STUDENTS PREPARE FOR GOLF NATIONALS IN SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA

Two Iowa Lakes students will head to Alabama next week to participate in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division II golf tourney.

Kent Schroeder, an Arts and Science major from Mapleton, and Niel Riedemann, an Arts and Science major from Melvin, will take part in the tourney. They are the 12th and 13th national qualifiers for the Lakers under Coach Dan Soper who is in his 9th year at Iowa Lakes.

“These two young men are very deserving of this honor,” said Coach Soper. “They have been my number one and number two players all year. They both have the mental toughness to compete at a high level on a tough golf course like Hunters Ridge and realized their goal of making it to the National Tournament.”

“The pressure is off and they can go down to Alabama, play a great golf course, enjoy themselves and have an experience of a life time,” Soper added.

They advanced to the tourney following regional play May 8-9 at Hunters Ridge Golf Course at Marion. Schroeder earned medalist honors with an even par 144. Riedemann shot a 157 to capture the fourth of five individual qualifying spots.

Schroeder and Riedemann will represent Iowa Lakes at the National Junior College Division II Golf Tournament to be played at Goose Pond Colony Golf Course in Scottsboro, Ala., May 24-27.
 

Niel Riedemann

Kent Schroeder