HoUniversity of Minnesota men’s golfer Bronson La’Cassie was named PING Third Team All-America by the Golf Coaches Association of America. La’Cassie, a sophomore from Brisbane, Australia, was named Honorable Mention last season. It is the fifth straight season a Gopher has been named to one of the All-America teams.
La’Cassie was named First Team All-Big Ten in May and was ranked No. 29 on the Golfweek College Individual Rankings. He led the team with a 72.11 stroke average and finished the year 13-over par in 12 tournaments. His season stroke average is the third best mark since 1979. He trails only the top two marks in Gopher golf history by James McLean; 70.89 in 1998-99 and 71.39 in 1997-98.
DIVISION I PING ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team
Ryan Blaum, Duke
Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech
Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State
Matt Every, Florida
Anthony Kim, Oklahoma
James Lepp, Washington
Spencer Levin, New Mexico
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Ryan Moore, UNLV
Aron Price, Georgia Southern
Michael Putnam, Pepperdine
Second Team
Oscar Alvarez, Brigham Young
David Denham, Georgia
Kalle Edberg, Augusta State
John Holmes, Kentucky
Chris Kirk, Georgia
Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State
Jeff Overton, Indiana
Chan Song, Georgia Tech
Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech
Brendon Todd, Georgia
Third Team
Mark Anderson, South Carolina
Alejandro Caizares, Arizona St
Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina
J.J. Killeen, TCU
Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota
Ross McGowan, Tennessee
Alex Norén, Oklahoma State
Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest
Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State
David Skinns, Tennessee
Honorable Mention
Jeremy Alcorn, Baylor
Travis Bertoni, Cal Poly
Jordan Dempsey, Mississippi
Will Dodson, Southern Methodist
Rob Grube, Stanford
Scott Jamieson, Augusta State
Shawn Jasper, Missouri
Ryan Keeney, UNLV
Kevin Kisner, Georgia
Nathan Lashley, Arizona
Gregg LaVoie, Oregon
Niklas Lemke, Arizona State
Henry Liaw, Arizona
Luke List, Vanderbilt
Major Manning, Augusta State
David Palm, Georgia Southern
Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas
Richard Scott, Georgia
Michael Shachner, Duke
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Nathan Smith, Duke
Brett Stegmaier, Florida
Steve Tiley, Georgia State
Emmett Turner, Augusta State
Martin Ureta, North Carolina
Dawie VanDerWalt, Lamer
James Vargas, Florida
Lee Williams, Auburn
Taylor Wood, Southern California
