By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's golf team announced the addition of two players for the 2020-21 athletic season. The Golden Eagles add two signees to a squad with a pair of senior members.

Here's a look at this year's signees:

MARK McDEARMAN
Hometown: Lebanon, Tenn.
High School: Lebanon High School

McDearman was a two-sport athlete earning seven letters between golf and baseball at Lebanon High School. Playing for head golf coach Hunter Christian, he was named team MVP three times while earning four All-District honors and claiming District Medalist honors in 2018. He finished as the District runner-up in 2019 and twice finished as the Region runner-up. A two-time state qualifier as a junior and senior, he McDearman also qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2019. During his senior campaign, he turned in a scoring average of 70, fired a 65 at the 2019 Schooldays Tournament to earn medalist honors and placed first at the Sneds Tour Masters. He also made the cut in the 2019 Tennessee State Amateur.

COACH BROWN'S TAKE
"We're very excited to have this young man on our roster next fall. His father played for Tech, so the purple and gold is in his blood. Mark has had a very solid junior career. Furthermore, being a two-sport athlete will serve him very well as he moves into playing collegiate golf."

ALEXANDER BASSEL
Hometown: Lexington, Ky.
High School: Lexington Christian Academy

Bassel lettered four years for head coach Eric Geldolf at Lexington Christian Academy, capturing Regional individual medalist honors as a senior. As a sophomore, helped lead his team to the state title. Racked up a scoring average of 72.2 during his senior campaign. As a junior, compiled a 73.6 scoring average while placing in the top-10 of the AJOA. Also placed third at the U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier.

COACH BROWN'S TAKE
"Alexander will be our third out-of-state player we've had since I've been here and the first from Kentucky, which has a rich history of producing great collegiate golfers. He will bring a lot of excitement and passion to our program. He has had experienced a lot of success from a team standpoint having won a championship his sophomore year. Furthermore, he has really showed tremendous progression in his game his junior and senior year, which we believe will continue as he moves on to collegiate golf. We look forward to him joining our team in August."