SAC Men's Golf Honorees Headlined by Player of the Year Chapman

ROCK HILL, S.C. – The 2013 SAC men's golf award winners were announced on Thursday, headlined by Lincoln Memorial senior Jamie Chapman, the conference's Player of the Year.

Chapman's adjusted scoring average of 73.20 was the best in the SAC, according to results from Golfstat.com. He won October's State Farm Invitational with a final score of five-under par, and also recorded top-10 finishes at the Tusculum Fall Classic, the Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate, the Tusculum Invitational and the Natural State Classic.

Chapman was an All-SAC Second Team selection in 2010 and 2011, and is only the second men's golfer from LMU ever to win SAC Player of the Year accolades, joining Eric Kennedy in 2010.

Accompanying Chapman on this season's All-Conference First Team are Newberry senior Chandler Gruenemeier, Wingate senior Brian Denton, Brevard sophomore Kim Koivu, Carson-Newman junior Jonathan Kim-Moss and Carson-Newman senior Gavin Hay. Gruenemeier finished second in the conference in adjusted scoring average at 73.63, followed by Denton at 73.81, Koivu at 73.89, and Kim-Moss and Hay – who tied for the final first-team selection - at 73.97.

Denton, Koivu, Hay and Kim-Moss were all All-Conference First Team honorees last season, and Hay made the First Team in 2011 as well. Koivu was also the 2012 SAC Freshman of the Year.

Koivu posted six top-10 performances this season, while Denton and Hay had three and Gruenemeier and Kim-Moss recorded two. Koivu won the individual title at the Irish Creek Intercollegiate, while Denton placed first at the J. Ralph Hargett Memorial.

Newberry sophomore Jon Weiss, Tusculum freshman Nick Forsberg and Lincoln Memorial freshman Connor Froning each earned selections to the 2013 All-SAC Second Team, as did Wingate's Tyler Stone, the conference's Freshman of the Year.

LMU's Travis Muncy was named the SAC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career after leading his team to a pair of tournament titles and a total of 11 top-10 finishes at events this season. He becomes the first coach from LMU to earn the award.

Next up for the honorees is the 2013 Food Lion SAC Golf Championship, which gets underway on Sunday in Sevierville, Tenn.

2013 SAC Men's Golf Awards

SAC Player of the Year: Jamie Chapman, Lincoln Memorial

SAC Freshman of the Year: Tyler Stone, Wingate

SAC Coach of the Year: Travis Muncy, Lincoln Memorial

All-Conference First Team

Jamie Chapman, Lincoln Memorial (Sr.)

Chandler Gruenemeier, Newberry (Sr.)

Brian Denton, Wingate (Sr.)

Kim Koivu, Brevard (So.)

Jonathan Kim-Moss, Carson-Newman (Jr.)*

Gavin Hay, Carson-Newman (Sr.)*

All-Conference Second Team

Jon Weiss, Newberry (So.)

Tyler Stone, Wingate (Fr.)

Nick Forsberg, Tusculum (Fr.)

Connor Froning, Lincoln Memorial (Fr.)