COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Colorado Mesa University sophomores
Hayden Hawley and
Henry Starr swept the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's Golfer of the Week awards, announced Thursday by conference officials.
The awards come after their respective performances earlier this week on Monday and Tuesday.
Hawley won the women's award after claiming individual victory at the Hardrocker Fall Invite in Rapid City, South Dakota while leading the Mavericks to a 15-shot team win. The Thornton, Colorado native posted rounds of 78 and 76 in difficult conditions at the Golf Club at Red Rock to win the tournament by one stroke.
Hawley led the 49 player field with 24 pars, 12 of which came in each round, and also posted the only eagle of the tournament on the ninth hole of Tuesday's round.
She now has three top ten finishes in four tournaments this season and leads the Mavericks with her 77.22 scoring average.
Starr, who has led the Maverick men in all four of the Mavs' tournaments this fall, posted back-to-back rounds of 2-under par 69 and finished in a tie for 18
th with a 2-under 54-hole score of 211 at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invite in Amarillo, Texas.
The Englewood, Colorado native also has three top ten finishes this season and paces the Mavericks with a 70.75 scoring average in 12 rounds. He has led the Mavs, ranked 23
rd nationally according to the latest Bushnell/Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll, in all four tournaments and is personally ranked 51
st in the SCOREBOARD NCAA Division II Individual rankings, released for the first time this season on Wednesday.
The Mavericks men are 38
th in those national rankings and are seventh amongst NCAA Division II South Central Region squads.