Dundas Golfers Receive Honours

Two local NCAA golfers earned hardware for the 2009 season.
Mackenzie Hughes was named Mid-American Conference freshman of the year, and Christopher Ross was named to the All-Conference First Team.
Mackenzie played all 12 events for the Kent State Golden Flashes in his first NCAA Division 1 golf season, picking up a 74.5 scoring average for the season but averaging a score of 73 in seven spring events.
Mackenzie was also one of four Kent State golfers named to the seven-member All-Tournament team. And he also earned a spot on the All-Conference Second Team.
The spring was Mackenzie's hottest part of the season. He had 11 of his 12 par or better rounds in the last seven events. He earned 20 top ten finishes during his introductory season.
In his senior year at Eastern Michigan University, Parkside graduate Christopher Ross finished tied for 10th in the conference championships.
Christopher had two top 10 finishes, taking 9th place at the Mason Rudolph Championship in September with round of 74, 67, and 71 to finish one stroke under par. He finished 5th our of 60 competitors at the Rees Jones Intercollegiate tournament in November, with rounds of 79, 69 and 73.