University of Memphis Athletics
Hello American Athletic Conference: We Are Memphis Men's Golf
Jul 10, 2013 | General
July 10, 2013
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Hello American Athletic Conference, We Are Memphis: |
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On July 1, the University of Memphis officially became a member of the American Athletic Conference. Beginning July 8, GoTigersGo.com brings a daily introduction of each sport at the University of Memphis to the American Athletic Conference. The sport schedule is below with links to previously featured programs. |
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FB - July 8 |
VB - July 11 | Rifle - July 16 | MBB - July 19 | SFB - July 24 |
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WSoc - July 9 |
MSoc - July 12 | WBB - July 17 | WTen - July 22 | MTen - July 25 |
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MGolf - July 10 |
WGolf - July 15 | T&F - July 18 | BSB - July 23 | University - July 26 |
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Sport Academic Awards |
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| Memphis earned two Conference USA Sport Academic Awards. In 2012, the Tigers earned the distinction with a 3.402 grade-point average. | |||||||
| Jack Belote (left) led the Tigers with a 3.75 GPA in 2012. | |||||||
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Conference Championships |
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| The Tigers have won five conference championships. Memphis picked up its first as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference in 1967 and won two titles as a member of the Metro Conference (1976/1988). In 1992, Memphis won the Great Midwest Conference championship and the 2012 squad earned the Conference USA title. | ||||
| The 2012 Conference USA Men's Golf Champions. | ||||
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All-Academic Team Selections |
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| Memphis placed at least one golfer on the Conference USA All-Academic Team in six of the last seven years. | ||||
| Brad Benjamin was named to the All-Academic team from 2007-09. | ||||
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NCAA Tournament Appearances |
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| The Tigers have appeared in the NCAA Tournament on 10 occasions. Memphis was an NCAA Tournament team in 1954, 1955, 1964, 1967, 1970 and 1988. The 2008 squad ended a 20-year drought and now the Tigers have appeared in the tournament three-straight years (2011-13). | ||||
| Junior Will Pearson led the Tigers at the 2013 NCAA West Regional by tying for 20th. | ||||
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All-Conference Selections |
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| Memphis has placed 71 golfers on all-conference teams since 1967 | ||||
| Jonathan Fly was a three-time All-Conference USA First Team selection from 2010-12 | ||||
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Frank L. Flautt Golf Center |
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| In 2009, Memphis Men's Golf moved to the state of the art Frank L. Flautt Golf Center. | ||||
| Coach Grant Robbins discusses the Frank L. Flautt Golf Center | ||||
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