POCATELLO, Idaho --- Sacramento State senior Tanner Makimoto was named to the first team all-Independent golf team, it was announced today. Makimoto is one of five players to be placed on the team. Augusta State’s Emmett Turner was named Player of the Year, Weber State’s Barry Schenk was Freshman of the Year and Josh Gregory of Augusta State earned the Coach of the Year award.Makimoto appeared in all six of the men’s team’s events during the season. The Rocklin, Calif., native led the squad with an average of 73.72. He also recorded four top-15 finishes, including a third-place tie at the Sacramento State Invitational. During the season, he recorded two rounds of 70 and two rounds of 71.
The 2002-03 season marked the first year that Sacramento State competed as an independent in men’s golf. The team had participated in the Big Sky Conference from 1996-2002. The league discontinued men’s golf following the 2001-02 season after Eastern Washington and Portland State dropped their program.
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2003 All-Independent Men’s Golf Team
First Team
John Limanti, North Florida
Tanner Makimoto, Sacramento State
Emmett Turner, Augusta State
Oliver Wilson, Augusta State
Brett Woods, Idaho State
Second Team
Rudy Celedon, Texas-Pan American
Brian Geraty, Birmingham-Southern
Brian Grone, Centenary
Jeffrey Krogsgard, Birmingham-Southern
Barry Schenk, Weber State
Player of the Year
Emmett Turner, Augusta State
Freshman of the Year
Barry Schenk, Weber State
Coach of the Year
Josh Gregory
