Official NCAA Release

INDIANAPOLIS – The 18th-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken golf team will make its 19th appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament in the last 20 years it was announced by the NCAA Division II Golf Committee on Friday, April 22.

The NCAA Division II field features 80 teams and 32 individual student-athletes overall. The top five teams and the top two student-athletes not with a team from each regional (regardless of region) will advance to the finals May 16-20, at The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at The Shoals in Florence, Alabama. The finals will be hosted by the University of North Alabama.

USC Aiken will be vying to make its 16th appearance in the NCAA Championship Tournament in the regional.

The Pacers are the ninth seed in the South/Southeast Regional, which will be contested May 2-4 at Victoria Hills Golf Club in DeLand, Fla.

USC Aiken under Hall of Fame head coach Mike Carlisle in the NCAA Division II Tournament has three NCAA Division II National Championships (2004, 2005, 2006) and three NCAA Division II runner-up finishes (1995, 1996 and 1999).

In the past seven years, USC Aiken has five NCAA National Championships, three team titles and two individual crowns. In 2008, USC Aiken finished seventh as a team at the NCAA Division II Championship Tournament, but Jeff Goff became the school's second ever NCAA Individual Champion. Goff joined Dane Burkhart as the only Pacers to claim individual medalist honors at the NCAA Championship Tournament in program history.

Ranked 18th in the latest GCAA NCAA Division II Coaches' Poll, the 2010-11 USC Aiken golf team is extremely young with no upperclassmen on the squad.

Freshman Hayden Letien (Sumter, S.C./Sumter) has paced USC Aiken all spring. The All-Peach Conference selection is leading the Pacers with a 74.0 scoring average.

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST REGIONAL

Victoria Hills Golf Club
DeLand, Florida
Hosted by the Sunshine State Conference and the Central Florida Sports Commission.

South Region:

1. West Florida

2. Lynn

3. Barry

4. North Alabama

5. Nova Southeastern  

6. Florida Southern

7. Valdosta State

8. Rollins

9. Delta State

10. Florida Tech

Individuals:

1. Bryn Powers, West Georgia

2. Callum Georgallides, Eckerd

3. Matt Jennings, Henderson State

4. Kris Shane, Tampa

Southeast Region:

1. Georgia College

2. Barton

3. Armstrong Atlantic State

4. Columbus State

5. Newberry

6. UNC Pembroke

7. Flagler

8. Queens (North Carolina)  

9. USC Aiken

10. Belmont Abbey

Individuals:

1. Jake Murphy, Coker

2. Gavin Hay, Carson-Newman

3. Max Fischer, Lander

4. Liam Ashby, Carson-Newman