Two EMU Golfers Named to Division I PING All-Region Team

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (EMUEagles.com) – The Golf Coaches Association of America has announced the Division I PING All-Region teams, recognizing collegiate golfers for their outstanding season play. Eastern Michigan University men's golfers Cam Burke (Baden, Ontario-Waterloo Secondary) and Marty Jeppesen (Saline, Mich.-Saline) were honored among the 25 players on the Midwest team.

Burke picked up his second consecutive Mid-American Conference first-team accolade in 2009-10 with an average of 72.7 strokes per round, good for third lowest in the conference. The Baden, Ontario native had a runner-up finish at the FAU Spring Break Championship with a four-under 209 (71-69-69). Burke had 18 rounds of par-or-better this season and 34 rounds in his career. Ranked 193th according to the Golfweek/Sagarin system, he finished in the top 10 in five events this season.

He placed third at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate with a three-under 210 (70-70-70), as the Eagles won the prestigious event with a tournament-record total of 861. Burke took fourth at the MAC Championships with a one-under 287 (74-72-70-71) and tied for sixth at the USF Invitational with a 212 (70-70-72). He also finished tied for 10th with a 217 (70-70-74) at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate and fired rounds of 73, 73 and 74 to take 12th place at The Firestone Invitational.

Jeppesen moved up to the MAC's first team after earning second team honors in 2009 with an average of 73.2 strokes per round, good for eighth lowest in the conference. The Saline, Mich. native had a runner-up finish at The Firestone Invitational with a 212 (69-71-72) and 17 rounds of par-or-better this season and 28 rounds in his career.

Ranked 258th according to the Golfweek/Sagarin system, Jeppesen tied for fourth at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate with a one-under 212 (72-71-69) as the Eagles won the prestigious event. He took home sixth place at the MAC Championships with a 293 (71-74-74-74) along with finishing tied for eighth with an even-par 213 (70-76-67) at the FAU Spring Break Championship

A total of 153 players across six regions - Northeast, East, Southeast, Midwest, Central and West - earned all-region honors for 2010. Members of the PING All-Region teams are now eligible for PING All-America honors.

Division I PING All-Region Teams

Midwest
Cam Burke, Eastern Michigan
Marty Jeppesen, Eastern Michigan
Zach Barlow, Illinois
Brett Cairns, Kent State
Eric Chun, Northwestern
Chris DeForest, Illinois
Josh Dupont, Northwestern
David Erdy, Indiana
Luke Guthrie, Illinois
John Hahn, Kent State
Bo Hoag, Ohio State
Brad Hopfinger, Iowa
Mackenzie Hughes, Kent State
Erich Johnston, Purdue
Lion Kim, Michigan
Scott Langley, Illinois
David Lipsky, Northwestern
Alex Martin, Indiana
Jack Newman, Michigan State
Kyle Peterman, Western Illinois
Ben Pisani, Minnesota
Jack Schultz, Michigan
Nathan Sutherland, Miami (OH)
Matt Thompson, Michigan
Riley Wheeldon, Louisville

Northeast
Mike Ballo Jr., St. John's
Jeb Buchanan, Connecticut
Andrew Cohen, Bucknell
Matt Dubrowski, Connecticut
Kevin Foley, Penn State
Clark Granum, Columbia
Tony Grillo, Harvard
T.J. Howe, Penn State
Jake Katz, Binghamton
Brendan Kelly, Villanova
Eric Lafante, Rider
Nick MacDonald, Hartford
Jim Markovitz, Penn State
Tom McCarthy, Yale
Tommy McDonagh, Penn State
Brandon Park, Seton Hall
Nathan Peck, St. Bonaventure
Mark Pollak, Harvard
Jake Sarnoff, Loyola (Md.)
Greg Shuman, Harvard
Colin St. Maxines, Penn
Jason Thresher, Bryant
Adam Vaccari, Connecticut
Ben Wescoe, Yale
Peter Williamson, Dartmouth

East
Lee Bedford, Wake Forest
Josh Brock, UNC-Wilmington
Jacob Burger, Clemson
Will Collins, Virginia
Jack Fields, North Carolina
Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest
JT Griffin, Georgia Tech
Chesson Hadley, Georgia Tech
Matt Hill, NC State
Adam Hogue, NC State
Luke Hopkins, Clemson
Stephen Jaeger, Chattanooga
Robert Karlsson, Liberty
Ben Kohles, Virginia
Olafur Loftsson, Charlotte
Adam Long, Duke
Ben Martin, Clemson
Corbin Mills, Clemson
Corey Nagy, Charlotte
Brinson Paolini, Duke
Derek Rende, Chattanooga
Wes Roach, Duke
Julian Suri, Duke
James White, Georgia Tech
Ryan Zabroske, Georgia Southern

Southeast
Tyson Alexander, Florida
George Bryan IV, South Carolina
Wesley Bryan, South Carolina
Bud Cauley, Alabama
Sean Dale, North Florida
Andres Echavarria, Florida
Harris English, Georgia
Rhys Enoch, ETSU
Hunter Hamrick, Alabama
Russell Henley, Georgia
David Holmes, Tennessee
Hudson Johnson, Vanderbilt
Brooks Koepka, Florida State
Mitchell Krywulyez, Augusta State
Andrew Loupe, LSU
Bryden Macpherson, Georgia
Tim McKenney, Florida
Henrik Norlander, Augusta State
John Peterson, LSU
Seamus Power, ETSU
Jonathan Randolph, Mississippi
Patrick Reed Augusta State
Arnoud Vongvanij, Florida
Robin Wingardh, Tennessee
Paul Woodbury, South Carolina

Central
Nate Barbee, Kansas
Brandon Crick, Nebraska
Johan de Beer, TCU
Ignacio Elvira, Texas A&M
Nils Floren, Texas Tech
Dylan Frittelli, Texas
Dustin Garza, Wichita State
Mitchell Gregson, Kansas State
Cody Gribble, Texas
Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma State
Bobby Hudson, Texas
Kelly Kraft, SMU
David Lingmerth, Arkansas
Jamie Marshall, Arkansas
Joakim Mikkelsen, Baylor
Andrea Pavan, Texas A&M
Cameron Peck, Texas A&M
Jordan Russell, Texas A&M
Conrad Shindler, Texas A&M
Kevin Tway, Oklahoma State
Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State
Chris Ward, Texas Tech
Phillip Westermann, SELA
Trent Whitekiller, Oklahoma State
Travis Woolf, TCU

West
Knut Borsheim, Arizona State
John Chin, UC Irvine
David Chung, Stanford
Nick Delio, Cal State-Northridge
Derek Ernst, UNLV
Robbie Fillmore, BYU
Charlie Hughes, Washington
Jesper Kennegard, Arizona State
Espen Kofstad, Denver
Richard Lee, Washington
Steve Lim, Southern California
Tarquin MacManus, Arizona
Gregor Main, UCLA
Daniel Miernicki, Oregon
Eric Mina, California
Scott Pinckney, Arizona State
Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine
Alex Shi Yup Kim, UCLA
Nick Taylor, Washington
Martin Trainer, Southern California
Scott Travers, Santa Clara
Diego Velasquez, Oregon State
T.J. Vogel, Southern California
Tom Whitney, Air Force
Pontus Widegren, UCLA
Chris Williams, Washington
Eugene Wong, Oregon
Steve Ziegler, Stanford

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