Clayton State’s Wilcox Selected First Team Division II Ping All-American
May 18, 2008
MORROW, Ga. – Fresh off finishing eighth in the NCAA Division II Men's Golf National Championship on Saturday, Clayton State's Will Wilcox made more history in the history of Laker golf on Sunday.
PING Division II First-Team All-American selections were announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) following the final round of the NCAA Championships in Houston, Texas. Wilcox, the 2008 Peach Belt Conference champion, was one of the nine players comprise the first team.
Joining Wilcox on first team All-American include Jude Eustaquio of Florida Southern, Jeff Goff of USC-Aiken, CSU-Stanislaus's Erick Justesen, Tobias Rosendahl and Kyle Scott of West Florida, Sonoma State’s Jarin Todd, Valdosta States Brent Witcher and Chris Wolfe of Armstrong Atlantic.
The junior from Pell City, Ala., becomes the first Laker player in Clayton State men's golf history to garner Division II first team All-American honors. Add last season's honorable mention selection, and Wilcox is also the first player in the history of Clayton State men's golf to earn back-to-back Division II All-American honors.
The seventh-ranked player in Division II, according to Golfstat, Wilcox had arguably the best individual season ever for a men’s golfer at Clayton State. His scoring average of 71.1 is the best ever in a season for a player at Clayton State, and he has posted four tournament championships and 11 Top 10 finishes combined in the fall and spring.
In addition to becoming the first ever player from Clayton State to win the Peach Belt Conference individual championship, Wilcox also posted tournament championships at the Orchard Fall Classic, the Alfac/Cougar Invitational and the Southbridge Pirate Invitational. He also became the first Laker to garner All-Peach Belt Conference honors for the first time since 2000.
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