Final Results

KERRVILLE, Texas --- The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor jumped out to a 12-stroke lead after two rounds, and continued at record-setting pace over the final 18 holes to win the 2017 American Southwest Conference Men's Golf Championship for its seventh conference crown and third in the last four seasons.

Mary Hardin-Baylor carded rounds of 276-283-285 for an ASC-record 844 tournament performance at The Club at Comanche Trace Valleys and Hills courses. Senior Mats Heien led the Crusaders and the 38-player field from start-to-finish, carding a 64-69-68-201 finishing an ASC Championship record 15-under-par for individual medalist honors.

George Toone placed second (74-67-68-209) in leading UT Tyler to a team runner-up finish (292-279-293-864). Concordia University Texas placed with a three-round 875 followed by Hardin-Simmons (916), UT Dallas (917), LeTourneau (920), Howard Payne (942) and Louisiana College (1126).

Jarrod Brown of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Seth Walters of LeTourneau were selected by vote of the coaches as co-recipients of the Men's Golf Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year award. The duo will advance to the ASC Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year ballot. Jordan Cox of Mary Hardin-Baylor was named 2017 Men's Golf Coach of the Year.

With the win, Mary Hardin-Baylor earns automatic qualification to the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships as the ASC representative. The national tournament is scheduled May 19-16 at Mission Inn Resort, Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. Team at-large and individual qualifiers will be announced May 8 at NCAA.com.

All-Conference First-Team (Top 5 finishers)
Mats Heine, Mary Hardin-Baylor
George Toone, UT Tyler
Alden Fortner, Mary Hardin-Baylor
Logan Young, Concordia Texas
Mason Terry, LeTourneau
 
All-Conference Second-Team (Finishers 6-10)
Seger Howell, Concordia Texas
Sam Hill, UT Tyler
Brice Cooper, UT Dallas
Jarrod Brown, Mary Hardin-Baylor
Brandon Rougeau, UT Tyler