The NCAA News - News and Features

July 7, 1997

Golf coaches select All-America Scholars

Twenty-five participants in this year's NCAA men's golf championships are among the 102 student-athletes selected as 1997 All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).

Criteria for selection include a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.200 (4.000 scale) for Division I players and 3.000 in Divisions II and III, academic standing as a junior, a season stroke average of 78 or lower for Division I players and 80 or lower for players in Divisions II and III, and participation in at least 75 percent of a school's scheduled competitive rounds.

In addition, the GCAA named Jeff Fahrenbruch of Texas as the recipient of the 1997 Ben Hogan Award, which honors the top scholar-athlete based upon athletics accomplishment and academic performance.

The award is presented by the Friends of Golf and is sponsored by the Ben Hogan Company.

The GCAA also named its Scholar/Players of the Year in Divisions II and III. Daren Kench of Northwood was recognized in Division II, while Kelly Karmazin of Nebraska Wesleyan earned the honor in Division III for the second consecutive year.

Following are this year's GCAA all-America scholars. Those who competed in NCAA championships are indicated by an asterisk:

Division I

Eric Bertrand, Duke; Jack Boeckx, Charleston (South Carolina); Michael Boyd, Tulsa; Josh Brewer, Indiana; Jason Carlock, Davidson; Timothy Carlson, Rice; Byron Clift, Penn State; Steve Colwick, Southwest Texas State; Rob Couture, Eastern Michigan; Mike Cushing, Illinois State; Knute Ekjord, Colorado; Boomer Erick, Tennessee; Jeff Fahrenbruch, Texas; Marc Ferro, Georgetown; Herbert Forster, Pacific (California); Kit Grove, Kansas; Mark Halverson, Minnesota; *Christopher Hanell, Arizona State; Isaac Hinkle, Michigan; John Craig Hocknull, Jackson State; *Scott Johnson, Arizona State; Jeremy Julie, Virginia; Jack Karlson, Oral Roberts; Brian King, Idaho; Bradford Kittsley, Penn State; Jake Kransteuber, South Carolina; John D. Lawrence, Rice; Brandon Luckett, Loyola (Maryland); Allan MacDonald, Alabama; Craig Matthew, Ohio State; Mike McDermott, St. Joseph's (Pennsylvania); Greg Alan Metro, Connecticut; Kevin Ray Miller, East Carolina; *Glen Millican, New Mexico; Will Moore, Mississippi State.

Chris Nickens, Baylor; Chris O'Donnel, Eastern Kentucky; Bill Olin, Georgetown; Jacques Paiement, Nebraska; David Patrick, Charleston (South Carolina); Ben Peohing, Drake; Ben Pettitt, Drake; Tag Ridings, Arkansas; Jeremy Schmidt, Dayton; Matt Services, Xavier (Ohio); Mark Setsma, Liberty; James M. Skinner, Southern Methodist; Alex L. Sleeker, William and Mary; Fredrick Soderstrom, Tulsa; Tom Stacy, Colorado; Chris Stone, Wofford; Joseph Summerhays, Brigham Young; Tim Turpen, Tennessee; Conan Vitale, UC Irvine; Adam Warren, Cincinnati; Brian Weeks, Notre Dame, *Leif Westerberg, Oklahoma State; Lars R. Wickman, Oral Roberts; *Mark Wilson, North Carolina; *Chad Wright, Southern California; *Deron A. Zinnecker, Texas Christian.

Division II

Jacob Beard, Ashland; *Neal Courtney, Slippery Rock; David Dawley, Central Oklahoma; *Nathaniel Dunn, Cal State Stanislaus; Matthew Eilers, Northern Kentucky; *Donough Forde, Elon; Chris Ahren Frook, Longwood; Daniel C. Gangone, Tampa; Thomas Goeke, Bellarmine; *Michael S. Holub, Ferris State; Raymond Issler, Bryant; Daren Kench, Northwood; Greg Labelle, Abilene Christian; James Thompson Love Jr., Kentucky State; Jeff Pettrovic, St. Francis (Illinois); Tyler Rancheto, Grand Canyon; *Anthony Romani, High Point; Evan Alexander Smith, Longwood; Cory Stone, Cameron; *Ben Warren, South Carolina-Aiken; *Jeff White, Abilene Christian.

Division III

*Brian Bazzel, UC San Diego; *Jason Bowie, Binghampton; *Matthew Caruso, Guilford; *Stephen Davey, Emory; *Brad Dutler, Central (Iowa); Joel Etienne, Loras; Robert Garrett, Augustana (Illinois); *Magnus Hellmark, Luther; *Kelly Karmazin, Nebraska Wesleyan; *Anthony Keim, Olivet; Brian Mitchell, Carthage; Matthew Moore, Millikin; Michael Revak, Washington and Jefferson; Greg Reynolds, Millikin; *David Richardson, Cal Lutheran; Aaron Schmucker, St. John's (Minnesota); Brian Sinotte, St. John's (Minnesota); Ray Stroup, Millikin; *Greg Uberuaga, UC San Diego; *Todd Unikel, Emory.