Wake Forest Athletics
Dustin Groves Named To Ping All-Region Team
6/9/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
June 9, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Senior Dustin Groves was named to the 2009 Ping East All-Region team as announced Monday by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Groves finished in the top-20 in nine out of 12 tournaments this season, including a tied for seventh finish at the Northeast Regional at Galloway National Golf Club last month. Out of those nine top-20 finishes, he had four top-5 finishes and led the team with a 72.9 stroke average, the best single-season of his career.
This is the first time Groves has garnered All-Region honors and this season also marked the first time he received All-ACC honors. The Keswick, Va., native was named first team All-ACC, becoming the 34th different Demon Deacon to be named to the All-ACC Team in 35 years of voting.
Groves also topped the team this year with 15 of his 37 rounds at par or better. His best tournament finish was a tie for second at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate where he fired rounds of 72-72-71 to finish at 1-under par.
His best tournament in relation to par came at the VCU Shootout, where he fired rounds of 68-65-69=202 (-11) to finish tied for 3rd. Groves' second round 65 (-6) was not only a career-best but it also helped the team card a school-record 15-under 269. Wake would eventually go on to win the tournament by 16-shots.
Groves finished his career in the black & gold with a 74.2 stroke average. He notched a total of 15 top-20 finishes and 77.8 percent of his 123 career rounds counted towards the team score.
Ping All-East Region Team
Darren Blair, NC State
Long Blondell, Georgia Southern
Zack Byrd, Coastal Carolina
David Dragoo, Georgia Tech
J.T. Griffin, Georgia Tech
Lanto Griffin, VCU
Dustin Groves, Wake Forest
Matt Hill, NC State
Stephan Jaeger, Chattanooga
Allen John, Georgia State
Drew Lethem, Georgia Southern
Adam Long, Duke
Ben Martin, Clemson
David May, Clemson
Phillip Mollica, Clemson
Corey Nagy, Charlotte
Kevin O'Connell, North Carolina
Derek Rende, Chattanooga
Ben Rickett, Chattanooga
Tom Sherreard, Georgia State
Kyle Stanley, Clemson
Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech
Drew Weaver, Virginia Tech
Stefan Wiedergruen, Charlotte
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