The University of Hartford men’s golf team had an eventful week receiving 5 New England awards, including two awards received for the second year in a row.
Coach Peter Stankevich was named coach of the year for the second year in a row, and the Hawks were named the region’s Team of the Year for the second year in a row as well.
During the 2014-15 season, Coach Stankevich led the team to three invitational wins.
Starting with the Hartford Hawks Invitational in the fall and then the Florida Quad Meet in February and the Til Duty is Done Collegiate Invite in April.
The Hawks concluded the season at the Big Sky Championship, placing fifth.
On top of the two major awards, three players were named to the New England Division 1 Golf All-New England Team.
Seniors William Betts and Evan Russell were on the team along with Dan Yustin, who graduated last year from the College of Arts and Science.
For Evan Russell this is the second year in a row he was name to this team while for the other two it was their first time.
Last season, Will Betts competed in all 12 events for the Hawks.
He finished with a stroke average of 73.90, second best on the team.
He also led the team during the final three events and won the individual title at the Til Duty is Done Collegiate Invite.
At the Invite, Betts played a season low 68 in the opening round and ended the event at six under.
He also led the team at the Big Sky Championship with 222 score over 3 rounds.
Evan Russell was named to the team for the second year in a row.
Russell led the team with a 73.30 stroke average.
Of the 12 events on the year, Russell had top-ten finishes in five of them.
At the Hartford Hawks Invitational, he finished under par in all three rounds and ended the invitational at six under par.
Russell joins Betts earning a place on the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American Scholar list.
The last player named to the All-New England team for the Hawks is Dan Yustin.
Yustin was also named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American Scholar list.
He also played all 30 rounds this past season.
He shot a season low of 69 at the Connecticut Cup and was able to finish fourth at the event.
In his final event as a Hawk he finished with a stroke average of 74.33.
The Hawks opened the 2015-16 season this past weekend at the Turning Stone Tiger Invitational.
Hartford’s next event will be the Hartford Hawks Invitational starting on September 21, 2015.
With the team already receiving awards, this shows that is will be a good year for the men’s golf team.
The golf season has not officially started and with the success they are earning it is really exciting to see how they are going to do.
Let’s hope the Hawks can have another great season.