GOLF COACH FEATURED ON CBS SPORTS’ TELEVISION SPECIAL
GOLF: THREE IN A ROW!
Coach Bill Lewis, holding the 2011 SIAC golf tournament trophy, with members of the golf team.
LED BY THE SIAC’S two-time Player of the Year, Olajuwon Ajanaku, the Maroon Tigers Golf Team won its third straight conference title in the SIAC Golf Classic in Augusta, Ga. The Tigers shot a combined low score of 935 – 312 in the final round – to out pace second place Benedict and third place Kentucky State. Ajanaku, who was named the tournament MVP, shot a low score of 224 over the three-day event. He also was named to the first team All Tournament and All Conference team.
Earl Cooper, Bryan McElderry and Thaddeus Hill joined Ajanaku, who will turn pro this summer, on the All Tournament team. All four also were named to the All Conference squad. The team won the SIAC’s All Academic Award with a combined grade point average of 3.72, ranking first among all golf teams. Hill (3.51) and Malcolm Parrish (3.94) were named to the All Academic team. Coach Bill Lewis was named SIAC Coach of the Year. ■
MOREHOUSE GOLF COACH BILL LEWIS was one of the PGA professionals featured on CBS Sports’ show “Sunrise to Sunset: A PGA Professional’s Life” on May 1, 2011. Lewis was lauded for leading the Maroon Tigers golf team to last year’s Division II national minority golf championship and being the primary teaching pro for Atlanta’s First Tee Program, the PGA’s initiative to get more minorities to play golf. “It’s a huge success for me [to see] these kids to develop,” he said on the show. “And then just to have somewhere for them to enjoy and play the game. And its not how well they play the game, but the character that’s been built.” Two of Lewis’ former First Tee students now play at Morehouse: two-time SIAC Player of the Year Olajuwon Ajanaku and freshman Kameron Givens. ■
2011 MOREHOUSE MAROON TIGERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 4th Miles College (5th Annual Labor Day Golden Classic) 10th Howard University (Nation’s Football Classic) 17th Edward Waters College 24th Lane College
Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field) Washington, D.C. (RFK Stadium) B.T. Harvey Stadium Jackson, Tenn.
OCTOBER 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th
B.T. Harvey Stadium Columbus, Ga. Albany, Ga. B.T. Harvey Stadium Fort Valley, Ga.
7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m.
Frankfort, Ky.
1 p.m.
Clark Atlanta University Tuskegee University (Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic) Albany State University Benedict College (HOMECOMING 2011) Fort Valley State University
NOVEMBER 5th Kentucky State University Home games in bold
6 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m.
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