ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has named its 2012 All-MIAA Golf Team as the Thunder received three honorees, senior Pat Wolcott (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing) was named to the first team while juniors Graham Bennett (Charlotte, N.C./Mallard Creek) and Nolan Eli (Genoa, Ohio/Genoa) were named to the second team. The Thunder had the most players named All-MIAA among all conference schools.
Wolcott finished third overall in the conference leaderboard with a
total score of 602 for an average of 75.2, just eight strokes
behind the top player. Wolcott won the first jamboree of the season
at Kalamazoo while also finishing second at the third jamboree at
Olivet. Wolcott becomes the first Trine player since Terence
Clingaman in 2010 to be named All-MIAA First Team and 10th overall
for Trine.
Eli finished the fall season ninth in the conference with a total
stroke count of 616 for an average of 77.0, including tying for a
conference season-low 69 at the fifth jamboree of the season on
Trine’s home course.
Just two strokes behind was Bennett who finished tied for 10th in
the conference with a 77.2 stroke average for the eight jamborees
with a total stroke count of 618.
This marks the fourth time in school history that at least three Trine golfers have been named All-MIAA, the others came in 2004-2006. Trine has had an All-MIAA player each season since joining the MIAA in 2004.
The Thunder finished fourth for the MIAA Championship and qualified for the three-round spring automatic qualifier tournament.