WILLIAMSBURG, Va.
— University of North Alabama sophomore Wes
Smith of Florence, Ala., has been named
second team PING All-America by the Golf
Coaches Association of America. Mitch Boles
of Central Oklahoma, Barry’s Hernan Borja,
Daniel Creel of North Alabama, West
Florida’s Matthew Galloway, Andrew Georgiou
and Christian Ries of Columbus State,
Abilene Christian’s Hughes Joannes, Eric
Justesen of CSU- Stanislaus and Sonoma
State’s Farin Todd were previously named the
PING All-America First-Team.
Jake Amos of
Lander, USC-Upstate’s Baxter Culler, Matt
Ewald’s Washburn, Valdosta State’s Jason
Flowers, Andrew Hedrick of CSU-Pueblo, Wayne
State’s Ryan Johnson, Greg Koch of Florida
Southern and North Alabama’s Wes Smith were
named to the second team.
Third-team
honorees include St. Edward’s Nick Cristea,
Federico Damus David Lingmerth of West
Florida, Sonoma State’s Kyle Hopkins, David
Shearer of Northern Kentucky, Cameron’s Matt
Trammel, Gene Webster of CSU-San Bernardino
and Armstrong Atlantic State’s Chris Wolfe.
A total of 29
golfers were named honorable mention
All-America. Smith was an All-Gulf
South Conference and All-South Region
performer in 2007 after helping lead UNA to
a South Region title and to a 12th place
finish in the Division II National
Championships.
Division II
PING All-America Teams
First Team
Mitch Boles,
Central Oklahoma
Hernan Borja,
Barry
Daniel Creel,
North Alabama
Matthew
Galloway, West Florida
Andrew
Georgiou, Columbus State
Hughes Joannes,
Abiilene Christian
Eric Justesen,
CSU-Stanislaus
Christian Ries,
Columbus State
Jarin Todd,
Somoma State
Second Team
Jake Amos,
Lander
Baxter Culler,
USC-Upstate
Matt Ewald,
Washburn
Jason Flowers,
Valdosta State
Andrew Hedrick,
CSU-Pueble
Ryan Johnson,
Wayne State
Greg Koch,
Florida Southern
Wes Smith,
North Alabama
Third Team
Nick Cristea,
St. Edward’s
Federico Damus,
West Florida
Kyle Hopkins,
Sonoma State
David Lingmerth,
West Florida
David Shearer,
Northern Kentucky
Matt Trammel,
Cameron
Gene Webster,
CSU-San Bernardino
Chris Wolfe,
Armstrong Atlantic State
Honorable
Mention
Jamie Amoretti,
St. Mary’s (Texas)
Nick Bell,
CSU-Monterey Bay
Joe Campbell,
Belmont Abbey
Jeff Carlson,
Ferris State
Eric Cole, Nova
Southeastern
Ryan Deutsch,
Washburn
Roberto Diaz,
USC-Aiken
Marc France,
Florida Southern
Josh Gallman,
USC-Upstate
William
Gautreau, Fairmont State
Nick Gillaspy,
Barry
Iain Hall,
Queens
Matt
Hollinseed, CSU-Stanislaus
Niclas
Johansson, Georgia College
Aaron Lisenbee,
Missouri Western
Dan McCarthy,
LeMoyne
Greg O’Mohoney,
Nova Southeastern
Blake Parks,
Grand Canyon
John Robbins,
Washburn
Matt Rutledge,
Grand Canyon
Blake Slaugher,
St. Edward’s
Matt Stauch,
Florida Southern
Steven Taylor,
Florida Gulf Coast
Michael Todd,
Charleston
Conner
Tomlinson, Belmont Abbey
Juan
Wwissenberg, Barry
Will Wilcox,
Clayton State
Blake Worden,
Texas A&M-Commerce
Donald Zaruba,
Grand Canyon
