Eighteen SSC Golfers Earn GCAA Division II All-American Honors

06.23.15

NORMAN, Okla.– The Golf Coaches Association of America announced the 2015 Division II PING All-America teams on Tuesday, June 23. The Sunshine State Conference had 13 golfers honored across three All-America teams and five were named All-America honorable mention.

Nova Southeastern’s Santiago Gomez, 2015 Jack Nicklaus Division II Player of the Year, anchors the first team. 2015 Phil Mickelson Outstanding Division II Freshman of the Year winner, Florida Southern’s John Coultas, also graces the first team. Joining Gomez and Coultas on the first team are Richard Mansell (Nova Southeastern), Mateo Gomez (Lynn), John Coultas (Florida Southern) and John Van Der Laan (Florida Southern).

Nova Southeastern captured its second NCAA Division II National Championship this past May, while Lynn finished runner-up. NSU’s Ryan Jamison was Named Dave Williams Men's Golf National Coach of the Year.

GCAA Division II All-American First Team
John Coultas, Florida Southern
Mateo Gomez, Lynn
Santiago Gomez, Nova Southeastern^
Richard Mansell, Nova Southeastern
John Van Der Laan, Florida Southern

GCAA Division II All-American Third Team
Mario Beltran, Barry*
Keith Greene, Lynn~
Oscar Lengdèn, Nova Southeastern~
Joey Savoie, Saint Leo

GCAA Division II All-American Third Team
Ray Badenhorst, Florida Tech~
Ryan Gendron, Saint Leo~
Jose Andres Miranda, Lynn
Priyanshu Singh, Nova Southeastern

GCAA Division II Honorable Mention All-American
Mike Anderson, Barry
Martin Cancino, Lynn
Nico Cavero, Barry
Jimmy Jones, Florida Southern
Elliott Whitley, Lynn~

^ = 2014 Second Team All-American
*= 2014 Third Team All-American
~ = 2014 All-American Honorable Mention

For a full list of the 2015 GCAA All-Americans, click here.