PROKOP NAMED CACC COACH OF YEAR AND THREE CHARGERS EARN ALL-CACC ACCOLADES

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/7/18) Dominican College men's golf coach, Keith Prokop, has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Coach of the Year as was announced today by Commissioner Dan Mara. Three members of the Chargers were named to the All-Conference Team as was determined by where the student-athletes rank in the final Golfstat individual rankings for the regular season.

Men's Golf Coach Keith Prokop was named the CACC Coach of the Year, while three Chargers were named to the All-CACC Team.
May 7, 2018

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/7/18) Dominican College men's golf coach, Keith Prokop, has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Coach of the Year as was announced today by Commissioner Dan Mara. Three members of the Chargers were named to the All-Conference Team as was determined by where the student-athletes rank in the final Golfstat individual rankings for the regular season.

Prokop was named the CACC Coach of the Year after he guided the Chargers to four tournament championships throughout the fall and spring seasons. The voting for the coach-of-the-year honor was conducted by the league's sports information directors. This is his first coach-of-the-year honors.

Dominican College golfers, Carlos Armas Stenner (Durango, Mexico), Leonard Lee (Wyckoff, N.J.) and Hunter Wescott (Portland, Ore.) were all named to the All-CACC Team.

The junior Lee makes his second consecutive All-CACC appearance.  This season he was named to the CACC All-Tournament Team, following his t5th place finish at the CACC Championships, earned one Golfer of the Week honors and won the Individual Medal at the 10th Annual Charger Challenge.  He tied for 6th place at the St. Thomas Aquinas Spring Invite, finished eighth at the Mike Bello Invite and tied for thrd at the Bentley Newport National Classic.

Stenner, a sophomore, has earned one CACC Golfer of the Week honors this season.  He's had one top five finish this season and one tie for seventh place.

Wescott, a junior, also makes his first All-CACC appearance.  He earned one CACC Golfer of the Week honors this season and was named to the CACC Weekly Honor Roll once this season.  He tied for sixth place at the Penmen Fall Invitational with a second round low score of 66 (-3).  He tied for 5th at the Charger Challenge and tied for 7th at the Saint Rose Fall Shootout and the Bentley Newport National Classic.

Wilmington University's Joey Russo was named the Player of the Year, while Sergio Ronchel was tabbed the Rookie of the Year.

Click here to view the complete release of the 2018 All-CACC Golf Team from the conference office.

 

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.