Stevens Named PING Third Team All-American

NORMAN, Okla. — Senior Scott Stevens was named a 2019 PING Third Team All-American, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced on Thursday. He becomes the 23^rd Gamecock golfer all-time to earn All-America status.
 
Stevens had a standout final year at Carolina, leading the team in scoring average (70.59), rounds of par or better (26), top-five finishes (3), top-10 finishes (5) and top-20 finishes (10). The 2019 First Team All-SEC selection helped lead the Gamecocks back to the NCAA Championship this season. He T-3^rd at the NCAA Pullman Regional after matching a career 54-hole low, shooting 198 (-12) at Palouse Ridge Golf Club.
 
The Chattanooga, Tenn., native finished his time in Garnet and Black with the lowest career scoring average in program history at 71.57. He started every tournament the past four seasons for the Gamecocks. Stevens’ 20 career top-10 finishes are T-3^rd most all-time. His eight career top-fives are T-7^th most all-time.
 
Stevens was also a standout student at Carolina, earning GCAA Scholar All-America honors in 2018. He graduated this spring with a degree in tourism management. Stevens, who finished school with an impressive 3.814 GPA, was named to the President’s List (4.0 GPA) twice, and the Dean’s list (3.5 GPA or higher) six times.
 
Since 2007 under head coach Bill McDonald, South Carolina has now garnered 16 All-America honors by seven different student-athletes. Stevens is the first PING All-American since Gamecock great Matt NeSmith, who earned First Team honors in 2016 to finish his career as a three-time All-American.
 
2019 Division I PING All-America Teams
 
First Team
Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Cole Hammer, Texas
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Collin Morikawa, California
Bryson Nimmer, Clemson
John Pak, Florida State
Justin Suh, Southern California
Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
Chun An Yu, Arizona State
 
Second Team
Peter Kuest, BYU
Andy Ogletree, Georgia Tech
Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M
Trent Phillips, Georgia
Isaiah Salinda, Stanford
Matthias Schmid, Louisville
Sandy Scott, Texas Tech
Alex Smalley, Duke
Brandon Wu, Stanford
Cameron Young, Wake Forest
 
Third Team
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State
Blake Elliott, McNeese State
Philip Knowles, North Florida
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Stefano Mazzoli, TCU
Mac Meissner, SMU
Luke Schniederjans, Georgia Tech
Scott Stevens, South Carolina
 
Honorable Mention
Eric Bae, Wake Forest
Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State
Albin Bergstrom, USF
Ervin Chang, Liberty
Steven Chervony, Texas
Parker Coody, Texas
Pierceson Coody, Texas
Kyle Cottam, Clemson
Sebastian Crampton, California
Quade Cummins, Oklahoma
Lee Detmer, Wake Forest
Kyler Dunkle, Utah
Michael Feagles, Illinois
Alex Fitzpatrick, Wake Forest
Stephen Franken, NC State
Noah Goodwin, SMU
Austin Hitt, North Carolina
Tripp Kinney, Iowa State
Gabe Lench, Liberty
KK Limbhasut, California
Kaito Onishi, Southern California
Spencer Ralston, Georgia
Rhett Rasmussen, BYU
Garret Reband, Oklahoma
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Billy Tom Sargent, Western Kentucky
Henry Shimp, Stanford
Benjamin Shipp, NC State
David Snyder, Stanford
Davis Thompson, Georgia
Patrick Welch, Oklahoma
Trevor Werbylo, Arizona
 
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