the Year and junior Jordan McLaurin joined them in earning all-conference honors. Young led MSU in the tournament with a fourth-place finish after carding 78-69-75--222, six over par.  McLaurin and senior Jack Courington were next for the Bears in a tie for 20th with 234 totals; McLaurin shot 79-79-76 while Courington posted 79-75-80.  Senior Matt Cermak shot 83-80-74--237 to tie for 25th and Hogan tied for 32nd with 81-79-80--240. Medalist honors went to Drake's Cody Schweinefus, who defeated Tyler Gann of Wichita State on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff after both had finished regulation with 220 totals. WSU captured its fourth consecutive team championship, leading wire to wire with 303-303-297--903, easily outdistancing runner-up Illinois State, which posted 312-315-291--918.  The Bears were third, followed by Creighton (932), Drake (935), Evansville (936), Bradley (937), Southern Illinois (944) and Northern Iowa (945).  Results from MVC at Porto Cima