The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Men's Golf Adds Two More Signees
12/4/2001 | Men's Golf
Dec. 4, 2001
The Ole Miss men's golf team has added two more signees to the Rebel program for the 2002-03 season according to head coach Woody Cowart. The Rebels have signed three high school athletes and one junior college transfer in the early signing period.
Ole Miss has added junior college transfer Pope Spruiell along with high school senior Chris Rogers.
Pope Spruiell chose Ole Miss after attending Shelton State Community College in Alabama. Spruiell finished fourth in the NJCAA Division II National Championship Tournament and earned first team All-America honors for his performance this season. The Livingston, Ala., native fired a four day 72-73-71-70-286 to finish two strokes from the title. The third and fourth round scores were both under par on the par-72 course.
Spruiell also finished in the top five in four of the five tournaments he as competed in this season, with a best performance of 72-67-68-207 coming in the Shelton State Fall Classic, where he finished 6-under-par. In high school, Spruiell was the Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) champion in 1999.
In addition to his accomplishments on the course, Spruiell has also performed well in the classroom as he has been inducted into Phi Theta Kappa academic honor society with a 3.57 grade point average.
Ole Miss also added high school senior Chris Rogers of Franklin, Tenn., to the roster for the fall. The senior from Battleground Academy posted two top 10 finishes in American Junior Golf Association tournaments this season. Rogers finished fourth at the AJGA Tournament in Rome, Ga., and eighth at the AJGA Tournament in Mobile, Ala. Rogers has also been named to the All-State First Team and finished fifth at the Tennessee State High School Tournament. He was ranked as the second best golfer in the state of Tennessee in the September, 11, 2001, edition of the National Junior Golf Rankings behind the nation's top golfer in the nation at the time. He was ranked the No. 79 player in the nation.
Rogers serves as president of the Honors Council at Battleground Academy as well as being selected as a Student Council Officer.
Ole Miss signed a total of four golfers in the early signing period. Rogers and Spruiell will join Texans Jonathan Lenz and Jeff Neimeyer in the fall.
