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 Senior Matt Cook was named an honorable mention All-America team selection by the Golf Coaches Association of America. |
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June 9, 2008
Cullowhee, N.C. - Western Carolina senior men's golfer Matt Cook has been named to the PING NCAA Division I All-America Team as an honorable mention as released by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). He was tabbed All-South region by the same organization earlier this month.
Ten golfers were named to each of the first three teams, with a combined 30 labeled honorable mention to bring the final tally recognized to 60. Cook was joined by Chattanooga's Jonathan Hodge (2nd team) as the only Southern Conference members honored on the All-America team after three were tabbed all-region.
In his final season in Cullowhee, Cook averaged an even-par, 72, through 12 events and 34 total rounds to post the second-best, single-season round in school history. All told, the Murphy, N.C., native holds four of the top five single-season scoring averages including the lowest three all-time. He concluded his four-year playing career at Western Carolina as the only four-time, All-SoCon selection and as the school's all-time career stroke average leader (72.11). He recorded 25 top 10 individual finishes including 18 inside the top five with nine individual medalist honors, twice garnering the top finish at the SoCon Men's Golf Championship.
The 2006 SoCon Player of the Year, Cook made three appearances in the NCAA East Regional, twice as an individual and this past season as a member of the Catamount squad which earned the school's first-ever, at-large bid into the field.
2008 NCAA Division I PING All-America Teams
First Team:
Jonas Blixt, Florida State
Jorge Campillo, Indiana
Kevin Chappell, UCLA
Rickie Fowler, Oklahoma State
Rory Hie, Southern California
Sihwan Kim, Stanford
Jamie Lovemark, Southern California
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Joel Sjohom, Georgia State
Michael Thompson, Alabama
Second Team:
Chesson Hadley, Georgia Tech
Russell Henley, Georgia
Jonathan Hodge, Chattanooga
Billy Horschel, Florida
Troy Merritt, Boise State
Adam Mitchell, Georgia
Gareth Shaw, East Tennessee State
Ryan Spears, Wichita State
Zack Sucher, UAB
Hudson Swafford, Georgia
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Honorable Mention:
James Allenby, Oregon State
Mark Anderson, South Carolina
Chris Baker, Iowa State
Joey Benedetti, Oregon
Ryan Brehm, Michigan State
Matt Cook, Western Carolina
Ignacio Elvira, Texas A&M
Kevin Foley, Penn State
Matthew Giles, Southern California
Tom Glissmeyer, Southern California
Matt Hill, NC State
Jesper Kennegard, Arizona State
Andrew Landry, Arkansas
Trent Leon, Oklahoma State
David Markle, Kent State
Michael McRae, St. Mary's (CA)
Jason Millard, Middle Tennessee
Jay Moseley, Auburn
Corey Nagy, Charlotte
David Palm, San Diego State
Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine
Adam Rainaud, Louisville
Tim Sluiter, Southern California
Kyle Stanley, Clemson
Matthew Swan, Alabama
Nick Taylor, Washington
Kevin Tway, Oklahoma State
Mike Van Sickle, Marquette
Manuel Villegas, Florida
Tent Whitekiller, Oklahoma State
