Correa Named PING All-America Honorable Mention
By TOM ZEBOLD
USF Senior Writer
TAMPA, JUNE 21, 2018 – USF's
Claudio Correa earned more recognition for his solid senior season by being named a PING All-America honorable mention on Thursday.
The Santiago, Chile native is now a two-time PING All-America honorable mention after earning the same status from the Golf Coaches Association of America as a freshman during the 2014-15 season.
The three-time PING All-Southeast Region Team member led the Bulls to their fourth consecutive American Athletic Conference Championship title in wire-to-wire fashion this April. Correa also captured the league tournament's individual crown with a three-shot victory and was named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
This past season, Correa led the Bulls with six top-10 finishes and 11 top-25 performances after tying for 14
th place at the NCAA Kissimmee Regional. Correa's season scoring average of 71.14 ranks second in the school record books and he now owns a share of the program season record with 23 rounds of par or better. Correa's impressive performances helped USF match the program season record of five tournament title victories ahead of the Bulls' sixth straight NCAA Regional appearance.
"It's been an absolute privilege to have him on the team with the way he is with his teammates, recruits and the way he conducts himself in the classroom, on the course and in life," head coach
Steve Bradley said. "He embodies what you want in a student-athlete on the golf team."
PING All-America Teams
First Team
Shintaro Ban, UNLV
Broc Everett, Augusta
Doug Ghim, Texas
Nick Hardy, Illinois
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt
Collin Morikawa, California
Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M
Justin Suh, Southern California
Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
Norman Xiong, Oregon
Second Team
Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State
George Cunningham, Arizona
Brad Dalke, Oklahoma
Stephen Franken, NC State
Ian Holt, Kent State
Dylan Meyer, Illinois
Kyle Mueller, Michigan
Bryson Nimmer, Clemson
Lorenzo Scalise, Tennessee
Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss
Third Team
Dawson Armstrong, Lipscomb
Hayden Buckley, Missouri
Patrick Fishburn, BYU
Luis Gagne, LSU
Lee Hodges, Alabama
Brandon Mancheno, Auburn
John Pak, Florida State
Davis Riley, Alabama
Scottie Scheffler, Texas
Thomas Walsh, Virginia
Honorable Mention
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
About USF Men's Golf
USF men's golf has captured the past four American Athletic Conference Championship titles in wire-to-wire fashion and made six straight trips to NCAA Regionals. The program is led by Steve Bradley, who has earned American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors the past four seasons. Follow @USFMGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.
