players of the year
MGA Player of the Year
Joel Myrick - Hattiesburg, MS
This is Joel’s first time
receiving the honor of Player
of the Year. Canebrake
Country Club is where this
Southern Miss Men’s Golf
Team Alum calls home. It
is no surprise that Myrick
quickly rose to the top of
the points race with an
outstanding season. Myrick
is the 2017 Greenwood
Invitational Champion, MS State Am Runner-up,
represented the MGA in the Governor’s Cup and MS
Cup Matches, qualified and competed in the 2017 U.S.
Mid-Amateur Championship in Atlanta, GA, as well as
two other top 5 finishes in 2017.
MGA Senior Player of the Year
David Sellers - Madison, MS
David Sellers is a first-time
Senior Player of the Year
recipient. Reunion Golf and
Country Club is the course
that David calls home. David
won the senior division at
the 2016 Coast Amateur,
one of the first tournaments
of this season. He completed
the season with nine top-5
finishes and placed in the top-
10 of every championship
where points were awarded.
Sellers was also a member of
the Governor’s Cup Team
and the amateur team of the
MS Cup matches.
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MGA Super Senior Player of the Year
Ricky Sims - Canton, MS
Sims adds this honor
to a long list of past titles.
These include nine Senior
Player of the Year titles and
a Super Senior Player of
the Year title. When not at
a MGA Championship or
Sanctioned
Tournament,
Ricky Sims can be found
at the Country Club of
Canton. During the 2017
Season, Sims was the Super Senior Amateur Champion,
Trustmark Super Senior Champion and top-5 in three
other tournaments. He also represented Team MS in
the 2017 Governor’s Cup as well as Team MGA in the
2017 MS Cup Matches.
MJGA Girls Overall & Girls 16-18
Player of the Year
Presley Baggett - Canton, MS
Presley adds these honors
to her two previous Girls
Overall Player of the Year
titles. She is the 2017 MS Girl’s
Junior Amateur Champion.
The LSU Women’s Golf
Class of 2018 Signee had a
great summer on the MJGA
circuit obtaining two wins
and one other Top 5 finish in
the 2017 season. She also represented Team MS in the
Southern States Jr Cup and qualifying to compete in the
Trusted Choice National Big I Junior Championship
held at Annandale this past August. Presley traveled to
Santa Fe, New Mexico, to represent Mississippi in the
U.S. Women’s State Team Championship. At the end of
her season, she was invited to participate in the BankPlus
Sanderson Farms Junior Pro-Am at the 2017 Sanderson
Farms Championship.