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Bears, Colonels 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, Sept. 24.

MEN’S GOLF
Golfer of the Week:
Cohen Kinnard, Central Arkansas
Kinnard led the Bears with a share of fourth place and a 206 (-4) final score. Kinnard carded rounds under-par in rounds one and three while shooting an even 70 in round two to lead the Bears to a fourth place finish at the GMAC Invitational.

WOMEN’S GOLF
Golfer of the Week:
 Karra Tucker, EKU
Tucker finished with a share of 6th place at Kentucky’s Betty Lou Evans Invitational. The junior carded under-par for all three rounds for a 211 finish (-6) and beat out competition from Kentucky, Indiana, Penn State, California and Cincinnati.
 

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.