DADE CITY, Fla. – Guided by second and sixth place individual finishes from Adam Meyer and Adam Rubinson, the No. 5 TCU men’s golf team turned in a 285, its best round of the championship, to claim its second straight Conference USA Tournament title. Charlotte’s Russell Killough claimed medalist honors, following rounds of 68 and 70, Monday and Tuesday, with an even-par 71 for a tournament best 209.

Finishing in a three-way tie just behind Meyer’s second-place score of 212, South Florida’s Oscar Fraustro, Houston’s Brett Callas and Memphis’ Alan Weant all turned in 213 finishes, with Fraustro and Weant sharing day three low score honors of 68.

All five Horned Frogs came in with rounds of 73 or better. Freshman Colby Beckstrom led the final charge with a round of 69.

"We were very excited to win this tournament, said TCU’s Bill Montigel, who was named Conference USA Coach of the Year on Wednesday. “There are a lot of great teams and individuals in this league. We knew it was going to come down to the final day and the final holes, and we're happy to come out with the win. We started out great (four birdies on No. 1) and played consistently down the stretch. It was a total team effort all week."

"This team really played well all three days, and I'm proud of them,” added Montigel. “This is a tough championship course, and we hung in there and played hard. It was a great tournament and a strong test for us heading into the NCAAs."

UAB and South Florida finished second and third, respectively, seven and 14 strokes behind TCU’s 862. Houston and Louisville rounded out the top five.

Conference USA also announced its 2003 awards on Wednesday, with TCU sweeping the individual accolades.

Adam Rubinson, who is one of 11 semifinalists for the Ben Hogan Award, was named as Conference USA’s Player of the Year. Bill Montigel earned Coach of the Year honors for the second year in a row as a member of C-USA, and the fourth time in his career, while Colby Beckstrom gave the Frogs their second straight Freshman of the Year award (J.J. Killeen shared the honor last year)

Rubinson was joined by TCU teammates David Schultz and Adam Meyer as first team All-Conference USA selections. Also named to the first team was Jonathan Hill of East Carolina and Chris Wheeler of Tulane. Nine different schools had at least one player earn first, second or third team All-Conference recognition. TCU and Southern Miss had the most selections with three, while East Carolina, Houston and Louisville each had two.


2003 CONFERENCE USA MEN’S GOLF AWARDS

Player of the Year
Adam Rubinson, TCU

Freshman of the Year
Colby Beckstrom, TCU

Coach of the Year
Bill Montigel, TCU

First Team All-Conference
Adam Rubinson, TCU
David Schultz, TCU
Adam Meyer, TCU
Chris Wheeler, Tulane
Jonathan Hill, East Carolina

Second Team All-Conference
Brett Jones, Louisville
Jason Harris, East Carolina
Justin Emil, Southern Miss
Shane Rushing, Southern Miss
Evan Frederick, Saint Louis

Third Team All-Conference
Russell Killough, Charlotte
John Wine, Houston
Brett Callas, Houston
Alan Weant, Memphis
Mike Soroka, Southern Miss
Mark Anderson, Louisville

All-Freshman Team
Colby Beckstrom, TCU
Russell Killough, Charlotte
Justin Elliott, Southern Miss
Nathan Turner, UAB
Tigh Van Leeuwen, UAB

Tournament Champion
Russell Killough, Charlotte

All-Tournament Team
Russell Killough, Charlotte
Adam Meyer, TCU
Oscar Fraustro, South Florida
Brett Callas, Houston
Alan Weant, Memphis


C-USA MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL RESULTS
PAR 71/YARDAGE 7083


TEAM SCORES
Finish School Scores
1 TCU 288 289 285 862 +10
2 UAB 288 292 289 869 +17
3 South Florida 290 304 282 876 +24
4 Houston 289 289 301 879 +27
5 Louisville 298 285 298 881 +29
6 Southern Miss 292 295 296 883 +31
7 Memphis 295 298 295 888 +36
8 East Carolina 297 297 298 892 +40
Marquette 298 298 296 892 +40
10 Tulane 297 300 297 894 +42
11 Charlotte 285 309 306 900 +48
12 Cincinnati 299 309 302 910 +58
13 Saint Louis 308 295 309 912 +60
14 DePaul 309 324 314 947 +95


INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1 Russell Killough Charlotte 68 70 71 209 -4
2 Adam Meyer TCU 70 69 73 212 -1
3 Oscar Fraustro South Florida 72 73 68 213 E
Brett Callas Houston 70 70 73 213 E
Alan Weant Memphis 73 72 68 213 E
6 Adam Rubinson TCU 69 72 73 214 +1
7 Ryan Thomas UAB 72 74 69 215 +2
8 Brett Jones Louisville 75 66 76 217 +4
Tigh VanLeeuwen UAB 75 71 71 217 +4
10 Evan Frederick Saint Louis 73 73 72 218 +5
Mark Anderson Louisville 72 73 73 218 +5
John Wine Houston 72 69 77 218 +5
13 Jason Harris East Carolina 73 72 74 219 +6
Brad Quiri South Florida 73 76 70 219 +6
Bill Roach, Jr. Tulane 71 76 72 219 +6
Jonathan Hill East Carolina 74 72 73 219 +6
J.J. Killeen TCU 74 74 71 219 +6
18 Nathan Turner UAB 74 74 72 220 +7
Mike Shamp Charlotte 69 78 73 220 +7
Colby Beckstrom TCU 76 75 69 220 +7