Andrew Bennett Named To PING All-Region Team
Senior Andrew Bennett (Bossier City, La.) has been named to the NCAA Division III PING All-Region Team, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced on Thursday.
BOULDER CITY, Nev. – Senior Andrew Bennett (Bossier City, La.) has been named to the NCAA Division III PING All-Region Team, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced on Thursday.
Bennett earned a spot on the Region VII Team as players across seven regions earned all-region honors in 2024. Bennett was selected for the 2024 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships this week where he played one round on Tuesday before he was forced to withdraw due to illness on Wednesday. He is the first Centenary men's golfer to be named All-Region since Zander Winston in 2018.
Bennett, who claimed the individual title at last month's Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships in Whitney, Texas, was one of six individuals selected to participate in the NCAA championships. Bennett is the first Centenary men's golfer to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the division III era (2013-present).
Bennett finished nine shots ahead of Jacob Mason of Trinity University (+5 – 221) at the conference championships last month as he claimed his second-career victory after he won the individual title at the UMHB Men's Invitational this past Fall. He earned First-Team All-SCAC honors last month and was named SCAC Men's Golfer of the Week once this season.
Bennett entered the final round of the conference championships in third place and one shot behind Mason, the 36-hole leader. He fired identical 1-under par 71 rounds in rounds one and two at the par-72, 6,918-yard course. He posted under par scores (71, 71 and 70) in each of his three rounds, becoming just the third player in conference championship history to do so, and his three-day total of 212 is tied for the third-lowest finishing score in conference history. Bennett, who tied for 19th at the conference championships in 2022, now has two individual wins, three top-five finishes, and a top-15 finish this season.
Division III PING All-Region Teams
Region I
Tomas Amaya, Babson
Ramon Aroca Gonzalez, Hamilton
John Baldwin, Babson
Benjamin Boyd, Trinity (CT)
Brady Burke, Endicott
Thomas Chalfant, Trinity (CT)
Evan Eichenlaub, Babson
Sean Fitzgerald, Babson
Mat Gover, MCLA
Nick McCabe, Tufts
Colin McCaigue, Middlebury
Jack Meehan, Tufts
Shane Quinn, Babson
Tyler Tornoe, Hamilton
Cooper Yaccino, Trinity (CT)
Region II
Matt Buckley, RPI
Evan Forrest, Skidmore
Brendan Frain, Rochester
Kevin Kim, NYU
Mackenzie Kim, Farmingdale State
Jimmy King, St. Lawrence
Jacob Lindsay, RPI
Tom Liu, Rochester
Jomyuth Luangtana-Ana, NYU
CJ Merritt, Farmingdale State
Gary Pan, Rochester
Josh Pethel, Rochester
Michael Vickers, Stevens
Kerry Wang, Rochester
Thomas Wang, Rochester
Region III
Roy Anderson, Franklin & Marshall
Colin Coogan, Catholic
Cameron Deiuliis, Gettysburg
Charlie Dolan, McDaniel
Sean Dowd, Stevenson
Benjamin Garcia, Swarthmore
Carter Hassenplug, Allegheny
Shane Lawler, Franklin & Marshall
Peyton Mussina, Penn College
Elliot Parker, Drew
Dylan Zhang, Swarthmore
Hogan Schulze, McDaniel
Max Silverman, Franklin & Marshall
Daniel Suter, Gettysburg
Jason Velez, York (PA)
Region IV
James Alden, Guilford
Jack Burr, Huntingdon
Michael Burry, Emory
Cameron Cappuzzo, Methodist
Edward Coffren, Lynchburg
Cooper Hrabak, Methodist
Jackson Klutznick, Emory
Beck Lewis, Oglethorpe
Tony Li, Emory
Grayson Maddox, Sewanee
Jonathan McEwen, Washington & Lee
Caleb Ryan, Methodist
Aiden Spampinato, Methodist
Avery Stansell, Rhodes
Chase Walts, Methodist
Region V
J.F. Aber, Wittenberg
Juney Bai, Illinois Wesleyan
Bobby Beaubien, Illinois Wesleyan
Liam Casey, Hope
Justin Chan, Carnegie Mellon
Quinn Clifford, Illinois Wesleyan
Mark Civanich, Trine
Ryan Dannegger, Carnegie Mellon
Austin Frick, Rose-Hulman
Jaiden Koonar, Kenyon
Jonathan Oakes, Kenyon
Griffin Pohl, Illinois Wesleyan
Michael Spitzer, Illinois Wesleyan
Brian Xu, Carnegie Mellon
David Zhang, Carnegie Mellon
Region VI
Nick Amtmann, UW Eau Claire
Gabe Benson, Concordia (MN)
Andrew Boemer, Saint John's (MN)
Scott Boyajian, Aurora
Harold Dobernecker, Central (IA)
Jacob Hall, Bethel (MN)
Sam Higaki, Carleton
Mark Longhenry, Saint John's (MN)
Nate Loxtercamp, Saint John's (MN)
David Morton, Bethel (MN)
Zach Riley, Mississippi Women
Conor Schubring, Bethel (MN)
Nico Tucker, Aurora
Jack Vercautren, Aurora
Jan Antonin Wdowka, Webster
Region VII
Andrew Bennett, Centenary
Ethan Bridges, Southwestern (TX)
Aaron Buck, Redlands
Adam Cartozian, Cal Lutheran
Adrian Chiu, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
John Kim, Pomona-Pitzer
Patrick Lagura, La Verne
Yuefeng (Michael) Ma, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Jacob Mason, Trinity (TX)
Parker McCurdy, Texas-Dallas
Mason Remington, Whitman
Daniel Shofner, Texas-Dallas
Oliver Smith, Willamette
Jamison Tan, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Tobey Wills, Texas Lutheran
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