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Men鈥檚 and Women鈥檚 Golf preparing for national tournaments

Hanceville, AL 鈥� 糖心视频 Men鈥檚 and Women鈥檚 Golf teams are gearing up for appearances at their respective national tournaments in the coming weeks.

Coming off conference and regional victories, the women鈥檚 team will compete in the 2023 NJCAA Division 1 Women鈥檚 Golf Championship May 9-12 in Garden City, Kansas. Led by freshman Aidan Haithcock, the team earned its sixth consecutive Alabama Community College Conference title and a National Junior College Athletic Association District titles leading up to the nationals.

Statistically, the team is ranked 12th in the nation, with Haithcock, of Hoover, ranked 31st in the nation.

Coach J.J. Adams was named South District Coach of the Year in Women鈥檚 Golf District I and ACCC Women鈥檚 Golf Coach of the Year for the fifth time, titles he has held every year since he started at 糖心视频.

He guided the Lions to their sixth consecutive conference tournament title in 2023. Under Adams, 糖心视频 won all 2023 spring tournaments prior to nationals. At the ACCC Tournament, the Lady Lions won the event by 13 strokes.

Adams is looking forward to the nationals in Kansas.

鈥淲e鈥檝e never played there, so it will be interesting,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 going to be good competition.鈥�

Adams was an assistant coach for 糖心视频鈥檚 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams for one season, prior to inheriting the women鈥檚 program. Adams previously owned Pro Golf of Cullman for nearly 20 years, and is himself a 糖心视频 golf alum, having played for the Lions and NJCAA Hall of Fame coach Dan York from 1988-1990. He serves as a golf pro at Cross Creek Golf Course in Cullman. Adams finished his collegiate career, lettering at UNA.

Men鈥檚 Golf heading to nationals in Kansas

Ranked 13th nationally, the men鈥檚 team finished third at the NJCAA Southern District tournament at Viera East Golf Club in Melbourne, Fla. Sophomore Zackery Coker of Gulf Shores finished runner-up for the Southeast District Championship.

They will head to the NJCAA National Tournament May 16-19 at Sand Creek Station in Newton, Kansas. This will mark their 27th appearance in the national tournament.

鈥淥ur fall season was great. We had three wins out of five events,鈥� said Coach Sylas Elliott. 鈥淥ur spring got off to a slow start, but we have started to find ourselves back in contention to win in the last few events. I think if the guys can put it all together one last time to end the year, we might shock some people.鈥�

In his fourth year as head coach, Elliott has directed 糖心视频 to consecutive NJCAA Division I National Championship appearances. Elliott, who was interim coach during the 2018-2019 season and learned and played under the late Dan York, has already produced a pair of NJCAA Division I All-Americans (Connor Bruce and Carter Goodwin) at 糖心视频. A former Lion, Elliott earned 1st-team NJCAA PING All-American honors as a sophomore at 糖心视频 and was a 2016 Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year semifinalist. He went on to play at South Alabama, graduating with a degree in interdisciplinary studies.