Men’s golf: UCI’s Lavery, Stevens honored

UC Irvine junior Mike Lavery and senior men’s golf teammate Kevin

Stevens have received postseason honors.

Lavery was named to the PING All-Pacific Region team. He led the

Anteaters with a 72.44 scoring average, recording three top-10 finishes

and six top-20 showings.

Lavery finished sixth at the Big West Conference Championships at

Serrano Country Club in El Dorado Hills, as UCI won its second

consecutive conference title. He was also Irvine’s top performer at the

NCAA West Regional in Albuquerque, N.M., finishing 34th.

Stevens, an economics/sociology major, was named a Cleveland Golf

All-America Scholar. To be eligible, student-athletes must have played in

70% of their team’s competitive rounds, maintained a minimum 3.2

grade-point average and have posted an 18-hole scoring average less than

76. Steven had a 75.13 average through 30 rounds, which included three

top-20 finishes.