National Collegiate Athletic Association

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June 15, 1998

Men's golf scholar-athletes named

1998 list includes 33 NCAA men's championship golfers

The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) has selected 126 student-athletes as 1998 Top Flite/Etonic All-America Scholars for 1998. Included on this year's team are 33 players who participated in the 1998 Divisions I, II and III men's golf championships.

Criteria for selection include a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.200 (4.000 scale) for Division I players and a 3.000 for 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 Divisions II and III, and participation in at least 75 percent of a school's scheduled competitive rounds.

In addition, the GCAA named Jamie Broce of Ball State University as the recipient of the 1998 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 Scholars/Players of the Year in Divisions II and III. Rusty Ripberger of Indianapolis was recognized in Division II, while Travis Anderson of Millikin earned the honor in Division III.

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

Division I

Tom Baldwin, Texas Tech; Brad Barnett, Kansas; Jack Boeckx, College of Charleston; Michael Boyd, Tulsa; Jon Brackmann, Iowa State; Joshua Brewer, Indiana; Jamie Broce, Ball State; Andrea Brotto, Virginia; Mare Chatelain, Duke; Byron Clift, Penn State;

  • Michael Connell, Mississippi State; Michael Costigan, Seton Hall, Rob Couture, Eastern Michigan;
  • Richard Daugherty, Kent; Herbert Forster, Pacific (California);
  • Steve Friesen, Nebraska, Mark Gauley, North Carolina State; Ryan Gioffre, Wake Forest;
  • Grady Girard, Texas Christian;
  • Gary Glazier, Fresno State;
  • Joshua Habig, Northwestern; Brad Hardin, Notre Dame; Mark Henderson, Illinois; Chad Jacobi, Vanderbilt; Chris Janson, Oregon State; Bart Jones, Purdue;
  • Keith Kemp, North Carolina State; Ian Kennedy, LSU, Brian King, Idaho;
  • Jake Kranstueber, South Carolina; Jason Una, Davidson; C. W. Mallon, Rice;
  • Craig Matthew, Ohio State;
  • Tee McCabe, Miami (Ohio).

    Benjamin McConahey, Princeton; John Mendell, Southwestern Louisiana; Scott Mendelsohn, Colorado State; Kevin

  • Mihailoff, Florida; Kevin Miller, East Carolina; Edward Molloy, Loyola (Maryland); Rion Moore, Wofford; Rich Morris, Arkansas; Scott Niewland, Austin Peay; Kris O'Donnell, Eastern Kentucky; William Olin, Georgetown; Derek Panfil, Southern Methodist; Ben Pettitt, Drake; Ben Poehling, Drake; Norton Rainey, Colorado; Tracy Richardson, Wyoming; Matthew Riegel, Michigan State; Michael Ries, Xavier; William Schaffer, Hampton; Matt Servies, Xavier; Darren Slackman, Washington; Kyle Smith, Lehigh; Fredrik Soderstrom, Tulsa; Phillip Tate, Texas Tech;
  • Roland Thatcher, Auburn; Matthew Thurmond, Brigham Young; Kevin Vernick, Xavier; Conan Vitale, UC Irvine; Eric Waeckerlin, Wyoming; James Watt, Nevada; Bryan Weeks, Notre Dame; Andrew Wen, UC Irvine.

    Division II

    Stephen A. Anderson, Mount Olive; Jacob M. Beard, Ashland;

  • Andreas Boberg, Valdosta State; Rob Broggi, Lewis;
  • Neal Courtney, Slippery Rock;
  • Nate Dunn, Cal State Stanislaus; Chad Glanton, Columbus State; Thomas Goeke, Bellarmine; Tony Hartman, Lewis;
  • Jeff Hauer, UC Davis;
  • Justin Japour, Valdosta State;
  • Jason Jeter, Cameron; Marcus Johansson, Valdosta State; Darren Kench, Northwood; Kevin Kilstrom, North Alabama;
  • James Lusk, Ferris State;
  • Craig Mankins, Indiana (Pennsylvania);
  • Eric Miller, Francis Marion; Joshua Neal, Indianapolis; Fredrik Nilsson, Rollins; Adam Pranger, High Point;
  • Wayne Raath, Florida Southern; Tyler Rachetto, Grand Canyon;
  • Jaco Rall, Columbus State; Rusty Ripberger, Indianapolis; Ryan Roy, Drury; James Thompson, Tampa; Ben Warren, South Carolina-Aiken.

    Division III

  • Travis Anderson, Millikin;
  • Jason Bowie, Binghamton; John Caruso, Guilford; Matthew Caruso, Guilford; Clint Elsemore, Cal Lutheran; Stephen Erickson, Gustavus Adolphus; David Fiorentino, Amherst; Craig Haltom, Manchester;
  • Erik Hardenbergh, Amherst; Andrew Harrell, Blackburn;
  • Magnus Hellmark, Luther; Christopher Huston, Central (Iowa); Jay Kautt, Luther;
  • Regan King, McMurry; Chris Knutson, Upper Iowa;
  • Kyle Landon, Gustavus Adolphus; Josh Long, McMurry; Joseph Lown, Principia; Jay Mellentine, Augustana (Illinois); Matthew Moore, Millikin;
  • Devin Redmond, Williams; David Richardson, Cal Lutheran; Eunbin Rii, Augustana (Illinois); Adam Robison, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps; Jason Scheele, Franklin; Justin Schulte, Central (Iowa);
  • Matthew Simpson, Nebraska Wesleyan; Brian Sinotte, St. John's (Minnesota); Eric Strey, St. John's (Minnesota); Chris Susott, DePauw;
  • Greg Uberuaga, UC San Diego;
  • David Wronowski, Skidmore.