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Lyle Burns Named COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete Of The Week

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PEORIA, Ill. -- Senior men’s golfer Lyle Burns (Mahomet, Ill./Seymour/Parkland C.C.) has been named the Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week after sharing medalist honors at the I-74 Individual Challenge Saturday in Normal, Ill.

Burns tied teammate Drake Bushong (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) and IUPUI’s Michael Johnson for top individual honors at Saturday’s I-74 Challenge with each matching par at the par-71 Weibring Golf Club. The medalist honors were the first of the season for Burns and he earned his fourth top-10 finish of the year as he matched his low round of the spring with the 71.