University of Illinois senior D.A. Points, who tied for second place in the San Diego Invitational, was named Big Ten Conference Golfer of the Week.

DANVILLE – For inspiration, Mike Small does not have to dig deep into the PGA Tour media guide.

There atop the players list is the story of Paul Azinger. Sixteen years before Small – a former Danville High School and University of Illinois standout – began his first season on the tour, Azinger was a rookie.

University of Illinois men's golfer D.A. Points ranks ninth in the Golfstat Cup standings through the fall season.

The Illini senior averaged 70.9 strokes per round. The standings are based on an adjusted average determined by the par and course rating of the courses each player competed on in tournaments.

   Senior D.A. Points claimed his second consecutive tournament title as the Illini rallied for an 8-stroke victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday at the Persimmon Ridge Intercollegiate in Louisville, Ky.

Illinois senior golfer D.A. Points of Pekin carded a 2-under-par 70 on Tuesday to finish in a first-place tie with Toledo's Tim Rice at the Legends of Indiana Intercollegiate in Franklin, Ind.

Joel Kribel, who is acutely familiar with the agony of losing in the final stages of the U.S. Amateur, shot a 66 Tuesday to top match-play qualifiers in the rain-interrupted tournament in Rochester, N.Y.

University of Illinois senior and two-time Illinois amateur champion D.A. Points fired a first-round 75 Monday at the U.S. Amateur Championship in Rochester, N.Y., and trails the leaders by 7 strokes. UI teammate Tim Riley shot a 36 on the back nine to close at 76.

D.A. Points, a senior at the University of Illinois this fall, captured the men's Illinois State Amateur Golf Championship on Thursday in Whittington.