Rock Hill, S.C. – The Big South Conference announced its annual men's golf awards as Winthrop men's golf garnered four honors.
Senior
Nick Mayfield was named All-Conference First Team while sophomore
Mason Tucker was named All-Conference Second Team. Freshman
Logan Lutz was named to the All-Freshman Team while senior
Ian Faulconer was named to the All-Academic Team.
Mayfield, who also earned All-Championship Team honors for his T1 finish in stroke play of the Big South Championship, entered last week's championship ranked 11
th in the Big South in stroke average. After the championship his season scoring average is 72.59, which is second on the team. Mayfield had two Top 10 finishes this season which also happened to be two Top 5 finishes. He matched the program record for low round with his 63 in the final round of the Big South Championship to finished tied for first.
Tucker led the Eagles in stroke average at 72.30 and had three Top 10 finishes, including two of them in the Top 5. He led the Eagles in rounds of par or better with 14 and his best finish of the season was winning the Wexford Intercollegiate.
Lutz is the 6
th Eagle in program history to be named to the All-Freshman Team since it first started in 2013. He played in 8-of-10 events this season and saved his best performance for the Big South Championship as he set a collegiate-low of 211 for 54-hole and placed 10
th. His best regular season finish came at the Carolina Cup as he was T14, helping the Eagles to a T4 finish in the event.
Faulconer played in 8-of-10 events on the year and had his best finish of the season at the Carolina Cup with a T22 finish. He is in graduate school working on his MBA after earning a degree in sport management. He is now a three-time Big South All-Academic Team selection. Faulconer is also a four-time Big South Honor Roll member and was a 2023 GCAA All-America Scholar. His 68 at the Dorado Beach Collegiate was the low round of his collegiate career.
