Crancer and Yates Named to PING All-Central Region Team
May 22, 2014 | Men's Golf
NORMAN, Okla. — PING announced its all-region honors Thursday and Texas A&M's Ben Crancer and Greg Yates were among those honored with selections to the All-Central Region Team.
Yates, a native of Mansfield, Texas, has come on strong this spring to stand out as the Aggies' top finisher in two of their recent three tournaments, including a second-place showing at the Aggie Invitational in early April followed by a tie for fifth at the SEC Championship in St. Simons Island, Ga.
The third-year Aggie helped the team punch its ticket to the NCAA Championship with a ninth-place showing at last week's NCAA Raleigh Regional. It stood out as Yates' fifth top-10 finish of the season, which ties Crancer for the team lead.
Additionally, Yates topped the leaderboard to share individual medalist honors at the Sea Best Invitational (Feb. 3-4), which was held on the picturesque Players Stadium Course of TPC at Sawgrass. Following his performance at the Sea Best Invitational, Yates, who maintains a 72.21 scoring average this season, was named SEC Golfer of the Week.
During his second year at Texas A&M, Crancer has taken huge steps forward on the links as the Kirkwood, Mo., product paces the Aggies with a 72.03 scoring average.
Crancer turned heads this fall when he set a Texas A&M men's golf record for 54-hole score vs. par at 16-under while claiming individual medalist honors at the Dick's Challenge (Sept 20-21). Adding to an already impressive accomplishment, the second-year Aggie became the first Texas A&M golfer to finish a 54-hole tournament in less than 200 strokes to garner National Player of the Week recognition from Golf Week on Sept. 23.
The Aggies tee off at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship on Friday as they make the program's seventh consecutive trip to nationals.
2014 Division I PING All-Central Region Team
Pep Angles, Central Arkansas
Julien Brun, TCU
Zach Cabra, Sam Houston State
Sebastian Cappelen, Arkansas
Wyndham Clark, Oklahoma State
Emilio Cuartero, Missouri
Ian Davis, Oklahoma State
Bryson Dechambeau, SMU
Scott Fernandez, Iowa State
Michael Gellerman, Oklahoma
Talor Gooch, Oklahoma State
Toni Hakula, Texas
Kramer Hickok, Texas
Beau Hossler, Texas
Kyle Jones, Baylor
Taylor Moore, Arkansas
Jordan Niebrugge, Oklahoma State
Zach Olsen, Oklahoma State
Curtis Reed, Houston
Roman Robledo, Houston
James Ross, Houston
Charlie Saxon, Oklahoma
Michael Schoolcraft, Oklahoma
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