Dec. 15, 2004

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue men's and women's head golf coach Devon Brouse has been named one of seven finalist for the Labron Harris Sr. Award presented by E-Z-GO Textron in cooperation with the PGA of America.

The award will be presented to the college or high school coach and PGA professional whose support of the game through teaching, coaching and involvement in the community have helped ensure the continued growth of the game and represented the finest qualities the game has to offer.

In addition to Brouse, the finalists are John Bermel of Northern Iowa (Iowa PGA Section), Virginia Tech's Jay Hardwick (Middle Atlantic PGA), Rod Myers of Duke (Carolinas PGA), Pat Owen of the Naval Academy (Middle Atlantic PGA), Kent State's Herb Page (Northern Ohio PGA) and Rick Pohle of Williams College (New England PGA).

The Labron Harris Sr. Award recipient will be announced on Jan. 6, 2005.

In addition to his coaching duties, Brouse serves as the director of golf operations at Purdue. Brouse initiated the "Growth of the Game" program at Purdue, which has PGA professionals teaching university golf classes. As a coach, he has claimed seven conference championships -- six in the ACC and one in the Big Ten, back-to-back NCAA regional championships (2001 and 2002) and has been named ACC coach of the year three times, regional coach of the year twice and Big Ten coach of the year once.

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