Blaum Named Division I PING Second Team All-America

Duke senior Ryan Blaum earned second team All-America honors as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Thursday. Blaum, the 2005 & 2006 ACC Player of the Year, is the only player in Duke men's golf history to earn All-America recognition three times. He was an honorable mention pick in 2004 and a first team All-America in 2005.

Blaum posted a 71.9 stroke average with seven top 10 showings while playing in strong fields week in and week out. The Coral Gables, Fla., native capped his career with a two-under 286 (72-73-69-72) to tie for 10th at the 2006 NCAA Championship.

Blaum, a member of the 2005 & 2006 Palmer Cup team for the United States, closed his senior season ranked ninth in the Sagarin/Golfweek Ratings and 16th in the Golfstat Cup. He finished the year with 20 round of under-par golf and two even-par rounds. Blaum's score counted towards Duke's team score in 35 of 36 rounds (.972), with the only non-counting round coming in the opening round of the Central Regional when he played through a severe stomach virus.

Joining Blaum on the second team are New Mexico?s Jay Choi, Erik Flores of UCLA, Georgia State?s Mark Haastrup, Brian Harman of Georgia, Oklahoma?s Anthony Kim, Kyle Reifers of Wake Forest, Florida?s Brett Stegmaier, Cameron Tringale of Georgia Tech and Lamar?s Dawie Van der Walt.

Third-team honorees include Texas Tech?s Andrew Dresser, Andres Gonzales of UNLV, Stanford?s Rob Grube, Kevin Larsen of Georgia Tech, Arizona State?s Niklas Lemke, Stephen Lewton of NC State, Washington?s Alex Prugh, Martin
Ureta of North Carolina, Florida?s James Vargas and Taylor Wood of Southern California.

A total of 32 golfers were named honorable mention All-America. The first team All-Americas were announced last week following the completion of the NCAA Championship at Crosswater Golf Course in Sunriver, Ore.

Division I PING All-America Teams
First Team
Ryan Baca, Baylor
Alejandro Ca?izares, Arizona State
Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State
Matt Every, Florida
Oscar Floren, Texas Tech
Billy Horschel, Florida
Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina
Chris Kirk, Georgia
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma State

Second Team
Ryan Blaum, Duke
Jay Choi, New Mexico
Erik Flores, UCLA
Mark Haastrup, Georgia State
Brian Harman, Georgia
Anthony Kim, Oklahoma
Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest
Brett Stegmaier, Florida
Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech
Dawie Van der Walt, Lamar

Third Team
Andrew Dresser, Texas Tech
Andres Gonzales, UNLV
Rob Grube, Stanford
Kevin Larsen, Georgia Tech
Niklas Lemke, Arizona State
Stephen Lewton, NC State
Alex Prugh, Washington
Martin Ureta, North Carolina
James Vargas, Florida
Taylor Wood, Southern California

Honorable Mention
Benjamin Alvarado, Arizona State
Zach Bixler, Washington
Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech
Kevin Chappell, UCLA
Alex Coe, Pepperdine
Brian Duncan, Clemson
Jake Ellison, Brigham Young
Travis Esway, Arizona
Daniel Im, UCLA
Eirik Johansen, South Carolina
Kevin Kisner, Georgia
Russell Knox, Jacksonville
Matt Kohn, Kentucky
Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota
Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State
James Lepp, Washington
Luke List, Vanderbilt
Brian Locke, Loyola Marymount
James Love, Denver
Edward McGlasson, Colorado
Andrew Parr, Texas A&M
Stephen Poole, Clemson
Richard Scott, Georgia
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Dusty Smith, Lamar
Scott Stallings, Tennesse Tech
Daniel Summerhays, Brigham Young
Jared Texter, UNLV
Brendon Todd, Georgia
Niall Turner, Minnesota
Casey Watabu, Nevada
Andy Winings, Kentucky

Blaum Named Division I PING Second Team All-America

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