2011 NAIA Men's Golf All-Americans Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2011 Men's Golf All-Americans. Golfers were selected by the All-America committee. Fifteen student-athletes were named to each the First, Second and Third Teams.
A trio of golfers, including a pair of national medalists, headline the 2011 list as four-time honorees. Oklahoma Christian's Oscar Stark, who captured national medalist honors in Silvis, Ill., on May 27, earns his third First-Team nod after being named to the Third Team as a freshman in 2008.
Justin Lower of Malone (Ohio) was the national medalist in 2010 and placed third in his final appearance at the National Championships. Lower was also named to the Third Team as a rookie and was then named to the First Team as a sophomore, junior and senior.
Axel Ochoa joins Stark as a four-time All-American hailing from Oklahoma Christian. Ochoa earned Second-Team accolades as a freshman and followed with three First-Team nods.
Earning their second All-America honor are Texas Wesleyan's Armando Villareal, Michael Loppnow of Wayland Baptist (Texas) and Our Lady of the Lake's (Texas) Aaron Flores. Thirteen golfers are repeat selections from 2010 and 14 earned their first honor.
| First Team | |||
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Justin Lower ^$* | Malone (Ohio) | Sr. | Canal Fulton, Ohio |
| Armando Villareal ^* | Texas Wesleyan | Sr. | Los Mochis, Mexico |
| Pierre Carlsson * | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Jr. | Nykoping, Sweden |
| Kevin Anderson | The Master's (Calif.) | Sr. | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Zach Lindsey | Reinhardt (Ga.) | So. | Kennesaw, Ga. |
| Oscar Stark ^$* | Oklahoma Christian | Sr. | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Aaron Watkins * | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Jr. | Harlan, Ky. |
| Axel Ochoa ^$* | Oklahoma Christian | Sr. | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| James Marchesani | Oklahoma City | Fr. | Rosebud, Victoria, Australia |
| Arvid Bengtsson * | Shorter (Ga.) | Sr. | Enkoping, Sweden |
| George Thacker | South Carolina - Beaufort | Sr. | Derbyshire, England |
| Andrew Robb | British Columbia | Sr. | Richmond, B.C. |
| Michael Loppnow $* | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | Sr. | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Logan Herbst * | Oklahoma Christian | So. | Fairview, Okla. |
| Jon Pannone | South Carolina - Beaufort | Sr. | East Greenwich, R.I. |
| Second Team | |||
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Chris Hawley * | Johnson & Wales (Fla.) | Sr. | Walpole, Mass. |
| Aaron Flores | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | So. | San Antonio, Texas |
| Clark Collier * | Oklahoma City | Jr. | Edmond, Okla. |
| Luke McClellan | South Carolina - Beaufort | Jr. | West Columbia, S.C. |
| Michael Palmer * | Oklahoma City | So. | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Preston Wilkins * | Oklahoma Christian | Jr. | Tulsa, Okla. |
| Fredrik Lindblom | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Fr. | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Heinrich Frylinck | Southern Nazarene (Okla.) | Sr. | George, South Africa |
| Elliott Groves | Oklahoma City | Jr. | Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Derrick Meier | Viterbo (Wis.) | Sr. | Chilton, Wis. |
| Tyler Light * | Malone (Ohio) | So. | Massillon, Ohio |
| Richie Schembechler | Malone (Ohio) | Jr. | Massillon, Ohio |
| Zach Monson | Texas Wesleyan | Jr. | Clear Lake, Iowa |
| Blake Howard * | Milligan (Tenn.) | Sr. | Johnson City, Tenn. |
| Johan Andersson | Southern Nazarene (Okla.) | Jr. | Kalmar, Sweeden |
| Third Team | |||
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Jason Harris | Johnson & Wales (Fla.) | So. | |
| Oscar Casillas | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) | So. | San Diego, Calif. |
| Brandon Blevins | Southern Nazarene (Okla.) | Sr. | Norman, Okla. |
| Cameron Meyers | Oklahoma City | Jr. | Edmond, Okla |
| Arriola Antonio | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | So. | Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay |
| Sondre Ronald * | Oklahoma City | So. | Stavanger, Norway |
| Nick Chacon | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | Fr. | El Paso, Texas |
| Ryan Ellerbrock * | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) | Jr. | San Diego, Calif. |
| Vilhelm Bogstrand | Oklahoma Christian | So. | Oslo, Norway |
| Jordan Dawes | Huntington (Ind.) | Jr. | Leesburg, Ind. |
| Jordan Meltzer | Johnson & Wales (Fla.) | So. | Boca Raton, Fla. |
| Tyler Smith | Lee (Tenn.) | So. | Douglasville, Ga. |
| JB Eksteen * | Lee (Tenn.) | So. | Paarl, South Africa |
| Connor Rakowski | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | Jr. | Basalt, Colo. |
| Jackson Koert * | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Jr. | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
^ denotes 2008 All-American
$ denotes 2009 All-American
* denotes 2010 All-American
