Clayton State’s Wilcox, Binfield earn Division II PING All-American honors for men’s golf
June 11, 2009
MORROW, Ga. – For the first time in a decade, Clayton State will have two All-Americans in men’s golf in the same season.
The 2009 Division II PING All-American teams were announced, and Clayton State had two players earn honors. Senior Will Wilcox was selected first team Division II All-American for a second straight season, while junior Wade Binfield was selected honorable mention Division II All-American. In addition, with his honorable mention honor in 2007, Wilcox becomes the first ever three-time All-American at Clayton State in men’s golf.
Both players also earned Division II All-Southeast Region honors – the third straight for Wilcox and the first ever for Binfield.
“While everyone expected Will to earn his third All-American award, Wade has to be given extra credit for his accomplishments this spring, culminating with leading the team at Conference, capturing 2009 Medalist honors, and then being recognized on both the PING All-Southeast Region and Honorable Mention All-American teams," said Clayton State head coach Barry Harwell.
Binfield, a junior from Fayetteville, Ga., came on strong for the Lakers this spring, culminating by winning the Peach Belt Conference individual championship and leading Clayton State to its first ever Peach Belt Conference championship in men’s golf. For the season, he finished with a 73.5 scoring average, good for 14th in the Peach Belt Conference.
In addition to winning the Peach Belt Conference title, Binfield also tied for first with Wilcox at the Orchard Fall Invitational, finished second at the Southeastern Intercollegiate, tied for eighth at the State Farm-Laker Intercollegiate and tied for 11th at the Queens Invitational.
Wilcox, a senior from Pell City, Ala., became the first ever Clayton State golfer to earn Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year honors and the first ever Laker to earn All-Peach Belt Conference for two straight seasons. Wilcox was the unanimous choice for PBC Player of the Year after winning four tournaments combined during the fall and spring.
This spring, he won three straight tournaments to start the season – the Outback Steakhouse Intercollegiate, the Matlock Invitational and the Samford Invitational. He finished one stroke off the pace of Binfield at the Peach Belt Conference Championship.
Wilcox led the Peach Belt Conference in scoring with a 70.9 stroke average and finished in the Top Five in seven of the 12 events he played in this season. Wilcox shot a season-low round 66 at the Outback Intercollegiate, and had a PBC-best 19 rounds of par or under this season.
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