Thunderbirds Finish 3rd at Wrangler Invitational

The Thunderbirds Golf team concluded it's fall season with a 3rd place finish at the Odessa Wrangler Invitational.  This marked the 3rd time in five events that the Tbirds finished in the top 3 this fall.  The Tbirds were led individually by Sophomore Ryan Cox who finished 5th place with rounds of 69, 74, 78.  Cox has 4 top 5 finishes this fall leading the Tbirds with a 72.4 scoring average (ranked 16th nationally).

Freshman Andrew Ni continued his solid play finishing 8th with rounds of 75, 80, 68 (ranked 19th nationally).  Ni concluded the fall season with 1 top 5, 1 top 10 and two top 20 finishes.  Freshman Zhane Chan continued his solid play finishing 12th with rounds of 75, 78, 72.  Chan concludes the fall season with a 74.1 scoring average (ranked 33rd nationally).  Sophomore Preston Ewing finished 21st with rounds of 81, 77, 74.  Ewing finishes the fall season with a 79.1 scoring average (ranked 135 natinoally).  Freshman Harvey Hill finished 23rd overall with rounds of 81, 79, 74.  Hill concludes the fall season with a 76.8 scoring average (ranked 89th nationally).  Freshman Tyler Cox competed individually for the Tbirds, finishing in 35th with rounds of 82, 83, 82.  

According to head coach James Berry the Tbirds are on the right track. "It's nice to finish the fall season with a good team score.  Our Freshmen played well this fall and continue to get better.  We certainly haven't played our best team golf, but the boys are eager to get their first win.  Ryan played great this fall with 4 top 5's.  His consistency helped us stay close in most events, but we didn't play well enough as a team to get a win.  I'm excited for the spring season because this group is highly motivated and determined to get better."