ICCAC Announces 2021 Golf Postseason Honors
May 6, 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.

Player of the Year: James Morgan, Kirkwood

Coach of the Year: Kris Graewin, Iowa Central