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Two Duke Blue Devils Named to All-ACC Men's Golf Team
5/4/2004 1:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 4, 2004
Duke sophomores Ryan Blaum and Nathan Smith were named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Golf team, which was voted upon by the league's head coaches and released on Tuesday. Blaum and Smith are the first Blue Devils to earn All-ACC men's golf honors since Matt Krauss earned the distinction in 2001. They are the first pair of Blue Devils to be named to the All-ACC team since Kruass and Marc Chatelain each received All-ACC accolades in 1999.
A native of Coral Gables, Fla., Blaum followed up his 2003 ACC Rookie of the Year campaign with a solid showing in 2004. Despite battling a back injury for most of the spring, Blaum is ranked 27th nationally in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. He leads Duke and is fifth in the ACC with a 71.62 stroke average and has recorded four top-10 finishes in seven tournaments this year. He claimed co-medallist honors at The Nelson in Stanford, Calif., in October and tied for 11th at the ACC Championship last month.
Smith is second on the team and eighth in the ACC with a 72.27 stroke average. The Santa Cruz, Calif., native leads the Blue Devils with four top-five finishes, six top-10 showings and nine top-20 finishes in 11 tournaments. He ranks 35th nationally in this week's Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. Smith shared individual medallist honors at the Cleveland/Augusta State Invitational April 3-4 and tied for 11th at the ACC Championship two weeks later.
Duke, which is ranked 18th nationally, will return to action at one of three NCAA Regional competitions May 20-22. The NCAA announces the regional fields on May 10.
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