MARSHALL, Texas – In the latest American Southwest Conference preseason, the East Texas Baptist University men's golf team has been picked to finish seventh. ETBU is currently ranked in two national polls and
Hank Crain is the #1 golfer in NCAA Division III.
ETBU received 50 votes and was 15 votes out of the top five. Last year, ETBU finished seventh at the ASC Championship Tournament.
Hank Crain and
Jack Sladek are on the Golfers to Watch list.
Currently ranked seventh in the NCAA Division III Golf Stat rankings and is 23
rd in the Bushnell/Golf Week rankings. Crain is the top golfer after the fall season posting a 71.45 average and was 22-0 in head-to-head competition. This included an 8-0 record against players in the top 25. ETBU also has three players ranked in the top 55 in
Tyler Jones (50),
Colby Dupuis (52), and Sladek (54).
ETBU opens the spring season on Monday, Feb. 22, at the McMurry University Classic played at TPC in San Antonio.
2021 ASC Preseason Men's Golf Poll
| Team (First) |
Votes |
2019 ASC Finish |
| 1. Mary Hardin-Baylor (3) |
82 |
6th |
| 2. Concordia Texas (1) |
81 |
1st |
| 3. McMurry (1) |
72 |
2nd |
| 4. LeTourneau (3) |
69 |
4th |
| 5. UT Dallas (1) |
65 |
3rd |
| 6. Hardin-Simmons |
64 |
5th |
| 7. East Texas Baptist |
50 |
T7th |
| 8. Belhaven (1) |
30 |
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| Howard Payne |
30 |
T7th |
| 10. Louisiana College |
13 |
9th |
