RICHMOND, Va. – VCU freshman Theo Archer (Rennes, France) has been named Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Month for October, the league announced Tuesday.
 
Archer helped the Rams to a pair of team wins in three October tournaments. The freshman from Rennes, France, recorded a fifth-place finish at the Moraine Intercollegiate (69-79-73) and followed with a 14^th-place effort at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate that included rounds of 65 and 69 (65-74-69). VCU won both of those tournaments. Archer also shot 70-70-79 on the way to a 45^th-place finish at the Cullan Brown Collegiate Oct. 5-6.
 
In nine October rounds, Acher recorded a stroke average of 71.00.