Guilford's Joseph Poplin Wins Weekly Honors
Greensboro, N.C. (9/27/06) -- Guilford College senior Joseph Poplin won the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Golfer of the Week and Guilford's Student-Athlete of the Week awards, presented by the Quakers' Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Monday.
Poplin paced Guilford September 23-24 at the season-opening Sea Trail Intercollegiate in Sunset Beach, N.C. with a seventh-place finish out of 107 golfers. He shot a three-under-par 141 over 36 holes to help the Quakers finish 10th as the only Division III squad in the 20-team field. The performance marked Poplin's 11th top 10 career finish.
Guilford's SAAC is comprised of representatives from each of the school's 16 varsity teams. The group meets regularly to discuss the state of Guilford Athletics and seeks to build community among student-athletes and non-student-athletes on the campus. Other recent Guilford SAAC activities include a canned-food drive to benefit local charities and dodgeball competitions among representatives from Guilford's administration and athletic teams.
Head coach Jack Jensen has three letter winners returning this year from last year's team that placed fifth at the 2006 NCAA Division III Golf Championships. They are back in action October 2-3 at the Greensboro College Invitational.