JACKSON - Eddie Brescher stepped into his first season and hit the ground running immediately as Millsaps Men's Golf was set to get underway for its fall season. Brescher took his team and guided them to their first tournament win in over a decade and into No. 64 (Golfstat) in the nation by season's end; a huge improvement. 

Now, with a year under his belt and his first full recruiting class in place, Brescher sees an opportunity to take Millsaps Men's Golf to the next level.

"Expectations are a lot higher then last year, now, the most important thing to this team is depth" says Brescher. "When you have (depth) you have more people with potentinal to shoot lower scores at any time during the year."

But Brescher knows his team can handle the high expectations.

"Our biggest goal of the year for us is to move into the Top 30 or 40 in the country and I think it's a very realistic goal," adds Brescher.

The Majors welcome back a slew of talent and bring in more potentially great golfers for the 2012-13 season. It all starts with last year's team captain, junior Chris Patton, an All-SCAC selection a year ago.

Patton shot a career low 73 at the Jekyll Island Collegaite Classic in the spring and was phenomenal at the SCAC Tournament, shooting 74 twice in three rounds to finish 12th overall at the tournament.

Despite his accomplishment, Patton knows he can do better.

"I definitely want to be more consistent, my scores were up and down throughout the year " says Patton. "I want to get some Top 10s in tournaments and try and repeat what I did last year at the conference tournament."

Millsaps also brings back junior Drew Richardson, an All-SCAC selection his freshman year. Richardson struggled in the first two rounds of the 2012 SCAC Tournament, but came back on the final day and show a career-low 70 to carry momentum into the new year. He also had a sixth place finish in the Fall of 2011 at the Lake Caroline Collegiate.

Thomas Baxter is another junior coming back to the expierienced Major team. Baxted tied Richardson for sixth at the Lake Caroline Collegiate which included a career-low score of 73. Senior Jake Sherrington and Junior Daniel Finan are two upperclassman that also look to compete for a top spot.

For the sophomores, Lewis Peters returns after an incredible freshman year that saw him earning All-Tournament Honors for third place finishes at the Lake Caroline Invitational and the West Invitational in the Fall and Spring. Peters averaged a team low 76.37 in scoring and shot a career-low 71 at the West Invitational.

Along with Peters is sophomore Garrett Barnes who also had a great rookie season. Barnes and Peters aided Millsaps in being the No. 25 ranked freshman class last season. Barnes shot a career-low 75 at last year's Rome News Tribune and Jekyll Island Collegiate.

"We've got a lot of great leadership, I know what to expect from them and they know what to expect from me," explains Brescher. "I think these guys are going to be well prepared because they played a lot of golf in the summertime and they are more fired up this year since they spent the time preparing."

Millsaps also brings in four terrific freshman who look to make their mark on the Majors immediately this season in Ryan Bingham, Cody Davis, Carlitos Fernandez, and Ryan Henry.

"The freshman that we have coming in our strong players and come from states that have a lot of depth in their junior programs," says Brescher. "For us to get guys who have good tournament expierince will be very prepared from Day One and will really push our returners." 

The Majors know they can have a successful season if they stay committed to what's important.

"Hard work, determination, and no slacking," says Patton. "Wake up early, go to class, go to the golf course, and get studying done, stay accountable to all things that are important, everyday."

Brescher goes on to add, "Short game is the most important golf related thing to our season, it's going to be the key determining factor of picking up more shots, increasing your ranking, and having better finishes at tournaments."

The Majors open their Fall Season up on September 15th at the Rhodes Collegiate Men's Classic in Memphis.