FOREST, Va. --- Guilford College and Hampden-Sydney College each collected a league-best four all-conference honors to lead the 2019-20 All-ODAC Men's Golf Awards. Quakers senior James Mishoe earned his second straight ODAC Golfer of the Year recognition, as did Tigers mentor Chad Eisele with back-to-back Jack Jensen Coach of the Year laurels.
Washington and Lee University senior Brian Peccie continued the consecutive yearly honors, picking up his second straight ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor from the league's athletic communications personnel. Randolph-Macon College freshman Austin Brooks garnered ODAC Rookie of the Year accolades, while H-SC senior Adam Hade caps the special awards list as the Ted Keller Sportsman of the Year.
In the sections below, we breakdown this season's honors and note other highlights to cap the 2019-20 ODAC men's golf campaign.
ALL-ODAC FIRST TEAM
- LANCE KEISER | Ferrum College
Rounds Played: 12 | Stroke Average: 72.4
Low Round: 69 at Tom Kinder Memorial | Golfstat Ranking: 51
- JAMES MISHOE | Guilford College
Rounds Played: 16 | Stroke Average: 71.1
Low Round: 66 at The Savannah Invitational | Golfstat Ranking: 7
- JOHN HATCHER FERGUSON | Hampden-Sydney College
Rounds Played: 16 | Stroke Average: 72.9
Low Round: 68 at two different tournaments | Golfstat Ranking: 47
ADAM HADE | Hampden-Sydney College
Rounds Played: 16 | Stroke Average: 73.4
Low Round: 68 at Royal Lakes Invitational | Golfstat Ranking: 57
- HUNTER MARTIN | Hampden-Sydney College
Rounds Played: 16 | Stroke Average: 71.7
Low Round: 67 at Gordin Collegiate Classic | Golfstat Ranking: 18
- BRIAN PECCIE | Washington and Lee University
Rounds Played: 11 | Stroke Average: 72.2
Low Round: 68 at O'Briant-Jensen Memorial | Golfstat Ranking: 17
ALL-ODAC SECOND TEAM
- ZACH EVENS | GUILFORD COLLEGE
Rounds Played: 16 | Stroke Average: 73.6
Low Round: 69 at three different tournaments | Golfstat Ranking: 62
- ADDISON MANRING | Guilford College
Rounds Played: 16 | Stroke Average: 73.3
Low Round: 66 at Royal Lakes Invitational | Golfstat Ranking: 61
- BRUCE SHOBER | Hampden-Sydney College
Rounds Played: 16 | Stroke Average: 73.9
Low Round: 70 at D3 Golfweek Invitational | Golfstat Ranking: 88
- AUSTIN BROOKS | Randolph-Macon College
Rounds Played: 10 | Stroke Average: 74.3
Low Round: 69 at O'Briant-Jensen Memorial | Golfstat Ranking: 60
PIERCE ROBINSON | Washington and Lee University
Rounds Played: 11 | Stroke Average: 74.6
Low Round: 70 at The Savannah Invitational | Golfstat Ranking: 83
ALL-ODAC THIRD TEAM
- JACOB LAUGHLIN | Bridgewater College
Rounds Played: 12 | Stroke Average: 74.3
Low Round: 71 at Greene Turtle Invitational | Golfstat Ranking: 154
- JASON SPAAR | Bridgewater College
Rounds Played: 12 | Stroke Average: 74.2
Low Round: 69 at Royal Lakes | Golfstat Ranking: 164
- JACK LEE | Guilford College
Rounds Played: 8 | Stroke Average: 74.0
Low Round: 69 at The Savannah Invitational | Golfstat Ranking: 96
- HARRY HODGERT | University of Lynchburg
Rounds Played: 13 | Stroke Average: 75.4
Low Round: 67 at VSGA Intercollegiate | Golfstat Ranking: 351
- ROBERT QUINILTY | Washington and Lee University
Rounds Played: 11 | Stroke Average: 74.9
Low Round: 72 at two separate tournaments | Golfstat Ranking: 112
ODAC GOLFER OF THE YEAR
Guilford senior James Mishoe captured his second straight ODAC top player award after leading the Quakers to 11th in the national rankings that featured four top-five finishes including a second place showing at the Royal Lakes Invitational. The Cary, N.C. native finished the season as the seventh-rated golfer in Division III by Golfstat. Mishoe posted an ODAC-best 71.1 per round stroke average powered by three top-five finishes in high-profile events. The last event in which he competed, the The Savannah Invitational in March, proved a great season-closing experience as he topped the 90-player field for his third career collegiate individual medal. He carded rounds of 66, 67, and 70 on the way to a Guilford 54-hole record 13-under par 203.
JACK JENSEN COACH OF THE YEAR
For the second straight year, Hampden-Sydney head coach Chad Eisele earned the vote of his peers as the Jack Jensen Coach of the Year, an honor named after former Guilford mentor Jack Jensen. Eisele, who doubles as the Tigers Director of Athletics, completed his third season guiding the Tigers program. H-SC ranked highly inside the national polls published by Golfstat and Bushnell/Golfweek throughout the fall campaign and into early spring tournaments, finishing sixth in the Golfstat computer rankings and fifth in the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll. Hampden-Sydney posted top-10 results in all six events its "A" squad competed, highlighted by a team victory at the Royal Lakes Invitational hosted by Oglethorpe University in early October and a third place finish in the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial hosted by Guilford.
ODAC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Randolph-Macon freshman Austin Brooks started off his collegiate career as one of only two first-year players to earn All-ODAC honors, joining Washington and Lee's Pierce Robinson on the second team. Brooks, from Charlotte, N.C., carded 10 rounds of play overall with a 74.3 per round average. He posted top-10 finishes in four of his five starts, including a season-best tie for fourth position at the Ted Keller Memorial at 5-over 149. Twice he finished under par, both at 1-under in tying for fifth at the Tom Kinder Memorial and O'Briant-Jensen Memorial. He registered season-low rounds of 69 in the second rounds of both events. Brooks finished the year ranked 60th in Division III by Golfstat.
ODAC/VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU SCHOLAR-ATHLETE
Washington and Lee senior Brian Peccie was a star on and off the course for Washington and Lee. An economics and mathematics double-major, Peccie is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Mu Epsilon, Omicron Delta Epislon and Phi Eta Sigma. He is a two-time Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scholar All-American and he was a 2019 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American. He is now a two-time winner of the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for men's golf.
For his exploits on the course, Peccie was recently named Washington and Lee's male recipient of the "Pres" Brown Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year award. He is now a four-time All-ODAC First Team honoree, having shot only two rounds with a score greater than 80 in his career. The Norfolk, Va. native was the 2018 ODAC Golfer of the Year. A three-time All-American, including a two-time first-team selection, he won the 2018 NCAA Division III National Championship and finished the season as the No. 1 ranked golfer in Division III. He earned the Division III Arnold Palmer Award that season and he was a finalist for the Division III Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year Award in 2019. This season, Peccie finished the year ranked 17th in the country by Golfstat. He competed in 11 rounds with a 72.2 per round average. He saved his best performance for his last, tying for fifth at The Savannah Invitational at 7-under 209 following rounds of 69, 69, and 71.
TED KELLER SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
Hampden-Sydney senior Adam Hade has been described as one of the best sportsman on the course during his time as a Tiger, and he's done so while performing well. The Richmond, Va. native is a two-time All-ODAC honoree, pairing this year's first team selection with a second team appointment in 2019. Hade, ranked 57th in the country by Golfstat, competed in 16 rounds across six tournaments with a 73.4 per round average. Twice he finished in the top-10 of an event in tying for eighth at the O'Briant-Jensen Memorial and tying for ninth at the Division III Golfweek Preview.
ALL-AMERICANS
Four of the ODAC's standouts earned Ping All-America honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). Mishoe was tabbed to the first team for a second straight season, which marks his third overall All-American award after a second team pick in 2018. Hampden-Sydney's Hunter Martin added to his All-ODAC First Team assignment with second team All-America laurels. Teammate John Hatcher Fergson, also an All-ODAC First Team choice, received honorable mention All-America honors. Peccie rounds out the list on the All-America third team. It marks his third All-American award.
NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS
ODAC teams faired well in the published team rankings via Golfstat with seven of the league's squads rated inside the top-125 programs in Division III. Hampden-Sydney finished the year sixth in the table, while Guilford was 11th. Washington and Lee ranked 21st, while Bridgewater moved up to 65th by the final rankings. Lynchburg just missed a top-100 mark in 102nd position. Randolph-Macon slotted 110th overall, and Ferrum ranked 114th.
In the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll, three conference teams figured in the final rankings. Hampden-Sydney finished fifth overall, while Guilford matched its Golfstat ranking in 11th. Washington and Lee tied with Oglethorpe for 18th in the survey after making a leap from 25th in the previous published chart.
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