VUU Golfers win CIAA tourney
Fred Jeter | 4/25/2024, 6 p.m.
Travon Wills
The Virginia Union University golf team has earned the right to point to the sky and shout: “We’re No. 1.”
Led by medalist Travon Willis, the Panthers won the eight-team, CIAA Golf Tournament held April 15-16 in Southern Pines, N.C.
A graduate student, Willis took top honors with rounds of 69, 70 and 70 for a 54-hole total of 209.
He was followed by teammates Alkin Barkley (215); Joseph Graham (220); Zaccheus Spann (224); and Brady Wood (234).
VUU’s overall team score of 868 bested runner-up Fayetteville State’s 873. Virginia State was fourth at 910.
Willis was named CIAA Golfer of the Year while VUU’s E. Lee Coble won Coach of the Year accolades.
