BEN LASSO SIGNS NCAA LETTER OF INTENT WITH COKER COLLEGE
Benjamin Lasso has signed a NCAA Letter of Intent with Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina. Ben will receive Academic and Athletic Scholarships from Coker and play golf for Coach John Handrigan’s Coker Cobras. Coach Handrigan led his Cobras to the 2006 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Championship, along with winning the Atlantic Regional and making the program’s first appearance as a team at the NCAA Division II National Championship. "Ben has all the key aspects that I look for in a player. He is solid academically, he has a highly skilled golf games, and most importantly he has a very hard work ethic with the desire to constantly improve. Ben will be a great asset to Coker College both academically and athletically," Hadrigan said. Lasso , a Falls Church resident, is a former student at George Mason High School. This summer he won the Tidewater Junior Amateur and the Falls Road Golf Club Middle Atlantic PGA (MAPGA) Junior Tournament, finished Fourth in the Westfields MAPGA unior Championship, and finished Eighth in the MAPGA Player of the Year Standings among 200 players. His handicap is currently below one.
