Honors & Awards
Honors & Awards Southern Conference Team Championships Year 1954 1960 1966 1967 1968
Site Mid Pines, N.C. Southern Pines, N.C. Southern Pines, N.C. Myrtle Beach, S.C. Mrytle Beach, S.C.
Team Score 630 625 647 631 633
Southern Conference Individual Runner-Ups
Name Sam Sloan George Leight Joe Jelks George Leight Rusty Boyd Alex Knoll
Year Site 1959 Bethesda, Md. 1966 Southern Pines, N.C. 1967 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 1968 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 1972 Sanford, N.C. 2007 Florence, S.C.
Score 153 161 157 154 153 214
Southern Conference Coach of the Year
Name Year Tim Straub 2003, 2005
Atlantic 10 Conference Individual Medalists
Name Jack Lang
Year Site 2017 Orlando, Fla.
Score 206
All-Conference
In 2014, Richard Fountain participated in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in his career.
NCAA Tournament Individual Participant
Name Year Site Mike Spann 1967 -- Mike Spann 1968 -- Mike Spann 1969 -- Richard Fountain 2011 Radford, Va. Richard Fountatin 2013 Tallahassee, Fla. Richard Fountatin 2014 Raleigh, N.C. Jack Lang 2017 College Grove, Tenn.
Score 289 289 -226 211 220 232
Name Year L.D. Simmons 1978 Sollie Foy 1978 Sollie Foy 1979 Jason Carlock 1997 Tim Dillon 2005 Michael Saari 2009 Richard Fountain 2012 John Skeadas 2012 Richard Fountain 2013 Richard Fountain 2014 Todd Eckstein 2015 David Sargent 2015 David Sargent 2016 Jack Lang 2017
Southern Conference Individual Medalists
Name Bucky Dennis Verner Stanley Doug McKeever Mike Spann Rusty Boyd Richard Fountain
Year Site 1958 Danville, Va. 1960 Mid Pines, N.C. 1966 Southern Pines, N.C. 1967 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 1973 Florence, S.C. 2011 Florence, S.C.
Score 145 148 160 153 215 207
Mike Spann ’69 led Davidson to the Southern Conference Championship in 1967. He is the only Wildcat golfer to place in the top 20 of the NCAA Championships.
Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year
Name Year Jack Lang 2016
Southern All-Freshman Team
Name Year Jackson Taylor 2009 Richard Fountain 2011
All-Americans
Name Year Mike Spann 1968 Rusty Boyd 1973
Cleveland All-America Scholars
Name Year Gates Grainger 1997 Jason Carlock 1997 Jason Lina 1998 Tim Dillon 2005, 2006 Alex Knoll 2006 ,2007 Steve Mayo 2006, 2007 Michael Saari 2009 John Skeadas 2012, 2013 Todd Eckstein 2014, 2015 Richard Fountain 2014 David Sargent 2015, 2016
PING All-Regional Team
Name Year Richard Fountain 2013
Year-By-Year Conference Tournament Results
Year Finish Score Teams Year Finish Score Teams 1988 7th 978 9 1937 2nd 632 8 1991 5th 949 7 1939 3rd 644 4 1992 7th 979 8 1940 3rd 631 5 1993 10th 1033 10 1941 4th 678 6 1994 9th 979 10 1942 6th 665 7 1995 9th 946 10 1947 Did Not Compete 1996 5th 949 10 1948 6th 649 7 1997 8th 976 10 1949 4th 635 10 1998 T4th 901 11 1950 5th 609 8 1999 9th 956 12 1951 6th 689 6 2000 9th 934 12 1952 6th 612 6 2001 10th 896 12 1953 8th 642 9 2002 10th 606 12 1954 1st 630 7 2003 7th 904 11 1955 4th 625 8 2004 T6th 900 12 1956 Did Not Compete 2005 3rd 890 12 1957 4th 630 9 2006 5th 890 10 1958 2nd 610 10 2007 8th 902 10 1959 2nd 636 9 2008 9th 910 10 1960 1st 625 9 2009 7th 894 11 1961 5th 637 9 2010 10th 904 11 1962 7th 676 8 2011 8th 887 11 1963 2nd 628 8 2012 9th 906 11 1964 6th 652 9 2013 2nd 886 11 1965 2nd 631 9 2014 5th 880 10 1966 1st 647 9 2015 3rd 869 11 1967 1st 631 8 2016 10th 934 11 1968 1st 633 9 1969 4th 785 7 2017 5th 870 11 1970 5th 814 8 1937-88 Southern Conference | 1989-90 Independent | 1993-2014 Southern Conference | 2014-pres. Atlantic 10 1971 4th 784 6 1972 5th 811 5 1973 2nd 1152 8 1974 4th 1157 7 1975 8th 1255 8 1976 8th 1228 8 1977 8th 1243 8 1978 6th 1192 8 1979 7th 1208 9 1980 9th 1254 9 1981 7th 1206 9 1982 9th 1239 9 1983 9th 1008 9 1984 8th 1004 8 1985 8th 995 8 1986 7th 992 8 In 2013, the Wildcats’ second-place showing in the Southern 1987 8th 1019 9 Conference Championship was their lowest finish in 40 years.
Site Mid Pines, N.C. Southern Pines, N.C. Southern Pines, N.C. Myrtle Beach, S.C. Mrytle Beach, S.C.
Team Score 630 625 647 631 633
Southern Conference Individual Runner-Ups
Name Sam Sloan George Leight Joe Jelks George Leight Rusty Boyd Alex Knoll
Year Site 1959 Bethesda, Md. 1966 Southern Pines, N.C. 1967 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 1968 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 1972 Sanford, N.C. 2007 Florence, S.C.
Score 153 161 157 154 153 214
Southern Conference Coach of the Year
Name Year Tim Straub 2003, 2005
Atlantic 10 Conference Individual Medalists
Name Jack Lang
Year Site 2017 Orlando, Fla.
Score 206
All-Conference
In 2014, Richard Fountain participated in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in his career.
NCAA Tournament Individual Participant
Name Year Site Mike Spann 1967 -- Mike Spann 1968 -- Mike Spann 1969 -- Richard Fountain 2011 Radford, Va. Richard Fountatin 2013 Tallahassee, Fla. Richard Fountatin 2014 Raleigh, N.C. Jack Lang 2017 College Grove, Tenn.
Score 289 289 -226 211 220 232
Name Year L.D. Simmons 1978 Sollie Foy 1978 Sollie Foy 1979 Jason Carlock 1997 Tim Dillon 2005 Michael Saari 2009 Richard Fountain 2012 John Skeadas 2012 Richard Fountain 2013 Richard Fountain 2014 Todd Eckstein 2015 David Sargent 2015 David Sargent 2016 Jack Lang 2017
Southern Conference Individual Medalists
Name Bucky Dennis Verner Stanley Doug McKeever Mike Spann Rusty Boyd Richard Fountain
Year Site 1958 Danville, Va. 1960 Mid Pines, N.C. 1966 Southern Pines, N.C. 1967 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 1973 Florence, S.C. 2011 Florence, S.C.
Score 145 148 160 153 215 207
Mike Spann ’69 led Davidson to the Southern Conference Championship in 1967. He is the only Wildcat golfer to place in the top 20 of the NCAA Championships.
Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year
Name Year Jack Lang 2016
Southern All-Freshman Team
Name Year Jackson Taylor 2009 Richard Fountain 2011
All-Americans
Name Year Mike Spann 1968 Rusty Boyd 1973
Cleveland All-America Scholars
Name Year Gates Grainger 1997 Jason Carlock 1997 Jason Lina 1998 Tim Dillon 2005, 2006 Alex Knoll 2006 ,2007 Steve Mayo 2006, 2007 Michael Saari 2009 John Skeadas 2012, 2013 Todd Eckstein 2014, 2015 Richard Fountain 2014 David Sargent 2015, 2016
PING All-Regional Team
Name Year Richard Fountain 2013
Year-By-Year Conference Tournament Results
Year Finish Score Teams Year Finish Score Teams 1988 7th 978 9 1937 2nd 632 8 1991 5th 949 7 1939 3rd 644 4 1992 7th 979 8 1940 3rd 631 5 1993 10th 1033 10 1941 4th 678 6 1994 9th 979 10 1942 6th 665 7 1995 9th 946 10 1947 Did Not Compete 1996 5th 949 10 1948 6th 649 7 1997 8th 976 10 1949 4th 635 10 1998 T4th 901 11 1950 5th 609 8 1999 9th 956 12 1951 6th 689 6 2000 9th 934 12 1952 6th 612 6 2001 10th 896 12 1953 8th 642 9 2002 10th 606 12 1954 1st 630 7 2003 7th 904 11 1955 4th 625 8 2004 T6th 900 12 1956 Did Not Compete 2005 3rd 890 12 1957 4th 630 9 2006 5th 890 10 1958 2nd 610 10 2007 8th 902 10 1959 2nd 636 9 2008 9th 910 10 1960 1st 625 9 2009 7th 894 11 1961 5th 637 9 2010 10th 904 11 1962 7th 676 8 2011 8th 887 11 1963 2nd 628 8 2012 9th 906 11 1964 6th 652 9 2013 2nd 886 11 1965 2nd 631 9 2014 5th 880 10 1966 1st 647 9 2015 3rd 869 11 1967 1st 631 8 2016 10th 934 11 1968 1st 633 9 1969 4th 785 7 2017 5th 870 11 1970 5th 814 8 1937-88 Southern Conference | 1989-90 Independent | 1993-2014 Southern Conference | 2014-pres. Atlantic 10 1971 4th 784 6 1972 5th 811 5 1973 2nd 1152 8 1974 4th 1157 7 1975 8th 1255 8 1976 8th 1228 8 1977 8th 1243 8 1978 6th 1192 8 1979 7th 1208 9 1980 9th 1254 9 1981 7th 1206 9 1982 9th 1239 9 1983 9th 1008 9 1984 8th 1004 8 1985 8th 995 8 1986 7th 992 8 In 2013, the Wildcats’ second-place showing in the Southern 1987 8th 1019 9 Conference Championship was their lowest finish in 40 years.
