Simpson, Gielow Named to PING All-Region Teams
5/29/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 29, 2008
The Golf Coaches Association of America has named Wake Forest's Webb Simpson and Brendan Gielow All-Region performers in the South region.
PING All-Region teams consist of the top 15 individuals in their region in the Individual Ranking System.
Additionally, any player ranked in the top 75 according to Golfstat or the Sagarin rankings not included in their region's top 15 are added to their All-Region team.
Members of the PING All-Region teams are eligible for PING All-America honors.
Simpson, a senior, was named the Atlantic Coast Conference's Player of the Year on May 5, becoming the first Deacon to win the award since Bill Haas in 2004. Simpson leads the conference and the Deacons squad with a 70.3 stroke average per 18 holes.
Simpson garnered ACC Championship individual honors and won the Western Refining All-America Golf Classic in November.
Gielow, a sophomore, was recently named Academic All-District by ESPN The Magazine and boasts the second-lowest stroke average on the Deacon squad.
Gielow recorded the best finish of his career earlier this month, a second-place finish at the NCAA Central Regional in Columbus, Ohio.
The Deacs are currently competing in the NCAA Championship in West Lafayette, Ind.
The PING All-Region teams are listed below.
New England
Patrick Fillian, Sacred Heart
Larry Haertel, Brown
Maki Kaobayashi, Hartford
Matt Krembel, Army
Craig Kublin, Boston College
Nick MacDonald, Hartford
Tom McCarthy, Yale
Matt McClure, Central Connecticut State
Colby Moore, Yale
A.J. Oleksak, Hartford
Robert Reed, Boston College
Mark Stevens, Rhode Island
Brian Travalja, Connecticut
Zachary Vinal, Binghamton
Brad Valois, Rhode Island
Mid-Atlantic
Dan Abbondandolo, Siena
Mike Ballo Jr., St. John's
Michael Blodgett, Penn
Keegan Bradley, St. John's
Chris Gold, Maryland
Harvind Groft, Penn State
T.J. Howe, Penn State
Kevin Foley, Penn State
Robert Lindstrom, Richmond
Michael mulieri, Loyola (Md.)
Brent Paladino, William & Mary
Robert Rohanna, Penn State
Richard Schenz-Davis, Liberty
Donnie Shin, Maryland
Jordan Utley, Richmond
South
Matt Cook, Western Carolina
Jonas Enander Hedin, Charlotte
Rhys Enoch, East Tennessee State
Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest
Keith Guest, Augusta State
Chesson Hadley, Georgia Tech
Matt Hill, NC State
Jonathan Hodge, Chattanooga
Phillip Mollica, Clemson
Corey Nagy, Charlotte
Henrik Norlander, Augusta State
Kevin O'Connell, North Carolina
Derek Rende, Chattanooga
Sam Saunders, Clemson
Michael Schachner, Duke
Gareth Shaw, East Tennessee State
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Kyle Stanley, Clemson
Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech
Jurrian Vander Vaart, Virginia Tech
Stefan Wiedergruen, Charlotte
Southeast
Mark Anderson, South Carolina
Jonas Blixt, Florida State
Tyler Brown, Florida
George Bryan IV, South Carolina
Jon Curran, Vanderbilt
Harris English, Georgia
Charles Ford, Tennessee
Noah Goldman, Mississippi State
Brian Harman, Georgia
Mark Harrell, Alabama
Russell Henley, Georgia
Billy Horschel, Florida
Matt Hughes, Alabama
Adam Mitchell, Georgia
Jay Moseley, Auburn
Glenn Northcutt, Auburn
Philip Pettitt, Tennessee
Matt Savage, Florida State
Tom Sherreard, Georgia State
Joel Sjoholm, Georgia State
Brad Smith, UAB
Zack Sucher, UAB
Hudson Swafford, Georgia
Matthew Swan, Alabama
Joseph Sykora, Alabama
Michael Thompson, Alabama
Jose Toledo, New Orleans
Manuel Villegas, Florida
Midwest
Victor Almstrom, Minnesota
Seth Brandon, Indiana
Ryan Brehm, Michigan State
Jorge Campillo, Indiana
Derek Fathauer, Louisville
John Hahn, Kent State
Randy Hutchison, Michigan State
Brent Long, Western Kentucky
David Markle, Kent State
Clayton Rask, Minnesota
Josh Sandman, Notre Dame
Tim Schaetzel, Michigan
Mike Van Sickle, Marquette
Andy Winings, Kentucky
Dan Woltman, Wisconsin
Central
Michael Baird, Colorado
Chris Baker, Iowa State
Phillip Bryan, Oklahoma
Rickie Fowler, Oklahoma State
Dustin Garza, Wichita State
Nicolas Geyger, Tulsa
Mitchell Gregson, Kansas State
Joe Ida, Kansas State
Mark Johnson, Oklahoma State
Trent Leon, Oklahoma State
Connor McHenry, Wichita State
Ryan Spears, Wichita State
Luke Symons, Colorado
Derek Tolan, Colorado
Kevin Tway, Oklahoma State
South Central
Bronson Burgoon, Texas A&M
Casey Clendenon, Lamar
Ignacio Elvira, Texas A&M
Robert Gates Jr., Texas A&M
Will Griffin, Texas Tech
Justin Harding, Lamar
Charlie Holland, Texas
Bobby Hudson, Texas
Kelly Kraft, SMU
Andrew Landry, Arkansas
David Lingmerth, Arkansas
Grant Merrell, Texas Tech
Andrea Pavan, Texas A&M
Santiago Rivas, Texas Tech
Chris Ward, Texas Tech
Southwest
Zen Brown, Colordao State
Esteban Calisto, BYU
Johan Carlsson, San Diego State
Brandon Crick, Gonzaga
Grant Doverspike, Fresno State
Robbie Fillmore, BYU
Aaron Goldberg, San Diego State
Bryce Hanstad, Colorado State
Matt Hoffenberg, San Diego State
Jeff Koprivetz, Denver
Timothy Madigan, New Mexico State
Troy Merritt, Boise State
Dustin Morris, Colorado State
David Palm, San Diego State
Travis Reid, New Mexico State
Pacific
James Allenby, Oregon State
Joey Benedetti, Oregon
Kevin Chappell, UCLA
John Chin, UC Irvine
Erik Flores, UCLA
Philip Francis, UCLA
Matthew Giles, Southern California
Tom Glissmeyer, Southern California
Rob Grube, Stanford
Seung-Su Han, UNLV
Rory Hie, Southern California
Jesper Kennegard, Arizona State
Sihwan Kim, Stanford
Lucas Lee, UCLA
Jamie Lovemark, Southern California
Michael McRae, St. Mary's
Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine
Nick Taylor, Washington
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