Utley Earns Second-Straight A-10 Academic All-Conference Selection
05/19/2008 | Men's Golf
May 19, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. - Richmond senior Jordan Utley was named to the Atlantic 10 Men's Golf Academic All-Conference Team for the second-straight year in voting conducted among the league's sports information directors.
Utley, who finished fourth at the Atlantic 10 Championship earlier this month to earn his second all-conference selection, is a Dean's List student in accounting. As a junior, he was also selected A-10 Academic All-Conference and named to Cleveland Golf's Academic All-American Scholar Team.
"This is another great honor in a long line of accolades for Jordan," Richmond head coach Adam Decker said. "He had a tremendous career here at Richmond, not just on the golf course, but in the classroom. He embodies what it is to be a student-athlete."
The Richmond, Va. native shot 8-under 208 (70-69-69) to place fourth at this spring's conference tournament and earn All-Atlantic 10 honors. He had also received all-conference honors as a sophomore when he finished ninth at the A-10 Championship.
Utley led the Spiders in scoring average this spring at 72.75, which ranked fourth in the Atlantic 10. He shot 10 of his 26 rounds below par and finished four tournaments sub-par. Utley had four top-5 finishes and seven top-10 finishes in 2007-08.
He finished his career with two tournament victories, winning the ODU/Seascape Invitational during the fall and the Joe Agee Invitational last spring.
Utley is a two-time selection to the PING All-Mid Atlantic Region Team, was named VaSID Academic All-State as a junior and was named First-Team All-State by the Virginia Golf Coaches Association as a sophomore.
The Spiders finished fifth at the Atlantic 10 Championship at Orange County National Golf Club earlier this month. The Spiders posted six top-10 finishes in 10 tournaments during the 2007-08 season.