Eastern Michigan Athletics
Four Eagles Named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars
7/26/2017 1:09:00 PM | Men's Golf
The Eagles' four selections were the most in the Mid-American Conference
NORMAN, Okla. (EMUEagles.com) — Four members of the Eastern Michigan University men's golf team were named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-American Scholars, the Golf Coaches Association announced Wednesday, July 26. Earning the honor for the Eagles were Jared Multer (Battle Creek, Mich.-Lakeview (Grand Rapids C.C.)), Kyle Rodes (Plymouth, Mich.-Plymouth), Nic Ross (Dundas, Ontario, Canada-Highland Secondary), and Philippe Weppernig (Lucerne, Switzerland-Kantonsschule Alpenquai Luzern (Owens C.C.)).
EMU's four selections was one better than last year's number of selections and also led the Mid-American Conference. Akron, Ball State, and Kent State had two honorees apiece, while Bowling Green and Miami had one each.
To be eligible for Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least three full years at the collegiate level, participate in 50-percent of his team's competitive rounds, have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I, 78.0 in Division II, 78.0 in NAIA and 79.0 in Division III, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.
A total of 260 players in Division I, 108 in Division II, and 20 in NAIA were recognized.
Multer, receiving the honor for the first time in his career, maintained a 3.83 GPA in the Accounting 150 program, which earns him both a bachelor's (B.B.A.) and master's degree (M.S.A.). As a senior, the Michigan product played in all 34 rounds for the Green and White, turning in an average of 73.56 per round and scoring par-or-better for nine total rounds. Multer was named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week, March 22, following a personal-best score of 204 (69-66-69) including his career-best round of 66 at the GCU Invitational.
A communication major, Rodes earned his second Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar award holding a 3.69 GPA. A Second Team All-MAC selection and Academic All-MAC honoree, as well as two-time MAC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 26, 2016 and March 2, 2017) this season, Rodes finished his career with the program's best single-season scoring average of 72.1. This season he competed in 11 events, posting 17 rounds of par-or-better and seven top 10 finishes, including four inside the top five spots.
Ross, a junior with a 3.59 grade point average in business administration, reeled in the honor for the first time in his career. He had a season average of 73.59 strokes per round. During the season, he earned a trio of top-10 showings including third-place finish at the Loyola Intercollegiate where he posted six birdies and an eagle on the way to his career-low of 64.
Switzerland native, Weppernig, achieved a 3.70 GPA while majoring in finance to come away with the honro fro the second time in his career. The senior played in 22 rounds for the Green and White this season with an average of 75.36 strokes per round, and a season-low of 71 in the final round of the Loyola Intercollegiate. Weppernig finished off the season tying for 26th at the MAC Championships with a total score of 306 (75-75-78-78).
Division I Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars
Jared Multer, Eastern Michigan
Kyle Rodes, Eastern Michigan
Nic Ross, Eastern Michigan
Philippe Weppernig, Eastern Michigan
Camilo Aguado, Jacksonville State
Val Almendarez, Houston Baptist
Arjuna Anday, Columbia
Eric Ansett, Lipscomb
Ryan Argotsinger, Southern Miss
Rúnar Arnórsson, Minnesota
Sam Aronoff, William & Mary
Justin Avery, Fresno State
Viraat Badhwar, Stanford
Shintaro Ban, UNLV
Luis Fernando Barco, Purdue
Derek Bard, Virginia
Brandon Baumgarten, UC Davis
George Baylis, Akron
Teremoana Beaucousin, Kennesaw State
Ryan Benton, Auburn
Will Bernstein, Yale
Jared Bettcher, Troy
Andrej Bevins, New Mexico
Vincent Blanchette, Gardner-Webb
Jared Brown, Eastern Kentucky
Andrew Buchanan, SMU
Blair Bursey, Utah Valley
Andy Butler, Villanova
Blake Cannon, Colorado State
Joseph Cansler, UNCG
Brandon Carlson, Southern Illinois
Mario Carmona, Rice
Alessandro Caselli, Francis Marion
Marc Casullo, Francis Marion
Sydney Chung, Memphis
Christian Cichan, George Washington
James Clark, Georgia Tech
Zach Coats, UALR
Matt Codd, Southern Miss
Ryan Cole, James Madison
Justin Connelly, Mercer
Nick Contini, Longwood
Charles Corner, UTEP
Kyle Cornett, Seattle
Myles Creighton, Radford
Stoney Crouch, Lipscomb
Antonio Cruz-Conde, Old Dominion
Daniel De La Garza, Harvard
Kyler Dearden, Weber State
Mickey DeMorat, Liberty
Robert Deng, Harvard
Ben Dietrich, South Carolina
Brendon Doyle, Indiana
Frederik Dreier, UTEP
Jared du Toit, Arizona State
Erik Dulik, Louisville
Viktor Edin, Augusta
John Edler, Bucknell
Eric Edwards, George Mason
Thomas Eldridge, UNCW
Ariel Elftman-Hanson, Utah Valley
Christian Elliott, Penn State
Harry Ellis, Florida State
Manuel Elvira, UCF
Sam Engel, CSUN
Clark Engle, Ohio State
Austin Eoff, Purdue
Broc Everett, Augusta
Bryce Evon, Michigan
David Faraudo Godinez, Texas State
Mikey Feher, Lipscomb
Rigel Fernandes, USF
Connor Flach, Loyola (MD)
Patrick Flavin, Miami (OH)
Geoff Fry, Pacific
Nick Fuller, Nevada
Kyle Gaines, Detriot Mercy
Seth Gandy, Charlotte
David Ganz, Gonzaga
Andre Garcia, New Mexico
Ryan Gaske, Gonzaga
Matt Gilchrest, Auburn
Greg Gildea, Fresno State
Lloyd Jefferson Go, Seton Hall
Zach Gollwitzer, Akron
Casto Gomez-Ruiz, UTRGV
Danny Gorman, SIUE
Wes Gosselin, Chattanooga
Mateusz Gradecki, East Tennessee State
Taylor Grant, Mississippi State
Ben Griffin, North Carolina
Dane Hankamer, Air Force
Chase Hanna, Kansas
Preston Harrington, UNCW
Joe Harvie, Seattle
Andrew Havill, Indiana
Bo Hayes, Jacksonville State
Erik Hedberg, Austin Peay State
Alex Herrmann, Georgia State
Max Herrmann, Georgia State
Alex Herzog, Weber State
Jonathan Hewett, DePaul
Phillip Hickam, Chattanooga
Grant Hirschman, Oklahoma
Keegan Hoff, Richmond
Ian Holt, Kent State
Craig Hornberger, Campbell
Chris Houston, Rhode Island
Franklin Huang, Stanford
Walter Huddy, California
Daniel Hudson, Kansas
Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt
Andrew Huseman, Arkansas State
Keenan Huskey, South Carolina
Devin Jenkins, IPFW
Tanner Jenson, Utah State
Drew Johnson, Virginia Tech
Chase Johnson, Kent State
Colin Joseph, Toledo
Jackson Juerling, IUPUI
Juuso Kahlos, UCF
Bradley Kauffman, Winthrop
Scott Kim, Siena
Chris Korte, Denver
Emmanuel Kountakis, Augusta
Brock Kovach, George Mason
Ross Kukula, Seattle
Conner Kumpula, Oregon State
Thomas La Morte, Campbell
Blaine Lafferty, Delaware
Joey Lane, Virginia Tech
David Langley, Old Dominion
Jake Leavitt, Elon
Josh Lee, Florida State
Kevin Lee, Memphis
JD Lehman, Louisville
Arron Lickteig, Wyoming
Jonas Liebich, Oregon State
Linus Lilliedahl, Missouri
Thomas Lilly, UNCW
Corey Long, St. Bonaventure
Hurly Long, Texas Tech
Jaime Lopez Rivarola, Georgia
Nathan Mallonee, Georgia State
Jake Marriott, Augusta
Alexander Matlari, Duke
Charlie May, Elon
Drew McCullough, Wyoming
Tyler McDaniel, Kentucky
Max McGreevy, Oklahoma
Maverick McNealy, Stanford
Mitchell Meissner, Rice
Jason Mendel, South Alabama
Petter Mikalsen, Denver
Jamie Mist, Jacksonville State
Eric Mitchell, Princeton
Jose Montaño, North Carolina
Major Monzingo, Stephen F. Austin
Garrett Moores, Samford
Austin Morrison, William & Mary
Felix Mory, CSUN
Kyle Mueller, Michigan
Hanish Nagrani, VCU
Tanner Napier, Arkansas State
Jose Narro, Bowling Green
Charlie Netzel, Michigan State
Fredrik Nilehn, Texas Tech
Andrew Novak, Wofford
John Oda, UNLV
Jared O'Kelley, Cincinnati
Zachary Olsen, Oklahoma State
Matt Oshrine, Duke
Cody O'Toole, Georgia Southern
Philip Oweida, College of Charleston
Justin Pagila, Army
Wil Pahud, Evansville
Spencer Painton, Colorado
Michael Perras, Houston
Matthew Perrine, Baylor
Chris Petefish, Georgia Tech
Nicklas Pihl, UTEP
Hayden Ploeger, Presbyterian
Archer Price, Georgia Southern
Hunter Rappleye, Saint Mary's (CA)
Cayman Ratliff, East Tennessee State
William Register, North Carolina
Kevin Reilly, Rice
Rylee Reinertson, Oklahoma
Eli Rogers, Utah State
Hannes Ronneblad, Texas Tech
Travis Rose, Eastern Kentucky
Gregory Royston, Harvard
Atle Ruden, Hartford
Will Sallee, Eastern Kentucky
Enej Sarkanj, VCU
Patrick Sato, Seattle
Joey Savoie, Middle Tennessee
Lorenzo Scalise, Tennessee
Matthias Schwab, Vanderbilt
Nick Seitz, Valparaiso
Mert Selamet, Columbia
Michael Sharp, Michigan State
Hunter Shattuck, Baylor
Corey Shaun, UCLA
Lee Shepherd, Weber State
Hayden Shieh, Santa Clara
Bryan Shin, UC Irvine
Matt Shubley, Sacred Heart
Jake Shuman, Duke
Jack Sides, East Carolina
Connor Slane, Middle Tennessee
Grant Smith, South Dakota State
Jack Smith, Tennessee
Ruben Sondjaja, Iowa State
John Souza, Colorado
Stephen Stallings, Kentucky
Jimmy Stanger, Virginia
Sam Stevens, Oklahoma State
Blake Stock, Stephen F. Austin
Jake Storey, Georgia Southern
Ryan Stovash, UCF
Daniel Sutton, Kansas
Austin Swafford, UT Martin
Tom Swanson, Michigan
Connor Tallman, Navy
Freddy Thomas, DePaul
Stuart Thomas, Chattanooga
Hubert Tisserand, UMKC
Sam Triplett, Northwestern
Trevor Ullestad, Missouri
Michael VanDeventer, Ball State
Thibault Vieilledent, UMKC
Kendrick Vinar, Harvard
Nick Voke, Iowa State
Eddie Wajda III, Wisconsin
Euan Walker, Missouri
Danny Walker, Virginia
Jeremy Wall, Loyola (MD)
Ethan Wall, Loyola (MD)
Ryan Wallen, Wyoming
Billy Walthouse, Rhode Island
Li Wang, Yale
Baxter Ward, Stephen F. Austin
Johnny Watts, Ball State
Stephen Watts, Toledo
Peter Webb, Valparaiso
Alex Weiss, Marshall
Noah West, Ole Miss
Matthew Wetterich, Xavier
Vincent Whaley, Georgia Tech
Peyton White, Ohio
A.J. Wilkerson, Tennessee Tech
Chris Williams, West Virginia
Ben Wolcott, Ole Miss
Adam Wood, Duke
Glenn Workman, Wyoming
Dylan Wu, Northwestern
Linus Yip, Seton Hall
Jonathan Young, UC Irvine
Federico Zucchetti, Texas Tech
EMU's four selections was one better than last year's number of selections and also led the Mid-American Conference. Akron, Ball State, and Kent State had two honorees apiece, while Bowling Green and Miami had one each.
To be eligible for Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least three full years at the collegiate level, participate in 50-percent of his team's competitive rounds, have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I, 78.0 in Division II, 78.0 in NAIA and 79.0 in Division III, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.
A total of 260 players in Division I, 108 in Division II, and 20 in NAIA were recognized.
Multer, receiving the honor for the first time in his career, maintained a 3.83 GPA in the Accounting 150 program, which earns him both a bachelor's (B.B.A.) and master's degree (M.S.A.). As a senior, the Michigan product played in all 34 rounds for the Green and White, turning in an average of 73.56 per round and scoring par-or-better for nine total rounds. Multer was named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week, March 22, following a personal-best score of 204 (69-66-69) including his career-best round of 66 at the GCU Invitational.
A communication major, Rodes earned his second Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar award holding a 3.69 GPA. A Second Team All-MAC selection and Academic All-MAC honoree, as well as two-time MAC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 26, 2016 and March 2, 2017) this season, Rodes finished his career with the program's best single-season scoring average of 72.1. This season he competed in 11 events, posting 17 rounds of par-or-better and seven top 10 finishes, including four inside the top five spots.
Ross, a junior with a 3.59 grade point average in business administration, reeled in the honor for the first time in his career. He had a season average of 73.59 strokes per round. During the season, he earned a trio of top-10 showings including third-place finish at the Loyola Intercollegiate where he posted six birdies and an eagle on the way to his career-low of 64.
Switzerland native, Weppernig, achieved a 3.70 GPA while majoring in finance to come away with the honro fro the second time in his career. The senior played in 22 rounds for the Green and White this season with an average of 75.36 strokes per round, and a season-low of 71 in the final round of the Loyola Intercollegiate. Weppernig finished off the season tying for 26th at the MAC Championships with a total score of 306 (75-75-78-78).
Division I Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars
Jared Multer, Eastern Michigan
Kyle Rodes, Eastern Michigan
Nic Ross, Eastern Michigan
Philippe Weppernig, Eastern Michigan
Camilo Aguado, Jacksonville State
Val Almendarez, Houston Baptist
Arjuna Anday, Columbia
Eric Ansett, Lipscomb
Ryan Argotsinger, Southern Miss
Rúnar Arnórsson, Minnesota
Sam Aronoff, William & Mary
Justin Avery, Fresno State
Viraat Badhwar, Stanford
Shintaro Ban, UNLV
Luis Fernando Barco, Purdue
Derek Bard, Virginia
Brandon Baumgarten, UC Davis
George Baylis, Akron
Teremoana Beaucousin, Kennesaw State
Ryan Benton, Auburn
Will Bernstein, Yale
Jared Bettcher, Troy
Andrej Bevins, New Mexico
Vincent Blanchette, Gardner-Webb
Jared Brown, Eastern Kentucky
Andrew Buchanan, SMU
Blair Bursey, Utah Valley
Andy Butler, Villanova
Blake Cannon, Colorado State
Joseph Cansler, UNCG
Brandon Carlson, Southern Illinois
Mario Carmona, Rice
Alessandro Caselli, Francis Marion
Marc Casullo, Francis Marion
Sydney Chung, Memphis
Christian Cichan, George Washington
James Clark, Georgia Tech
Zach Coats, UALR
Matt Codd, Southern Miss
Ryan Cole, James Madison
Justin Connelly, Mercer
Nick Contini, Longwood
Charles Corner, UTEP
Kyle Cornett, Seattle
Myles Creighton, Radford
Stoney Crouch, Lipscomb
Antonio Cruz-Conde, Old Dominion
Daniel De La Garza, Harvard
Kyler Dearden, Weber State
Mickey DeMorat, Liberty
Robert Deng, Harvard
Ben Dietrich, South Carolina
Brendon Doyle, Indiana
Frederik Dreier, UTEP
Jared du Toit, Arizona State
Erik Dulik, Louisville
Viktor Edin, Augusta
John Edler, Bucknell
Eric Edwards, George Mason
Thomas Eldridge, UNCW
Ariel Elftman-Hanson, Utah Valley
Christian Elliott, Penn State
Harry Ellis, Florida State
Manuel Elvira, UCF
Sam Engel, CSUN
Clark Engle, Ohio State
Austin Eoff, Purdue
Broc Everett, Augusta
Bryce Evon, Michigan
David Faraudo Godinez, Texas State
Mikey Feher, Lipscomb
Rigel Fernandes, USF
Connor Flach, Loyola (MD)
Patrick Flavin, Miami (OH)
Geoff Fry, Pacific
Nick Fuller, Nevada
Kyle Gaines, Detriot Mercy
Seth Gandy, Charlotte
David Ganz, Gonzaga
Andre Garcia, New Mexico
Ryan Gaske, Gonzaga
Matt Gilchrest, Auburn
Greg Gildea, Fresno State
Lloyd Jefferson Go, Seton Hall
Zach Gollwitzer, Akron
Casto Gomez-Ruiz, UTRGV
Danny Gorman, SIUE
Wes Gosselin, Chattanooga
Mateusz Gradecki, East Tennessee State
Taylor Grant, Mississippi State
Ben Griffin, North Carolina
Dane Hankamer, Air Force
Chase Hanna, Kansas
Preston Harrington, UNCW
Joe Harvie, Seattle
Andrew Havill, Indiana
Bo Hayes, Jacksonville State
Erik Hedberg, Austin Peay State
Alex Herrmann, Georgia State
Max Herrmann, Georgia State
Alex Herzog, Weber State
Jonathan Hewett, DePaul
Phillip Hickam, Chattanooga
Grant Hirschman, Oklahoma
Keegan Hoff, Richmond
Ian Holt, Kent State
Craig Hornberger, Campbell
Chris Houston, Rhode Island
Franklin Huang, Stanford
Walter Huddy, California
Daniel Hudson, Kansas
Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt
Andrew Huseman, Arkansas State
Keenan Huskey, South Carolina
Devin Jenkins, IPFW
Tanner Jenson, Utah State
Drew Johnson, Virginia Tech
Chase Johnson, Kent State
Colin Joseph, Toledo
Jackson Juerling, IUPUI
Juuso Kahlos, UCF
Bradley Kauffman, Winthrop
Scott Kim, Siena
Chris Korte, Denver
Emmanuel Kountakis, Augusta
Brock Kovach, George Mason
Ross Kukula, Seattle
Conner Kumpula, Oregon State
Thomas La Morte, Campbell
Blaine Lafferty, Delaware
Joey Lane, Virginia Tech
David Langley, Old Dominion
Jake Leavitt, Elon
Josh Lee, Florida State
Kevin Lee, Memphis
JD Lehman, Louisville
Arron Lickteig, Wyoming
Jonas Liebich, Oregon State
Linus Lilliedahl, Missouri
Thomas Lilly, UNCW
Corey Long, St. Bonaventure
Hurly Long, Texas Tech
Jaime Lopez Rivarola, Georgia
Nathan Mallonee, Georgia State
Jake Marriott, Augusta
Alexander Matlari, Duke
Charlie May, Elon
Drew McCullough, Wyoming
Tyler McDaniel, Kentucky
Max McGreevy, Oklahoma
Maverick McNealy, Stanford
Mitchell Meissner, Rice
Jason Mendel, South Alabama
Petter Mikalsen, Denver
Jamie Mist, Jacksonville State
Eric Mitchell, Princeton
Jose Montaño, North Carolina
Major Monzingo, Stephen F. Austin
Garrett Moores, Samford
Austin Morrison, William & Mary
Felix Mory, CSUN
Kyle Mueller, Michigan
Hanish Nagrani, VCU
Tanner Napier, Arkansas State
Jose Narro, Bowling Green
Charlie Netzel, Michigan State
Fredrik Nilehn, Texas Tech
Andrew Novak, Wofford
John Oda, UNLV
Jared O'Kelley, Cincinnati
Zachary Olsen, Oklahoma State
Matt Oshrine, Duke
Cody O'Toole, Georgia Southern
Philip Oweida, College of Charleston
Justin Pagila, Army
Wil Pahud, Evansville
Spencer Painton, Colorado
Michael Perras, Houston
Matthew Perrine, Baylor
Chris Petefish, Georgia Tech
Nicklas Pihl, UTEP
Hayden Ploeger, Presbyterian
Archer Price, Georgia Southern
Hunter Rappleye, Saint Mary's (CA)
Cayman Ratliff, East Tennessee State
William Register, North Carolina
Kevin Reilly, Rice
Rylee Reinertson, Oklahoma
Eli Rogers, Utah State
Hannes Ronneblad, Texas Tech
Travis Rose, Eastern Kentucky
Gregory Royston, Harvard
Atle Ruden, Hartford
Will Sallee, Eastern Kentucky
Enej Sarkanj, VCU
Patrick Sato, Seattle
Joey Savoie, Middle Tennessee
Lorenzo Scalise, Tennessee
Matthias Schwab, Vanderbilt
Nick Seitz, Valparaiso
Mert Selamet, Columbia
Michael Sharp, Michigan State
Hunter Shattuck, Baylor
Corey Shaun, UCLA
Lee Shepherd, Weber State
Hayden Shieh, Santa Clara
Bryan Shin, UC Irvine
Matt Shubley, Sacred Heart
Jake Shuman, Duke
Jack Sides, East Carolina
Connor Slane, Middle Tennessee
Grant Smith, South Dakota State
Jack Smith, Tennessee
Ruben Sondjaja, Iowa State
John Souza, Colorado
Stephen Stallings, Kentucky
Jimmy Stanger, Virginia
Sam Stevens, Oklahoma State
Blake Stock, Stephen F. Austin
Jake Storey, Georgia Southern
Ryan Stovash, UCF
Daniel Sutton, Kansas
Austin Swafford, UT Martin
Tom Swanson, Michigan
Connor Tallman, Navy
Freddy Thomas, DePaul
Stuart Thomas, Chattanooga
Hubert Tisserand, UMKC
Sam Triplett, Northwestern
Trevor Ullestad, Missouri
Michael VanDeventer, Ball State
Thibault Vieilledent, UMKC
Kendrick Vinar, Harvard
Nick Voke, Iowa State
Eddie Wajda III, Wisconsin
Euan Walker, Missouri
Danny Walker, Virginia
Jeremy Wall, Loyola (MD)
Ethan Wall, Loyola (MD)
Ryan Wallen, Wyoming
Billy Walthouse, Rhode Island
Li Wang, Yale
Baxter Ward, Stephen F. Austin
Johnny Watts, Ball State
Stephen Watts, Toledo
Peter Webb, Valparaiso
Alex Weiss, Marshall
Noah West, Ole Miss
Matthew Wetterich, Xavier
Vincent Whaley, Georgia Tech
Peyton White, Ohio
A.J. Wilkerson, Tennessee Tech
Chris Williams, West Virginia
Ben Wolcott, Ole Miss
Adam Wood, Duke
Glenn Workman, Wyoming
Dylan Wu, Northwestern
Linus Yip, Seton Hall
Jonathan Young, UC Irvine
Federico Zucchetti, Texas Tech
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