Date Posted: 11/9/2006

MACON, Ga. – ETSU standout Rhys Davies earned Atlantic Sun Conference Golfer of the Month honors for October after posting a string of impressive results against some of the nation’s top golfers.

Davies became the first back-to-back, outright winner of the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate thanks to his victory in the event back on October 14-15. The Brigend, Wales, native posted three consecutive sub-par rounds to secure the three-stroke victory. With the victory, the senior ran his school record career wins total to eight. Davies also continued to climb the national rankings and is currently fifth in the most recent Golfweek/Sagarin Computer ranking, while he's also helped lead the ETSU men's team to a national team ranking of 11th.

Davies enjoyed a fourth-place finish in the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, and he also found time to compete in the World Amateur Team Championships, firing a course record 64 during that event while helping his Welsh team to a fourth place showing. The senior landed 16th on the individual leaderboard in that event. He posted a 69.5 scoring average in nine October rounds. Davies majors in Sports Management.

The Atlantic Sun Conference hands out Golfer of the Month awards monthly during the 2006-07 golf campaign.

The 12-member league headquartered in Macon, Ga., consists of Belmont, Campbell, ETSU, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, UNF and Stetson with Florida Gulf Coast and USC Upstate beginning competition in 2007-08.

OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
• Kris Shepherd, Kennesaw State (Sr. – Evans, Ga. – Finance Major)
Won second tourney of season at Poplar Hill Intercollegiate

• Silas Sutton, Mercer (Sr. – Cartersville, Ga. – Biology Major)
Captured Mason Rudolph title after carding three straight 71’s.

• Jeff Lanier, Belmont (Sr. – Austin, Texas – Business Administration Major)
Grabbed co-Medalist honors at Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational

• Jeff Dennis, UNF (So. – Parkland, Fla. – Undecided Major)
Posted third top-10 finish at Windon Memorial

• Kyle Spahr, Campbell (Sr. – Mundelein, Ill. – Trust Management Major)
Won his second event of the season at Seascape Collegiate

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