July 17, 2009

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Junior golfer Garrett Medeiros was named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar, as announced today by the Golf Coaches Association of American (GCAA).

A total of 108 players in Division I earned the honor. To be eligible for Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participate in 70 percent of his team’s competitive rounds or compete in the NCAA Championships, have a stroke-average under 76.0 and maintain a minimum cumulative 3.20 grade-point-average. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.

Medeiros played in nine tournaments for the Terriers during the 2008-09 season and recorded four top-ten finishes and seven top-twenty finishes, including a tie for third place at the competitive Furman Intercollegiate. He came in at one-under-par at the Sea Trail Intercollegiate in the fall to take fourth place, and claimed a seventh-place finish at the opening tournament of the spring season, the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate.

The junior from Rumford, R.I. helped the Terriers to a fifth place finish at this year’s Southern Conference championships, shooting a 221 (+5) en route to finishing 23rd individually. Medeiros led the team in under-75 rounds, with 21 on the season. He also topped the Terriers in stroke average with a 73.69 clip, and was named All-Southern Conference.

He becomes the eighth Wofford golfer to be named to the honorary squad, and the first since the 2002-03 season.