Wednesday, May 4, 2005

Contact: Stan Cole

Fredric Sundberg Named A-Sun Freshman Golfer of the Year

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Fredric Sundberg of Campbell University has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference men's golf Freshman of the Year in voting by league head coaches.

A native of Gothenburg, Sweden, Sundberg was also recognized on the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team after leading A-Sun frosh in scoring average (73.3) during the season.

"To have six underclassmen win honors from our conference, I think, says a lot about the state of our men's and women's golf program," said John Crooks, who is in his 15th year as head men's coach and 14th in charge of the women's squad at Campbell. "These individuals have all had a very good year, and most will receive academic honors as well."

Sundberg had seven top-20 performances during his first collegiate season, including a pair of top-10s. He won the Charleston Southern Spring Kick-Off Classic and finished fourth at the Golf Daytona Beach Classic. He was named A-Sun Golfer of the Month for February.

Jacksonville University's Duncan Stewart, medalist at last month's Atlantic Sun Championship, was named Atlantic Sun Men's Golfer of the Year. Matt Clark of Georgia State was named A-Sun Men's Golf Coach of the Year after guiding the Panthers to their first A-Sun team crown since 2001.

Stewart was joined on the Atlantic Sun Men's All-Conference first team by Cody Hale of Lipscomb, Andreas Hoegberg of UCF, Belmont's Jeff Lanier and Steve Tiley of Georgia State. Second-team all-conference honors went to Ty Harris (Georgia State), Russell Knox (Jacksonville), Rory McCaughna (Gardner-Webb), Brandon Price (Mercer) and Adam Wynia (Belmont).

In addition to Sundberg, Ben Leong (UCF), Justin Perry (Lipscomb), Joel Sjoholm (Georgia State) and Giwon Suh (UCF) also earned All-Freshman team recognition.

The 2005 A-Sun Golfer, Freshman and Coach of the Year awards are determined in voting by the league's head coaches. The first, second and all-freshman team honors are based on the Golfstat rankings compiled at the conclusion of the A-Sun Championship.