April 12, 2005

SHEARER CAPTURES MEDAL AT GLVC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Norse sophomore leads team to second-place finish

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Northern Kentucky University’s David Shearer won a playoff against Wisconsin-Parkside’s Ryan Wnuk to take the medal at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships on Tuesday.

Shearer, a sophomore from Charlevoix, Mich., shot rounds of 74-65-77 to finish at 216 at the par-72 Otter Creek Golf Course. Wnuk also shot 216 to tie Shearer for first-place in the individual competition, but Shearer prevailed in a playoff to earn medalist honors at the two-day, 54-hole tournament.

As a team, NKU tied for second place with Lewis at 901, 11 strokes behind first-place finisher Wisconsin-Parkside (890). Curtis Phelps and Andrew Jewell of NKU each finished at 228 (14th place), while Mark Krahe tied for 19th place with a total of 231.

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David Shearer