US COLLEGE GOLF - Walker named in Freshman team

Euan Walker

Ayrshire's Euan Walker is making his mark in the college golf circuit in America, being named this week n the Columbia Regional All Freshman squad by league coaches.

(Report courtesy of Colin Farquarson)


Columbia, Mo. - Missouri Golf will host the 2014 NCAA Men's Golf Columbia Regional, May 15-17, and the Tigers will have a pair of All-SEC award winners in their lineup as Emilio Cuartero was named Second Team All-SEC and freshman standout Euan Walker was named to the All-Freshman squad Thursday morning by the league coaches.

 

It's the second consecutive year Head Coach Mark Leroux's club has enjoyed multiple All-SEC

 

award recipients in its lineup. Last season, Jace Long was named All-SEC, while Hunter Kraus was

 

the Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

 

"I'm very excited for Emilio and Euan to earn this recognition," Head Coach Mark Leroux said.

"Emilio was incredibly steady for us all year and Euan is one of the top young golfers in this

 

conference. This is  the premier golf conference in the country and I am really proud of the way our

 

program has developed. 

Obviously we are very excited for this weekend's event and excited for the future of Mizzou Golf

 

with four starters coming back next season."

Cuartero finished ninth at the 2014 SEC Championships (April 25-27), shooting 4-under-par through

 

the 54-hole event. He finished just one shot out of the Top Five. For the year, Cuartero led Mizzou in

 

scoring average, shooting 71.1 and he won the 2013 Columbia Regional Preview event last fall. He

 

finished the year with six Top 10 placings and never finished outside of the Top 30 in his 10 starts.

 

 

Walker, a freshman from Troon, Scotland, was second on the club in scoring average (72.5) and

 

recorded four Top 20 finishes as a rookie. His top finish came at the Columbia Regional Preview

 

where he tied for second with a 6-under-par score. Walker finished fourth in the SEC among

 

freshmen in scoring average and finished under par three times in 10 events.

 

Missouri Golf returns to action next week (May 15-17) at The Club at Old Hawthorne as the Tigers

 

host the NCAA Columbia Regional. The Columbia Regional field is loaded with the nation's top

 

teams as the 14-team field includes nine clubs ranked inside Golfstat's Top 50. No. 2 Oklahoma

 

State is the top seed at the Columbia Regional. Missouri, which is seeded eighth in the regional, is

 

ranked No. 46 nationally.

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
 

Matthias Schwab, Vanderbilt
 

Robby Shelton, Alabama
 

Matt Gilchrest, Auburn
 

Greyson Sigg, Georgia
 

Euan Walker, Missouri