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Division I Award Winners Announced NORMAN, Okla. — The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced the award recipients for Division I at the GCAA Division I Award Dinner May 30, in Stillwater, Okla. Among the honors announced were the Jack Nicklaus Award, the Outback Steakhouse Arnold Palmer Award, the Byron Nelson Award presented by Cleveland Golf and PING All-America teams. Jack Nicklaus Award Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State Outback Steakhouse Arnold Palmer Award Alejandro Cañizares, Arizona State Byron Nelson Award (Presented to a graduating senior taking into account academic and athletic achievement over his career) Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech Pride/Softspikes Freshman of the Year Eaton Golf Pride Dave Williams National Coach of the Year Jan Strickland Assistant Coach of the Year Mike McGraw, Oklahoma State Eaton Golf Pride Regional Coaches of the Year Frank Landrey, Liberty - Mid-Atlantic Larry Penley, Clemson - South Buddy Alexander, Florida - Southeast Mike Small, Illinois - Midwest Mike Holder, Oklahoma State - Central Mike Ketcham, Arkansas - South Central Glen Millican, New Mexico - Southwest O.D. Vincent, UCLA - Pacific PING All-America Team Ricky Barnes, Arizona Dustin Bray, North Carolina Alejandro Cañizares, Arizona State Bill Haas, Wake Forest Brock Mackenzie, Washington Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech Chris Nallen, Arizona Brandt Snedeker, Vanderbilt D.J. Trahan, Clemson Nick Watney, Fresno State Second Team Steve Conway, UCLA Andrew Dahl, Arkansas Brendon de Jonge, Virginia Tech Jack Ferguson, Clemson David Inglis, Tulsa James Lepp, Illinois Michael Letzig, New Mexico Bruce McDonald, College of Charleston Ryan Moore, UNLV Oliver Wilson, Augusta State Third Team Jason Hartwick, Texas Matt Hendrix, Clemson Patrick Nagle, Illinois Adam Rubinson, TCU Chris Stroud, Lamar Dan Swanson, UTEP Peter Tomasulo, California Camilo Villegas, Florida Justin Walters, NC State Lee Williams, Auburn Honorable Mention Ryan Baca, Baylor Chris Baryla, UTEP Brett Callas, Houston David Denham, Georgia Zach Doran, Ohio State Judd Easterling, Wichita State Matt Every, Florida Ryan Gildersleeve, South Alabama Brad Heaven, Toledo John Holmes, Kentucky John Humprhies, LSU Eirik Johansen, South Carolina Tom Johnson, Northwestern Travis Johnson, UCLA Kevin Kisner, Georgia Martin Laird, Colorado State Chris Marshall, Kansas Gareth Maybin, South Alabama John Merrick, UCLA Jason Moon, NC State Simon Nash, Minnesota Michael Putnam, Pepperdine Chez Reavie, Arizona State Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State Matt Rosenfeld, Texas David Schultz, TCU David Skinns, Tennessee Justin Smith, Minnesota Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech Richard Treis, North Carolina Emmett Turner, Augusta State James Vargas, Florida Brent Wanner, Wake Forest Chad Wilfong, Wake Forest Softspikes All-Freshmen Team Eirik Tage Johansen, South Carolina Kevin Kisner, Georgia Patrick Nagle, Illinois Matt Rosenfeld, Texas James Vargas, Florida Team Effort Regional Champions Oklahoma State - Central UCLA - West Team Effort Regional Medallists Brett Callas, Houston - Central Michael Letzig, New Mexico - West Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars Justin Ahasic, Santa Clara Mathew Anderson, Minnesota Scott Anderson, Ohio State Zach Atkinson, North Texas Kyle Bradley, College of Charleston Parker Briley, Texas A&M Derek C. Butts, Drake Ryan James Campbell, Troy State Jose Campra, Jacksonville State Stephen Carroll, Colorado Michael Castleforte, Duke Christopher Cirimotich, Butler James Clarke, Rhode Island Jordan Code, Florida Kenny Cook, Ball State Justin Cross, Ball State Brian J. Crum Navy Buddy Davis, Furman Sean Deacon, Oregon State James Douris, Bethune-Cookman George Downing, Stanford Julien Duxin, Southwest Missouri State F.J. Daniel Felder, Wofford Mitchell Foss, Butler Adam Fuchs, Binghamton Anthony Giarratano, Denver Geoffrey Harris, Old Dominion Billy Hurley, Navy Ryan Hybl, Georgia Travis Johnson, UCLA Kasper Jorgenson, Georgia State Michael Jurgensen, Oregon State John Koskinen, Michigan State Kurt Kowaluk, Wyoming Thomas Kulcak, North Texas Martin Laird, Colorado State Michael R. Lavery, California-Irvine Mark Leveck, Iona Benjamin Levy, Yale Ryan Loucks, Elon Brad Lusenhop, Florida State Jeremy Lyons, Iowa State Doug Manor, Oklahoma Trevar Matheson, Baylor Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech Ian Medlock, New Mexico Travis R. Mobley, Georgia Southern Ryan Nicklaus Morgan, Rice David Nichols, Michigan Anthony Olson, Missouri-Kansas City Kevin Oswald, Iowa State Jared Davis Overton, BYU Chad Perman, Penn Christopher Piercy, Old Dominion Andrew Pratt, Tennessee Michael Radek, Missouri Brian Six, UC-Santa Barbara Greg Stephanson, Iowa State Jon Ashley Stephenson, Wofford Andrew Svoboda, St. John’s Luke Swilor, Utah Peter Tomasulo, California Jeffrey Tracy, St. Bonaventure Cassidy Traub, Princeton Richard Treis, North Carolina Justin VanHyning, Seton Hall Camilo Villegas, Florida Justin Walters, NC State Brent Wanner, Wake Forest Isaac Weintraub, San Jose State Bjorn Widerstedt, Northwestern Lee Williams, Auburn Neel Williams, Yale Chris Yoder, Wake Forest PING All-Region Teams Michael Carbone, Rhode Island Kenneth Fahey, Rhode Island Adam Fuchs, Binghamton Steve Gray, Yale Keith Hendrickson, Binghamton Chris Holmes, Hartford Andrew Klein, Harvard Joe Kunz, Binghamton Scott Manley, Army Bobby Myles, Central Connecticut State Ryan Riley, Sacred Heart Petr Skopovy, Central Connecticut State Chad Spencer, Rhode Island David Spitz, Rhode Island Neel Williams, Yale Mid-Atlantic Nick Cook, Georgetown Brian Crum, Navy James Farrah, Georgetown Jim Fuller, Penn State Billy Hurley, Navy Tim Kane, Maryland Mark Leon, Penn State Jay Lindell, St. Bonaventure Craig Mason, George Mason John Moheyer, Maryland Chad Perman, Penn Greg Pieczynski, Penn State Andrew Svoboda, St. John’s Billy Wingerd, Towson Jay Woodson, James Madison South Ramón Bescansa, North Carolina Dustin Bray, North Carolina Brendon de Jonge, Virginia Tech Jack Ferguson, Clemson Bill Haas, Wake Forest Geoffrey Harris, Old Dominion Matt Hendrix, Clemson Gregg Jones, Clemson Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech D.J. Trahan, Clemson Richard Treis, North Carolina Emmett Turner, Augusta State Justin Walters, NC State Brent Wanner, Wake Forest Oliver Wilson, Augusta State Southeast Matias Anselmo, Jacksonville State David Denham, Georgia Ryan Gildersleeve, South Alabama Ty Harris, Georgia State John Humphries, Lousiana State Eirik Tage Johansen, South Carolina Kevin Kisner, Georgia Gareth Maybin, South Alabama Bruce McDonald, Charleston David Skinns, Tennessee Brandt Snedeker, Vanderbilt Brett Stegmaier, Florida James Vargas, Florida Camilo Villegas, Florida Lee Williams, Auburn Midwest Matt Anderson, Minnesota Brandon Brown, Eastern Kentucky Zack Doran, Ohio State Brad Heaven, Toledo John Holmes, Kentucy Tom Johnson, Northwestern Brett Jones, Louisville Eric Jorgensen, Michigan State Peter Karmis, Purdue Peter Laws, Kent State James Lepp, Illinois Patrick Nagle, Illinois Simon Nash, Minnesota Jeff Overton, Indiana Justin Smith, Minnesota Central Stephen Carroll, Colorado Chris Clarke, Oklahoma State Judd Easterling, Wichita State Martin Flores, Oklahoma David Inglis, Tulsa John Kidwell, Oklahoma Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State Chris Marshall, Kansas Blake Martin, Oklahoma Pär Nilsson, Oklahoma State Chris Noel, Tulsa Alex Norén, Oklahoma State Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State Julien Trudeau, Wichita State Aaron Watkins, Kansas State South Central Zack Atkinson, North Texas Ryan Baca, Baylor Brett Callas, Houston Andrew Dahl, Arkansas Jason Hartwick, Texas Matt Larson, Lamar Nicholas Loar, SMU Adam Meyer, TCU Matt Rosenfeld, Texas Adam Rubinson, TCU David Schultz, TCU Chris Stroud, Lamar David Tasker, Texas A&M J.J. Wall, Texas Adam Wing, Arkansas Southwest Chris Baryla, UTEP Jay Choi, New Mexico Barrett Jarosch, Denver Lars Johansson, San Diego State Martin Laird, Colorado State Michael Letzig, New Mexico Greg Machtaler, BYU Ian Medlock, New Mexico Nolan Martin, Colorada State Chad Spencer, Fresno State Daniel Summerhays, BYU Dan Swanson, UTEP Mark Warman, San Diego State Nick Watney, Fresno State Shawn Wills, Denver Pacific Ricky Barnes, Arizona ravis Bertoni, Cal Poly Alejandro Cañizares, Arizona State Jeff Coburn, California-Irvine Steve Conway, UCLA John Ellis, Oregon Brock Mackenzie, Washington John Merrick, UCLA Roy Moon, UCLA Ryan Moore, UNLV Chris Nallen, Arizona Michael Putnam, Pepperdine Chez Reavie, Arizona State Peter Tomasulo, California Travis Whisman, UNLV |