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Division I Announces All-Region Teams, Coaches

 

 

 

Posted Tuesday, May 31, 2005

 

Division I Announces All-Region Teams, Coaches

All-Freshmen Team and All-America Scholars also named

 

NORMAN, Okla. ? Eaton/Golf Pride Regional Coaches of the Year, All-Freshmen Team, PING All-Region Teams and Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars have been announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

 

The Eaton Golf Pride Regional Coaches of the Year include Army?s Jimmy Ray Clevenger (New England), Brian Yaniger of Towson (Mid-Atlantic), Duke?s Rod Myers (South), Chris Haack of Georgia (Southeast), Kentucky?s Brian Craig (Midwest), Mike Holder of Oklahoma State (Central), Texas A&M?s J.T. Higgins (South Central), Glen Millican of New Mexico (Southwest) and UNLV?s Dwaine Knight (Pacific). The nine regional coaches are also candidates for the Dave Williams Eaton Golf Pride National Coach of the Year.

 

The All-Freshmen Team is composed of Mark Anderson of South Carolina, Stanford?s Rob Grube, Pablo Martin of Oklahoma State, Wake Forest?s Webb Simpson and Dawie VanDerWalt of Lamar.

 

Each of the nine PING All-Region teams are comprised of 15 golfers and any player ranked in the top 75 nationally in either Golfstat or the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Three PING First-Team All-America honorees from 2004 highlight the list along with 28 others who made either the second, third or honorable mention teams. Members of the PING All-Region teams are eligible for PING All-America honors.

 

To be eligible for Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically and competed in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participate in 70-percent of his teams competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 76.0 in Division I and maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.

Eaton/Golf Pride Regional Coaches of the Year

 

New England - Jimmy Ray Clevenger, Army
Mid-Atlantic - Brian Yaniger, Towson
South - Rod Myers, Duke
Southeast - Chris Haack, Georgia
Midwest - Brian Craig, Kentucky
Central - Mike Holder, Oklahoma State
South Central - J.T. Higgins, Texas A&M
Southwest - Glen Millican, New Mexico
Pacific - Dwaine Knight, UNLV

 

 

All-Freshmen Team

 
Mark Anderson, South Carolina
Rob Grube, Stanford
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Dawie VanDerWalt, Lamar
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest

 

PING All-Region Teams

 

New England Region

Kenneth Fahey, Rhode Island
Patrick Fillian, Sacred Heart
Steve Gray, Yale
Larry Haertel, Brown
Fraser Hunt, Rhode Island
Austin Luher, Army
Mark Matza, Yale
Jason Pannone, Rhode Island
Jason Parajeckas, Connecticut
Brendan Ray, Central Connecticut State
Rick Reissman, Yale
Alex Snickenberger, Boston College
Chad Spencer, Rhode Island
Ben Spitz, Rhode Island
Jeff Wolniewicz, Binghamton

Mid-Atlantic Region

Gary Barton, William and Mary
Jeff Castle, Towson
John Eades, Maryland
Jason Gerken, Princeton
Mike Larkin, Towson
Mark Leon, Penn State
Matt Myers, Georgetown
Ted Neville, Penn State
Creighton Page, Princeton
Brent Pittman, Rutgers
Tim Pemberton, William & Mary
Robert Rohanna, Penn State
Steven Sherck, Richmond
Billy Stewart, St. Joseph?s
Billy Wingerd, Towson

South Region

Ryan Blaum, Duke
Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech
Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State
Kalle Edberg, Augusta State
Jack Ferguson, Clemson
Scott Jamieson, Augusta State
Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina
Aron Price, Georgia Southern
Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Nathan Smith, Duke
Chan Song, Georgia Tech
Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech
Emmett Turner, Augusta State
Martin Ureta, North Carolina

 

Southeast Region

Mark Anderson, South Carolina
Jordan Dempsey, Ole Miss
David Denham, Georgia
Matt Every, Florida
Andreas Hoegberg, UCF
Chris Kirk, Georgia
Patton Kizzire, Auburn
Luke List, Vanderbilt
Ross McGowan, Tennessee
Stuart Moore, Auburn
David Skinns, Tennessee
Brett Stegmaier, Florida
Steve Tiley, Georgia St
Brendon Todd, Georgia
Richard Treis, Florida
James Vargas, Florida
Chris Wells, LSU
Lee Williams, Auburn

Midwest Region

Scott Anderson, Ohio State
Mark Blakefield, Kentucky
Ryan Brehm, Michigan State
Garrett Chaussard, Illinois
John Holmes, Kentucky
Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota
Matt Harmon, Michigan State
Cole Isban, Notre Dame
Jason Kokrak, Xavier
Peter Laws, Kent State
Korey Mahoney, E Michigan
Jeff Overton, Indiana
Andrew Ruthkoski, Michigan State
Matt Wells, Kentucky
Ryan Yip, Kent State

Central Region

Mitch Cohlmia, Tulsa
Judd Easterling, Wichita State
Ryan Henry, Tulsa
Anthony Kim, Oklahoma
Sam Korbe, Tulsa
Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Edward McGlasson, Colorado
Alex Nor?n, Oklahoma State
Ryan Posey, Oklahoma State
Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State
Ben Scott, Missouri
Matt VanCleave, Kansas State
Kevin Ward, Kansas

South Central Region

Scott Abbott, Southern Methodist
Jeremy Alcorn, Baylor
Colby Beckstrom, TCU
Jeff Bell, Texas
Matt Bortis, Arkansas
Will Dodson, Southern Methodist
Andrew Dresser, Texas Tech
Oscar Floren, Texas Tech
J.J. Killeen, TCU
Colt Knost, Southern Methodist
Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas
David Schultz, TCU
Drew Stoltz, TCU
Patrick Sullivan, Arkansas-Little Rock
Dawie VanDerWalt, Lamar

Southwest Region

James Allenby, Texas-El Paso
Oscar Alvarez, Brigham Young
Nick Becker, Brigham Young
Charlie Beljan, New Mexico
Aaron Choi, San Diego State
Jay Choi, New Mexico
Jake Ellison, Brigham Young
Miguel Griego, New Mexico
Ron Harvey Jr., Brigham Young
Spencer Levin, New Mexico
James Love, Denver
Greg Machtaler, Brigham Young
Madalitso Muthiya, New Mexico
Andrew Scott, San Diego State
Charlie Soule, Denver

Pacific Region

Travis Bertoni, Cal Poly
Alejandro Ca?izares, Arizona State
Andres Gonzales, UNLV
Rob Grube, Stanford
Ben Hayes, Southern California
Daniel Im, UCLA
Ryan Keeney, UNLV
Liam Kendregan, St. Mary?s (Calif.)
Nathan Lashley, Arizona
James Lepp, Washington
Tyler Ley, Southern California
Henry Liaw, Arizona
Pat Moore, Arizona State
Ryan Moore, UNLV
Alex Prugh, Washington
Michael Putnam, Pepperdine
Brendan Steele, UC Rvrside
Travis Whisman, UNLV

Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars

 

Scott Anderson, Ohio State
Matias Anselmo, Jacksonville State
Nick Baker, UNC-Greensboro
Michael Barbosa, Georgia Tech
Justin Bertsch, Toledo
Robert Bigley, Siena
Kevin Blue, Stanford
Brandon Boomsma, Ball State
Andrew Bostrom, Pacific
Frank Buttacavoli, Rice
Alejandro Ca?izares, Arizona State
Brian Carroll, George Washington
Ryan Carter, Fresno State
Alex Coe, Pepperdine
Keith Cone, Troy
James Cunningham, Denver
Daniel Dennis, Southern Mississippi
Jonathan Dickinson, Liberty
Tim Dillon, Davidson
Robert Dinwiddie, Tennessee State
Mark Donnell, Vanderbilt
Brent Dorner, Troy
Andrew Dresser, Texas Tech
Chris Dukeminier, Oregon
Jonathan Edwards, Santa Clara
Taylor Edwards, Southern Utah
Brian Elsea, Ohio
Kenneth Fahey, Rhode Island
Darren Fletcher, Nevada
Evan Frederick, Saint Louis
Andrew Gallo, George Washington
Jason Gerken, Princeton
Bud Graessle, Ball State
Alex Hamilton, South Carolina
James Harris, San Diego
Ron Harvey Jr., Brigham Young
Andreas Hoegberg, Central Florida
Anders Hofvander, Southeastern Louisiana
John Holmes, Kentucky
Jason Huff, Idaho
Eirik Johansen, South Carolina
Jonathan Johasky, Ohio
Zachary Johnson, Southern Utah
Jordan Mitchell Krantz, Texas-Arlington
Jeffrey Krogsgard, Birmingham Southern
Rob Langley, Furman
Joe Lanza, Saint Mary?s (Calif.)
James Lepp, Washington
Jason Lindgren, North Texas
James Logeman, Long Beach State
Korey Mahoney, Eastern Michigan
Brad Marek, Indiana
Rory McCaughna, Gardner-Webb
Todd Miller , Brigham Young
Mark Modglin, Fresno State
Ryan Moore, UNLV
Matt Munroe, Gonzaga
Keith Orlen, Elon
Creighton Page, Princeton
Steven Pena, Lousiana-Lafayette
David Perrit, Saint Louis
Nate Pettitt, Colorado State
Craig Pickerel, Bowling Green State
Greg Pieczynski, Penn State
Brent Pittman, Rutgers
Clint Provost, Alabama
Michael Putnam, Pepperdine
Scott Redmond, Air Force
Robert Eric Reeves, Mercer
William Roach Jr., Tulane
Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State
Andrew Ross, Arkansas State
Ethan Roush, Northern Illinois
Scott Seibert, Indiana
Michael Shelly, San Diego
Daniel Silva, Wyoming
Chan Song, Georgia Tech
West Streib, South Carolina
Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech
Andrew Tiedt, Iowa
Richard Treis, Florida
Emmett Turner, Augusta State
Matt Van Cleave, Kansas State
Jonathan Vannelli, Fairfield
Matt Wells, Kentucky
Travis Whisman, UNLV