Posted: May 06, 2021

ICCAC Announces 2021 Golf Postseason Honors

The ICCAC announced the Division II Men's Golf postseason awards on Wednesday including the 2021 Division II Player and Coach of the Year.

Kirkwood's James Morgan was voted as the 2021 Player of the Year. Morgan, now the back-to-back reigning Region XI Tournament champion, won his second straight conference championship with a three-shot victory at Blue Top Ridge. Morgan posted a first round 70 (-2), before shooting a 76 (+4) in round 2, and finishing with a final round 72 (E). He became the first Eagle in a long line of regional champions to win back-to-back tournament titles.

Throughout the 2020-21 season, Morgan won six tournaments and did not finish outside the top 8 in any competition all year in 13 total events. Currently, he is the No. 7 ranked golfer in the country heading into the NJCAA National Tournament.

Kirkwood boasted the top two scores of the championship and thus the other two members on First Team All-Region. Morgan was joined by teammate and tournament runner up Kolby Shackelford. Shackelford finished three strokes behind with a +5 overall performance. Freshmen JD Pollard placed tied at 6th, and Harry Oddy tied at ninth (Second Team), while Brandon McCarty finished in 11th place (Honorable Mention) for the Region XI champions.

First Team All-Region
Name	School	Year
Austin Erickson	Iowa Central	Fr.
Justin Schipper	Iowa Central	Fr.
Tomas Ribiero	Iowa Central	Fr.
James Morgan	Kirkwood	So.
Kolby Shackelford	Kirkwood	Fr.

Second Team All-Region
Name	School	Year
Dylan Ellis	DMACC	So.
Joe Forsting	Iowa Central	So.
Harry Oddy	Kirkwood	Fr.
JD Pollard	Kirkwood	Fr.
Ty Heimes	Northeast	So.

Honorable Mention All-Region
Name	School	Year
Joe Dean	DMACC	So.
Austin Reynolds	Hawkeye	So.
Ethan Streicher	Hawkeye	So.
Brandon McCarty	Kirkwood	Fr.
JJ Wickman	NIACC	Fr.