School-Record Three Baylor Men’s Golfers Named All-America Scholars

Wed Jul 25 17:49:23 CDT 2018

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – July 25, 2017

School-Record Three Baylor Men’s Golfers Named All-America Scholars
Bears have nine All-America Scholars in four seasons under Mike McGraw
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>

NORMAN, Okla. – Baylor men’s golfers Braden Bailey, Garrett May and Matthew Perrine have been honored as 2018 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced Wednesday.

Bailey, May and Perrine combined to give Baylor three All-America Scholars for the first time in program history. The trio is among 265 Division I student-athletes recognized. Eligible student-athletes must be upperclassmen with cumulative GPAs of 3.2 or higher, stroke averages below 76.0, participation in at least 50 percent of their teams’ rounds and at least three years of collegiate experience.

Perrine was honored for the second straight season, while May and Bailey were recognized in their first years meeting the upperclassmen requirement.

Baylor has now had 16 different players earn a total of 22 All-America Scholar honors. The Bears have had multiple All-America Scholar Team selections in all four seasons under head coach Mike McGraw, with nine honorees in four seasons. Baylor had 13 All-America Scholar selections in 21 seasons prior to McGraw’s arrival.

Perrine is the sixth Baylor player to be recognized in both seasons as an upperclassmen, three of which have been during McGraw’s tenure. Perrine joins Worth Williams (2000-01), Chase Thomas (2006-07), Bill Allcorn (2007-08), Frederik Andersen (2015-16) and Andreas Gjesteby (2015-16) as Baylor’s two-time honorees.

May joined Perrine and Kory Bowman as the only players in program history tabbed as both GCAA All-America Scholars and GCAA All-Americans in the same season. Perrine accomplished the feat in 2017 and 2018, and Bowman was the first Bear to do so in 1994.

A Groves, Texas, native, Bailey played in one of the top three spots in Baylor’s lineup in all 13 tournaments during the 2017-18 season. He shot 21 of 40 rounds at par or better and recorded six top-10 finishes, including winning medalist honors at the 92-player Arizona Intercollegiate. Bailey’s 71.68 stroke average was the 10th-best single-season mark in program history, and he currently ranks seventh on Baylor’s career list with a 71.99 scoring average across 115 rounds.

May, a junior from Hope, Ark., finished the season ranked No. 29 in the Golfstat Division I player rankings. He finished top-10 in half of his 12 events and shot a team-best 22 rounds at par or better. May played 37 rounds over 12 tournaments and posted a 71.24 stroke average, which was the fourth-best single-season scoring average in program history, and his 72.16 career stroke average over 93 rounds is currently eighth on Baylor’s all-time list.

Perrine, a senior from Austin, Texas, played in a top-three spots in the Bears’ lineup in all 13 tournaments, posting a 71.58 stroke average and 19 rounds at par or better over 40 rounds played. He led the team with three top-five finishes and tied May and Bailey for the team lead with nine top-25 results. Perrine posted the eighth-best single-season stroke average in program history, and he finished his Baylor career with the fifth-best career mark in program history at 71.97 across 109 rounds.

McGraw led the program to a school-record third consecutive NCAA Championship berth, and the Bears finished the season ranked No. 16 nationally in the final Golfstat rankings. BU was No. 13 nationally in the final 2017 rankings, and this year’s No. 16 ranking gave the Bears consecutive top-20 finishes for the first time in program history.

The Bears are expected to return eight of nine players from their 2017-18 roster for next season, including a trio of All-America honorees. Perrine is the Bears’ lone graduating senior, and May and Bailey will be Baylor’s only seniors next season.

BAYLOR GCAA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLARS

1994 – Kory Bowman

1997 – Chris Nickens

2000 – Worth Williams

2001 – Worth Williams

2003 – Trevar Matheson

2004 – Jon Antunes

2006 – Chase Thomas

2007 – Bill Allcorn

2007 – Chase Thomas

2008 – Bill Allcorn

2011 – Joakim Mikkelsen

2011 – Lorenzo Scotto

2014 – Jerry Ruiz

2015 – Frederik Andersen

2015 – Andreas Gjesteby

2016 – Frederik Andersen

2016 – Andreas Gjesteby

2017 – Matthew Perrine

2017 – Hunter Shattuck

2018 – Braden Bailey

2018 – Garrett May

2018 – Matthew Perrine

2017-18 Season Honors (GolfStat Division I Player Ranking)

Braden Bailey (No. 73)

Ben Hogan Award Watch List

All-America, Honorable Mention (Golfweek)

All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)

GCAA All-America Scholar

Academic All-Big 12, first team

Austin Cotton

Academic All-Big 12, First Team

Cooper Dossey (No. 95)

All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)

Academic All-Big 12, First Team

Ryan Grider

Academic All-Big 12, Rookie Team

Colin Kober

NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner

Academic All-Big 12, First Team

Garrett May (No. 29)

All-America, Third Team (Golfweek)

All-America, Honorable Mention (Ping/GCAA)

Fred Haskins Award Watch List

All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)

All-Big 12 Team

GCAA All-America Scholar

Academic All-Big 12, First Team

Travis McInroe

Academic All-Big 12, First Team

Matthew Perrine (No. 59)

Byron Nelson Award Winner

All-America, Honorable Mention (Ping/GCAA)

All-America, Honorable Mention (Golfweek)

All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)

GCAA All-America Scholar

Academic All-Big 12, First Team

Mark Reppe

Academic All-Big 12, Rookie Team

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