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June 30, 2007


Murray Rudisill Named Virginia Golf Coach of the Year
Virginia Tech, ODU Place Two on First Team

NORFOLK, VA—The Virginia State Golf Coaches Association named Old Dominion University head coach Murray Rudisill the 2007 Coach-of-the-Year.  The association also selected a first and second All-State team. Josh Meador (Radford), Jurrian Van Der Vaart (Virginia Tech), Stan Guerrero (ODU), Eric Onesi (ODU) and Drew Weaver (Virginia Tech) were selected to the first team.

2007 VaSID University Division Men's Golf All-State Team

Rudisill’s youthful Monarchs featured three freshmen and no seniors in his top five. ODU won the CAA Championship and advanced to the NCAA East Regionals.  Rudisill was named CAA Coach-of-the Year in April. This is his fifth State honor and third since 2003. In all, the Monarchs had 11 top 10 and eight top five finishes. In addition to winning the league crown, ODU won the William and Mary Joe Agee title.

Drew Weaver (So, High Point, NC.) won the 2007 British Amateur on June 23^rd and gains exemption into the British Open, the Masters and a four-year exemption into the US Amateur. He led the Hokies in four events, taking a second at Hawaii, fourth at Duke and 23^rd at the NCAA East Regional. He placed 12^th at the ACC Championships and posted a 73.80 scoring average.

Stan Guerrero tied for ODU’s best stroke average of 72.7, and was the Monarchs top performer in four tournaments. He tied for second at Raines, fifth at Mission Inn and took sixth at the CAA Championship. Guerrero earned first team All-CAA honors, helped ODU capture the CAA title and advance to the NCAA East Regionals. The finance major was also the CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year for men’s golf.

Jurrian van der Vaart (Jr, Almelo, the Netherlands) was second on the team in stroke average at 73.75. He placed 15^th at the ACC Championship which the Hokies tied Georgia Tech for the League title. He also placed ninth at Furman, which the Hokies won.

Josh Meador, (Sr, Glen Allen, VA. posted a 72.1 stroke average for Radford University. He placed fifth overall at the Big South Championships, and had seven top 10 finishes, two top five, including one medalist honor in the Lonnie Smalls Tournament, and one second-place finish. Meador is a three-time Dean’s list student at Radford and a two-time Big South Academic All-Conference selection.

Eric Onesi (Fr., Bear, DE.) is the CAA Rookie of the Year.  He tied Guerrero for the teams best stroke average at 72.7. Onesi tied for second at the CAA Championship as the Monarchs won the title and advanced to the NCAA East Regional.  He placed second at the ODU/Seascape along with a fourth place finish at Mid Pines. Onesi also earned first team All-CAA and CAA All-Tournament honors. 

Conrad Van Borsig (Virginia), Rafael Campos (VCU), Adam Webb (Longwood), Ryan Sypniewski (Virginia Tech), and Jens Fahrbring (VCU) are second team All-State selections.

All-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association.  For more information, please visit the VaSID site at http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.

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