April 20, 2012

TULSA, Okla. - The University of Tulsa junior men's golfer Chris Worrell was named to the Conference USA Men's Golf Academic Team for a second consecutive year, the league office announced today.

Worrell has maintained a 3.84 grade point average in business management and is one of three repeat performers named to this year's golf academic team.

The junior from Enid, Oklahoma has a team-leading 73.2 stroke average in 27 rounds of golf this year. He had a season-best ninth-place performance at the Northern Intercollegiate and has placed among the top-25 four times. Worrell has played in 33 career events and has finished among the top-20 at 10 of those tournaments.

Tulsa will compete at the Conference USA Men's Golf Championships beginning this weekend, April 22-24, at the Texarkana Country Club in Texarkana, Arkansas. The Hurricane finished in third place at last year's league event.

2012 C-USA Men's Golf All-Academic Team (*Repeat Selection)
NAME  		SCHOOL		YEAR  	GPA   	MAJOR
James Ross	Houston		Junior	3.66	Liberal Studies
*Bosten Miller	Marshall	Senior	3.67	Biology
*Jack Belote	Memphis		Senior	3.75	Health & Human Performance/Exercise & Sports Science
*Chris Worrell	Tulsa		Junior	3.84	Business Management
Thomas Sutton	UAB		Sophomore	3.36	Accounting