(Golf
1967-70)
A four-year letterman in
golf for the Lions from 1967-70, Stockard led UNA to the NAIA National Championship
Tournament in Fort Worth, Tex., in 1969. The Lions finished with a 17-1 record that season
and the team's had a 64-11-2 match record over Stockard's four years, going 50-6 from
1967-69 and 14-5 in 1970. As a freshman in 1967 he had a 73.7 average for the season and
the Lions were again second in the Alabama Collegiate Conference Tournament, while
finishing third in the NAIA District.
As a junior in 1969 he averaged 73.67 to help lead
the Lions to the ACC and NAIA District 27 championships. He averaged 73.63 as a senior as
the Lions finished second in the ACC. In 1979 he won the Alabama State Amateur
Championship at the Sasqahatchee Country Club at Opelika-Auburn. He later played on the
professional mini-tour in Arizona in 1981 and has won numerous local and regional golf
championships. He is the only Lion golfer to have won a state amateur championship.
Received his B.S. degree in Marketing from UNA in 1970.
At the time of his induction he
served as golf professional at Twin Pines Country Club.