Knights had a stellar senior season for UE
 ST.LOUIS – University of Evansville senior golfer Will Knights has been named to the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete First Team in an announcement by the league on Monday.
A defending Academic All-American, Purple Aces senior Will Knights continued to rank among the best on the course and in the classroom. Over his 28 rounds of play, Knights accumulated a stroke average of 75.96 with his low round of the year being a 67 at October’s Butler Invitational.
Knights’ top effort of the season was a tie for 6th place at the Don Benbow Invitational in March as he recorded rounds of 71 and 73. His efforts helped the Aces take second place in the event. Of his 28 rounds this season, Knights finished in the 70’s on 24 occasions. Knights is a Marketing major with a 3.832 GPA.
The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for its Academic All-America® program. Nominees must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale), while the student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institutions and must have participated in at least 50 percent of his team’s rounds or played at the MVC Championship.
2016 Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete Team
FIRST TEAM, School
Grant Bennett, Wichita State Jr. 3.56 Sport Management Prosper, Texas
Brik Brauburger, Missouri State Sr. 3.50 Finance Bella Vista, Ark.
Lyle Burns, Bradley Sr. 3.82 Business Mgmt. / Admin. Mahomet, Ill.
Alec Heinen, Wichita State Sr. 4.00 (Gr.) Accounting Edmond, Okla.
Bobby Jacobs, Bradley Jr. 4.00 Civil Engineering Valparaiso, Ind.
Will Knights, Evansville Sr. 3.83 Marketing New Lenox, Ill.
Drew Novara, Southern Illinois Sr. 3.78 Exercise Science Murphysboro, Ill.
Honorable Mention
Jacob Bishop, Wichita State So. 3.42 Sport Management Edmond, Okla.
Garret Buckley, Loyola So. 3.25 Environmental Science / Admin. Novi, Mich.
PJ Riner, Loyola Sr. 3.26 Information Systems Johns Creek, Ga.
Conrad Walcher, Wichita State So. 3.31 Mechanical Engineering Oklahoma City, Okla.
