Indiana University Athletics
Overton Named Second Team All-American
6/28/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Norman, Okla. -- Indiana men's golfer Jeff Overton was named a PING second team All-American as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). Overton is the first golfer since Randy Leen in 1998 (second team) to earn All-America status.
Other second team selections included Jack Ferguson and Matt Hendrix of Clemson, Brad Heaven of Toledo, UCLA's Travis Johnson, Anthony Kim of Oklahoma, New Mexico's Spencer Levin, Pepperdine's Michael Putnam, Chez Reavie of Arizona State and Oklahoma State's Casey Wittenberg.
"Jeff had an outstanding, record-breaking season. It will go down as one of the best ever in the history of Indiana golf. I'm very proud of him receiving this well-deserved honor," said Indiana head coach Mike Mayer.
Overton accomplished several remarkable feats during the 2003-04 season. The junior completed the season finishing tied for 20th at the NCAA Championships. He was named Big Ten Player of the Year averaging 70.62, the lowest season-stroke average in the program's history. Overton's 72.25 career stroke average also stands as the lowest in IU history.
The Evansville, Ind., product captured five individual titles and received the Les Bolstad Award for the lowest stroke average in the Big Ten Conference. He was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week five times and was selected to the U.S. team at the 2004 Fuji Xerox U.S.A. Collegiate Golf Championship. The team will compete in Japan on July 13-16.
Overton set the top two 18-hole (64, 65), top three 36-hole (130, 131, 134) and top two 54-hole (199, 203) scoring records in Indiana history.
Additionally, Overton has continued his successful play this summer. He finished tied for sixth at the Sunnehanna Amateur with 211 (70-68-73) and tied for 12th at the Northeast Amateur with 278 (70-70-68-70).
Overton will also defend his Indiana State Amateur Championship on Monday-Thursday, June 28-July 1, at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course in Indianapolis.
Matt Every and Camilo Villegas of Florida, Wake Forest's Bill Haas, Jason Hartwick of Texas, Kentucky's John Holmes, Brock Mackenzie of Washington, UNLV's Ryan Moore, Chris Nallen of Arizona, Lamar's Chris Stroud and Peter Tomasulo of California were previously named to the PING All-America first team.
UTEP's Chris Baryla, Alejandro Canizares of Arizona State, Colorado State's Martin Laird and Nolan Martin, Luke List of Vanderbilt, TCU's Adam Meyer, Aron Price of Georgia Southern, Duke's Nathan Smith, Nicholas Thompson of Georgia Tech and Colorado's Kane Webber were named to the PING All-America third team.
A total of 39 golfers were named to the honorable mention team.
DIVISION I PING ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team
Matt Every, Florida
Bill Haas, Wake Forest
Jason Hartwick, Texas
John Holmes, Kentucky
Brock Mackenzie, Washington
Ryan Moore, UNLV
Chris Nallen, Arizona
Chris Stroud, Lamar
Peter Tomasulo, California
Camilo Villegas
Second Team
JEFF OVERTON, INDIANA
Jack Ferguson, Clemson
Brad Heaven, Toledo
Matt Hendrix, Clemson
Travis Johnson, UCLA
Anthony Kim, Oklahoma
Spencer Levin, New Mexico
Michael Putnam, Pepperdine
Chez Reavie, Arizona State
Casey Wittenberg, Oklahoma State
Third Team
Chris Baryla, UTEP
Alejandro Cañizares, Arizona State
Martin Laird, Colorado State
Luke List, Vanderbilt
Nolan Martin, Colorado State
Adam Meyer, TCU
Aron Price, Georgia Southern
Nathan Smith, Duke
Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech
Kane Webber, Colorado
Honorable Mention
Oscar Alvarez, Brigham Young
Ryan Blaum, Duke
Dustin Bray North Carolina
Lars Brovold, Alabama
Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech
Steve Conway, UCLA
Carlos Del Moral, Oklahoma
Will Dodson, SMU
Judd Easterling, Wichita State
A.J. Elgert, Kansas State
Jake Ellison, Brigham Young
Ty Harris, Georgia State
Ben Hayes, Southern California
Jeff Hood, California
Billy Hurley, Navy
David Inglis, Tulsa
Kevin Kisner, Georgia
Matthew Kodama, Hawaii
Shiv Kapur, Purdue
Kasper Jorgensen, Georgia State
Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota
Mark Lamb, Arizona
Mark Leon, Penn State
Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State
Henry Liaw, Arizona
Gareth Maybin, South Alabama
Todd Miller, Brigham Young
Roy Moon, UCLA
Jessie Mudd, Florida
Alex Norén, Oklahoma State
Brian O'Flaherty, Pepperdine
Erik Olson, Washington
Alex Prugh, Washington
Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas
Justin Smith, Minnesota
Brett Stegmaier, Florida
Brendon Todd, Georgia
Matt Wells, Kentucky
Chan Wongluekiet, Georgia Tech
