Merritt Expects All-MIAA First Team Award

Saturday, October 08, 2011

Scott MerrittThe Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association commissioner hasn’t released the all-league men’s golf team yet, but it’s a mathematical lock that Albion College senior Scott Merritt has achieved first team status. The senior from Bloomfield Hills fired a 73 at the Lenawee Country Club in Adrian Saturday to finish the season with a 75-stroke average. Albion and Alma College tied for sixth in the final MIAA Jamboree with 307 totals. The Britons and Scots finished two strokes behind Calvin College’s fifth-place score of 305 and five behind Adrian College’s fourth-place score of 302.

Team Scores: 1. Trine 295. 2. Olivet 297. 3. Hope 299. 4. Adrian 302. 5. Calvin 305. 6. Albion 307. 6. Alma 307. 8. Kalamazoo 314.
Co-Medalists: Mac Boucher, Adrian, and Pat Wolcott, Trine, 71.
Final Team Standings: 1. Hope 2443. 2. Trine 2462. 3. Alma 2471. 4. Olivet 2472. 5. Adrian 2474. 6. Calvin 2498. 7. Albion 2522. 8. Kalamazoo 2668.