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Lakers’ Wilcox selected GCAA Division II All-Southeast Regional
Clayton State sophomore was Peach Belt Conference Tournament runner-up and NCAA qualifier

MORROW, Ga. – May 25, 2007 – The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) released its All-Region teams for Division II, and Clayton State’s Will Wilcox was selected to the All-Southeast Region team. Wilcox was one of 13 players selected to the All-Region team, and all 13 represented the Peach Belt Conference.

Wilcox, a sophomore from Pell City, Ala., is the first Clayton State golfer to be selected All-Region since 1999 after a stellar spring season following his transfer to Clayton State from Division I Alabama-Birmingham.

Wilcox was the first Clayton State golfer to qualify for the NCAA Tournament since 2005. He competed in the Atlantic/Southeast Super Regional at the Savannah Quarters Country Club in Savannah, Ga., on May 7-9, finishing eighth overall and missing qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Tournament by one stroke.

Despite not qualifying for the NCAA National Tournament, Wilcox finished the season on a hot streak. After finishes of 37th and 25th in the Lakers’ first two tournaments of the spring, he had six straight Top 10 finishes.

In addition to his eighth-place finish at the NCAA Regionals, Wilcox also finished tied for eighth at the Rendleman Invitational, tied for seventh at BMW Collegiate, tied for fourth at the Bobcat Invitational and had second-place finishes at both the North Alabama Spring Classic and the Peach Belt Conference Tournament.

Wilcox was one of only two players to post a sub-par score at the North Alabama Spring Classic, and he finished one stroke off the final lead at the Peach Belt Conference Tournament. That was enough for him to qualify for NCAA Regionals.

Wilcox’s 74.2 scoring average is tied for the best ever in a season at Clayton State. He’s currently ranked 16th in the nation in Division II in scoring average, and will compete in the Alabama State Amateur on June 7-10 in Mobile.