Concentration. Didier Villard carefully considers the putt he is about to attempt before tapping the ball into the hole. - photo by Public Relations Office. 1984 AIC GOLF RESULTS Arkansas Tech University 38 Henderson State University 35 HARDING UNIVERSITY 33 University of Central Arkansas 26 Ouachita Baptist University 17 Arkansas College 13 Hendrix College 6 Harding's Answer Hymn No. 384, "God Moves in a Mysterious Way," written by William Cowper, has deep significance to many at Harding, including every coach as he seeks to recruit capable athletes who are interested in getting a college education and growing spiritually more like Christ. No doubt, Coach Phil Watkins can see God's hand in the enrollment of Kevin Wise at Harding. Kevin grew up in a Christian home in Pensacola, Fla. , and attended Woodham High School in Pensacola. He was a member of the interscholastic golf team, serving as captain of the team his senior year. He enrolled in Pensacola Junior College near his home for his freshman year but the college had no golf team. He transferred for his sophomore year to Jefferson Davis Junior Coll~ge in Brewton, Ala., since he had been offered a golf scholarship. In the spring of his sophomore year , he came to Searcy with a group of young people from his home congregation to attend the Youth Forum and Spring Sing. He liked what he saw at Harding and decided to attend Harding even though he would receive no athletic grant since the AIC limits such to 33 in football and 13 in basketball. Kevin immediately established himself as the number two man on the Bison team behind Didier Villard, Harding's AIl-AiC golfer. In fact, Kevin missed AIl-AiC himself by only 0.4 of a stroke-per-game average over the six conference tournaments. He would have been All-AIC if one more man had been chosen. He was the medalist for one tournament. He possessed a high level of equanimity. If he did poorly on one hole, he remained calm and came back strong on the next hole . "Kevin is a quiet, dependable, hardworking young man who is well-liked by the other players. He has been a real team leader in every respect," commented Coach Watkins. "He is very respectful and goes out of his way to be of service. He has meant a lot to our golf program and to me personally. 11ft&. - Dr. Joseph E. Pryor )\f 149
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