NORMAN, Okla. – Senior Andrew Bennett (Bossier City, La.) has been named a 2024 Division III PING All-American, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced on Friday.
Bennett, named to the PING All-Region Team last month, earned a spot on the Third Team and is the first Centenary men's golfer to be named an All-American since Hal Sutton in 1980. Bennett claimed the individual title at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships in April and was selected for the 2024 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships in May where he played one round before he was forced to withdraw due to illness.
Bennett was one of six individuals selected to participate in the NCAA championships and was the first Centenary men's golfer to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the division III era (2013-present). He earned First-Team All-SCAC honors this season, was named SCAC Men's Golfer of the Week once, and claimed two individual wins, three top-five finishes, and a top-15 finish during the season.
Division III PING All-America Teams
First Team
Jack Burr, Huntingdon
Cameron Cappuzzo, Methodist
Justin Chan, Carnegie Mellon
Cooper Hrabak, Methodist
Jackson Klutznick, Emory
Jonathan McEwen, Washington & Lee
Michael O'Sullivan, Oglethorpe
Caleb Ryan, Methodist
Chase Walts, Methodist
Second Team
J.F. Aber, Wittenberg
Edward Coffren, Lynchburg
Beck Lewis, Oglethorpe
Jacob Mason, Trinity (TX)
Conor Schubring, Bethel (MN)
Aiden Spampinato, Methodist
Brian Xu, Carnegie Mellon
David Zhang, Carnegie Mellon
Third Team
Roy Anderson, Franklin & Marshall
Bobby Beaubien, Illinois Wesleyan
Andrew Bennett, Centenary
Elliot Parker, Drew
Mason Remington, Whitman
Avery Stansell, Rhodes
Jack Vercautren, Aurora
Brett Viator, Huntingdon
Honorable Mention
James Alden, Guilford
Nick Amtmann, UW Eau Claire
Ramon Aroca Gonzalez, Hamilton
Gabe Benson, Concordia (MN)
Benjamin Boyd, Trinity (CT)
Aaron Buck, Redlands
Matt Buckley, RPI
Michael Burry, Emory
David D'Agostino, Methodist
Jonas DeLeon, Redlands
Sean Fitzgerald, Babson
Brian Hanson, Emory
John Kim, Pomona-Pitzer
Shane Lawler, Franklin & Marshall
Tony Li, Emory
Tom Liu, Rochester
Jonathan Oakes, Kenyon
Nick Rubino, Hampden-Sydney
Griffin Pohl, Illinois Wesleyan
Michael Spitzer, Illinois Wesleyan
Jamison Tan, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Gus Vickers, Stevens
*A total of 22 golfers were named honorable mention All-America.
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