MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. – Three Eastern Kentucky University men's golfers earned postseason Ohio Valley Conference honors, the league announced tonight from its annual awards banquet held in conjunction with the 2019 OVC Championship in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
 
Erik Lindwall was chosen as the OVC Player of the Year and picked to the All-OVC team.  Martin Eliasson and Andreas Nielsen were named to the OVC All-Newcomer team.
 
Lindwall, a Soderkoping, Sweden native, leads the team and the conference with a 71.7 stroke average. He fired 14 rounds of par or below during the season. Lindwall finished in the top-10 seven times, including one win and five top-5 performances. He was also chosen to the All-OVC team in 2016 and 2017. He was a member of the 2016 OVC All-Newcomers team.
 
This is the 10th time a Colonel has been chosen as the OVC Player of the Year and first since Phil Hendrickson in 2008.  .
 
Eliasson carries a 72.53 stroke average, ninth-best in the conference. He has six rounds of even par or lower on the year. The Norrkoping, Sweden native has two top-5 finishes with his best being a tie for third at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate.
 
Nielson has a 74.50 stroke average. He has fired six rounds of even par or better on the year. The Ikast, Denmark native has two top-10 finishes on the year with his best coming at the EKU Intercollegiate where he tied for fifth.