Page tagged as Kermit Blosser MAC Coach of the Year for 19th time

Award Ceremony Photos

KENT, Ohio — Kent State had five players named to the 2012 All-Mid-American Conference men's golf team highlighted by sophomore Corey Conners (Listowel, Ontario) who was selected as the MAC Golfer of the Year.  In addition to the All-MAC selections, Kent State Director of Golf/Head Coach Herb Page was tagged as the league's Kermit Blosser Coach of the Year after leading the 18th ranked Golden Flashes to a 40-shot win at the MAC Championship this past weekend.  

Joining Conners as an All-MAC First Team honoree were senior Mackenzie Hughes (Dundas, Ontario), junior Kevin Miller (Dover, Ohio) and sophomore Taylor Pendrith (Richmond Hill, Ontario), while sophomore Kyle Kmiecik (Avon, Ohio) was named to the Second Team.  The five All-MAC selections equal the 1995 team for the most players named all-league in a single season.

This marks the fifth straight year a Kent State player has been named the MAC Golfer of the Year as Conners becomes the ninth different individual for the Golden Flashes to earn the award.  He takes home the honor after posting a league best 72.0 scoring average along with five top 10 finishes in 10 events.  Conners capped off the year this past weekend by winning individual medalist honors at the MAC Championship with a 54-hole score of 209 (-7; 70-67-72).  He enters the post season ranked 76th nationally in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings system and 65th by golfstat.

Page receives his 19th overall MAC Coach of the Year award.  Under his guidance the Golden Flashes have been ranked in the top 25 all season and have posted five tournament titles which ties the team for the fourth most by any school in the country this year.  The 40-shot victory in the MAC Championship was the widest margin of victory by any conference champion this spring and gave Kent State its fourth straight and 20th overall league championship.  Page has now guided the program to 17 MAC titles in his 34 years as the Golden Flashes have won 16 of the last 21 conference tournaments.

Hughes earns his third straight First Team accolade and his fourth All-MAC nod.  The MAC Championship medalist last year, he has posted five top 10 and three top 5 finishes in 12 events while owning a 72.9 scoring average.  Miller picks up his second straight First Team award after being named the MAC Freshman of the year in 2009.  The junior finished runner-up by two strokes at the MAC Championship this past weekend which gave him his fourth top 10 and seventh top 15 finish in 12 events.  

Pendrith and Kmiecik each earned their first All-MAC award this season.  Ranked 80th nationally in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings system and 88th by golfstat, Pendrith posted a team best six top 10 finishes in 12 events while recording a 72.6 scoring average.  A transfer from Ole Miss, Kmiecik received a second team all-league nod is his first year with the Kent State program.  One of the Golden Flashes most consistent performers this spring he produced counters in 15 of the teams 18 rounds since the start of February.  On the year he has a 74.3 per round scoring average in 10 events while posting three top 10 finishes at the Inverness Intercollegiate, Bank of Tennessee and Irish Creek Collegiate.

Conners, Miller and Hughes were also selected for the MAC All-Tournament team.

Kent State's destination site for the 2012 NCAA Regional will be announced on Monday, May 7 at 9:00 pm EST on ncaa.com.

Follow the team on Twitter @KentStGolf.


2012 MAC Men's Golf Championship Awards

2012 MAC Men's Golf Champion:
Kent State

Kermit Blosser Coach of the Year:
Herb Page, Kent State

MAC Golfer of the Year:
Corey Conners, Kent State

MAC Freshman of the Year:
Chris Selfridge, Toledo

Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsman of the Year:
Scott Landreth, Akron

Medalist:
Corey Conners, Kent State

All-MAC First Team:
Corey Conners, Kent State
Taylor Pendrith, Kent State
Mackenzie Hughes, Kent State
Kevin Miller, Kent State
Charlie Bull, Akron
Tyler Merkel, Ball State

Second Team
Kyle Kmiecik, Kent State
Chris Selfridge, Toledo
Brian Churchill-Smith, Eastern Michigan
Paul Grauer, Ohio

All-Tournament Team:
Corey Conners, Kent State
Kevin Miller, Kent State
Chris Selfridge, Toledo
Charlie Bull, Akron
Mackenzie Hughes, Kent State