The University of Mississippi Athletics
Three Rebels Named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars
7/21/2016 | Men's Golf
OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss men's golfers Forrest Gamble, Noah West and Ben Wolcott were named to the Division I Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar team by the Golf Coaches Association of America Wednesday.
To be eligible for Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar honors an individual must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least three full years of collegiate golf, participate in 50-percent of his team's competitive rounds, have a stroke-average under 76.0 and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. Recipients must also be of a high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university. The Rebels also earned Outstanding Team Academic honors from the GCAA after posting a 3.54 combined team GPA during the 2015-16 academic year.
Gamble, the 2016 SEC Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete of the year, graduated with a degree in Physics in May and will attend medical school at UAB this fall. He finished tied for tenth at the FAU Slomin Autism Invite this past spring and ended his senior season with a 74.42 stroke average.
West enters his senior season as a triple-major in Managerial Finance, Real Estate, and Banking and Finance. The Tupelo, Mississippi native finished in the top-20 four times during the 2015-16 season, earning his top finish at the Old Waverley Collegiate Championship with a tie for fourth place. He finished his junior campaign with a 73.42 stroke average.
Wolcott begins his senior season with 13 career top-20 finishes. The Dickson, Tennessee native finished in the top-10 twice in the 2015-16 season with a stroke average of 74.0. His best finish came at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate where he finished tied for third.
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