FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, CONTACT: Donnie Wagner Associate Director of Championships 317/917-6222 TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS SELECTED FOR 2016 NCAA DIVISION I MEN S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Men s Golf Committee has selected the teams and individuals to participate in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men s Golf Championships. Six 54-hole regional tournaments will be conducted May 16-18. Thirteen teams and ten individuals not on those teams will compete at each of three regionals while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals. Team and individual medalist titles will be decided May 27-June 1 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon. The University of Oregon is the host institution for the 2016 championships. Listed below are the teams and individuals selected to participate in the championships. Teams winning automatic qualification are designated by their conferences in parentheses. Ol Colony Golf Complex Tuscaloosa, Alabama Hosted by University of Alabama Teams: 1. University of Georgia [Southeastern Conference] 2. Auburn University 3. University of South Carolina, Columbia 4. University of Alabama 5. University of Nevada, Las Vegas [Mountain West Conference] -more-
Page No. 2 6. University of Kentucky 7. University of Kansas 8. College of Charleston (South Carolina) [Colonial Athletic Association] 9. Lipscomb University 10. Charleston Southern University 11. University of Colorado, Boulder 12. Harvard University [The Ivy League] 13. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale [Missouri Valley Conference] 1. David Kocher, University of Maryland, College Park 2. Braden Thornberry, University of Mississippi 3. Wes Gosselin, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 4. Andrew Novak, Wofford College 5. Franck Medale, Jacksonville University 6. Tom Harris, University of Maryland, College Park 7. Manuel Elvira, University of Central Florida 8. Seth Gandy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 9. Peter Staalbo, University of South Alabama 10. David Wicks, Jacksonville University Gallery Golf Club Marana, Arizona Hosted by University of Arizona 1. Stanford University [Pac-12 Conference] 2. Wake Forest University 3. University of California, Berkeley 4. University of Oregon 5. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 6. University of North Florida 7. University of Alabama at Birmingham 8. Georgia Institute of Technology 9. St. Mary s College of California [West Coast Conference] 10. Georgia State University 11. University of North Texas 12. Louisiana Tech University [Conference USA] 13. University of California, Riverside [Big West Conference] 14. Siena College [Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]
Page No. 3 1. Sean Walsh, Gonzaga University 2. Brandon Bauman, University of California, Santa Barbara 3. Alex Chiarella, University of San Diego 4. Daniel Chian, Long Beach State University 5. Aaron Beverly, California State University, Sacramento Blackwolf Run Meadow Valleys Course Kohler, Wisconsin Hosted by Marquette University 1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Big Ten Conference] 2. Florida State University 3. University of Florida 4. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 5. Baylor University 6. Pennsylvania State University 7. University of Memphis 8. Kent State University [Mid-American Conference] 9. University of California, Los Angeles 10. East Tennessee State University [Southern Conference] 11. Campbell University 12. University of Idaho [Big Sky Conference] 13. South Dakota State University [The Summit League] 1. Lloyd Jefferson Go, Seton Hall University 2. Patrick Flavin, Miami University (Ohio) 3. Billy Walthouse, University of Rhode Island 4. Otto Black, University of Toledo 5. Tee-k Kelly, The Ohio State University 6. Will Grimmer, The Ohio State University 7. George Baylis, University Akron 8. Trent Wallace, Illinois State University 9. Luke Graboyes, Cornell University 10. Evan Russell, University of Hartford
Page No. 4 Championship Course at University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Hosted by University of New Mexico 1. University of Southern California 2. Arizona State University 3. University of South Florida [American Athletic Conference] 4. San Diego State University 5. Texas A&M University, College Station 6. North Carolina State University 7. University of New Mexico 8. Texas Tech University 9. Texas Christian University 10. University of Iowa 11. Liberty University [Big South Conference] 12. U.S. Military Academy [Patriot League] 13. Cleveland State University [Horizon League] 14. Wagner College [Northeast Conference] 1. Hayden Shieh, Santa Clara University 2. Patrick Fishburn, Brigham Young University 3. Frederik Dreier, University of Texas at El Paso 4. Trevor Clayton, California State University, Fresno 5. Nicholas Dilio, Saint Peter s University Karsten Creek Golf Club Stillwater, Oklahoma Hosted by Oklahoma State University Teams: 1. Oklahoma State University 2. Clemson University [Atlantic Coast Conference] 3. University of Oklahoma 4. Duke University 5. Augusta University [Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference] 6. Purdue University 7. Michigan State University 8. University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9. Northwestern University 10. University of Louisville
Page No. 5 11. McNeese State University [Southland Conference] 12. Virginia Commonwealth University [Atlantic 10] 13. University of Missouri-Kansas City [Western Athletic Conference] 14. Alabama State University [Southwestern Athletic Conference] 1. Nick Voke, Iowa State University 2. Haraldur Magnus, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 3. Grant Bennett, Wichita State University 4. Kevin Gordon, University of Nebraska Omaha 5. Thomas McLaughlin, Texas Southern University Vanderbilt Legends Club Franklin, Tennessee Hosted by Vanderbilt University 1. University of Texas at Austin [Big 12 Conference] 2. Vanderbilt University 3. Louisiana State University 4. University of Washington 5. University of Virginia 6. University of Houston 7. Pepperdine University 8. Kennesaw State University [Atlantic Sun Conference] 9. University of Michigan 10. Troy University [Sun Belt Conference] 11. East Carolina University 12. University of Tennessee at Martin [Ohio Valley Conference] 13. Georgetown University [Big East Conference] 1. Ryan Cole, James Madison University 2. Ryan Cornfield, University of South Carolina Upstate 3. Matthew Lowe, University of Richmond 4. Jose Montaño, Xavier University 5. Patrick Cover, University of North Carolina Wilmington 6. Thomas Eldridge, University of North Carolina Wilmington 7. Joey Lane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 8. Jake McGlone, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Page No. 6 9. Ryan Wenzler, Wright State University 10. U Minn Woon, Fairleigh Dickinson University LSU won the 2015 NCAA Division I Men s Golf Championship team title, defeating Southern California, 4-1 in the final round of match play competition. SMU s Bryson DeChambeau claimed the individual title with a four-day total of 280, which was eight-under par. The championship was held at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida, with University of South Florida serving as the host. -30- DW:jr