Cecil Belisle Named 2021 NJCAA Division II Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman

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South Mountain Community College men's golf freshman Cecil Belisle received the 2021 NJCAA Division II Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award, presented by Strackaline. Belisle won three tournaments during the 2021 spring season, including the NJCAA Division II National Championships, and held a scoring average of 70.36 over 14 rounds of competition. 

Belisle finished at six-under, 282 to win Individual Medalist honors at the NJCAA Division II National Championships May 18-21 at Swan Lake Resort in Indiana. After the first two rounds, he was nine-under-par and finished at even-par 72 in the final round to win the event. He later received NJCAA Division II First Team All-American honors.

He also received First Team ACCAC Division II and NJCAA Region I honors earlier this spring. He claimed individual medalist honors with a four-under, 276 over the four rounds at the NJCAA Region I Division II tournament, including a five-under performance over rounds two and three. He also won the Scottsdale CC Invitational Mar. 1-2 at Hillcrest Golf Club. Belisle opened the tournament with a four-under, 68 to take a one-stroke lead over two teammates. In the second round, Belisle posted an even-par 72 and took individual medalist honors by two strokes.

As a team, SMCC finished as National Runners-Up at the 2021 NJCAA Division II National Championships, won all seven tournaments it played in Arizona in spring 2021, and posted the individual medalist in every tournament it entered.