July 12, 2007

ATLANTA - For the second consecutive year, Georgia Tech golfers Roberto Castro and Kevin Larsen all have been named All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America, the organization announced Thursday.

Both players received their bachelor's degrees from Tech in May 5, Castro graduating with high honor in Industrial Engineering, and Larsen in Management. They also were named to the ACC's All-Academic golf team, while Castro made first-team CoSIDA Academic All-America this year.

Castro and Larsen are the seventh and eighth Tech golfers to earn this honor twice. Only juniors and seniors with a 3.2 minimum cumulative grade-point average are eligible to be a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar. In addition, athletes must obtain under a 76.0 stroke average.

The 2006-2007 Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars for Division I:
William Allcorn, Baylor
Fredrik Andersson, Arizona State
Gunnar Avinelis, Fresno State
Chris Baker, Iowa State
Tom Ballinger, Kent State
Nicholas Becker, Brigham Young
Barden Berry, North Carolina
Bryan Bigley, Siena
Louis Bishop, UC Davis
Jonas Blixt, Florida State
Wallace Booth, Augusta State
Alan Borowsky, Lehigh
Chris Bouchard, Evansville
Marc Bourgeois, Kent State
Matthew Busa, Georgetown
Gregg Buckway, Weber State
Zack Byrd, Coastal Carolina
Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech
Grant Christman, Ohio
Mitch Cohlmia, Tulsa
Julian Colmenares, Jacksonville State
Wayne Denger, Ball State
Andrew DiBitetto, Charlotte
Tyler Docking, Kansas
Kevin Dore, Michigan
Brad Doster, Kentucky
Brian Edick, UC Irvine
Justin Fetcho, South Florida
Oscar Floren, Texas Tech
Matthew Gann, Morehead State
CJ Gato, UNLV
Stan Guerrero, Old Dominion
Keith Guest, Augusta State
Rodney Hamblin, Iowa State
Matt Hanlon, U.S. Military Academy
Jonas Enander Hedin, Charlotte
Ryan Henry, Tulsa
Nick Higham, Weber State
Graham Hill, Eastern Michigan
Taylor Hobin, San Francisco
CD Hockersmith, Ball State
Kyle Hosick, Illinois
Ben Howe, St. Bonaventure
Justin Hull, Toledo
Shawn Jasper, Missouri
Zach Jecklin, Northern Illinois
Garrett Jones, Wisconsin
Pariya Jonhasavasdikul, Purdue
Jeff Kaiser, Wisconsin
John Kelly, Missouri
Alexander Knoll, Davidson
Sam Korbe, Tulsa
Morgan Landry, Louisiana-Lafayette
Kevin Larsen, Georgia Tech
Colby Lindsay, UTEP
Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State
Trevor Loe, Gonzaga
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Marc Matalavage, NC-Wilmington
Mark Alexander Matza, Yale
Stephen Mayo, Davidson
Michael McRae, Saint Mary¹s (Calif.)
Garret Merrell, Texas Tech
Brett Myers, Tulsa
Kyle Morris, Seton Hall
Jay Moseley, Auburn
Colin Norris, UTPA
Andrew Oleksak, Hartford
John Pelet, Richmond
Justin Perry, Western Kentucky
Thomas Petersson, Pacific
Ryan Posey, Oklahoma State
Brian Prouty, Arizona
Lindsay Renolds, Coastal Carolina
Zachary Reeves, Texas-Arlington
Robert Rohanna, Penn State
Bryan Rozier, Jacksonville State
Tim Schaetzel, Michigan
Gareth Shaw, East Tennessee State
Ryan Siekmann, Ohio
Andy Skillman, Ball State
Michael Smith, Louisiana-Lafayette
Matthew Snowden, Arkansas State
Giwon Suh, Central Florida
Daniel Summerhays, Brigham Young
Joseph Sykora, Alabama