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Three Southern Illinois University men’s golfers — the most in program history — were selected to the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete team, the league announced Wednesday. MVC Golfer of the Year Peyton Wilhoit earned first-team honors, while teammates Dirk Kuehler and Hunter York picked up honorable mention.

Wilhoit was an eight-time MVC Golfer of the Week and finished in the top 15 in eight out of the 11 tournaments this season. A junior with a 3.373 GPA in marketing, he won two individual tournament titles and posted a team-best 72.4 scoring average. York, a junior with a 3.467 in university studies, earned All-Conference honors after finishing in ninth place at the MVC Championships. He had a 75.8 scoring average through 11 tournaments and three top 10 finishes. Kuehler, a graduate student with a 3.778 in business administration, had a season-best 11th place finish at the MVC Championships. He maintained a 76.3 scoring average this season.

The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for its Academic All-America® program.  Nominees must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale), while the student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institutions and must have participated in at least 50 percent of his team’s rounds or played at the MVC Championship.

First Team
Drake Bushong, Bradley
Michael Mounce, Bradley
Zach Jewell, Bradley
David Perkins, Illinois State
Brad Carpenter, Missouri State
Kory Franks, Missouri State
Peyton Wilhoit, Southern Illinois
Michael Doherty, Valparaiso
 
Honorable Mention
Jack Knoesel, Missouri State
Kyle MacDonald, Drake
Mitchell Whitmann, Valparaiso
Dirk Kuehler, Southern Illinois
Hunter York, Southern Illinois