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Oglethorpe University men’s head golf course Jim Owen won the Division III Dave Williams National Coach of the Year Award in June, marking the second time Owen has won the award in the last three years, the university said on its webpage.

During the 2013-14 season, the Oglethorpe team came within just a few strokes of winning their third national championship in six years, but came away with the program’s first national runner-up finish and fifth Top 5 finish in program history, the university said.

Sophomore Anthony Maccaglia was named First Team All-America for the third consecutive year in 2014 and became the first Division III golfer selected to compete in the Palmer Cup.

For more, go to: http://www.gopetrels.com/sports/mgolf/2013-14/releases/20140620gk0ly2

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