Last season’s Peach Belt Conference men’s golfer Freshman of the Year Jordan Walor made his sophomore campaign a successful one, as the Wake Forest, N.C., native was named as a first team selection to the Peach Belt all-conference team on April 11.
Walor was the only Braves’ golfer named to the team, joining seven other conference golfers with the distinction.
On April 13, Walor closed the 2010 season with first place honors at the 2010 Peach Belt Conference Men’s Golf Championships.
Walor shot rounds of 70, 72 and 72 at the two-day event to finish two strokes ahead of Georgia College’s Niclas Johansson for the title at the par-72 Mountain View Course in Pine Mountain, Ga.
Walor leads the Black and Gold with a 72.7 stroke average and has five top-20 finishes this season. The sophomore earned three top-five finishes this season, including a first place finish at the Honda of Columbia Fall Classic on Sept. 19-22. Walor also placed fourth at the Feb. 22-23 Pirate Invitational and earned a third place finish at the Barton Intercollegiate on March 8-9.
Georgia College’s Francisco Bide took home conference Player of the Year honors while Armstrong Atlantic’s Jacob Tilton took home Freshman of the Year laurels.
The conference Coach of the Year award went to Flagler’s Santiago Cavanagh.
The Black and Gold men’s golf team finished their 2009-2010 season on April 13 with a fifth place finish at the 2010 Peach Belt Conference Men’s Golf Championships.