Three Hawks named to Ping All-America teams
NORMAN, Okla. – Three Huntingdon golfers were recognized with the release of the Golf Coaches Association of America's finalized Division III Ping All-America teams on Wednesday.
Juniors Stephen Shephard and Mark Connelly were both named second-team All-America and senior Jon Colten Stanaland was an honorable mention selection.
The second-team, third-team and honorable mention teams were announced on Wednesday. The first-team was named in May during the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships.
The three Huntingdon golfers helped lead the Hawks to the NCAA Tournament for a third straight season. Huntingdon finished in the top three in nine of 11 tournaments this season and the team's scoring average of 292.89 was the third best for the Hawks during the NCAA era.
This is the second straight season Shephard has been recognized. Shephard was also a second-team selection last season.
Shephard led the Hawks with a 72.89 scoring average in 28 rounds this season. His scoring average is the third best by a Hawk during the NCAA era. Shephard won the DIII Golfweek Fall Invitational and finished in the top-10 in six of 11 tournaments. He finished with 10 rounds of par or better, tied for the fourth most by a Hawk during the NCAA era.
Connelly finished with a 73.32 scoring average in 28 rounds, the fifth best scoring average for a Hawk during the NCAA era. He placed in the top-six in four tournaments, including one win and two second-place finishes. He won the O'Briant Jensen Memorial and placed second in the Emory Invitational and tied for second in the Tournament Town Preview. Connelly finished with seven rounds of par or better.
Stanaland averaged 74.04 in 28 rounds for the 12th best scoring average by a Huntingdon golfer during the NCAA era. Stanaland led the team with 11 rounds of par or better, the third best total by a Hawk during the NCAA era, and finished in the top-10 in three tournaments. He won the Emory Invitational and recorded the Hawks' best round of the season with a career-best 3-under 67 in the Emory Invitational.
Ten golfers from the USA South Athletic Conference were recognized on the All-America teams.
The complete All-America teams are listed below:
First Team
Josh Gibson, Hope
Sam Hill, UT Tyler
Ryan Isaacson, Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Ryan Muthiora, Kenyon
Conner O'Neil, Illinois Wesleyan
Cade Osgood, Southwestern (TX)
Brian Peccie, Washington & Lee
Logan Young, Concordia (TX)
Second Team
Jacob Arnett, Oglethorpe
Mark Connelly, Huntingdon
Larkin Gross, Methodist
James Mishoe, Guilford
Matt Organisak, Emory
Stephen Shephard, Huntingdon
Tyler Uhlig, UT Tyler
Ben VanScoyk, Calvin
Third Team
Jared Chin, Methodist
Chris Drysdale, Methodist
Emmet Herb, St. Thomas (MN)
Josh Hill, Guilford
Ryan McGinley, Concordia (TX)
Jonathan Shaw, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Austin Wells, Otterbein
Rob Wuethrich, Illinois Wesleyan
Honorable Mention
Sabastien Bonte, Mary Washington
Chris Bornhorst, Babson
Noah Bragg, Bethel (MN)
Scott Campbell, Greensboro
Conner Davis, La Verne
Eric Dugas, Husson
Zachary Evans, Guilford
Levi Grogan, Greensboro
Daniel Harcourt, Gettysburg
Ben Johnson, Illinois Wesleyan
Lance Keiser, Ferrum
Michael Lange, Rosemont
Colin Laszlo, Wittenberg
Ryan Mallette, Wittenberg
Matt Meneghetti, Carthage
Benjamin Mitchell, Franklin & Marshall
Tommy Oliver, Sewanee
Sam Olson, Saint John's (MN)
Jason Paek, Rochester
Trystan Perkins, UT Tyler
Sean Puleo, Washington & Lee
Will Rosenfield, Trinity (CT)
Daniel Settecerri, Hope
Dan Shepherd, Methodist
Jon Colten Stanaland, Huntingdon
Colin Uecker, Texas Lutheran
Alex Wrenn, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Connor Yakubov, Emory