MEN’S
Alex Carpenter, Abilene Christian University, JR, Little Rock, Ark., Arkansas Baptist HS
Carpenter led the ACU Wildcats to a fourth-place showing Tuesday at the Grand Canyon Thunderbird Invitation golf tournament against one of the best fields of the season. The Wildcats were among a field that included six of the nation’s top 20 teams in the latest Golf World/Nike Golf Division II College Coaches’ poll. The teams were playing the par-72 Wigwam Golf Course and the top five teams in the field blistered the course. The Wildcats had three players finish under par over the three rounds, including Carpenter who finished tied for seventh at 5-under-par 216. Carpenter shot rounds of 70-72 on Monday and capped his tournament run with a 3-under-par 69 on Tuesday.
WOMEN’S
Taylor Klutts, Midwestern State University, JR, Lake Kiowa, Texas, Callisburg HS
Klutts helped lead the Mustangs to a third place finish at the Bluebonnet Classic. Klutts fired a 5-over-par 149 to finish second individually, two strokes from the individual title. Klutts posted rounds of 2-over 74 and 3-over 75 at the Tangle Ridge Golf Course in Grand Prairie. Ranked 76th nationally, Klutts bettered her 78.57 average for the season.