JARRED CARLYLE NAMED FIRST-TEAM ALL-GSC SELECTION FOR
THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE SEASON

        BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Arkansas Tech’s Jarred Carlyle has been named a First-Team All-Gulf South Conference Men's Golf selection on Friday by the league office.

Carlyle became just the third three-time First-Team All-GSC honoree in the history of the league and the first Wonder Boy to earn that distinction. The other two three-time First-Team honorees are West Florida’s Stuart Manley (1998, 2000 and 2001) and Matthew Galloway (2006, 2007 and 2008).

The men’s golf coaches in the league voted for the team and the coaches weren’t allowed to vote for their own players.

West Florida, the No. 1 ranked in NCAA Division II and the two-time defending GSC Champions, led the way with four players on the two-team squad, including three First-Team selections, while Henderson State, North Alabama, Valdosta State and West Georgia each placed two players apiece on one of the two All-GSC squads.

In the individual awards given out by the league, Valdosta State’s Brent Witcher was named the GSC Player of the Year, while Henderson State’s Jack Bartlett and West Florida’s Tobias Rosendahl shared GSC Freshman of the Year honors. West Florida’s Steve Fell was named the GSC Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season and ninth time overall.

Carlyle, a junior from Nashville, Ark., is a repeat first team honoree after leading the way for Tech with a 72.6 scoring average in 13 rounds of golf and seven tournaments this season. On the season, Carlyle has had three Top 5 finishes, including taking home individual medalist honors at the Natural State Classic this week in Heber Springs, Ark., and has finished in the Top 25 at two other tournaments. At the Natural State Classic, Carlyle shot a six-under par 136 to win the tournament. On the season, he has had four rounds in the 60s, including a season-best 67 in the final round of the Natural State Classic.  

Carlyle is joined on the All-GSC First Team by UWF’s threesome of Galloway, Rosendahl and Kyle Scott, along with Bartlett and Witcher.

Meanwhile, the Second-Team included Delta State’s Chase Smith, Henderson State’s Ben Cuzen, North Alabama’s twosome of Daniel Creel and Brent Munson, along with Ouachita Baptist’s Rob Greer, Valdosta State’s Cole Willis, West Florida’s Otto Bonning and West Georgia teammates, Brandon Bennett and Nelson Alvarez.

Carlyle and the rest of the Wonder Boys will return to action next week when they compete at the 2008 GSC Golf Championships at the Hot Springs Country Club in Hot Springs, Ark. The meet will get underway with 36 holes on Monday, April 21 and conclude with another 18 holes on Tuesday, April 22. Tech finished third last season as the Wonder Boys shot an 869 for the tournament.

          2008 All-GSC Men's Golf Teams

          -- Tech Athletics --