GLIAC Boasts Seven Teams; One Individual in the Men's Golf NCAA D-II Midwest Regional

GLIAC Boasts Seven Teams; One Individual in the Men's Golf NCAA D-II Midwest Regional

Release courtesy of Donnie Wagner, Assistant Director of Championships

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA has announced the field of 80 teams and 32 student-athletes that have been selected to participate in regional competition of the 2012 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championships. The regional competitions will be conducted May 7-9.

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The top five teams and the top two student-athletes not with a team from each regional (regardless of region) will advance to the finals May 15-19, at The Cardinal Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky as part of the 2012 Division II Spring Championships Festival. The Festival will be hosted by Bellarmine University and the Louisville Sports Commission.

There will be four regional sites in which two regions will meet and conduct regional tournaments. The regional tournaments will be paired as follows:

Atlantic and East

Southeast and South

South Central and Midwest

West and Central

Midwest Region

1.

Northern Kentucky ^

2.

Ferris State

3.

Indianapolis

4.

Grand Valley State *

5.

Bellarmine

6.

Tiffin

7.

Northwood (Michigan)

8.

Ashland

9.

Findlay

10.

Wayne State (Michigan)

^ - Indicates automatic qualifer from the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC)

* - Indicates automatic qualifer from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC)

Individuals:

1.

Clarke Fry

Rockhurst

2.

Joe Atkisson

Missouri-St. Louis

3.

Shawn Vanderwal

Drury

4.

Micah Skidmore

Saginaw Valley State