LATROBE, Pa. — Four Penn State Altoona men’s golf student-athletes were voted to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s all-conference team, as the league released its postseason awards on Oct. 23.
Peter Nusbaum, of Pittsboro, North Carolina, was a first-team all-conference selection. Voted to the second team were Andrew Bruce, of Moon Township, and Nicholas Helsley, of Altoona, and Daniel Batrus, of Altoona, was a third-team pick.
Nusbaum has golfed in 11 rounds to date this season for the Lions, compiling a scoring average of 76.55 that ranks fourth-best in the AMCC and is also the lowest on his team. His lowest score of the fall was a 72, which he carded in day one of the Northeast Elite tournament on Sept. 28. In the AMCC Championships on Oct. 13-14, Nusbaum tied for 17th place with a two-round score of 164.
Bruce has competed in 11 rounds this fall for the Lions and holds a scoring average of 77.18, which ties for the second-lowest on Penn State Altoona and the ninth-lowest in the conference. His low score of the fall came in day two of the Northeast Elite on Sept. 29, when he fired a 69 to tie for the third-lowest score in a round in Penn State Altoona men’s golf history. Bruce took fourth place in the AMCC Championships with a two-day score of 152, earning a spot on the league’s All-Tournament team. He also picked up AMCC Golfer of the Week recognition on October 1.
Helsley has golfed in 11 rounds so far this season for Penn State Altoona, tying for the second-lowest scoring average on his team and the ninth-lowest in the AMCC by shooting 77.18 per round. His low score of the fall was 72, which he shot during both days of the NCAA Division III Fall Preview on Sept. 21-22. Helsley tied for 17th place individually in the AMCC Championships with a two-day score of 164, and he took conference Golfer of the Week honors on Sept. 24.
Batrus has competed in 11 rounds this season for the Lions, shooting 78.45 per round, an average that is the fifth-best on his team and 15th-best among all AMCC golfers. His lowest score of the season came during both rounds of the Ted Barclay Invitational on Aug. 30-31, when he carded a 73 each day. He earned AMCC Golfer of the Week status on Sept. 17 this fall.
Penn State Altoona men’s golf placed third in the AMCC Championships last week at Toftrees Golf Resort in State College. Next up, the Lions will close out their fall schedule in the O’Briant-Jensen Memorial on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 27 and 28, at the Cardinal by Pete Dye in Greensboro, North Carolina.