DALLAS – Conference USA announced Wednesday its weekly honors for golf. FIU’s Karissa Kilby finished inside the top-15 in a field with several top-100 players at the Clover Cup to win her second C-USA Women’s Golfer of the Week honor of the year, while Charlotte’s Tanner Guthrie had a career-best weekend at the General Hackler Championship to earn his first C-USA Men’s Golfer of the Week recognition this year. The 2022-23 C-USA Athletes of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear.
C-USA Women’s Golfer of the Week – Karissa Kilby, FIU, Sophomore, Punahou, Hawai’i
Kilby led the Panthers tied for 13th individually at the Clover Cup on Mar. 12, marking her second top-20 finish of the spring, as she finished with a 1-under-par 215 to lead FIU to an 8th-place finish out of 14 teams, five of which ranked inside the top-50. Kilby finished under par in each of the final two rounds, recording back-to-back 69s while combining for nine birdies over the final 36 holes. Kilby tied a pair of top-75 golfers, while beating two more ranked inside the top-100.
C-USA Men’s Golfer of the Week – Tanner Guthrie, Charlotte, Junior, Auburn, Alabama
Guthrie put together a career-best weekend tying for 15th at the General Hackler Championship which featured eight of the 14 teams ranked inside of the top-50. Guthrie, playing as an individual in the event, opened with a career-best round of two-under 70 on Monday with four birdies backing that with a three-over 75 (+3) which would have tied his career-best round had it not been for the first round 70. Neither of those would matter as Guthrie fired a four-under 68 in Tuesday's final round with an eagle and three birdies to finish tied for 15th at three-under for the tournament. The following ranked teams were comprised the deep field: #6 Auburn, #16 Virginia, #34 North Florida, #35 Duke, #39 Louisville, #41 Liberty, #45 ETSU, #49 South Carolina.
2022-23 C-USA Women’s Golfer of the Week
S7 Sydney Hackett, WKU
S14 Clemence Cadeac, Florida Atlantic
S21 Karissa Kilby, FIU
S28 Mason Lewis, North Texas
O5 Taylor Edlin, Middle Tennessee
O12 Audrey Tan, North Texas
O19 Sarah Arnold, WKU
O26 Camryn Carreon, UTSA
N2 Audrey Tan, North Texas
N9 N/A
F8 Letizia Bagnoli, Florida Atlantic
F15 Daniela Chipchase, UTEP
F22 Catie Craig, WKU
M1 Audrey Tan, North Texas
M8 Camryn Carreon, UTSA
M15 Karissa Kilby, FIU
2022-23 C-USA Men’s Golfer of the Week
S7 N/A
S14 Owen Stamper, Middle Tennessee
S21 Markus Varjun, Middle Tennessee
S28 Ethan Hagood, UAB
O5 Raghav Chugh, Rice and Vicente Marzilio, North Texas
O12 Khavish Varadan, UAB
O19 Riley Grindstaff, WKU
O26 Henry Daly, Rice
N2 Owen Stamper, Middle Tennessee
N9 Jack Wehman, UTSA
F8 Markus Varjun, Middle Tennessee
F15 Raghav Chugh, Rice
F22 Jay Kirchdorfer, Rice
M1 Dongjin Park, Charlotte
M8 Owen Stamper, Middle Tennessee
M15 Tanner Guthrie, Charlotte