SAVOIE NAMED TO C-USA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

SENIOR RANKS 2ND IN C-USA WITH 71.5 STROKE AVERAGE

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IRVING, Texas- Conference USA's commitment to excellence, both on the course and in the classroom, as the league announced the five-man 2017 InTouch Credit Union Conference USA Men's Golf All-Academic Team. Highlighting the squad is Middle Tennessee's Joey Savoie.
 
Savoie, a senior, leads the Blue Raiders with 20 rounds of par or better and has seven rounds in the 60s. He owns three top-10 finishes and his low round of 66 is the second-best this season for a Blue Raider and tied for the eighth best in school history.
 
Savoie, who leads the team and ranks second in C-USA with a 71.5 stroke average, shot a 205 54-hole total en route to finishing in a tie for third at the Mason Rudolph which equaled the fourth best in MT golf history and earned him C-USA Golfer of the Week honors. The Quebec, Canada, native has a 3.60 GPA in accounting and was named to the Dean's List in the fall.
 
2017 InTouch Credit Union C-USA Men's Golf All-Academic Team
Alex Weiss - Marshall, Jr., Pickerington, Ohio, 3.65 GPA in Business Management
Joey Savoie – Middle Tennessee, Sr., Quebec, Canada, 3.60 GPA in Accounting
Cory Churchman – North Texas, Sr., Abilene, Texas, 3.575 GPA in Finance
Mario Carmona* - Rice, Jr., Houston, Texas, 3.632 GPA in Mathematic Economic Analysis and Sport Management
Mitchell Meissner - Rice, Jr., San Antonio, Texas, 3.880 GPA in Mathematic Economic Analysis and Sport Management
* - repeat winner