Men's Golf | 4/21/2022 9:55:34 AM
The Empire 8 Conference announced its 2021-22 Men’s Golf All-Conference awards on Wednesday, April 20. First-year standout Bryce Barber of St. John Fisher College swept both the Player and Rookie of the Year awards, while Mike Howard of Oswego State was named the E8 Coach of the Year.
Empire 8 Champion St. John Fisher led the way with five all-conference selections, while Oswego was right behind with four, including a pair of first team picks. The awards were based on results from the 2021-22 Empire 8 Championship, in which the first two rounds took place on Oct. 2-3 at Timber Banks Golf Club in Baldwinsville, NY and final 36 holes were played April 15-16 at Hershey Country Club in Hershey, PA. St. John Fisher won its 17th Empire 8 Championship in program history and will compete at the 2022 NCAA Division III Championship, which will take place May 10-13 at Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, FL.
Barber rallied from four strokes down on the final day of the championship to win the individual medalist title and earn 2021-22 Empire 8 Player and Rookie of the Year honors by one stroke with a final score of 311 over the four rounds. Senior Ryan Fecco of Oswego earned runner-up honors for the second consecutive season en route to earning first team accolades.
Barber is the first student-athlete in Empire 8 men’s golf history to sweep Player and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season.
Oswego freshman Jake Owens, St. John Fisher senior Matthew McGaugh and Utica sophomore Adam Woodmansee rounded out the top-fove finishers to earn All-E8 first team accolades. Woodmansee was also a second team selection last season. Graduate student Blake Pritchard of Russell Sage College earned his third straight All-Empire 8 honor, while senior Joe Miga of Utica was an All-Empire 8 selection for the fourth straight year.
Howard helped guide Oswego to runner-up honors at the 2021-22 Empire 8 Championship. The Lakers made improvments in the spring after sitting in third place after the fall portion of the tournament and had two golfers earn All-E8 first team honors. It is the second time Howard has earned E8 Coach of the Year honors (2018-19).
One member of each team was named that institution's representative on the 2021-22 Men's Golf Sportsman of the Year Team. The Empire 8 Conference emphasizes that "Competing with Honor and Integrity" is an essential component of a student-athlete's experience in conjunction with an institution's educational mission. These honorees have distinguished themselves and consistently exhibit the critical traits as outstanding sportsmen.
2021-22 Empire 8 Men’s Golf Award Winners
Player of the Year: Bryce Barber, Fr., St. John Fisher
Rookie of the Year: Bryce Barber, Fr., St. John Fisher
Coach of the Year: Mike Howard, Oswego State
Empire 8 First Team
Bryce Barber, Fr., St. John Fisher – 311
Ryan Fecco, Sr., Oswego State – 312
Jake Owens, Fr., Oswego State – 317
Matthew McGaugh, Sr., St. John Fisher – 319
Adam Woodmansee, So., Utica - 323
Empire 8 Second Team
Stuart Phair, Sr., Russell Sage – 325
RJ Juodaitis, Fr., St. John Fisher – 325
Max Mastrogiacomo, Sr., Oswego State – 327
Blake Pritchard, Gr., Russell Sage – 327
Luke Buckley, So., St. John Fisher – 328
Empire 8 Third Team
Joe Miga, Sr., Utica – 330
Nick Tellone, So., St. John Fisher – 331
Nicholas Domitrovic, So., Elmira – 337
Anthony Robinson, Jr., Oswego State – 337
Austin Carpenter, So., Russell Sage – 341
Empire 8 Sportsman of the Year
Nicholas Domitrovic, So., Elmira
Jake Costa, Sr., Nazareth
Ryan Schouten, Jr., Keuka
Ryan Fecco, Sr., Oswego State
Shane Kammerman, Fr., Russell Sage
Joe DePasquale, Fr., St. John Fisher
Joe Miga, Sr., Utica
ABOUT THE EMPIRE 8 CONFERENCE
The members of the Empire 8 Conference are committed first and foremost to the pursuit of academic excellence and the league is regarded as an outstanding NCAA Division III conference. The membership has distinguished itself among its peer group for its quality institutions, spirited and sportsmanlike competition, outstanding services and highly ethical policies and practices. Its commitment to serve the educational needs of its student-athletes is the hallmark of the E8. For more on the Empire 8 visit
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