Men’s Golf
UMSL’s men’s golf team earned a 13th-place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships, held May 21-23 at The Shoals Golf Club in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The Tritons put together a 54-hole score of 888 (293-298-297). Sophomore Chris Ferris was UMSL’s top individual finisher, finishing in a tie for 36th place with a 219 (72-76-71). Senior Markus Lindberg wrapped up his stellar four-year collegiate career by shooting 223 and graduates as the program’s career scoring average record holder at 74.2.
Longtime Optometry faculty members Dr. Ed Bennett and Dr. Vinita Henry recognized for contribution to field of contact lenses
Bennett received the CLMA Medal of Honor, while Henry received an award named for Bennett himself: the Dr. Edward S. Bennett GPLI Educator of the Year award.