Hahn and Hughes Pick Up All-America Scholar Accolades
7/21/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
GCAA Release
Golden Flashes duo just the second set of KSU teammates since 1995 to earn the honor
NORMAN, Okla. – If a second straight top 20 national finish, a league record 18th Mid-American Conference title and three tournament victories wasn't enough accomplishments for Kent State's 2010-11 men's golf season, the team was bestowed more honors on Wednesday (July 20) evening. Golden Flash teammates John Hahn (Las Vegas, Nev. / Hudson [Ohio]) and Mackenzie Hughes (Dundas, Ontario / Highland Secondary) were each named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars in an official announcement by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
Only the second set of Kent State teammates since 1995 (Marc Bourgeois, Tom Ballinger; 2007) to be honored in the same season, the Golden Flashes' duo represents just two of 138 players in Division I to earn the recognition. To be eligible for Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participate in 70-percent of his team's competitive rounds or compete in the NCAA Championships, have a stroke-average under 76.0, and maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.
Named to the list for the second consecutive year places Hahn in elite company as he joins former Golden Flash Brian Bridges (1990, 1991) as the only other MAC player in league history to be named to both the All-America team and an All-America Scholar in the same season in consecutive years.
Hahn wrapped up the 2010-11 season by earning a spot on the PING Honorable Mention All-America team by the GCAA for a third consecutive season. The 2011 MAC Men's Golfer of the Year, Hahn captured four individual tournament wins tying him for the most in the nation this past season (Bank Vongvanij, Florida; Jace Long Missouri; Patrick Cantlay, UCLA). The business management graduate posted a 72.64 scoring average to go along with six top 10s and a 75.1 won-loss finish percentage. He closed out the year ranked 41st nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings system.
The All-America Scholar honor is the first for Hughes who as a junior in 2010-11 won two individual tournaments by claiming the Bank of Tennessee in the fall and the MAC Championship at the end of April. He was named PING All-Region and First Team All-MAC after posting a 73.98 scoring average and six top 20 finishes. Hughes was ranked 158th nationally in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings system. A success on the amateur circuit as well he won the Kinnear Glencoe Invitational Title Calgary, Alberta early this summer and also qualified for the Canadian Tour's ATB Financial Classic in late June.
Kent State has had 20 All-America Scholar accolades received by 13 individuals.
Kent State All-America Scholars (Golf Coaches Association of America)
1987 Chuck Crawford
1988 Chuck Crawford; Paul DeCorso
1989 Paul DeCorso; Rob Moss
1990 Rob Moss; Brian Bridges
1991 Brian Bridges
1993 Kevin Kraft
1994 Kevin Kraft
1995 John Bernatovicz; Bryan DeCorso
1998 Rich Daugherty
2004 Chris Miller
2006 Marc Bourgeois
2007 Marc Bourgeois; Tom Ballinger
2010 John Hahn
2011 John Hahn; Mackenzie Hughes
2011 Division I Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars
Derek Adams, Utah
Troy Anderson, Denver
John Apple, George Mason
Nate Barbee, Kansas
Keith Becker, UALR
Lee Bedford, Wake Forest
Jake Belote, Memphis
Christian Blanchet, South Alabama
Logan Blondell, Georgia Southern
Scott Brace, San Diego
Chris Brant, Iowa
Zahkai Brown, Colorado State
Nicholas Brown, Southern Miss
Max Buckley, SMU
Thomas Buran, Arizona State
Nicholas Carbary, Eastern Michigan
Bud Cauley, Alabama
Colin Chapman, UNC-Greensboro
Sam Chavez, New Mexico
Jeff Clarridge, Detroit Mercy
Eli Cole, TCU
Richard Conlin, Saint Mary's (Calif.)
Michael Cress, Ohio State
Ian Dahl, Seattle
Chad Day, NC State
Herbert Day, Xavier
Johan de Beer, TCU
Gaston De La Torre, New Mexico State
Matt Deal, Georgia Southern
Trey Del Greco, Vanderbilt
Preston Dembowiak, Liberty
Nicklaus Despain, Weber State
Justin Dorward, Louisville
Brendan Doyle, Columbia
Lloyd du Preez, Arkansas State
Tyler Duncan, Purdue
Josh Dupont, Northwestern
Andres Echavarria, Florida
Anders Engell, Saint Mary's (Calif.)
Harris English, Georgia
David Erdy, Indiana
Jeff Evans, Southern Utah
Arie Fauzi, Tulsa
Brian Fister, Eastern Kentucky
Kevin Fitzgerald, UC Riverside
Nils Floren, Texas Tech
Alan Fowler, Georgia State
Andrew Frame, Northern Illinois
Dylan Frittelli, Texas
Linus Gillgren, UALR William Golden, Charlotte
Clark Granum, Columbia
Mitch Gray, Campbell
Austin Gray, Longwood
Tony Grillo, Harvard
Rafael Guerrero, Charlotte
Austin Gutgsell, LSU
Luke Guthrie, Illinois
John Hahn, Kent State
Stephen Hale, California
Hunter Hamrick, Alabama
Ryan Haselden, Vanderbilt
Bo Hoag, Ohio State
Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma State
Tom Hoge, TCU
Henrik Holm, Saint Mary's (Calif.)
Warren Hood, Arkansas State
Brad Hopfinger, Iowa
Mark Hubbard, San Jose State
Mackenzie Hughes, Kent State
Kyle Huus, Gonzaga
Vince India, Iowa
Stephan Jaeger, Chattanooga
Mark Jargren, VCU
Alex Johnson, Pacific
Jeff Karlsson, Kennesaw State
Jeff Katz, Binghamton
Jeff Kellen, Illinois State
Devin Komlin, East Tennessee State
Kyle Kopsick, Auburn
Scott Landreth, Akron
Scott Langley, Illinois
Olafur Loftsson, Charlotte
Timothy Madigan, New Mexico State
Michael Marks, Oakland
Nyasha Mauchaza, Towson
Thomas McCarthy, Yale
Eric Meier, Illinois State
C.G. Mercatoris, Robert Morris
Joakim Mikkelsen, Baylor
Jason Millard, Middle Tennessee
Bosten Miller, Marshall
Brad Miller, Richmond
Mat Miller, San Francisco
Kent Monas, Cleveland State
Matt Moot, Campbell
Christopher Mory, Michigan State
Jonnie Motomochi, Oregon State
Lucas Murray, Akron
Henrik Norlander, Augusta State
Paul O'Kane, East Tennessee State
Peter O'Neill, Xavier
Kurt Owen, Weber State
Tomaz Pinheiro, IPFW
Chris Piumelli, South Alabama
Mark Pollak, Harvard
Riley Pumphrey, Oklahoma
Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine
Peter Reilly, Navy
Darren Renwick, Tennessee
Kyle Robbins, Stephen F. Austin
Travis Ross, New Mexico
Scott Roudebush, TCU
Samuel Ryder, Stetson
Michael Sainz, Evansville
Matthew Schovee, SMU
Lorenzo Scotto, Baylor
Cedric Scotto, Southeastern Louisiana
Michael Shrader, Richmond
Scott Smith, Nevada
Brad Smith, Ohio State
Dan Smith, Belmont
Brian Sunker, Fresno State
Nicholas Tarasiewicz, Utah Valley
Tom Usher, Notre Dame
Felipe Velazquez, UALR
Bank Vongvanij, Florida
Ben Westley, DePaul
James White, Georgia Tech
Michael Whitehead, Rice
Brent Whitehead, Wofford
Scotty Williams, Penn
Peter Wilson, East Tennessee State
Griffin Wood, Evansville
Keaton Woodland, Weber State
Sang Yi, LSU
Michael Young, Longwood
Steve Ziegler, Stanford
