April 15, 2005
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Men's Golf Athlete of the Week
DEREK WATHKE
UW-Green Bay, Senior, Osseo, Wis.
UW-Green Bay senior Derek Wathke is the Horizon League Men's Golf Athlete of the Week for the period ending April 12.
Wathke fired three straight one-over-par 71 rounds to lead the Phoenix to a tie for seventh place at the Billiken Invitational Tuesday at the Gateway National Golf Course. Wathke tied for 14th place in the field of 95 with a three-round three-over par score of 216 (72-72-72).
Women's Golf Athlete of the Week
NIKI GARDEN
Butler, Freshman, St. Albans, Mo.
Butler freshman Niki Garden is the Horizon League Women's Golf Athlete of the Week for the period ending April 12.
Garden placed runner-up in the final individual standings at the Rambler Invitational. She shot an opening-round 76 and then closed with a final round, three-over-par 75 to finish one stroke behind individual medalist Patricia Ellsworth of Oakland. Her 75 was the best score of any player in the final round! She helped Butler to a fourth place team finish in the tournament.
Other Top Male Performers
Michael Poteracki, Butler, Freshman (Arlington Hts., Ill.)
Poteracki shot a 78 to tie for medalist honors at the Big Four Tournament, held at Crooked Stick Golf Course in Carmel, Ind. He helped Butler to a tie for the team title in the four-team meet (Butler subsequently was awarded second place based on the fifth player's score).
Mike Rutgers, Cleveland State, Sophomore (Kingsville, Ontario)
Rutgers finished in fifth place at the Joe Cole/CSU Invitational April 10-11 after carding a team-best 235 (74-80-81) . His opening-round score of 74 was the third-best tally on the day.
Sean Hutchison, Detroit, Junior (Traverse City, Mich.)
Hutchison tied for second place individually, leading the Detroit Titan golfers to a wire-to-wire team championship at Cleveland State's Joe Cole Invitational. In cold and blustery conditions, Hutchison put together a 73-78-79--230 scorecard to pace the Titans to their first tournament victory since winning the 2002 Horizon League title.
Marty Miller, Wright State, Senior (Middletown, Ohio)
Miller shot a six-over-par 219 for 28th place in the Marshall Invitational at the par 71 Guyan Country Club in Huntington, W.Va. on Friday and Saturday.
Ross Beal, Youngstown State, Sophomore (Uniontown, Ohio)
Beal tied for second with the Detroit's Sean Hutchinson at the Joe Cole/Cleveland State Invitational which concluded on Tuesday at the Red Tail Golf Club. Beal and Hutchinson finished with three-round scores of 230, but Oakland's Brian Stuard was too much for both players winning the event with a 221. Beal carded rounds of 79, 79 and 72 during the event. His score of 72 on Tuesday was the low round of the afternoon.
Other Top Female Performers
Ashley Hamilton, Detroit, Freshman (Lake Orion, Mich.)
Freshman Ashley Hamilton was the top Detroit individual finisher at Eastern Kentucky's Lady Colonel Classic as she earned a share of 18th place in the final standings. Hamilton shot rounds of 80, 85 and 80 for a 54-hole total of 245. It was the second time this year where Hamilton has led the Titan golfers.
Marissa Capriola, Loyola, Junior (Belvidere, Ill.)
Capriola carded a team-best 166 (82-84) at the First Annual Rambler Invitational at Winnetka Golf Club in Winnetka, Ill., April 11-12. The junior fired an opening-round 82 before posting a team-best 84 in the final round in cold, windy and rainy conditions that hindered play.
Kristin Obush, Cleveland State, Junior (Indiana, Pa.)
Obush was the top Viking finisher at the First Annual Rambler Invitational at the Winnetka Golf Club in Winnetka, Ill. on April 11-12. She carded a two-round tally of 167 with scores of 81 and 86 during the two-day event.
