Tennessee State University Male Athlete of the Year, Chris Seibel is one of five non-black players on the Tigers Golf Team.Chris Seibel prefers blending in. He doesn't like standing out in a crowd. On the golf course it's benefited the Indianapolis native, who says he's developed a knack for sneaking up on opponents and catching them off guard. Not being noticed in school hasn't come so easy. He is a senior at Tennessee State and the first white male athlete of the year at the historically black university since the award was established in the 1950s. TSU's only white female athlete of the year was softball pitcher Shannon Hicks of Smyrna in 2004.
TSU senior golfer Chris Seibel"I don't like to be noticed, I'd rather fly under the radar," Seibel said. "I like going into a golf tournament where nobody really knows who I am and then surprising them." At TSU, 72 percent of the undergraduate students are black and 21 percent are white. Seibel, whose stroke average is 72.8, was named to the All-OVC team after posting four top-five and six top-10 finishes in eight events. He shot 70 and took the first-round lead Monday in the OVC Championships at GreyStone Golf Club. He finished tied for 24th. Siebel is one of five white players on TSU's golf team. There is one black player.
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