Phillips & Smith Honored as All-Americans

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. – Aggie golfers Chandler Phillips and Brandon Smith were honored alongside the nation's elite as the pair represented Texas A&M on the list of Division I PING All-Americans released by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
 
Phillips, who received third-team All-America honors a year ago, was named to the All-America First Team to become just the fourth Aggie recognized as a first team All-American. Smith received honorable mention following his breakout 2017-18 campaign.
 
Additionally, Phillips was honored this week with a spot on the 2018 All-Nicklaus Team presented by Barbasol.
 
Joining Phillips on the list of First Team All-Americans were Shintaro Ban (UNLV), Broc Everett (Augusta), Doug Ghim (Texas), Nick Hardy (Illinois), Viktor Hovland (Oklahoma State), Theo Humphrey (Vanderbilt), Collin Morikawa (California), Justin Suh (Southern California), Matthew Wolff (Oklahoma State) and Norman Xiong (Oregon).
 
A three-time All-SEC selection, Phillips won four events individually during the 2017-18 campaign while helping the Aggies post a school-record six team wins. The Huntsville, Texas, native set the Texas A&M record for career tournament wins (6) as a junior and broke A&M's record for single season stroke average (70.85), a mark he initially set a year ago.
 
Phillips got the season off to a hot start by winning the season-opening Badger Invitational (-12) and began the spring semester by becoming the first two-time winner of the John Burns Intercollegiate (-13). Phillips shared medalist honors at Aggie Invitational (-5) before breaking Texas A&M's record for career tournament wins with a one-stroke victory, the sixth of this career, at the NCAA Bryan Regional (-11).
 
In addition to his four wins, he posted four other top 10s and only placed outside the top 20 once in 12 events during his junior campaign.
 
Smith, meanwhile, enjoyed a breakout season and became a key anchor of the Aggie lineup as a sophomore. The Frisco, Texas, native played in 12 events, compiling a 71.84 scoring average with 20 rounds of par or lower during 37 total rounds. He notched six top-10 finishes this season and came just a stroke away from winning the NCAA Bryan Regional where he finished as runner-up with a 54-hole total of 10-under par.
 
His impressive run during the postseason continued at the NCAA Championship where he helped Texas A&M advance to match play by standing out as the highest-finishing Aggie during the event's stroke play portion, finishing in a tie for 11^th. Smith carded A&M's lowest round during the final three rounds of stroke play at the championship.
 
The pair of accolades brings the total of Texas A&M All-American selections under head coach J.T. Higgins to 18.
 
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DIVISION I PING ALL-AMERICANS

FIRST TEAM
Shintaro Ban, UNLV
Broc Everett, Augusta
Doug Ghim, Texas
Nick Hardy, Illinois
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt
Collin Morikawa, California
Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M
Justin Suh, Southern California
Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
Norman Xiong, Oregon
 
SECOND TEAM
Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State
George Cunningham, Arizona
Brad Dalke, Oklahoma
Stephen Franken, NC State
Ian Holt, Kent State
Dylan Meyer, Illinois
Kyle Mueller, Michigan
Bryson Nimmer, Clemson
Lorenzo Scalise, Tennessee
Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss
 
THIRD TEAM
Dawson Armstrong, Lipscomb
Hayden Buckley, Missouri
Patrick Fishburn, BYU
Luis Gagne, LSU
Lee Hodges, Alabama
Brandon Mancheno, Auburn
John Pak, Florida State
Davis Riley, Alabama
Scottie Scheffler, Texas
Thomas Walsh, Virginia
 
HONORABLE MENTION
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Claudio Correa, USF
Quade Cummins, Oklahoma
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Blaine Hale, Oklahoma
Grant Hirschman, Oklahoma
Chase Johnson, Kent State
Phillip Knowles, North Florida
Joshua Martin, North Carolina
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Garrett May, Baylor
Stefano Mazzoli, TCU
Cole Miller, Penn State
Fredrik Nilehn, Texas Tech
Alvaro Ortiz, Arkansas
Yannik Paul, Colorado
Matthew Perrine, Baylor
Turk Pettit, Clemson
Spencer Ralston, Georgia
Ivan Ramirez, Texas Tech
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Doc Redman, Clemson
Isaiah Salinda, Stanford
Alex Smalley, Duke
Brandon Smith, Texas A&M
Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine
Travis Trace, North Florida
Kristoffer Ventura, Oklahoma State
Cameron Young, Wake Forest
Andy Zhang, Florida
 
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2018 All-Nicklaus Team presented by Barbasol

Shintaro Ban, UNLV
Chandler Blanchet, West Florida
Callum Bruce, Midland College
Leon D'Souza, South Mountain
Doug Ghim, Texas
Josh Gibson, Hope
Nick Hardy, Illinois
Sam Hill, UT Tyler
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt
Isaiah Jackson, Meridian
Rupert Kaminski, Oklahoma City
SM Lee, Dalton State
Rowan Lester, Texas Wesleyan
Collin Morikawa, California
Brian Peccie, Washington & Lee
Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M
Julien Sale, Indian Hills
Alex Scott, Grand Valley State
Justin Suh, Southern California
John VanDerLaan, Florida Southern
Andrew Williamson, Wayland Baptist
Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
Norman Xiong, Oregon