NEC RELEASE
Somerset, NJ – Wagner senior
Anton Frondelius (Munkedal, Sweden / The Gunnery) was named the 2017 Northeast Conference (NEC) Men's Golfer of the Year while also garnering All-NEC First Team honors. in addition, sophomore
Lucas Moreno (Bogota, Colombia / Gimnasio Campestre) earned a spot on the All-NEC Second Team, the league office announced today.
En route to becoming the Seahawks' first-ever NEC Men's Golfer of the Year, Frondelius registered another Wagner first last month when he fired rounds of 71-74-70 (one-under par) in becoming the
first Green & White men's player to win the Northeast Conference individual championship.
Along with the NEC title, Frondelius earned two other individual championships,
earning first-place honors at the 108-man Lehigh Valley Invitational as well as earning medalist honors at the La Salle Explorer Match Play Invitational.
A Second-Team All-NEC choice each of the last two seasons, Frondelius, who averaged an NEC-best 72.4 scoring average in 2016-17, earned one tie for second-place finish (Rhode Island Invitational), one tie for third-place showing (Hofstra Quad), as well as two other Top-10 performances.
The long-hitting senior competed in the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship College Grove Regional. In the prestigious three-day, 54-hole competition held this week, which was hosted by Middle Tennessee State University, Frondelius capped his collegiate career by finishing with a score of 12-over par on rounds of 78-72-78, to place 55
th in the 75-man field.
"Anton did all of the right things to win this award, there was no one more deserving," said Seahawk head coach
Christopher Fourman. "He had the lowest scoring average in the conference, 3 tournament wins including the NEC Championship, and highest collegiate ranking of any golfer in the conference. This award is the finishing touch on the most prolific golf career our program has ever seen."
In earning Second-Team All-NEC honors for the second consecutive season, Moreno carded a 74.6 scoring average with three Top-10 finishes, highlighted by a career-best tie for second-place outing at the Navy Spring Invitational with scores of 71-72-143 (+1). The 2016 NEC Rookie of the Year also tied for third at the Hofstra Quad (71-71-142) tied for sixth at the Ryan T. Collegiate Memorial.
"We have had great kids in the program, but no one quite like Lucas," said Fourman. "He is our captain and also shows the leadership capabilities of a coach. I know he has his best golf ahead of him and we are confident that he will be a contender every time he tees it up. This honor is testament to the hard work he put in and the top finishes he had. I anticipate many more to come."
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