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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Men’s Golf Team, has won three straight tournaments.
Starting at the Purdue Boilermaker, then at the Robert Keppler Invitational at Ohio State, finally the Big Ten Conference Championship on the famed Pete Dye Course at the French Lick Resort.
This week they won more than three times when the Big Ten post season awards were announced.
Head coach Mike Small won his 12th Coach of the Year Award and his 11th in 13 years.
Senior Adrien Dumont de Chassart who will use his Covid year to return next season, was named player of the year for the second straight season. Chassart is the first Illini to earn the Les Bolstad Award back-to-back since Steve Stricker in 1988 and 1989.
Chassart was named All-Big Ten First Team, along with teammate Tommy Kuhl also a senior who will return next season. Piercen Hunt was named Second Team All-Big Ten.
Kuhl also earned a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. Illinois now awaits word from the NCAA to see which regional they will attend. So learn more and follow the Illini at FightingIllini.com.