COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- On Tuesday, Tennessee Tech's Amber Shepherd
earned her first all-tournament honor with a fifth-place finish in
the Belmont Invitational. Wednesday, she was named the Ohio Valley
Conference Women's co-Golfer of the Week, another first for the
Golden Eagle sophomore from Caryville, Tenn.
Shepherd carded a career-best 72 in Monday's round at the Old
Hickory Country Club and added an 80 Tuesday, finishing in a tie
for fifth place to be named to the all-tournament squad. She shared
the award with Tala Mumford of Austin Peay, who also tied for fifth
at the Belmont Tournament.
Graham Sleigh of UT Martin was named as the OVC Men's Golfer of
the Week.
Shepherd and the Golden Eagle women's team will be in
Birmingham, Ala., Monday and Tuesday to compete in the Samford
Invitational, then wrap up the regular seaon at the OVC
Championships, April 22-24.
2011-12
adidas® OVC Golfers of the Week
Sept. 14 - Tomasz Anderson, Jacksonville State;
Marisa Kamelgarn, Morehead State
Sept. 21 - Trey Tarpley, Austin Peay; Lisanne Schmidt, Eastern
Kentucky
Sept. 28 - Dustin Korte, Austin Peay; Jared Flanery, Morehead
State; Lauren Bond, Austin Peay
Oct. 5 - Billy Peel, Eastern Kentucky; Patrick Newcomb, Murray
State; Ashton Stair, SIUE
Oct. 12 - Trey Tarpley, Austin Peay; Lourdes Lopez Caballo,
Jacksonville State
Oct. 19 - Marco Iten, Austin Peay; Alexandra Lennartsson, Murray
State
Oct. 26 - David Lawrence, Eastern Illinois; Emma Jonsson &
Marisa Kamelgarn, Morehead State
Nov. 2 - Patrick Newcomb, Murray State; Lisanne Schmidt, Eastern
Kentucky
Mar. 7 - Dustin Korte, Austin Peay; Brendon Caballero, UT Martin;
Marisa Kamelgarn, Morehead State
Mar. 21 - Patrick Newcomb, Murray State; Lucia Fernandez Valdes,
Jacksonville State
Mar. 28 - Patrick Newcomb, Murray State; Marisa Kamelgarn,
Morehead State
Apr. 4 - Graham Sleigh, UT Martin; Tala Mumford, Austin Peay &
Amber Shepherd, Tennessee Tech