Former Wildcat Danieal Manning made headlines all season with the Chicago Bears, culminating with his appearance in the Super Bowl as the team’s starting free safety.

Now another former Abilene Christian University star is getting some attention. Golfer Jeev Milkha Singh — the driving force behind ACU’s 1993 Division II national championship — is featured in Sports Illustrated’s Masters Preview that hit mailboxes across the country recently.

Veteran SI writer Alan Shipnuck details Singh's golf journey and how he earned his way into a group of 18 making their Masters debut. Singh will, in fact, be the first Indian to play in the Masters. He is already the first to compete on the European Tour and the first to compete in college in America.

To be sure, it was a long trip. In 2006, Shipnuck said, Singh played 39 tournaments in 17 countries on four continents. He finished in the top 10 on 20 occasions, winning twice in Japan, once in China and again in Spain at the Volvo Masters, the European Tour’s season-ending tournament.

Shipnuck’s story is available online at http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1603557-1,00.html.