May 09, 2005
The Texas A&M men's golf team has been invited to the NCAA Central Regional May 19-21 in South Bend, Ind., the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee announced Monday.
Three regional tournaments, encompassing the current nine regions, will be played with a total of 27 teams and six individuals not on selected teams assigned to each regional site. The top 10 teams and two individuals not on advancing teams will move on from each regional to the NCAA Championships June 1-4 at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md. The East Regional will be in Nashville, Tenn., with the West Regional played in Stanford, Calif.
The Aggies will be making their third straight regional appearance under coach J.T. Higgins and their 14th since the regional format began in 1989. Last year, A&M finished fourth at the Central Regional in West Lafayette, La., and went on to a 14th-place effort at nationals.
Listed below are the teams and individuals selected to participate in the championships. Teams winning automatic qualification are designated by their conferences in parentheses.
EAST REGIONAL
Golf Club of Tennessee in Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by the Southeastern Conference
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Georgia
2. Georgia Tech
3. Florida
4. Duke (Atlantic Coast)
5. Wake Forest
6. Tennessee
7. Georgia Southern
8. Alabama
9. Clemson
10. Georgia State (Atlantic Sun)
11. Coastal Carolina (Big South)
12. East Tennessee State (Southern)
13. Indiana
14. Central Florida
15. North Carolina
16. Louisville
17. Virginia
18. Vanderbilt
19. Charlotte
20. Penn State
21. North Carolina-Wilmington (Colonial)
22. Towson
23. Rhode Island
24. Rutgers
25. Maryland
26. Army (Patriot)
27. Boston College
Individuals:
1. Jordan Dempsey, Mississippi
2. Rob Langley, Furman
3. Michael Thompson, Tulane
4. Robert Dinwiddie, Tennessee State
5. Joe Deraney, Mississippi State
6. Chris Wheeler, Tulane
CENTRAL REGIONAL
Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Indiana
Hosted by the University of Notre Dame
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Oklahoma State (Big 12)
2. Augusta State
3. TCU (C-USA)
4. Kentucky (SEC)
5. Texas
6. Purdue
7. Minnesota
8. Michigan State (Big Ten)
9. Oklahoma
10. Kent State (MAC)
11. Texas Tech
12. Southern Methodist (WAC)
13. Tulsa
14. Wichita State
15. Xavier (Atlantic 10)
16. Texas A&M
17. Kansas
18. Arkansas
19. Baylor
20. Notre Dame (Big East)
21. Lamar
22. Missouri
23. Kansas State
24. IUPUI (Mid-Continent)
25. Jackson State (SWAC)
26. Detroit (Horizon)
27. Loyola (Maryland) (Metro Atlantic)
Individuals:
1. Patrick Sullivan, Arkansas-Little Rock
2. Scott Anderson, Ohio State
3. Edward McGlasson, Colorado
4. Garrett Chaussard, Illinois
5. Chris Wilson, Northwestern
6. Korey Mahoney, Eastern Michigan
WEST REGIONAL
Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, California
Hosted by Stanford University
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. UNLV
2. New Mexico (Mountain West)
3. Auburn
4. Arizona State
5. UCLA
6. Arizona
7. Brigham Young
8. South Carolina
9. Southern California
10. Washington (Pac-10)
11. LSU
12. Pepperdine (West Coast)
13. San Diego State
14. UC Riverside (Big West)
15. St. Mary's (California)
16. Stanford
17. Texas-Arlington (Southland)
18. Colorado State
19. Cal Poly
20. Fresno State
21. Oregon
22. Denver
23. South Alabama (Sun Belt)
24. Illinois State (Missouri Valley)
25. Samford (Ohio Valley)
26. Princeton (Ivy)
27. Central Connecticut State (Northeast)
Individuals:
1. Jeff Hood, California
2. Garrett Sapp, UC Irvine
3. David Kim, San Jose State
4. Kenny Ebalo, Southern Utah
5. Danny Bowen, New Mexico State
6. Tyler Goulding, Air Force
Colin Killian
Associate Media Relations Director
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