UNO’s Brady Bennett, UIW’s Ellen Nicholas Named September Golfers of the Month
FRISCO, Texas – New Orleans’ Brady Bennett and UIW's Ellen Nicholas are the Southland Conference September Men’s and Women’s Golfers of the Month, the league announced Wednesday. Southland monthly honors are presented by
GEICO.
Bennett logged an average round score of 69.3 and posted a pair of top-10 finishes with back-to-back scores of 208, tied for the sixth-best 54-hole score in program history. The Privateers finished seventh out of 18 teams at the Golfweek Fall Challenge and grabbed a third-place finish at the Derek Dolenc Invitational. UNO closes out the fall schedule at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate in Jonesboro, Ark., Oct. 11-12, and the Pinetree Intercollegiate in Kennesaw, Ga., Oct. 18-19.
Nicholas took first place in the Huntsville Toyota Bearkat Invitational after breaking the program’s 54-hole record with a score of 208. The Cardinals placed fifth out of 14 teams. After UIW wraps up play at the New Mexico State Aggie Invitational on Wednesday, the team will close out fall play at the Ptarmigan Ram Classic in Fort Collins, Colo. Oct. 18-19.
September Golfer of the Month: Brady Bennett, New Orleans – Senior – Zachary, La.
Bennett’s average of 69.3 was good for 63
rd in the country through the opening month of play and earned him a pair of top-10 finishes. At the Golfweek Fall Challenge, he finished in a tie for ninth after turning in a career-low round of 66, the fifth-best round in school history. He birdied two of his first four holes and each of his last three on the final day.
With another score of 208, Bennett earned a runner-up finish at the Derek Dolenc Invitational and helped the team to a third-place performance. He registered back-to-back scores of 69 in the second and third rounds to become just the 11th Privateer since 1992 to fire back-to-back rounds below 70. Bennett led the field with 15 birdies, including five in the final round.
Honorable Mention: Shaheen Momin, HBU; Jake Stevenson, UIW.
September Golfer of the Month: Ellen Nicholas, UIW - Junior – Angmering, West Sussex, U.K.
Averaging a round score of 69.3, Nicholas secured individual medalist honors at the Huntsville Toyota Bearkat Invitational with a three-day total of 208, a 54-hole program record. She logged scores of 69 in the first and third rounds to help the Cardinals to a fifth-place finish, edging out league foes Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and HBU.
Honorable Mention: Aysis Azarcon, HBU; Reagan Gray, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Southland monthly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.
2021-22 Southland Golfers of the Month
Oct. 6 – Brady Bennett, New Orleans; Ellen Nicholas, UIW.