UMC's McClure Named All-NSIC Second Team

BURNSVILLE, Minn.-  The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) announced that Matt McClure (Sr., Grand Rapids, Minn./Natural Resources) was named 2014-15 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Men’s Golf All-Conference Second Team. McClure earned three All-NSIC honors during his career as he was an All-NSIC First Team selection as a junior and an All-NSIC Second Team pick as a freshman.

McClure led the team with a 76.8 scoring average, which was five-over-par for the season. He notched two top 10 finishes on the season, including placing second at the UMC/Minot State Aliante Invite. McClure placed seventh at the UNK Fall Invite in September. McClure finished tied for 17th at the NSIC/US Bank Men’s Golf Championship. McClure’s low round of the season was 70.

Ross Miller of Minnesota State University, Mankato was named the NSIC Men’s Golfer of the Year after leading the conference with a 73.1 average. Minnesota State coach Bryant Black earned NSIC Men’s Coach of the Year in his first season leading the Mavericks.

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The University of Minnesota Crookston is a NCAA Division II university located in the Red River Valley of Northwest Minnesota. UMC sponsors 11 intercollegiate athletic teams with membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate conference (NSIC) and the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA). The NSIC is a 16-team conference with schools situated in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
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First Team     Yr.     School     Hometown     High School
Tyler Jensvold     Sr.     Augustana     Granite Falls, Minn.     Yellow Medicine
Andrew Benson     Sr.     Bemidji State     Eden Prairie, Minn.     Minnetonka
Ross Miller     Sr.     Minnesota State     Maple Grove, Minn.       Osseo
Kowan O’Keefe     Sr..     Minot State     Creston, B.C.            Salmon Arm Secondary
Tyler Koivisto     Sr.     St. Cloud State     Cokato, Minn.     Dassel-Cokato
Mitch Holm     Jr.     Winona State     Prior Lake, Minn.     Prior Lake
               

Second Team     Yr.     School     Hometown     High School
Parker Klitzke     Fr.     Augustana     Sioux Falls, S.D.     Lincoln
Adam Petterson      Sr.      Concordia-St. Paul     Lakeville, Minn.     Lakeville North
Matt McClure     Sr.     Minnesota Crookston     Grand Rapids, Minn.     Grand Rapids
Gonzalo Martinez     Fr.     Minnesota State     Mexico City, Mexico     International Academy (Va.)
Kelton Schmitz     Fr.     Minnesota State     New Ulm, Minn.     New Ulm
Jon Lindquist     Fr.     Winona State     Bloomington, Minn.     Thomas Jefferson