FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2009 |
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Owen Named SCAC Coach-of-the-Year for 10th Time
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference named Oglethorpe men's golf coach Jim Owen the 2009 SCAC Men's Golf Coach-of-the-Year. Owen, who has received the prestigious honor in ten of the twelve times it has been awarded, recently guided Oglethorpe to its first national championship in any sport in May.
The Petrels won their league-high eighth SCAC men’s golf title at this year’s conference tournament at Tunica, Miss., and went on win the 2009 NCAA Division III men’s championships – the school’s first-ever NCAA championship in any sport and the program’s eighth consecutive Top 10 finish at the national championships. With his 10 men’s golf COTY awards, Owen joins an exclusive list of SCAC coaches (Paul McGinlay, Trinity – men’s soccer and Steve Mohr, Trinity – football) who have won 10 COTY honors in the same sport.
Oglethorpe head men's golf coach Jim Owen gets a celebratory Gatorade bath after winning the 2009 golf title.
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