May 4, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS - No. 13-ranked Texas A&M will be the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Men's Golf West Regional May 14-16 at the Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, Calif.
The top five teams from each of the six regionals will advance to the NCAA finals May 26-30 at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
A&M has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 30 of the last 35 seasons, including seven straight under Coach J.T. Higgins. The Aggies finished seventh at the Central Regional last year in Columbus, Ohio, and placed 12th in the finals in West Lafayette, Ind. It was A&M's highest finish since 1984.
Joining A&M in the 13-team West Regional (with seeding) will be No. 3 Southern California (1), No. 15 Arizona State (3), No. 22 San Diego State (4), UC Davis (5), Oregon (6), New Mexico (7), Colorado (8), UC Irvine (9), Kansas State (10), Oregon State (11), San Diego (12) and San Francisco (13).
Other Big 12 teams making the NCAA field are No. 2-ranked Oklahoma State (No. 1 seed in South Central), Baylor (No. 8 in South Central), No. 19 Texas Tech (No. 3 in Southwest Regional) and No. 25 Texas ((No. 4 in Southwest Regional).
Listed below are the complete fields for each of the regionals. Teams winning automatic qualification are designated by their conferences in parentheses.
NORTHEAST Galloway National Golf Club - Galloway, New Jersey Hosted by Columbia University
Teams (seeded in the following order): 1. Clemson 2. Alabama 3. Illinois (Big Ten Conference) 4. Tennessee 5. Wake Forest 6. Colorado State 7. Kent State (Mid-American Conference) 8. Coastal Carolina (Big South Conference) 9. Virginia 10. Penn State 11. Minnesota 12. VCU (Colonial Athletic Association) 13. Columbia (Ivy Group) 14. Sacred Heart (Northeast Conference)
Individuals: 1. Kevin O'Connell, North Carolina 2. Dan Woltman, Wisconsin 3. Robert Karlsson, Liberty 4. Peter Williamson, Dartmouth 5. Eric Hawerchak, Central Connecticut
SOUTHWEST University of Texas Golf Club - Austin, Texas Hosted by the University of Texas
Teams (seeded in the following order): 1. Stanford 2. Florida 3. Texas Tech 4. Texas 5. UNLV 6. California 7. Lamar (Southland Conference) 8. Michigan 9. Texas-Arlington 10. Virginia Tech 11. Mississippi State 12. New Mexico State (Western Athletic Conference) 13. Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals: 1. Glenn Northcutt, Auburn 2. Ken Looper, New Orleans 3. Cole Moreland, Auburn 4. Adam Cornelson, New Orleans 5. Cedric Scotto, Southeastern Louisiana 6. Jeff Gerlich, Texas State 7. Matthew Carvell, Southeastern Louisiana 8. Corey Roberson, Texas State 9. Fergal Rafferty, Sam Houston 10. Gonzalo Berlin, Jacksonville State
WEST Lake Merced Golf Club - Daly City, California Hosted by the University of San Francisco
Teams (seeded in the following order): 1. Southern California 2. Texas A&M 3. Arizona State 4. San Diego State 5. UC Davis (Big West Conference) 6. Oregon 7. New Mexico 8. Colorado 9. UC Irvine 10. Kansas State 11. Oregon State 12. San Diego 13. San Francisco (West Coast Conference)
Individuals: 1. Grant Doverspike, Fresno State 2. Brady Johnson, Brigham Young 3. Nick Delio, Cal State Northridge 4. Scott Smith, Nevada 5. Geoff Gonzalez, Cal Poly 6. Robbie Fillmore, Brigham Young 7. Mark Hubbard, San Jose State 8. Kevin Tucker, Washington State 9. Bhavik Patel, Fresno State 10. Greg Moss, Loyola Marymount
SOUTHEAST Red Tail Golf Club - Sorrento, Florida Hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Central Florida Sports Commission
Teams (seeded in the following order): 1. Georgia (Southeastern Conference) 2. Indiana 3. South Carolina 4. Central Florida (Conference USA) 5. Florida State 6. Arizona 7. Augusta State 8. Kentucky 9. Georgia Southern 10. Georgia State 11. Iowa 12. Charlotte (Atlantic 10 Conference) 13. Campbell (Atlantic Sun Conference) 14. Loyola (Maryland) (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Individuals: 1. Zach Sucher, UAB 2. M. Etienne Bussierres, South Alabama 3. Josh Brock, North Carolina-Wilmington 4. Bill Jones III, Mercer 5. Kelly McHugh, Florida Atlantic
CENTRAL The Club at Olde Stone - Bowling Green, Kentucky Hosted by Western Kentucky University
Teams: 1. Washington (Pacific-10 Conference) 2. Georgia Tech (Atlantic Coast Conference) 3. North Carolina State 4. UCLA 5. Mississippi 6. East Tennessee State 7. Duke 8. Louisville (Big East Conference) 9. Ohio State 10. Vanderbilt 11. Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt Conference) 12. Austin Peay State (Ohio Valley Conference) 13. Cleveland State (Horizon League) 14. Bucknell (The Patriot League)
Individuals: 1. Mike Van Sickle, Marquette 2. Sebastian MacLean, Xavier 3. Trey Bowling, Eastern Kentucky 4. Tyler Duncan, Purdue 5. John Montgomery, Alabama State
SOUTH CENTRAL Karsten Creek Golf Club - Stillwater, Oklahoma Hosted by Oklahoma State University
Teams: 1. Oklahoma State (Big 12 Conference) 2. Arkansas 3. TCU (Mountain West Conference) 4. LSU 5. Chattanooga (Southern Conference) 6. Pepperdine 7. Michigan State 8. Baylor 9. Northwestern 10. Tulsa 11. Denver 12. Wichita State (Missouri Valley Conference) 13. Oral Roberts (The Summit League)
Individuals: 1. Trent Peterson, South Dakota State 2. Peter Malnati, Missouri 3. Tom Whitney, Air Force 4. Kelly Kraft, SMU 5. Eric Onesi, Old Dominion 6. Chris Ross, Eastern Michigan 7. Roger Sloan, UTEP 8. Nate Page, Southern Utah 9. Devin Carrey, Louisiana-Lafayette 10. James Kwon, SMU
Colin Killian Associate Media Relations Director