State College, PA –SUNY Canton junior golfer Zach Meade (Tupper Lake, NY) is coming back to the North Country as a National Champion!
 
Meade shot a round of 2-under par 70 in the final round to finish three strokes better than any other competitor in the 130 golfer field at the 2014 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National Championships on Tuesday at the Penn State Blue Course.
 
The Tupper Lake native was just one of two players to shoot under par on the day as he overcame a two stroke deficit after day one to become the first Roo to win a four-year individual national championship. After shooting 2-under par 34 on the front nine Meade finished the back nine at even par 36 and nearly holed out for double eagle on the par 5, 15th.
 
He would finish a tap in for eagle that would prove crucial down the stretch run. As a result of the first place finish Meade has been named a USCAA First Team All-American for the second consecutive year after his seventh place finish a season ago.
 

Name	Place	Round 1	Round 2	Total Score	To Par
Zach Meade	1	75	70	145	+1
Nolan Reid	T-17	80	77	157	+13
Carter Brock	T-53	87	82	169	+25
Connor Gray	T-53	80	89	169	+25
Matthew Russell	72	88	87	175	+31
Steve McCorduck	-	96	W	-	-
Team	5	322	316	638	+62

Nolan Reid (Champlain, NY) improved three strokes in the final round to shoot a 77 and tie for 17th place individually. Carter Brock (Albany, NY) continued his strong freshman year carding an 82 on Tuesday to finish tied for 53rd individually. Connor Gray (Clayton, NY) posted a round of 89 in the final round good for a 53rd place showing. Matthew Russell (Cranberry Lake, NY) was the only other Roo to finish both rounds tallying an 87 (72nd place) as Steve McCorduck (Oriskany, NY) was forced to withdraw.  
 

The Roos lowered their team total six strokes in the final round to shoot a tournament total of 638 strokes good for fifth place out of 22 teams. Daemen College won their third consecutive USCAA national championship shooting a 608 to edge second place Rochester College by seven strokes. SUNY Delhi (623) and Cleary University (624) rounded out the top four.
 
Nolan Reid and Matthew Russell earned a spot on the USCAA All-Academic Team for being in sophomore standing or better with a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher.
 
This completes the 2014 season for the SUNY Canton men's golf team. Stay up to date with the latest news directly from the SUNY Canton Athletics department by "liking" us on Facebook and "following" our Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

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