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Austin Peay, Central Arkansas Claim Weekly Golf Awards

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The United Athletic Conference (UAC) has announced its weekly award winners for men’s and women’s golf for Thursday, Oct. 15.

MEN’S GOLF
Golfer of the Week:
Jack Dyer, Austin Peay
Dyer led the Govs to a second place finish behind No. 29 Arkansas State while taking third place at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate. The senior carded a 210 (-6) final score following a tournament-best 17 birdies while equaling his career-low round score with a 66 in the third round.

WOMEN’S GOLF
Golfer of the Week:
Alethea Paige Gaccion, Central Arkansas
Gaccion led the Bears to a fourth place finish while being named co-champion at the Lady Red Wolves Classic in Jonesboro, Ark. The sophomore shot seven under par (209) while carding 14 birdies over the 54 holes.

About the United Athletic Conference

The newly rebranded United Athletic Conference (UAC) is a competitive NCAA Division I conference sponsoring sixteen (16) sports and championships with nine (9) full member institutions including Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Little Rock, Ark.), Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tenn.), the University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Ky.), the University of North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas), the University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas), and the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Ga.) with the University of West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.) as an affiliate member in football.