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Rock Hill, S.C.----Wingate University junior Colin Dutton (Foxfire, N.C.) is the 2024 South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year award winner for men's golf. The SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is presented annually to one student-athlete in each of the league's championship sports and is voted on by the Faculty Athletics Representatives (FAR) committee.
 
The winners are selected based on their achievements in academics, athletics, service and leadership. A second team All-South Atlantic Conference performer this season, Dutton holds a 3.770 GPA with his mathematics and business major. Dutton and his teammates are competing in the NCAA national tournament in Winter Garden, Florida this week.
 
Dutton is only the second Wingate men's golf student-athlete to win this prestigious award. NCAA postgraduate scholarship award winner Braden Jackson ('12) received the honor twice, following his sophomore and senior campaigns.
 
The Colin Dutton file, 2023-24 edition
Second team, All-SAC (as voted by league's coaches)
 
- Leads Wingate team with his 72.52 scoring average
- Twelve under-par rounds this season
- Six rounds in the 60s as a junior
- Season-low round of 64 at Lander event on March 4, 2024
- His 64 is a new WU school standard for low 18 holes
- Finished fourth in Anderson's fall tourney Oct. 23-24, 2023
- Dutton's AU scorecard: 71-70-71=212
- Tied for eighth place at Lander Bearcat Classic March 4-5
- His LU agate: 77-64-66=207
- Earned SAC Golfer of the Week honors on March 13, 2024
- Dutton has one top-five finish this season
- His ledger includes four top-10 showings and five top-20 outings
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Wingate University (2021-present)
- One Day, One Dog Day of Service, Wingate University (two years)
- Dutton read to Wingate Elementary students for One Day, One Dog
- Operation Christmas Child volunteer through his home church
 
What They Are Saying about Wingate's Colin Dutton
 
Wingate head coach JD Lamm
 
"Colin Dutton has had a tremendous year, both on and off the golf course. Excelling in the classroom and maintaining the lowest scoring average on the men's golf team this year is no small feat. I am extremely proud of his work ethic this year. He has exemplified what it means to be a Bulldog."
 
Wingate Byrum School of Business dean Dr. Sergio Castello
 
"Colin Dutton is always engaged in course discussions and shares insightful comments. He is excited to be in class and participate. Colin performed at the top level of our business classes. He is very humble and always ready to help a classmate. It was a pleasure having Colin in class."
 
Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 26 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 16 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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