UMHB Predicted to Win ASC Men’s Golf Crown
2020-21 ASC Men’s Golf Schedule
RICHARDSON, Texas – Mary Hardin-Baylor was selected to win the 2021 American Southwest Conference Men’s Golf Championship in a vote of the league’s head coaches, the conference office announced Friday (January 22).
The Cru received 82 points and three out of 10 first-place votes in the poll. UMHB is ranked 8th in the GCAA Pre-Spring Poll after winning two tournaments in the fall.
Second in the poll was 2019 ASC champion Concordia Texas with 81 points and a first-place vote. McMurry (72/1), LeTourneau (69/3), and UT Dallas (65/1) followed them.
Rounding out the poll were Hardin-Simmons (64); East Texas Baptist (50); Belhaven (30/1); Howard Payne (30); and Louisiana College (13).
Eighteen golfers are among those to watch in 2021. Nominated by the head coaches, the watch list includes four who earned All-Conference honors in 2019.
Spring tournaments will begin Wednesday, January 27. The ASC Men’s Golf Championship is April 26-27, 2021, at The Hideout Golf Club in Brownwood, Texas.
2021 ASC Preseason Men’s Golf Poll
Team (First) | Votes | 2019 Championship Finish |
1. Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) | 82 | 6th |
2. Concordia Texas (1) | 81 | 1st |
3. McMurry (1) | 72 | 2nd |
4. LeTourneau (3) | 69 | 4th |
5. UT Dallas (1) | 65 | 3rd |
6. Hardin-Simmons | 64 | 5th |
7. East Texas Baptist | 50 | T7th |
8. Belhaven (1) | 30 | — |
Howard Payne | 30 | T7th |
10. Louisiana College | 13 | 9th |
2021 Golfers to Watch
Name | Cl. | Team | Hometown |
Achanta Aashish | Fr. | UT Dallas | San Jose, Calif. |
Kyle Anderson | Jr. | Howard Payne | Pearland, Texas |
Kaleb Brown * | Jr. | Howard Payne | Sulphur Bluff, Texas |
Luke Couch | So. | Belhaven | Vestavia Hills, Ala. |
Hank Crain * | Jr. | East Texas Baptist | Prescott, Ark. |
Ryan Kropp | Sr. | UT Dallas | Brighton, Colo. |
Brendon Lowrance * | Sr. | McMurry | Mansfield, Texas |
Landon Oney * | Sr. | LeTourneau | Diana, Texas |
Marco Punzo | So. | Concordia Texas | Prosper, Texas |
Robert Quintana | So. | Hardin-Simmons | Allen, Texas |
Lane Roye | Sr. | McMurry | Fort Worth, Texas |
William Sammons | Fr. | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Spring, Texas |
Justin Skorheim | Jr. | Concordia Texas | Spring, Texas |
Jack Sladek | Fr. | East Texas Baptist | North Richland Hills, Texas |
Bryson Thurston | So. | LeTourneau | Montgomery, Texas |
Kaden Treybig | So. | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Bellville, Texas |
Payton Tuttle | Sr. | Belhaven | Richland, Miss. |
Nick Vella | Sr. | Hardin-Simmons | Colleyville, Texas |
2019 All-Conference *