ODAC Announces All-ODAC Men's Golf Awards

ODAC Announces All-ODAC Men's Golf Awards

FOREST, Va. --- Washington and Lee University and Guilford College collected a league-high four all-conference honors each with ODAC champion Hampden-Sydney College securing three selections to award teams to headline the 2022 All-ODAC Men's Golf Awards.

University of Lynchburg first-year Eddie Coffren V doubled as the ODAC Golfer of the Year and ODAC Rookie of the Year. Hampden-Sydney mentor Chad Eisele earned Jack Jensen Coach of the Year honors. Washington and Lee junior Pierce Robinson earn the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, and H-SC senior John Hatcher Ferguson was tabbed the Ted Keller Sportsman of the Year.

In the sections below, we breakdown the honors from the 2021-22 ODAC men's golf campaign.

ALL-ODAC FIRST TEAM

  • JOHN HATCHER FERGUSON | Hampden-Sydney College - Sr.
    Rounds Played:
     22 | Stroke Average: 74.0
    Low Round: 70 at Camp Lejeune and ODAC Champs (x2)
     
  • HUNTER MARTIN | Hampden-Sydney College - Sr.
    Rounds Played:
    22 | Stroke Average: 74.0
    Low Round: 69 at Golfweek Division III Fall Invitational and ODAC Championships (x2)
     
  • EDDIE COFFREN V | University of Lynchburg - Fy.
    Rounds Played:
    22 | Stroke Average: 72.5
    Low Round: 67 at Kinder-Williams Invitational
     
  • ANDREW WATSON | University of Lynchburg - So.
    Rounds Played:
    22 | Stroke Average: 74.2
    Low Round: 65 at Camp Lejeune
     
  • CANNON CRANE | Washington and Lee University - So.
    Rounds Played:
    26 | Stroke Average: 74.2
    Low Round: 68 at Discover Dekalb Emory Invite and ODAC Championships
     
  • PIERCE ROBINSON | Washington and Lee University - Jr.
    Rounds Played:
    23 | Stroke Average: 73.3
    Low Round: 69 at ODAC Championships

ALL-ODAC SECOND TEAM

  • JAMES ALDEN | Guilford College - So.
    Rounds Played:
     22 | Stroke Average: 76.0
    Low Round: 68 at Camp Lejeune
     
  • LANDON BARNES | Guilford College - So.
    Rounds Played:
    24 | Stroke Average: 76.3
    Low Round: 70 at Camp Lejeune
     
  • MICHAEL VICK | Guilford College - Fy.
    Rounds Played:
    25 | Stroke Average: 74.8
    Low Round: 68 at ODAC Championships
     
  • AUSTIN BROOKS | Randolph-Macon College - Jr.
    Rounds Played:
    21 | Stroke Average: 76.0
    Low Round: 68 at Kinder-Williams Invitational
      
  • WILL BRAXTON | Washington and Lee University - Fy.
    Rounds Played:
    15 | Stroke Average: 75.0
    Low Round: 71 at Wabash Invitational

ALL-ODAC THIRD TEAM

  • JACKSON HOOVLER | Ferrum College - Fy.
    Rounds Played:
     21 | Stroke Average: 77.6
    Low Round: 68 at ODAC Championships
     
  • SAM DAVIDSON | Guilford College - So.
    Rounds Played:
    21 | Stroke Average: 76.7
    Low Round: 70 at Golfweek Division III Fall Invitational
     
  • TREVOR ELLIOTT | Hampden-Sydney College - Jr.
    Rounds Played:
    24 | Stroke Average: 76.4
    Low Round: 64 at Camp Lejeune
     
  • PALMER CUNY | Roanoke College - Sr.
    Rounds Played:
    19 | Stroke Average: 77.2
    Low Round: 69 at Kinder-Williams Invitational
      
  • TJ WHELAN | Roanoke College - Fy.
    Rounds Played:
    22 | Stroke Average: 76.7
    Low Round: 69 at ODAC Championships
      
  • AUSTIN SHARRETT | Washington and Lee University - Fy.
    Rounds Played:
    15 | Stroke Average: 75.7
    Low Round: 70 at ODAC Championships

ODAC GOLFER and ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Lynchburg first-year Eddie Coffren V had a stellar first season in the Hill City. After tying for fourth at the ODAC Championships, Coffren owns the league's best raw scoring average at 72.5 per round. He entered the weekend as the 16th-ranked golfer in NCAA Division III by Golfstat, the highest ranking of any ODAC player. In nine events this season covering 22 rounds of play, Coffren has five top-10 showings with a pair of top-five finishes at the Kinder-Williams Memorial (T-2nd) and ODAC Championships.

JACK JENSEN COACH OF THE YEAR
Hampden-Sydney head coach Chad Eisele earned the vote of his peers as the Jack Jensen Coach of the Year for a third time, combining this honor with plaudits earned in 2019 and 2020. Eisele, who doubles as the Tigers Director of Athletics, led the nationally 18th-ranked H-SC to its first ODAC title since 1996, the third overall in program history. The Tigers finished in the top-five in five events including its victory at the ODAC Championships. They also finished second at Camp Lejeune, third at Wynlakes and the Golfweek Division III Fall Invitational, and fifth a the Tartan Invitational.

ODAC/VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
On the course, Washington and Lee's Pierce Robinson is the second-highest ranked golfer in the ODAC by Golfstat at #20 in the country. He is second in the ODAC with a 73.3 per round average powered by three top-10 finishes including a season-best runner-up showing at the Dekalb Discover Emory Invite in lead-up to the ODAC Championships. This past weekend, he placed sixth at 2-under par. In the classroom, Robinson boasts a 3.662 grade point average as a politics major with a focus in government. He is a two-time ODAC All-Academic Team member and a W&L Scholar.

TED KELLLER SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
Hampden-Sydney senior John Hatcher Ferguson has "never met a stranger," explained his head coach, Chad Eisele. The multi All-ODAC honoree not only plays well on the course -- he tied for fifth in 2021 and tied for eighth at this year's ODAC Championships -- but he is a welcome playing partner recognized by the ODAC coaches for his character. An All-ODAC First Teamer, Ferguson is tied for third in scoring average at 74.0.

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