Monday, April 27, 2009

            Adam Fields of Wayne State College is one of four individuals selected to play in the 2009 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships.  80 teams and 32 individuals will participate in regional competition to be conducted May 4-6 with the top five teams and two individuals not with a team from each regional advancing to the finals May 19-22 at Loomis Trail Golf Club in Blaine, Washington. 

            Fields will join individuals Jim Knous of Colorado School of Mines, Brady Strangstalien of Winona State and Justin Onken of Nebraska-Kearney along with 10 teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference at the NCAA Central/West Men's Golf Regional to be played in Lincoln at the Wilderness Ridge Golf Club Monday May 4 through Wednesday May 6.  
            Fields, a sophomore from Sioux City Heelan High School, led Wayne State this spring with a 75.5 scoring average in 10 rounds.  He finished the 108-hole Northern Sun Conference Tournament in fifth place, earning First Team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference honors.  He is just the second player in school history to qualify for the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Tournament, joining Klinton Keller who was an individual qualifier in the 2004 season.