Russell, Elvira Named All-Americans
Jun 20, 2011 | Men's Golf
June 20, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M's Jordan Russell and Nacho Elvira were named to the 2011 Golfweek All-America teams, the publication announced Monday.
Russell (College Station) was a second-team honoree while Elvira (Santander, Spain) earned honorable mention accolades.
Russell, who recently wrapped up his junior campaign, becomes the first Aggie golfer to earn All-America honors in consecutive seasons since 1995 (Anthony Rodriguez). He led this year's squad with a school-record 71.60 stroke average and finished in the top 20 in nine of A&M's 13 tournaments.
Elvira earned the second All-America honor of his career after a strong senior season. An All-Big 12 and all-region golfer in 2011, he recorded eight top-20 finishes, two top-5 showings and a stroke average of 72.29, eighth all-time at A&M. Elvira participated on Team Europe a few weeks ago at the prestigious Palmer Cup.
FIRST TEAM
Patrick Cantlay, fr., UCLA *
Peter Uihlein, jr., Oklahoma State
Kevin Tway, sr., Oklahoma State
Patrick Reed, jr., Augusta State
Bank Vongvanij, sr., Florida
Bud Cauley, jr., Alabama
Andrew Yun, so., Stanford
Kyle Scott, sr., Georgia Tech
Luke Guthrie, jr., Illinois
James White, jr., Georgia Tech
SECOND TEAM
J.T. Griffin, sr., Georgia Tech
Morgan Hoffmann, jr., Oklahoma State
John Peterson, sr., LSU
Phillip Choi, so., Florida
Cory Whitsett, fr., Alabama *
Henrik Norlander, sr., Augusta State
Blayne Barber, so., Auburn
Jordan Russell, jr., Texas A&M
Vince India, sr., Iowa
Chris Williams, so., Washington
THIRD TEAM
Nils Floren, sr., Texas Tech
Harris English, sr., Georgia
Andres Echavarria, sr., Florida
Gregor Main, jr., UCLA
Sebastian Cappelen, fr., Arkansas *
Jason Millard, sr., Middle Tennessee State
Jeff Karlsson, jr., Kennesaw State
Harold Varner, jr., East Carolina
Pontus Widegren, so., UCLA
Robin Wingardh, sr., Tennessee
HONORABLE MENTION
Evan Beck, so., Wake Forest
Kelly Kraft, sr., SMU
Lee Bedford, jr., Wake Forest
Dylan Frittelli, jr., Texas
Andrew Putnam, sr., Pepperdine
Ben Kohles, jr., Virginia
Bobby Wyatt, fr., Alabama *
Ignacio Elvira, sr., Texas A&M
Russell Henley, sr., Georgia
Andrew Loupe, sr., LSU
Scott Pinckney, sr., Arizona State
John Hahn, sr., Kent State
Lion Kim, sr., Michigan
Brinson Paolini, so., Duke
Matt Smith, sr., Texas Tech
Jace Long, so., Missouri
Alex Moore, jr., Oregon State
J.J. Spaun, jr., San Diego State
Ethan Tracy, jr., Arkansas
Albin Choi, fr., N.C. State *
* All-freshman team
