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Gonzales Selected Third-Team All-America
Texter earns honorable mention honors as GCAA announces All-America teams.
June 8, 2006 LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's golf team had two players listed as the Golf Coaches Association of America announced the 2006 PING All-America Teams on Thursday. UNLV senior Andres Gonzales was selected to the third team, while sophomore Jarred Texter was named honorable mention for All-America honors. The first, second and third teams each had 10 members, while 32 golfers were named honorable mention. UNLV has now had a player earn All-America recognition in each of the last 18 years. Gonzales, ranked 36th in the nation by Golfweek, led UNLV this season in scoring average with 72.08 strokes per round and finished with 23 rounds at par or better with 15 rounds under par. He recorded his best finish of the year when he won individual medalist honors at the William H. Tucker Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. in September and totaled three top-five finishes. Texter, ranked 64th in the country, was second on the team in scoring average at 72.47, recording 21 rounds at par or better, also with 15 rounds under par. His best finishes were a second-place showing at the Tucker Invitational and a tie for second place at the NCAA East Regional. Texter had three top-10 finishes on the season. UNLV finished the year ranked 10th in the country by Golfweek. The team competed in 12 tournaments in 2005-06 and won two team titles (William H. Tucker Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M., in September and the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship in Las Vegas in March). The Rebels turned in nine top-10 finishes including seven in the top five. Division I PING All-America Teams First Team Ryan Baca, Baylor Alejandro Cañizares, 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 Jarred Texter, UNLV Brendon Todd, Georgia Niall Turner, Minnesota Casey Watabu, Nevada Andy Winings, Kentucky
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