Three CCC Golfers Earn All-American Honors
By Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2015 NAIA Men’s Golf All-America teams, as selected by the NAIA-Men’s Golf Coaches Association All-America Committee. A total of 45 student-athletes were honored with 15 individuals being named to each of the three teams.
National champion Coastal Georgia and Oklahoma City leads all teams with five individuals. The Mariners, who defeated runner-up William Woods (Mo.) by 11 strokes to earn their second-straight national championship, placed three golfers on the NAIA First Team and two on the Second Team. Olkahoma City landed two on the First Team, a pair on the Second Team and a fifth individual on the Third Team.
British Columbia, Johnson & Wales (Fla.), Texas Wesleyan, Wayland Baptist (Texas) and William Woods (Mo.) each had three individuals named to an All-America team.
Sean Elliott of Dalton State (Ga.), who was the O.D. Bounds National Medalist Trophy, collected First Team honors. He finished the national championship with a 16-under-par 272, breaking the 60-year-old tournament scoring record of 273 set by Ray Ferguson of North Texas State in 1955.
Sixteen of the 45 award winners are seniors, while 15 are juniors, 12 are sophomores and two are freshmen.
2015 NAIA Men's Golf All-Americans
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First Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Connor Kozak |
British Columbia |
Sr. |
Vernon, B.C. |
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Jack Wood |
British Columbia |
So. |
Banff, Alberta |
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Alastair Tidcome |
Coastal Georgia |
Sr. |
Wolfville, N.S., Canada |
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Allen Bradford |
Coastal Georgia |
Sr. |
Elberton, Ga. |
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Hunter Cornelius |
Coastal Georgia |
Sr. |
Ringgold, Ga. |
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Dylan Healey |
Cal State San Marcos (Calif.) |
Jr. |
Franklin, Tenn. |
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Sean Elliott |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
So. |
Westfield, N.J. |
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Peter French |
Johnson & Wales (Fla.) |
Sr. |
Franklin, Mass. |
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Zach Day |
Mobile (Ala.) |
Jr. |
Thomasville, Ala. |
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Anthony Marchesani |
Oklahoma City |
Jr. |
Rosebud, Victoria, Australia |
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Jamie Warman |
Oklahoma City |
Jr. |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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Jose Rolz |
Texas Wesleyan |
Sr. |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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Ryan Connolly |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
Sr. |
Wellingborough, England |
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Billy Mckenzie |
William Woods (Mo.) |
So. |
Portsmouth, England |
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David Houlding |
William Woods (Mo.) |
So. |
Leeds, England |
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Second Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Jose Acevedo |
Bethany (Kan.) |
So. |
Coatzacoalcos, Mexico |
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Scott Secord |
British Columbia |
Sr. |
Calgary, Alberta |
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Kolton Kyne |
Concordia (Ore.) |
Jr. |
Ridgway, Colo. |
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Ryan Odom |
Cal State San Marcos (Calif.) |
Jr. |
Corona, Calif. |
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Matt Morin |
Johnson & Wales (Fla.) |
Jr. |
Barton, Vt. |
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Zach Oliver |
Oklahoma Baptist |
Jr. |
Checotah, Okla. |
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Matthew Cheung |
Oklahoma City |
So. |
Brisbane, Australia |
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Garrison Mendoza |
Oklahoma City |
So. |
Clinton, Okla. |
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Steven Anderson |
Texas Wesleyan |
So. |
Jersey, U.K. |
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Stone Cowie |
Thomas (Ga.) |
Sr. |
Crawfordville, Fla. |
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Alan Cooke |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
So. |
Vienna, W. Va. |
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Lawren Rowe |
Victoria |
Fr. |
Victora, British Columbia |
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Alex Cartwright |
Victoria |
Jr. |
Canmore, Alberta |
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Ian Ansett |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
Jr. |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Greg Gentry |
Webber International (Fla.) |
Sr. |
Avon Park, Fla. |
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Third Team |
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Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
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Justin Doeden |
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
So. |
Prior Lake, Minn. |
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Alan Barnhardt |
Coastal Georgia |
Sr. |
Winston Salem, N.C. |
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Trevor Smith |
Coastal Georgia |
Jr. |
Newman, Ga. |
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Ryan Melnychuk |
Concordia (Ore.) |
Jr. |
Grants Pass, Ore. |
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Kade Crossland |
Corban (Ore.) |
Fr. |
Buhl, Idaho |
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Myles Pfingsten |
Grand View (Iowa) |
So. |
Fairmont , Minn. |
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Damon Salo |
Johnson & Wales (Fla.) |
Sr. |
New Ipswich, N.H. |
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Louis Hirst |
Northwood (Fla.) |
Jr. |
Surrey, England |
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Felix Aberg |
Northwood (Fla.) |
Jr. |
Sweden |
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Sam Russell |
Oklahoma City |
Sr. |
Eastbourne, East Sussex, England |
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Saad Milan |
Texas at Brownsville |
Sr. |
Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico |
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Nikolaj Brons-Piche |
Texas Wesleyan |
Jr. |
Traverse City, Mich. |
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James Fletcher |
Thomas (Fla.) |
Sr. |
Preston, U.K. |
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Steven Diak |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
So. |
Coquitlam, British Columbia |
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Stan Gautier |
William Woods (Mo.) |
Sr. |
Paris, France
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