Richard Polan Named to 2022 LSWA All-Louisiana Golf Team
Centenary junior Richard Polan earned Honorable-Mention honors on the 2022 Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) All-Louisiana Men’s and Women’s College Golf teams, the organization announced on Friday.
LAFAYETTE – Centenary junior Richard Polan earned Honorable-Mention honors on the 2022 Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) All-Louisiana Men's and Women's College Golf teams, the organization announced on Friday.
The teams were nominated and selected by the state's golf sports information directors. The state of Louisiana's top-ranked collegiate golfers – LSU's Garrett Barber and Ingrid Lindblad – highlighted the team. Polan is the first Centenary men's golfer to make the team since his former teammate Reed Balcerowicz in 2020.
Polan (Brno, Czech Republic) helped lead the Gents to a seventh-place finish at the 2022 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships this past season in Blanco, Texas as he finished third overall, shooting a 1-under par 215.
Polan was one of just four golfers to finish at or under par for the event and earned First-Team All-SCAC honors with his top-three finish. He recorded his first-career victory this past season at the 2022 Rhodes Spring Classic and now owns six-career top-five finishes and nine top-10 finishes. Polan, named SCAC Men's Golfer-of-the-Week, after his win, was named to the CoSIDA Academic All‐District At‐Large Team in June which recognizes the nation's top student‐athletes for their combined performances in athletic competition and in the classroom.
LSU claimed five of the 10 spots on the men's team and three of the four specialty awards with Barber named Player of the Year for the third consecutive season with Cohen Trolio tabbed as the state's top freshman and Chuck Winstead as Coach of the Year. Lindblad was the overwhelming choice for Player of the Year for the third consecutive year with LSU's Garrett Runion repeating as the state's Coach of the Year.
ULM's Jacob Agerschou was tabbed as the LSWA Men's Newcomer of the Year after posting a 73.46 stroke average with three top-20 finishes. In his first season with the Warhawks, Agerschou posted four rounds in the 60's and had a pair of top-10 finishes. The Horsens, Denmark native was sixth overall at the Border Olympics and placed eighth overall at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
Winstead earned LSWA Coach of the Year honors after leading LSU to a pair of tournament titles and the semifinals of the SEC Championships. The Ruston, La., native led LSU to wins at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate and the San Diego Classic while guiding three different golfers to medalist honors for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
Tulane's Carla Bernat was selected as the Women's Freshman of the Year after earning All-AAC honors and helping the Green Wave to a NCAA Regional appearance. The native of Castellon, Spain recorded a 73.3 stroke average in seven events for Tulane with three top-10 finishes.
Runion, in his fourth season at LSU, led the Tigers to its first SEC Championship win in 30 years. He led LSU to back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances for the first time since 2011-2012 while the Tigers claimed three championships in 2021-22.
Barber and Trolio were joined on the men's first team by LSU teammate Michael Sanders, Peter Hinnant of Louisiana and Louisiana Tech's Sam Murphy. A pair of Tigers – Nicholas Arcement and Drew Doyle – joined Agerschou on the second team along with Ryan O'Neil of Nicholls and Louisiana's Eli Ortego. Logan Kuehn of Southeastern Louisiana and Polan were honorable mention selections.
Lindblad was joined on the women's five-member team by teammate Carla Tejedo, the Tulane duo of Bernat and Sandra Vazquez and Loyola All-American Madison Bates.
For more information on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, visit the official website at www.lswa.info.
2022 LSWA MEN'S AND WOMEN'S COLLEGE GOLF TEAMS
MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Garrett Barber, LSU
MEN'S FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR – Cohen Trolio, LSU
MEN'S NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR – Jacob Agerschou, ULM
MEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR – Chuck Winstead, LSU
MEN'S FIRST TEAM
Garrett Barber, LSU – 71.15 stroke average; PING Southeast All-Region team
Peter Hinnant, Louisiana – 72.60 stroke average; first-team All-Sun Belt Conference
Sam Murphy, Louisiana Tech – 71.63 stroke average; NCAA Regional participant
Michael Sanders, LSU – 71.48 stroke average
Cohen Trolio, LSU – 71.30 stroke average; SEC All-Freshman Team
MEN'S SECOND TEAM
Jacob Agerschou, ULM – 73.46 stroke average
Nicholas Arcement, LSU – 71.85 stroke average; San Diego Classic Medalist
Drew Doyle, LSU – 72.33 stroke average; The Hayt Medalist
Ryan O'Neil, Nicholls – 73.33 stroke average; first-team All-Southland Conference
Eli Ortego, Louisiana – 72.97 stroke average; SBC Freshman of the Year
HONORABLE MENTION
Logan Kuehn, Southeastern; Richard Polan, Centenary
WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Ingrid Lindblad, LSU
WOMEN'S FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR – Carla Bernat, Tulane
WOMEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR – Garrett Runion, LSU
WOMEN'S FIRST TEAM
Madison Bates, Loyola – 74.60 stroke average; first-team NAIA All-America
Carla Bernat, Tulane – 73.3 stroke average; All-American Athletic Conference
Ingrid Lindblad, LSU – 70.38 stroke average; Consensus First-Team All-America
Carla Tejedo, LSU – 72.52 stroke average; second-team All-SEC
Sandra Vasquez, Tulane – 74.84 stroke average; first-team All-AAC
