


CENTRAL, S.C. - The game of golf has given me, a small town country boy, an innumerable amount of opportunities that I would not have been able to experience otherwise. I grew up in the small town of Quitman, Mississippi, a place where the chance to do extraordinary things are few and far between. My dad introduced me to the game of golf at a very young age, and he quickly encouraged me to get involved with junior golf camps and kids tournaments, very similar "The First Tee" program today. These junior golf camps helped me to build relationships with other junior golfers, and let me realize how much fun the sport could truly be.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Samuel del Val earned All-American honors by making the All-Tournament Team as he helped lead the Berry men's golf team to a fifth-place finish at the NAIA National Tournament. The tournament was played over 72 holes at the 6,983-yard, par-71 course at the TPC at Deere Run.