Tyler Parker Earns NAC Rookie of the Year
North Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Year Tyler Parker
JOHNSON, Vt. (October 14, 2009) - Johnson State College sophomore Tyler Parker (Morrisville, Vt./Peoples Academy) has been named North Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Year as well as a NAC Second Team member after finishing in a tie for 8th place at the NAC Championships this weekend. The tournament was played in Orono, Maine at Penobscot Valley Country Club.
Parker shot a 77 in round one to put him in 5th place overall in the 35 player field and then fired an 85 on day two to finish in the 8th place tie and help Johnson State to a 6th place team finish. Kevin Byrne of Husson University was the tournament winner firing a 70 and a 72 to lead the Eagles to the NAC Tournament Championship.
Parker had a tremendous first season of college golf for the Badgers. Parker earned Medalist honors four times during the fall first on September 5th at Catamount Country Club in Williston, Vermont where he won the event by one-shot with a low score of 70. On September 19 Parker bested the field by three shots with a 77 at Beaver Meadow in Concord, New Hampshire. Parker’s again shot at 77 at Jay Peak Golf Course on September 26, winning by a whopping 13 strokes and helping JSC to the team victory. Finally, on September 27 and again leading the Badgers to the team win, Parker shot a 73 at Killington’s Green Mountain National outshooting the field by four strokes.
Parker, a Business Management major, was the low-scorer in each of the Badgers eight events this fall, the program’s first since the 1980's. Head Coach Lou Jarvis said of Parker, “ he was steady all season for us. He was in the 70’s every round but his last and was the anchor of our team.”