The Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program is happy to announce the winners of their 2009 Player of the Year awards. Player of the Year accolades are given to one boy and one girl for the Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program as well as the Aquafina Prep Tour and Mountain Dew Junior Tour. This season did feature one tie for Player of the Year in the Boys Division of the Mountain Dew Junior Tour, in which case, the players are named co-winners. 2009 winners are:

2009 Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program Boys Player of the Year

Patrick Rodgers, Avon

Patrick’s 2009 season saw him earn more points from National Junior Golf events than any Indiana player in recent history. His summer included finishing in the top 10 at both the US Junior Championship and the National Junior PGA Championship. At the US Junior Championship, he advanced to the Round of 16 in match play. Inside Indiana, Patrick finished fifth in stroke play at the Boys State Junior Championship and advanced to the semi-finals in the match play field of 64. He also carded a fifth place finish at the Indiana State Open Championship. In addition to those finishes, he also qualified for the US Amateur Championship. Additionally, Patrick was recently one of 12 boys named AJGA Academic All-Americans.

2009 Pepsi Indiana Junior Golf Program Girls Player of the Year

Katie Sharp, Kendallville

Katie registered two wins in her 2009 Indiana Golf season, as she was victorious at the Age Group Championship and the Diet Pepsi Masters Tour event at Woodland CC. The win at Woodland, coupled with runner-up finishes at the Tour Championship and Mystic Hills, a third place finish at Rock Hollow and a fourth at Chestnut Hills, helped Katie run away with the Masters Tour Points Championship. In addition, Katie placed tied for seventh in stroke play at the Girls State Junior Championship, which qualified her for the Championship Flight. Katie was also a member of the winning Indiana Girls team at the 2009 Indiana/Kentucky Challenge Cup. This is Katie’s second Player of the Year award, as she won the 2007 Aquafina Prep Tour award.

2009 Mountain Dew Junior Tour Boys Players of the Year

Dylan Meyer, Evansville

Colin Proctor, Anderson

Dylan finished his 2009 season with five Mountain Dew Tour wins including Valley View, Wooded View, Vincennes Elks, Christmas Lake and Country Oaks. He also added a runner-up finish at Oak Meadow and third at the Tour Championship. Dylan finished the year first on the Season Points List in his age division. In Championship events, Dylan was runner-up at the Age Group Championship and also qualified for the Boys State Junior Championship where he qualified for match play.

Colin took home two Mountain Dew Tour victories at Lakes of the Four Seasons and Highland Lake. He added runner-up finishes at Westwood, The Player’s Club and Brookshire and finished fourth at the Tour Championship and Hawk’s Tail. Colin’s Tour results helped him finish third on the Season Points List. In Championship play, Colin carded a win in his division at the Age Group Championship and qualified for the Boys State Junior Championship and making it to match play. In match play, Colin was the youngest player in the field remaining as he advanced to the Round of 16.

2009 Mountain Dew Junior Tour Girls Player of the Year

Morgan Nadaline, Anderson

Morgan won five events this season, including the Mountain Dew Tour Championship. Her other victories came at Fox Prairie, Willowbrook, Valparaiso CC and Highland Lake. She also had one runner-up finish at Kokomo American Legion. In Championship play, Morgan finished runner-up at the Age Group Championship and scored a top 10 finish at the Indiana Section Junior PGA. Morgan also qualified fifth at the Girls State Junior Championship which gained her a berth in the Championship Flight.

2009 Aquafina Prep Tour Boys Player of the Year

Thomas Lewis, Carmel

Thomas completed his 2009 season winning three tour events at The Dye Course, Cascades and Tipton. He added two runner-up finishes at Round Barn and Crestview to go along with a third place finish at Chippendale. Thomas also scored a victory in his age division at the Age Group Championship.

2009 Aquafina Prep Tour Girls Player of the Year

Claire Cameron, Martinsville

Claire had five tour wins in her 2009 campaign firing the low round at both Dye Course events, Chippendale, Cascades and Morningstar. She also had a third place finish at the second Cascades event. In Championship play, Claire finished runner-up in her division at the Age Group Championship.

All Player of the Year winners will be recognized and awarded at the annual Indiana Golf Hall of Fame banquet to be held November 20th at the Country Club of Indianapolis.