2 Named to GCAA/PING All-America Team
4/23/2020 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Despite a shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Liberty had two of its top golfers named to the 2020 GCAA/PING All-America team, which was announced earlier today by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Redshirt junior Kieran Vincent and sophomore Jonathan Yaun were both named to the GCAA/PING All-America honorable mention team, joining 28 other players on this national list.
With Vincent and Yaun's selections, the Liberty men's golf program has had four All-Americans in the last two seasons.
In 2019, current senior Ervin Chang and graduated senior Gabe Lench were named to the GCAA/PING All-America honorable mention team.
Prior to the 2018-19 season, Liberty had only had one All-American in program history. Robert Karlsson was named to the GCAA/PING All-America third team in 2012.
Vincent and Yaun, who were also named to the GCAA/PING All-Region East team last week, posted the top two scoring averages in program history during the shortened season.
Yaun posted a 70.78 season stroke average, playing in all nine of Liberty's team events it was able to complete before the season was canceled on March 13.
Vincent finished the season with a 71.17 stroke average, playing in six of the team's nine events. The redshirt junior missed three events during the fall schedule due to an injury.
The previous season stroke average record was held by Karlsson, who finished the 2010-11 season with a 71.28 stroke average.
Yaun finished the season as the top ranked golfer in the ASUN Conference. He was ranked No. 50 in the final Golfstat national rankings and posted a 48-0 head-to-head record against ASUN opponents during the 2019-20 campaign.
The native of Minneola, Fla., played 16-of-27 rounds at par or better (59.3 percent) and tied for the team lead with three top-10 finishes. He also posted seven sub-70 rounds.
Vincent was the second-highest ranked golfer in the ASUN Conference behind Yaun, finishing the year ranked No. 53 in the Golfstat national rankings.
The native of Harare, Zimbabwe, posted a 47-1 record against ASUN opponents, played 10-of-18 rounds at par or better (55.6 percent) and posted five sub-70 rounds.
2020 NCAA Division I GCAA PING All-America Teams
First Team
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
John Axelsen, Florida
Ricky Castillo, Florida
Quade Cummins, Oklahoma
Cooper Dossey, Baylor
Peter Kuest, BYU
William Mouw, Pepperdine
Trent Phillips, Georgia
Garett Reband, Oklahoma
Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine
Davis Thompson, Georgia
Second Team
Jonathan Brightwell, UNCG
Pierceson Coody, Texas
Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State
Noah Goodwin, SMU
Evan Katz, Duke
Mac Meissner, SMU
Andy Ogletree, Georgia Tech
John Pak, Florida State
Adrien Pendaries, Duke
Mark Power, Wake Forest
Sandy Scott, Texas Tech
Third Team
Puwit Anupansuebsai, San Diego State
Devon Bling, UCLA
Sam Choi, New Mexico
Angus Flanagan, Minnesota
Christopher Gotterup, Rutgers
Walker Lee, Texas A&M
Yuxin Lin, Southern California
David Perkins, Illinois State
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Cameron Sisk, Arizona State
Trevor Werbylo, Arizona
Honorable Mention
Sam Bennett, Texas A&M
Jacob Bridgeman, Clemson
Davis Bryant, Colorado State
William Buhl, Arkansas
Ryan Burnett, North Carolina
Parker Coody, Texas
Spencer Cross, Tennessee
Reid Davenport, Vanderbilt
Hunter Eichhorn, Marquette
Alex Fitzpatrick, Wake Forest
Ryan Gerard, North Carolina
Isaiah Jackson, Memphis
Johnny Keefer, Baylor
Jamie Li, Florida State
John Murphy, Louisville
Rhys Nevin, Tennessee
AJ Ott, Colorado State
Leo Oyo, San Diego State
William Paysee, Texas A&M
Rhett Rasmussen, BYU
Nolan Ray, Lipscomb
Jack Rhea, ETSU
Matthias Schmid, Louisville
Tyler Strafaci, Georgia Tech
Jack Trent, UNLV
Kieran Vincent, Liberty
Tim Widing, San Francisco
Jamie Wilson, South Carolina
Noah Woolsey, Washington
Jonathan Yaun, Liberty
