2015 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE GOLF WEEKLY NEWS RELEASE WEEK 1: FEBRUARY 11, 2015 CONTACT: CHUCK DUNLAP (205)

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1 2015 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE GOLF WEEKLY NEWS RELEASE WEEK 1: FEBRUARY 11, 2015 CONTACT: CHUCK DUNLAP (205) GOLF WEEKLY SCHEDULE MEN Feb SunTrust Gator Invitational Arkansas, Florida, Mark Bostick GC Vanderbilt Gainesville, Fla. Feb The Prestige at PGA West LSU La Quinta, Cali. Feb John A. Burns Invitational Texas A&M Kauai, Hawaii WOMEN Feb FSU Seminole Classic Mississippi State, Southwood Golf Club Missouri, South Carolina, Tallahassee, Fla. Texas A&M Feb Lady Puerto Rico Classic Arkansas, Auburn, Rio Mar Georgia, LSU Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Men s Golfers of the Week: ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Matt Gilchrest, Auburn Season: Currently ranked 11th in Golfweek Individual Rankings. Has four top-5 finishes in five events (T-2 at Primland Invitational, T-2 at Sagamore Fall Preview, T-4 at Carpet Capital Collegiate and T-5 at Amer Ari. This Week (2/1 2/7): Tied for fifth at the Amer Ari Invitational in Waikoloa, Hawaii with a three-day total 12-under 204. In the second round of the Amer Ari Invitational, Gilchrest compiled ten birdies and shot an 8-under 64, tying him for the second lowest 18-hole round in Auburn school history with Stuart Moore and one shot behind Kyle Kopsick s record MEN S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS APRIL 17-19, 2015 ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA. SEA ISLAND SEASIDE COURSE - PAR 70 Chad Merzbacher, Tennessee Merzbacher recorded his second top 10 finish of the season with a 6th place finish at the 7th Annual Sea Best Invitational held at TPC Sawgrass - Dye s Valley. He posted a team low 71 (+1) during the final round which included two birdies. Merzbacher carded to finish 7-over par and seven strokes off the lead. He has started all 17 rounds, all of which counted towards the team score, for the Vols throughout the campaign. Merzbacher has posted six rounds in the 60s with his low round being WOMEN S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS APRIL 17-19, 2015 HOOVER, ALA. GREYSTONE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB LEGACY COURSE - PAR 72

2 2015 GOLF WEEKLY NEWS RELEASE SPORTS.COM GOLFWEEK NATIONAL RANKINGS FEBRUARY 9, 2015 MEN Rank/School Rating Events Schedule 1 Illinois (31) 2 Oregon (25) 3 Florida State (35) 4 LSU (20) 5 Vanderbilt (4) 6 Wake Forest (12) 7 Georgia Tech (13) 8 Baylor (19) 9 North Carolina (26) 10 UCLA (16) 11 Auburn (11) 12 Alabama (14) 13 Texas (3) 14 Southern Cal (27) 15 Texas Tech (9) 16 Stanford (7) 17 Oklahoma (5) 18 S. Carolina (18) 19 Virginia (17) 20 Washington (10) 21 Arizona State (66) 22 South Florida (54) 23 Kennesaw St (111) 24 Houston (62) 25 UNLV (38) WOMEN Rank/School Rating Events Schedule 1 Washington (55) 2 South Carolina (6) 3 UCLA (8) 4 Duke (5) 5 Stanford (11) 6 Southern California (4) 7 Arkansas (18) 8 Mississippi State () 9 Northwestern (10) 10 Wake Forest (29) 11 Vanderbilt (25) 12 Pepperdine (21) 13 Tennessee (42) 14 Arizona (3) 15 Oklahoma State (9) 16 Virginia (14) 17 LSU (16) 18 Auburn (32) 19 North Carolina State (12) 20 Texas A&M (45) 21 UNLV (61) 22 Louisville (65) 23 UCF (19) 24 San Diego State (60) 25 Alabama (2) COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INTERNET The has an extensive presence on the World Wide Web at www. secsports.com and Travel to the s site to find the up-to-the-minute information on golf, including, statistics, schedules & results and much more. For more information, please contact Chuck Dunlap at cdunlap@sec.org. ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Each week, the Southeastern Conference will announce six Athlete of the Week honors for the sport of golf. The conference will honor a male and female Golfer of the Week and Freshman of the Week. Athletes of the week are announced each Wednesday afternoons from the office. WEEKLY HONORS - WEEK-BY-WEEK MEN S GOLFER OF THE WEEK 2/11 - Matt Gilchrest, Auburn; Chad Merzbacher, Tennessee MEN S FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK WOMEN S GOLFER OF THE WEEK WOMEN S FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

3 Page 1 of 4 Report - M Golf Leader Board Rank Name Rounds Strokes Average Low Top Finish 1 Robby Shelton (Fr., Alabama ) nd 1 Will Starke (Jr., South Carolina ) nd 3 Matt NeSmith (Jr., South Carolina ) T 4th 4 Chad Merzbacher (Jr., Tennessee ) th 5 Tom Lovelady (Jr., Alabama ) nd 6 Ben Wood (Jr., Mississippi State ) st 7 Ben Taylor (Sr., LSU ) st 8 Ben Wolcott (So., Ole Miss ) T 11th 9 Stewart Jolly (Sr., LSU ) st 10 Greyson Sigg (So., Georgia ) th 11 Caleb Sturgeon (Sr., South Carolina ) T 5th 12 J.D. Tomlinson (Sr., Florida ) T 3rd 13 Zach Wright (Jr., LSU ) T 13th 14 Lorenzo Scalise (Fr., Tennessee ) T 20th 15 Eric Ricard (So., LSU ) nd 16 Jack Smith (So., Tennessee ) T 1st 17 Ben Dietrich (So., South Carolina ) T 15th 18 Joe Lewis (Sr., Ole Miss ) T 12th 19 Tim Walker (Jr., Mississippi State ) T 24th 20 Blake Morris (Sr., Ole Miss ) T 17th 21 Juan Carlos Serrano (So., Tennessee ) T 20th 22 Zach Healy (Fr., Georgia ) th 23 Michael Nagy (Jr., Tennessee ) T 36th 24 Jackson Dick (So., Mississippi State ) T 5th 25 Thomas Stewart (Sr., Florida ) T 16th Less than 10 rounds played 1 Matt Gilchrest (So., Auburn ) T 5th 2 Lee McCoy (Jr., Georgia ) st 3 Ben Schlottman (Fr., Auburn ) T 26th 3 Michael Johnson (Jr., Auburn ) T 26th

4 Page 2 of 4 5 Dan Stringfellow (Sr., Auburn ) T 50th 6 Alvaro Ortiz (Fr., Arkansas ) T 15th 7 Nicholas Reach (Jr., Georgia ) th 8 Will Long (So., Auburn ) T 53rd 9 Ryan Zech (Sr., Missouri ) st 10 Sepp Straka (Jr., Georgia ) th 10 Matthew Perrine (Fr., Auburn ) T 63rd 12 Nicolas Echavarria (Jr., Arkansas ) th 13 Will Murphy (Sr., South Carolina ) T 8th 14 Dru Love (So., Alabama ) th 14 A.J. Crouch (Jr., Florida ) st 14 Connor Davis (Jr., Ole Miss ) T 5th 14 Gavin Moynihan (So., Alabama ) T 19th 18 Mookie DeMoss (Sr., Georgia ) th 19 Sean Kelly (Jr., South Carolina ) T 20th 20 Taylor Moore (Jr., Arkansas ) T 8th 21 Wilson Sundvold (Jr., Missouri ) T 4th 21 Blaine Woodruff (Sr., South Carolina ) T 26th 21 Dalton Conn (So., Mississippi State ) T 51st 24 Ryan Celano (Fr., Florida ) T 6th 25 Kolton Crawford (Jr., Arkansas ) T 4th 25 Euan Walker (So., Missouri ) T 4th 25 Forrest Gamble (Jr., Ole Miss ) T 55th 28 David Snyder (Jr., Kentucky ) T 4th 29 Noah West (So., Ole Miss ) T 19th 29 Jake Mondy (Jr., Auburn ) T 81st 31 Tyler "Chip" McDaniel (Fr., Kentucky ) T 14th 31 Eric Banks (Sr., Florida ) T 13th 31 Keenan Huskey (Fr., South Carolina ) T 39th 34 Josh Seiple (Fr., Ole Miss ) T 40th 35 Myles Lewis (Sr., LSU ) T 25th 36 Robby Prater (So., Alabama ) th 37 Conor Richardson (So., Florida ) T 57th 38 Ben Follett-Smith (So., Mississippi State ) T 39th

5 Page 3 of 4 39 Emil Soegaard (Fr., Arkansas ) T 18th 40 Jonathan Hardee (Fr., Alabama ) T 32nd 41 Austin Rose (Fr., Mississippi State ) T 51st 42 Ryan Orr (So., Florida ) T 19th 43 Jaime Lopez Rivarola (So., Georgia ) nd 44 Harrison Greenberry (Jr., Kentucky ) T 24th 44 Tyler Hitchner (Fr., Alabama ) nd 44 Parker Derby (So., Georgia ) st 47 Blake Caldwell (Fr., LSU ) T 29th Luigi Botta (Fr., Missouri ) T 17th 49 Cooper Musselman (Fr., Kentucky ) T 14th 49 Fred Allen Meyer (Fr., Kentucky ) T 49th 51 TJ Morgan (Sr., Mississippi State ) th 51 Thomas Dunne (Sr., Tennessee ) th 51 Michael Monroe (Jr., Tennessee ) T 39th 51 Sam Straka (Sr., Georgia ) st 51 Zach Coats (So., Arkansas ) T 54th 56 Taylor Bibbs (Fr., Mississippi State ) T 20th 57 Gonzalo Rubio (Jr., Arkansas ) T 46th 58 Rhyne Jones (So., LSU ) T 30th 59 Will Bishop (Sr., Kentucky ) T 42nd 60 Jordan Gumberg (Fr., Tennessee ) T 76th 61 Fletcher Johnson (Jr., Mississippi State ) T 6th 62 Johnny Newnham (RFr., Mississippi State ) T 56th 63 Grant Daugherty (Jr., Tennessee ) T 66th 63 Will Echelmeier (So., Missouri ) th 65 Stephen Stallings (So., Kentucky ) T 33rd 66 Jacob Fair (So., Missouri ) T 38th 67 Todd McDaniel (Jr., Kentucky ) T 36th 68 Brendan Gramley (Jr., South Carolina ) T 80th 69 Richard Donegan (Jr., Florida ) th Team Results - Tournaments Counting 4 Scores. School Rounds Strokes Ind. Stroke Team Stroke Low Round Top Ten Best Finish Auburn 3 / (Amer Ari 1 8th

6 Page 4 of 4 South Carolina 9 / (Camden Collegiate 3 1st Alabama (Jerry Pate National 4 1st LSU (Golfweek Conference Challenge) 4 1st Tennessee 17 / (Quail Valley 4 2nd Ole Miss (Jerry Pate National 4 4th Arkansas 6 / Missouri 6 / (Jerry Pate 285 (Turning Stone 1 5th 1 1st Florida (Florida Gulf Coast 2 2nd Georgia 6 / (Tavistock Collegiate 1 10th Mississippi State 15 / (Jerry Pate 4 5th Kentucky 9 / (Erin Hills 3 5th Team Results - Tournaments Counting 5 Scores. School Rounds Strokes Ind. Stroke Team Stroke Georgia 9 / Low Round 275 (Ka'anapali Collegiate Classic) Top Ten Best Finish 3 1st South Carolina 3 / (The Carmel Cup) 1 6th Arkansas 3 / (Carmel Cup) 1 7th ** No longer on team

7 Page 1 of 3 Report - W Golf Leader Board Rank Name Rounds Strokes Average Low Top Finish 1 Gabriela Lopez (Jr., Arkansas ) rd 2 Samantha Marks (So., Arkansas ) T 9th 3 Regina Plasencia (Jr., Arkansas ) T 5th 4 Sophia Schubert (Fr., Auburn ) st 5 Clara Baena (So., Auburn ) T 1st 5 Summar Roachell (So., Arkansas ) T 9th 7 Lakareber Abe (Fr., Alabama ) T 4th 8 Emma Talley (Jr., Alabama ) rd 9 Hannah Pietila (So., Tennessee ) T 2nd 10 Maria Torres (So., Florida ) T 5th 11 Karolina Vlckova (Jr., Florida ) T 3rd 12 Alex Harrell (Jr., Auburn ) T 9th 12 Kelli Murphy (Fr., Auburn ) T 12th 14 Kelly Grassel (So., Florida ) T 5th 15 Harang Lee (So., Georgia ) T 4th 16 Amira Alexander (Jr., Georgia ) T 6th 17 Taylor Tomlinson (Fr., Florida ) T 21st 18 Mia Landegren (So., Alabama ) T 41st 19 Cammie Gray (So., Alabama ) T 36th 20 Ursa Orehek (Jr., Florida ) T 26th 21 Nicole Morales (Fr., Alabama ) T 55th Less than 10 rounds played 1 Abby Newton (Jr., Ole Miss ) st 2 Nanna Madsen (Fr., South Carolina ) st 3 Justine Dreher (Sr., South Carolina ) st 4 Mary Fran Hillow (Jr., South Carolina ) T 2nd 5 Anna Newell (Fr., Tennessee ) T 2nd 6 AJ Newell (Sr., Tennessee ) T 2nd 7 Haley Mills (So., Kentucky ) th 7 Lucia Polo (So., Tennessee ) T 10th

8 Page 2 of 3 9 Katelyn Dambaugh (So., South Carolina ) T 5th 10 Manuela Carbajo Re (Jr., Georgia ) T 13th 11 Stani Schiavone (Sr., Ole Miss ) rd 12 Janie Jackson (Jr., Alabama ) T 18th 12 Mason Chen (Sr., Tennessee ) T 10th 14 Kayli Quinton (So., Arkansas ) T 32nd 15 Blakesly Warren (Fr., Tennessee ) T 11th 16 Camilla Hedberg (Sr., Florida ) T 3rd 17 Jia Xin Yang (So., South Carolina ) T 22nd 18 Cylia Damerau (Jr., Kentucky ) T 25th 18 Daeun Song (Sr., Tennessee ) T 32nd 20 Alison Hovatter (Jr., Ole Miss ) nd 20 Jordy LaBarbera (Fr., Arkansas ) T 46th 20 Sarah Harris (Jr., Kentucky ) T 39th 23 Alana Uriell (Fr., Arkansas ) T th 24 Isabella Skinner (Fr., Georgia ) T 16th 25 Emmie Pietila (So., Tennessee ) T 45th 26 Victoria Trapani (Sr., Auburn ) T 40th 27 Alessandra Walker (So., Kentucky ) T 20th 28 Rocio Sanchez Lobato (Sr., Georgia ) T 16th 29 Jamie Yun (Jr., Auburn ) T 30th 30 Anna Young (Sr., Florida ) T 21st 31 Madisen Bentley (So., Ole Miss ) th 32 Sammi Lee (So., Georgia ) T 23rd 33 Grace Rose (Fr., Kentucky ) T 46th 33 Sofia Idoyaga (Fr., Ole Miss ) th 35 Megan Kinney (So., Kentucky ) th 36 Nicole Quinn (Sr., Auburn ) th 37 Mary Ellen Shuman (So., Georgia ) th 38 Ainhoa Olarra (Fr., South Carolina ) th Team Results - Tournaments Counting 4 Scores. School Rounds Strokes Ind. Stroke Team Stroke Low Round Top Ten Best Finish Arkansas (Schooner Fall Classic) 4 1st

9 Page 3 of 3 South Carolina 9 / (Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships) 3 1st Tennessee 9 / (Cougar Classic) 3 2nd Auburn Alabama Florida Georgia 15 / / / (Alamo 3 1st (ANNIKA 4 2nd (The Landfall Tradition) 3 3rd (Stanford 3 2nd Ole Miss (FedEx Memphis 2 3rd Team Results - Tournaments Counting 5 Scores. School Rounds Strokes Ind. Stroke Team Stroke Kentucky 6 / Low Round 298 ("MO"Morial Top Ten Best Finish 2 5th ** No longer on team

Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic

Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic RESULTS Pos. School Rnd Total To Par UCLA 30 30 +3 2 South Carolina 308 308 +20 3 Arkansas 309 309 +2 4 Duke 30 30 +22 5 Baylor 3 3 +23 6 Northwestern 35 35 +27 7 Georgia 37 37 +29 USC 37 37 +29 9 Purdue