Wilson Named First Team All-SEC

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Senior Jamie Wilson was tabbed one of eight golfers named First Team All-SEC, as the league office announced its annual golf awards on Wednesday afternoon. It’s the first all-conference recognition for the four-year starter out of Mount Pleasant, S.C.
 
This marks another accolade to add to Wilson’s list of honors for his on-course performance this season. He was recently named PING Honorable Mention All-America and also earned a spot on the PING All-Southeast Region Team.
 
Wilson led the Gamecocks in scoring average (70.86), rounds of par or better (14) and top-20 finishes (5) during the shortened 2019-20 campaign. He finished in the top-10 three times in seven starts. Wilson T-4th at the J.T. Poston Invitational back in the fall after logging a career-best round of 203 (-10). He shot 64 (-7) in the second round, which T-4th lowest 18-hole score in program history, and helped the team break the 54-hole, school scoring record at 806 (-46). Wilson nearly won his first collegiate tournament in the regular season finale at the General Hackler Championship (March 9-10). He was in the lead on the back nine before a couple of bogeys late in the round and would ultimately finish sixth to pace the Gamecocks in Myrtle Beach. 
 
The 2020 All-American boast a career scoring average of 72.55, which puts him seventh all-time at South Carolina. Wilson’s 70.86 average in 2019-20 is the fifth-best mark in program history, trailing only four All-Americans in Will Starke (70.27), Matt NeSmith (70.51), Scott Stevens (70.59) and Keenan Huskey (70.63). 
 
Wilson is the 17^th All-SEC player under head coach Bill McDonald since 2007. He also becomes the 11^th golfer in program history to be named First Team All-SEC since Carolina joined the league back in 1992.
 
Junior Jack Parrott earned a spot on the SEC Community Service Team for the second-straight season. The local product from AC Flora High School led the team again in outreach hours participating in events with Habitat for Humanity, Harvest Hope Food Bank and the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Columbia. He was also one of the lead organizers for the annual Palmetto Series Food Drive with Clemson. In the classroom, the public health major (psychology minor) leads the team in GPA and has been a member of the President’s List (4.0 semester GPA) three times (Fall 19, Spring 19, Fall 18).
 
On the course, Parrott played in six events with five starts. He logged seven rounds of par or better and a scoring average of 72.94. Parrott shot his first ever round in the 60s with a career-best 66 (-5) on the second day of Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 3) back in the fall. He also recorded a career-best T-26^th finish in a loaded field at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 20-22).
 
2020 SEC GOLF AWARDS
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
Davis Thompson, Georgia
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Trent Phillips, Georgia
John Axelsen, Florida
Ricky Castillo, Florida
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
William Paysse, Texas A&M
Julian Perico, Arkansas
Jamie Wilson, South Carolina
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC
Reid Davenport, Vanderbilt
Walker Lee, Texas A&M
Sam Bennett, Texas A&M
Rhys Nevin, Tennessee
Spencer Cross, Tennessee
Andrew Kozan, Auburn
William Buhl, Arkansas
Graysen Huff, Auburn
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
J.T. Higgins, Texas A&M
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
 
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Ricky Castillo, Florida
 
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
William Paysse, Texas A&M
Ricky Castillo, Florida
Jimmy Lee, Texas A&M
William Moll, Vanderbilt
Alex Vogelsong, Auburn
 
COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM
Ben Fuller, Alabama
Wil Gibson, Arkansas
Graysen Huff, Auburn
Manny Girona, Florida
David Sikes, Georgia
Jacob Cook, Kentucky
Drew Gonzales, LSU
Charlie Miller, Ole Miss
Griffin Agent, Mississippi State
Tommy Boone, Missouri
Jack Parrott, South Carolina
Spencer Cross, Tennessee
Reese Ramsey, Texas A&M
Michael Shears, Vanderbilt
 
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