PBC YEARBOOK
GSW’s Chamineak Named A Semifinalist For National
Golfer Of The Year
AMERICUS, Ga. – Georgia Southwestern State University men’s golfer
Ethan Chamineak has been named a semifinalist for the 2016 NCAA
Division II Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by
Barbasol.
Chamineak posted the lowest scoring average in the Peach
Belt Conference this spring (72.3) and tallied six Top-10 finishes in 11
events during his junior campaign. The Thomson, Ga., native earned
2016 All-Peach Belt First Team honors in addition to being named to
the PBC All-Tournament team.
Chamineak tied for second at the 2016 PBC Championship,
which was the highest individual finish at the conference tournament
in program history. He won the Hurricane Invitational on April 4-5, and
tied the second-lowest individual 36-hole score in school history with
a 137 (69-68) at the Full Moon BBQ Invitational on Sept. 14-15.
Chamineak is the lone representative from the PBC on the
30-player Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalists list.
Finalists will be named at the Golf Coaches Association of America Division II National Awards Banquet on on May 12.
Nicklaus Award recipients will be announced June 2 with the
honor presented by Jack Nicklaus at a ceremony during the final round
of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at
Muirfield Village Golf Club. In addition to receiving the the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award, the five recipients will compete in the Barbasol Shootout for an exemption into the PGA TOUR’s
Barbasol Championship, held July 14-17, at the Robert Trent Jones Golf
Trail at Grand National in Opelika, Alabama.
2015-16
2015-16 Peach Belt
Men’s Golf
Elite 15 Awards presented by GradesFirst
Nick Ward, Georgia Southwestern
All-Academic Team
Garrett Atkinson
Lander
James Bartlett
Lander
Michael Boss
Flagler
Andrew Bourg
North Georgia
Davis Bowyer
Montevallo
Johnson Holliday
USC Aiken
Dalton Humphrey
North Georgia
Harry Lambert
Georgia College
Clark Melton
Young Harris
Robert Mize
Columbus State
Anders Olsson
Georgia Southwestern
Axel Ostensson
USC Aiken
Trey Pearson
Young Harris
Michael Pospisil
Lander
James Rowe
Young Harris
Harrison Stewart
Georgia College
AdamTaylor
Young Harris
Hubert Tisserand
USC Aiken
David Wallin
Young Harris
Nick Ward
Georgia Southwestern
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