Backspin Volume 3, Issue 5 | Page 34

McNeese State’s Eriksson named Men’s Golfer of the Year FRISCO, Texas – McNeese State senior Martin Eriksson was named the 2015-16 Southland Conference Men’s Golfer of the Year after a vote of the league’s head coaches and sports information directors, the league office announced in conjunction with the release of the allconference teams. Eriksson is the second McNeese State golfer of the year to earn the honor, joining Sigmundur Masson, who earned the award in 2008. A native of Orebro, Sweden, Eriksson is a three-time allconference selection and averaged 71.61 strokes in 38 rounds this season. In 13 tournaments, Eriksson finished in the top 10 seven times, including his lone med