Zhang Earns Second All-America Honors
Thursday, June 21, 2018 | Men's Golf
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gators sophomore Andy Zhang has been selected as a PING All-America Honorable Mention, Thursday.
This is Zhang's second All-America honor, following his Golfweek Honorable Mention selection last week. He is the third consecutive Gators golfer to be awarded both Golfweek and PING All-America honors, following in the footsteps of Sam Horsfield (2016, 2017) and Alejandro Tosti (2017).
Zhang (71.10) led Florida in stroke average this year while picking up seven top-25 finishes and four top-10 finishes.
Zhang, a finalist for the Fred Haskins Player of the Year Award, became the first player in program history to take home both the SEC Championship and NCAA Regional individual championships.
A total of 21 golfers were named PING Honorable Mention All-America, including the following:
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Claudio Correa, USF
Quade Cummins, Oklahoma
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Blaine Hale, Oklahoma
Grant Hirschman, Oklahoma
Chase Johnson, Kent State
Phillip Knowles, North Florida
Joshua Martin, North Carolina
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Garrett May, Baylor
Stefano Mazzoli, TCU
Cole Miller, Penn State
Fredrik Nilehn, Texas Tech
Alvaro Ortiz, Arkansas
Yannik Paul, Colorado
Matthew Perrine, Baylor
Turk Pettit, Clemson
Spencer Ralston, Georgia
Ivan Ramirez, Texas Tech
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Doc Redman, Clemson
Isaiah Salinda, Stanford
Alex Smalley, Duke
Brandon Smith, Texas A&M
Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine
Travis Trace, North Florida
Kristoffer Ventura, Oklahoma State
Cameron Young, Wake Forest
Andy Zhang, Florida
This is Zhang's second All-America honor, following his Golfweek Honorable Mention selection last week. He is the third consecutive Gators golfer to be awarded both Golfweek and PING All-America honors, following in the footsteps of Sam Horsfield (2016, 2017) and Alejandro Tosti (2017).
Zhang (71.10) led Florida in stroke average this year while picking up seven top-25 finishes and four top-10 finishes.
Zhang, a finalist for the Fred Haskins Player of the Year Award, became the first player in program history to take home both the SEC Championship and NCAA Regional individual championships.
A total of 21 golfers were named PING Honorable Mention All-America, including the following:
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Claudio Correa, USF
Quade Cummins, Oklahoma
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Blaine Hale, Oklahoma
Grant Hirschman, Oklahoma
Chase Johnson, Kent State
Phillip Knowles, North Florida
Joshua Martin, North Carolina
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Garrett May, Baylor
Stefano Mazzoli, TCU
Cole Miller, Penn State
Fredrik Nilehn, Texas Tech
Alvaro Ortiz, Arkansas
Yannik Paul, Colorado
Matthew Perrine, Baylor
Turk Pettit, Clemson
Spencer Ralston, Georgia
Ivan Ramirez, Texas Tech
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Doc Redman, Clemson
Isaiah Salinda, Stanford
Alex Smalley, Duke
Brandon Smith, Texas A&M
Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine
Travis Trace, North Florida
Kristoffer Ventura, Oklahoma State
Cameron Young, Wake Forest
Andy Zhang, Florida
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