McCarthy, Bard and Sargent Receive VaSID Golf Honors

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June 25, 2015

Charlottesville, Va. – Virginia’s Denny McCarthy (Rockville, Md.) and Derek Bard (New Hartford, N.Y.) have been named to the 2015 VaSID All-State University Division Men’s Golf team and head coach Bowen Sargent was honored again as the organization’s coach of the year.

McCarthy, a senior, led UVa with a 70.94 stroke average and become the first player in Virginia history to earn All-ACC honors four times during their career. He had five top-10 outings and topped the Cavaliers at the NCAA Championships with a 29th-place finish.

Bard, a sophomore, was second on the team with a 71.45 stroke average and also picked up All-ACC honors. He won the U.S. Collegiate title and had five total top-10 finishes during the season.

Sargent claimed his fourth career VaSID Coach of the Year honor, as he was also named the award winner in 2008, 2009 and 2010. He led the Cavaliers to an 18th-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship and a No. 25 ranking in the final Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.

Virginia posted top five tournament finishes in 10 out of 13 tournaments during the 2014-15 season, including a win at the Northern Intercollegiate and a runner-up finish at the U.S. Collegiate.

A total of eight University Division programs in Virginia were represented on the 2015 VaSID All-State University Division Men’s Golf first and second teams. Liberty, Virginia and Virginia Tech each had multiple selections on the all-state listings. VCU junior Brad Ball, the Atlantic 10 Conference champion, was named the 2015 VaSID Men’s Golfer of the Year, while Liberty’s Isaiah Logue was tabbed the 2015 VaSID Men’s Golf Rookie of the Year.

2015 VaSID All-State University Division Men’s Golf Team

First Team
Adam Ball, Jr., VCU
Derek Bard, So., Virginia
Trevor Cone, Fr., Virginia Tech
Denny McCarthy, Sr., Virginia
Scott Vincent, Sr., Virginia Tech

Second Team
Blake Carter, Sr., Longwood
Ryan Cole, Jr., James Madison
Mathieu Fenasse, Sr., Liberty
Conner Hayden, Jr., Radford
Alex Hicks, Sr., William & Mary
Isaiah Logue, Fr., Liberty

VaSID Golfer of the Year — Adam Ball, Jr., VCU
VaSID Coach of the Year — Bowen Sargent, Virginia
VaSID Rookie of the Year — Isaiah Logue, Fr., Liberty