Baylor Men’s Golfers Dossey and Keefer Named GCAA All-Americans

Thu Apr 23 13:29:39 CDT 2020

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 23, 2020

Baylor Men’s Golfers Dossey and Keefer Named GCAA All-Americans
Dossey becomes second player in program history selected to GCAA First Team
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas – Baylor men’s golfers Cooper Dossey and Johnny Keefer were named Ping/GCAA All-Americans on Thursday. Dossey became the second player in program history selected to the GCAA All-America First Team, while Keefer earned honorable mention.

This marks the third time in the last four years and the fourth time in program history the Bears have had multiple GCAA All-Americans. Dossey joined Ryan Baca (2006) as the only Bears named to the GCAA All-America First Team, and he joined Baca (2003, 2006) and Matthew Perrine (2017, 2018) as Baylor’s only two-time GCAA All-Americans. Dossey earned honorable mention as a freshman in 2017.

Five different Baylor players have earned a total of seven GCAA All-America honors in six seasons under head coach Mike McGraw. Baylor has had multiple GCAA All-Americans in three of six seasons under McGraw after doing so only once previously (2002, 2017, 2018, 2020).

A freshman from San Antonio, Texas, Keefer is the 16th different BU player recognized as a GCAA All-American. Those 16 players have been recognized a total of 19 times, with only Dossey, Baca and Perrine earning the recognition multiple times. Johnny Arreaga was the Bears’ first GCAA All-American 60 years ago when he was recognized as a 1960 honorable mention selection.

An Austin, Texas, native, Dossey led the team with a school-record 69.72 stroke average across 18 rounds in 2019-20. He played 14 of 18 rounds at par or better, recorded three top-five finishes, five top-10 finishes and finished top-16 in all six stroke-play tournaments. Dossey also led the team in par-3 scoring (2.97), par-5 scoring (4.54), par-or-better percentage (85.5) and birdies (68). He finished the season ranked No. 4 nationally in Golfstat’s Division I player rankings and was selected to represent Team USA at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup.

Keefer ranked second on the team with a 70.41 stroke average across 17 rounds, which was best in school history by a freshman, breaking the previous record of 71.19 set by Dossey in 2016-17. Keefer played 11 of 17 rounds at par or better and had three top-five finishes. He led the team in par-4 scoring (4.03) and ranked second in par-3 scoring (3.00) and birdies (61).

Dossey has joined fellow senior Colin Kober in committing to return to Baylor for a fifth year following the NCAA’s ruling granting spring sports student-athletes an additional season of eligibility due to COVID-19.

Baylor finished the 2019-20 season ranked No. 9 nationally. The Bears finished top-two in four of six stroke-play events, including tournament titles at the Gopher Invitational and the Fighting Illini Invitational and runner-up finishes at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate and the Arizona Intercollegiate.

The Bears expect to return their entire 10-player roster for the 2020-21 season, and they add a pair of incoming freshmen signees with Trey Bosco and Luke Morgan. In addition to Dossey and Kober, the Bears also return juniors Ryan Grider, Travis McInroe and Mark Reppe, sophomore Brandon Hoff and freshmen Keefer, Luke Dossey, Tyler Isenhart and Scout McNealy.

BAYLOR MEN’S GOLF ALL-AMERICANS (GCAA or GOLFWEEK)

Johnny Arreaga – 1960 (HM)

Jim Grant – 1966 (HM)

Tim Hobby – 1989 (HM)

Kory Bowman – 1994 (3rd)

Aaron Pellegrom – 2000 (3rd)

Jimmy Walker – 2001 (3rd)

Jamie McLeary – 2002 (HM)

Adam Meyer – 2002 (HM)

Ryan Baca – 2003 (HM), 2006 (1st)

Jeremy Alcorn – 2005 (HM)

Joakim Mikkelsen – 2012 (3rd)

Kyle Jones – 2015 (2nd)

Cooper Dossey – 2017 (3rd), 2020 (1st)

Matthew Perrine – 2017 (3rd), 2018 (HM)

Braden Bailey – 2017 (HM), 2018 (HM)

Garrett May – 2018 (3rd)

Johnny Keefer (2020 (HM)

BAYLOR MEN’S GOLF GCAA ALL-AMERICANS

Johnny Arreaga – 1960 (HM)

Jim Grant – 1966 (HM)

Tim Hobby – 1989 (HM)

Kory Bowman – 1994 (3rd)

Aaron Pellegrom – 2000 (3rd)

Jimmy Walker – 2001 (3rd)

Jamie McLeary – 2002 (HM)

Adam Meyer – 2002 (HM)

Ryan Baca – 2003 (HM), 2006 (1st)

Jeremy Alcorn – 2005 (HM)

Joakim Mikkelsen – 2012 (3rd)

Kyle Jones – 2015 (2nd)

Matthew Perrine – 2017 (3rd), 2018 (HM)

Cooper Dossey – 2017 (HM), 2020 (1st)

Garrett May – 2018 (HM)

Johnny Keefer 2020 (HM)

BAYLOR MEN’S GOLFWEEK ALL-AMERICANS

Joakim Mikkelsen – 2012 (HM)

Kyle Jones – 2015 (2nd)

Cooper Dossey – 2017 (3rd)

Matthew Perrine – 2017 (HM), 2018 (HM)

Braden Bailey – 2017 (HM), 2018 (HM)

Garrett May – 2018 (3rd)

2019-20 Season Honors (GolfStat Division I Player Ranking)

Cooper Dossey (No. 4)

Arnold Palmer Cup Team USA Selection

All-America, First Team (GCAA)

All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)

Haskins Award Finalist (1 of 10)

Ben Hogan Award Watch List

Johnny Keefer (No. 73)

All-America, Honorable Mention (GCAA)

All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)

Mark Reppe (No. 205)

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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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