FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

University of Southern Maine to host
two-day event in Gorham, Maine Oct. 15-16

WINTHROP, Mass. – Gorham Country Club in Gorham, Maine will serve as the two-day site of the 2016 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship, the league office announced on Friday morning. GNAC affiliate member the University of Southern Maine will serve as this fall’s host for the event, which will take place Saturday and Sunday, October 15-16.

Rhode Island College has won each of the last five GNAC Men’s Golf titles, besting runner-up Worcester State University by nine strokes at the 2015 GNAC Championship in North Dartmouth, Mass.

GNAC Commissioner Joe Walsh is also pleased to announce the appointment of Johnson & Wales University Assistant Athletic Director Evan McDermott as the GNAC sports chair for men’s golf. McDermott, who joined the Wildcats athletic department in December 2015, is the former athletic director and head golf coach at Daniel Webster College.

For more information on Gorham Country Club, please visit the course's website at www.gorhamcountryclub.com.

Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 12 member institutions and over 3,000 student-athletes across the New England region. Each year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 17 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunities and community involvement. 

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