MCC Golf Signs Final Two Players

Sean Covich
MCC Sports Information
June 14

(MERIDIAN)- Meridian Community College golf coach, Sean Covich, will add the final two members of his inaugural recruiting class this Saturday. Jarrod Lemaster of Scottsboro, AL and Bryant Self of Tupelo, MS who both verbally committed to the MCC golf program last month, will sign letters of intent to play for Covich’s first squad at 3:00 PM Saturday in the Damon Fitness Center. Lemaster and Self will participate in MCC’s June 15th Orientation Saturday morning then sign with the golf program that afternoon.

“I’m excited to have these guys visit campus again,” Covich said. “They both came down last month and really feel in love with our school and our golf tradition, its going to be really nice to have these young gentlemen and their families back on campus.”

Lemaster is a product of Alabama’s famed Robert Trent Jones Junior Golf Tour, which plays the spectacular Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Golf Trail. Lemaster was named the RTJ Jr. Tour Player-of-the-Year in 2005, after he won five RTJ Jr. Tour events. Lemaster also captured three high school medalist titles for Scottsboro High School in the spring of 2006.

“Jarrod is a smart player,” Covich said. “Also, it doesn’t hurt that his home course is where the NJCAA national championship will be played next year.”

Self led Tupelo High School to a runner-up finish in the 5A golf state championship his junior season. During his senior year, Self participated The Palmetto high school championship, a national event held in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and captured third place out of nearly 400 high school golfers from around the nation.

“Bryant is a great competitor who still has his best golf ahead of him,” Covich said. “He’s also a wonderful student; I look for him to be a leader in the classroom as well as on the golf course.”

Lemaster and Self will join Meridian area golfers Michael Burton, Ryan Hill, and Joshua Ivy, along with Belmont, MS junior golfer, Curt Sparks as part of Covich’s inaugural recruiting class.

Jarrod Lemaster:
-Scottsboro High School
-Scottsboro, AL
Accomplishments:
-Won five Robert Trent Jones Junior Golf Tour events in 2005
-Was named the 2005 RTJ Junior Tour Player-of-the-Year
-Won local qualifier of the Optimist World Junior
-Finished runner up at the 2005 University of Alabama’s Golf Camp
-Participated in two Southeastern Junior Golf Tour events in 2005, finishing with 1 top-ten and a low round of 73
-Won medalist honors three times for Scottsboro High School in 2005

Bryant Self:
-Tupelo High School
-Belden, MS
Accomplishments:
-Named All-State in high school golf his sophomore, junior and senior year
-Won medalist honors at the 2006 District Championship
-During his senior season at Tupelo, he captured 11 medalist honors
-Finished 3rd at the 2006 State Championship golf tournament
-Finished 3rd out of nearly 500 high school golfers from around the nation in the 2006 Palmetto High School Championship, played in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina-Led Tupelo High School to a State Championship runner-up finish in his junior season