Every and Horschel Named First-Team PING All-Americans
Sunday, June 4, 2006 | Men's Golf
University of Florida senior Matt Every (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and freshman Billy Horschel (Grant, Fla.) were named PING First-Team All-Americans by the Golf Coaches Association of America following the NCAA Championship on Saturday. Horschel was also named to the All-Freshman team.
Every joins former Gators Gary Koch, David Jackson, Dudley Hart and Camilo Villegas as the only golfers in school history to earn first-team All-American honors all four years of their collegiate careers. Every earned nine top-10 finishes this season, including a win in the season-opener at the Inverness Invitational. He also became the first Gator golfer to win the prestigious Ben Hogan Award as the nation's top amateur golfer.
Horschel emerged as a key ingredient for the Gators success in 2005-06. He earned started in all 13 tournaments and won his first individual medal at the NCAA West Regional in Tucson, Ariz. Horschel also finished in the top-10 at the SEC Championship and NCAA Championship.
Florida completed the 2005-06 season by finishing second at the NCAA Championship in Sunriver, Ore.
PING All-America First Team
Ryan Baca, Baylor
Alejandro Ca?izares, Arizona State
Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State
Matt Every, Florida
Oscar Floren, Texas Tech
Billy Horschel, Florida
Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina
Chris Kirk, Georgia
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State
All-Freshmen Team
Erik Flores, UCLA
Brian Harman, Georgia
Billy Horschel, Florida
Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State
Cameron Tringale, Oklahoma State
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