Men's & Women's Golf
 

August 16, 2006

Craig McConnell Earns GCAA Academic Honors

McConnell, from Beaumont, Texas (Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School), is one of only 30 men’s golfers to be named to the Division III Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar Team. In order to be eligible, golfers must have at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average and a stroke average of under 79.

Carla Spenkoch is in her ninth season as Trinity’s men’s golf coach. She took the 2003 Trinity team to its first NCAA Division III Championship tournament since 1975. Coach Spenkoch, who has also coached two All-Americans, led the Tigers to the 2005 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship. She is a teaching professional at the Quarry Golf Club in San Antonio and was voted the 1997 Favorite Golf Teacher by Golf for Women.  A team captain for the University of Texas Lady Longhorns in 1975 and 1976, Coach Spenkoch is a Class A member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Division.

Therese Bass has coached the Tiger women to SCAC runner-up finishes for two of the past three years.

Two Tiger women were named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team. Juniors Allison Bird of Farmington, N.M. (Piedra Vista), and Michelle McCullough of Scottsdale, Ariz. (Cactus Shadows), received the recognition for high academic and athletic standards. McCullough is the daughter of PGA Champions Tour member Mike McCullough.