HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – On Saturday evening, the eve of the Great American Conference Men's & Women's Golf Championships, the league announced its superlative award winners, all-conference teams and notable scholar-athletes and among those honored were a trio of Southern Arkansas Muleriders. Senior Roman Timmerman earned the third All-GAC honor of his career as he was named a second team performer, while junior Connor Harrington and sophomore Taylor Rich were both named GAC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes.
 
Timmerman enters the weekend, his final trip to Hot Springs for the league championship, with an average score of 72.77 in eight tournaments played across the fall and spring semesters. In 22 rounds played this season, the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada native has shot 72 or better on ten occasions with a score of 75 or better 18 times. He has notched seven rounds this season at par or better and is tied for the team lead in counters with 21.
 
Twice this season Timmerman fired a 68 or better with the first instance coming in the second round of the season: a 65 at the 23^rd Annual NSU Golf Classic which matched the program-low round and program-low round vs. par at -6. He recorded four top 15 finishes this season with three landing him inside the top 10 of the leaderboard. He produced a season-best fourth place finish overall at the Oak Tree Invitational after shooting 70-71-74 to finish as the top Central Region performer among 39 such foes.
 
In all eight tournaments, Timmerman never finished outside the top 30 of the individual leaderboard and owns a finish percentage of 82.3% against 673 total opponents faced in 2021-22. The Canadian leads the team in birdies with 56.
 
For Harrington, his 2021-22 season saw the Magnolia native compete in six tournaments and log top 30 regional finishes in five of those with a season-best showing among regional competition coming with a finish of 25^th at the Natural State Golf Classic. Harrington has shot 75 or better in seven of his 16 rounds played this season and owns a solid average score of 77.75 entering the league championships.
 
A 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 At-Large selection, Harrington is a Mathematics major with a minor in Education as well as a Sports Management Major with an Athletic Administration emphasis. He currently holds a 3.95 GPA.
 
The honor is the first such accolade for Rich in her career as a Mulerider. The sophomore from Salado, Texas, has competed in eight tournaments for SAU this season. In 19 total rounds played, Rich owns an average score of 85.26 with 11 rounds at 85 or better. She has produced five top 40 finishes among in-region competition. Her 54-hole total of 239 at the King Alfred Spring Invite is the 15^th best three-round total in the program's Golf Stat Era and she is just the fifth different player to shoot under 240 in a three-round tournament.
 
Rich is a Mass Communications major with an emphasis in Mass Media and holds a GPA of 3.95.