The Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program is pleased to announce
the winners of five of our six junior Player of the Year awards. The Pepsi
Indiana Junior Golf Program Boys Player of the Year will not be decided until
after the Hoosier Junior Championship on October 15-16.
Player of the Year accolades are presented annually to one
boy and one girl as the overall Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program Player of the
Year. Additionally, Player of the Year awards are given for the Aquafina Prep
Tour and Mountain Dew Junior Tour.
2011 Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program Boys Player of the Year
Adam Wood, Zionsville
2011 Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf
Program Girls Player of the Year
Morgan Nadaline,
Anderson
Morgan scored three victories in her 2011 season, including
two Indiana Junior Golf Championships. Morgan’s first win of the year came at
the Age Group Championship where she posted a five shot victory in the Girls 15
year old division. Morgan also won the Indiana Section Junior PGA Championship,
by six shots, which earned her a spot in the National Championship at Sycamore
Hills GC in Ft. Wayne. Also in Championship play, Morgan
finished fifth overall in stroke play at the Girls State Junior Championship
where she qualified for the Championship Flight. Morgan’s summer also included
a grueling win at the Legends Junior Masters event on a 36-hole day when the
heat index hit 113 degrees. Additionally, Morgan was the runner-up at the
Masters Tour Championship and finished third at the Northern Junior Masters.
These finishes propelled her to the Masters Tour Points title as well. Morgan
was previously named the Mountain Dew Junior Tour Girls Player of the Year in
2009.
2011 Mountain Dew
Junior Tour Boys Player of the Year
Joshua Keating,
Noblesville
2011 saw Joshua post three total victories, four runner up finishes
and one trip to a National Championship. On the Mountain Dew Junior Tour,
Joshua had wins at Morningstar GC and Meshingomesia CC to go along with
runner-up finishes at Kokomo American Legion, Twin Lakes,
Fox Prairie and the Mountain Dew Tour Championship. In Championship play,
Joshua fired a two day total of even par to win the Boys 14 year old division
at the Age Group Championship. Joshua also advanced to the Quarterfinals of the
Boys State Junior Championship after qualifying in the top 20. Perhaps,
Joshua’s biggest accomplishment and experience of the summer was his runner-up
finish at the Indiana US Junior Qualifier which earned him a spot in the US
Junior Amateur Championship at Golf Mountain GC in Bremerton, Washington.
2011 Mountain Dew Junior
Tour Girls Player of the Year
Dana Hayden, Evansville
Dana claimed five Mountain Dew Junior Tour victories and one
runner-up finish in 2011. Dana’s wins came at Valley View GC, CC of Old Vincennes, Wooded View GC, Christmas Lake
GC and Country Oaks GC
and she posted a scoring average of 75.0 in those events. Dana also was the
runner-up at Cascades GC and finished seventh at the Tour Championship. In
Championship play, Dana finished runner-up at the Indiana Section Junior PGA
Championship and made the Championship Flight at the Girls State Junior
Championship.
2011 Aquafina Prep
Tour Boys Player of the Year
Jake Miller, Richmond
Jake did not have a finish outside the top three at any of
his seven Indiana Junior Golf Program events in 2011. His season included three
Prep Tour victories, including wins at AJ Tatcher GC, Crestview GC and McMillen
Park GC. Additionally, Jake finished as the runner-up at Morningstar and had
third place finishes at the Dye Course and Cascades GC. In Championship play,
Jake shot 69 to tie for first in the Boys 10 year old division at the rain
shortened Age Group Championship.
2011 Aquafina Prep
Tour Girls Player of the Year
Claire Cameron, Martinsville
Claire led the Prep Tour with five wins this season and six
wins overall. Claire won all of the Prep Tour events that she entered with
victories at Hickory Hills GC, Cascades GC, Crestview GC, Morningstar GC and
Bloomington CC. Claire also added a victory in the Girls 12 year old division
at the Age Group Championship. Additionally, Claire made the cut in the overall
girls division a the Indiana Section Junior PGA Championship. This is Claire’s
second Aquafina Prep Tour Player of the Year Award, with her first coming in
2009.