Two Demon Deacons Earn All-America Honors
6/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
June 8, 2006
Wake Forest senior Kyle Reifers was named second team All-America and sophomore Webb Simpson earned honorable mention honors as PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America announced the men's golf All-American teams today.
Reifers, who recently finished second in the NCAA Championships, earns All-American honors for the second time. He was a third team selection in 2005. Simpson, the 2005 ACC Rookie of the Year, was named honorable mention for the second straight year. Both players were instrumental in Wake Forest finishing tied for third at the recent NCAA Championships.
Reifers produced a team best 72.05 stroke average in 2005-06, leading Wake Forest to a No. 12 final national ranking. Reifers shot par or better in 58.1 percent of his rounds last season and his individual round counted toward the team score in 37 of 40 rounds.
Simpson had a stroke average of 72.26 and he finished second in three different tournaments in 2005-06. Simpson and Reifers were both previously named first team All-ACC.
While no ACC players were named first team All-American, the league put three players on the second team: Reifers, Duke's Ryan Blaum and Georgia Tech's Cameron Tringale. Three ACC players were named to the third team.
A Wake Forest players has earned All-American honors -- first, second or third team and honorable mention -- a remarkable 81 times.
First Team
Ryan Baca, Baylor
Alejandro Cañizares, Arizona State
Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State
Matt Every, Florida
Oscar Floren, Texas Tech
Billy Horschel, Florida
Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina
Chris Kirk, Georgia
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State
Second Team
Ryan Blaum, Duke
Jay Choi, New Mexico
Erik Flores, UCLA
Mark Haastrup, Georgia State
Brian Harman, Georgia
Anthony Kim, Oklahoma
Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest
Brett Stegmaier, Florida
Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech
Dawie Van der Walt, Lamar
Third Team
Andrew Dresser, Texas Tech
Andres Gonzales, UNLV
Rob Grube, Stanford
Kevin Larsen, Georgia Tech
Niklas Lemke, Arizona State
Stephen Lewton, NC State
Alex Prugh, Washington
Martin Ureta, North Carolina
James Vargas, Florida
Taylor Wood, Southern California
Honorable Mention
Benjamin Alvarado, Arizona State
Zach Bixler, Washington
Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech
Kevin Chappell, UCLA
Alex Coe, Pepperdine
Brian Duncan, Clemson
Jake Ellison, Brigham Young
Travis Esway, Arizona
Daniel Im, UCLA
Eirik Johansen, South Carolina
Kevin Kisner, Georgia
Russell Knox, Jacksonville
Matt Kohn, Kentucky
Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota
Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State
James Lepp, Washington
Luke List, Vanderbilt
Brian Locke, Loyola Marymount
James Love, Denver
Edward McGlasson, Colorado
Andrew Parr, Texas A&M
Stephen Poole, Clemson
Richard Scott, Georgia
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Dusty Smith, Lamar
Scott Stallings, Tennesse Tech
Daniel Summerhays, Brigham Young
Jared Texter, UNLV
Brendon Todd, Georgia
Niall Turner, Minnesota
Casey Watabu, Nevada
Andy Winings, Kentucky
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