AMERICUS, Ga. -- Georgia Southwestern men's golf player Nicolas Escobar has been named Men's co-Golfer of the Week by the Peach Belt Conference. Escobar in third place at the Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate in St. Augustine this week. He fired a three-under 212 at the St. Johns Golf & Country Club in a field that featured five nationally-ranked teams in the 17-team field and 95 total golfers.

The junior from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Escobar shot rounds of 73-70-69. His 15 total birdies was tied for third-most in the tournament and included a barrage of seven birdies on his final round including four on the back nine. He was one of eight players to shoot his final round in the 60s and has shot 11 of his 15 rounds this season at or under par. Escobar collects his first top-five finish of the season, his third top 10, and is currently fifth in the PBC in stroke average at 71.67.