Cheney Earns Golf Coaches All-America Scholars Honor

July 13, 2009

NORMAN, Okla. - Gonzaga University's Derek Cheney is one of 108 NCAA Division I men's golfers to be named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

Cheney, a senior-to-be from Richland, Wash., has a 3.44 GPA in marketing. He tied for fifth with teammate Kyle Huus this past spring at the West Coast Conference Championship, the highest finish ever for a Bulldog. He and Huus also earned the inaugural All-WCC recognition for the Bulldogs. Cheney averaged 75.9 strokes/round for the season and 74.9 this past spring.

A total of 108 players in Division I, 37 in Division II and 11 in NAIA earned the national honor. 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 in Division I, 78.0 in Division II and NAIA and 79.0 in Division III, and maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.2 in Division I, II and III and 3.5 in NAIA. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.

Division I Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America ScholarsVinenzo Amorini-Salina, GeorgetownDanny Amundsen, BelmontPaul Apyan, Southern MississippiBen Bastel, Miami (Ohio)Michael Beausejour, XavierBradley Benjamin, MemphisCory Blenkush, DePaulKnut Borsheim, Arizona StateDaniel Bowden, FurmanJonathan Bowers, NorthwesternZen Brown, Colorado StateGeorge Bryan IV, South CarolinaScooter Buhrman, LongwoodKent Bulle, Middle TennesseeMarc-Etienne Bussieres, South AlabamaMichael Buttacavoli, RiceZack Byrd, Coastal CarolinaDavid Byrne, Detroit MercyMatthew Carvell, SE LouisianaRyan Castanet, Seton HallDerek Cheney, GonzagaScott Clayton, UC RiversideScott O'Brien, BelmontTaylor Coffman, NevadaRoss Cosat, Ball StateDrew Creighton, CanisiusChristopher Cunningham, San FranciscoAndy DeKeuster, NorthwesternGregory Doherty, DePaulDavid Dragoo, Georgia TechJordan Ensrud, Michigan StateRobert Fillmore, BYUAndrew Frame, Northern IllinoisSpence Fulford, Georgia SouthernJosh Gallman, USC-UpstateGeorge Gandranata, CaliforniaNick Geyer, New MexicoBrendan Gielow, Wake ForestNoah Goldman, Mississippi StatePat Grady, ColoradoMatt Grush, UC Santa BarbaraAdam Hadwin, LouisvilleTimothy Hager, GeorgetownBryce Hanstad, Colorado StateBrian Harman, GeorgiaBrian Hollenbeck, UC Santa BarbaraDavid Holmes, TennesseeCameron Hooper, Coastal CarolinaStewart Jamieson, OhioBrady Johnson, BYUBill Jones III, MercerBrett Kanda, UNLVTim Kay, Northern IllinoisDodge Kemmer, StanfordNathan Kinker, Marshall Armen Kirakossian, UTPAWalt Koelbel, KansasEspen Kofstad, DenverJeff Koprivetz, DenverRobert Laird, TulsaMarkus Leandersson, East CarolinaRobert Lindstrom, RichmondGarrett Logan, GeorgetownAdam Long, DukePeter Malnati, MissouriBen Martin, ClemsonNick Martin, DePaulMatthew McArthur, Southern UtahNathan McMullen, UL-MonroeRobert McRae, Saint Mary's (Calif.)Garrett Medeinos, WoffordRoss Millman, MichiganTim Morrow, Youngstown StateJohn Murphy, CaliforniaCorey Nagy, CharlotteGlenn Northcutt, AuburnBrennan Payne, St. BonaventureShane Pearce, UTPANathan Peck, St. BonaventureTrent Peterson, South Dakota StatePatrick Rada, South CarolinaToby Ragland, FloridaDerek Rende, ChattanoogaMatthew Ryan, Fresno StateMichael Saari, DavidsonDavid Sampson, Seton HallJon Sauer, New MexicoSteve Saunders, New MexicoMichael Schegelberger, UMKCSeamus Power, East Tennessee StateWill Shambley, UNC-WilmingtonMark Silvers, South CarolinaMark Stevens, Rhode IslandScott Stiles, Oral RobertsMatthew Swan, AlabamaAndre Thorsen, East CarolinaCameron Tringale, Georgia TechMichael van de Venter, UTAMike Van Sickle, MarquetteCharles Van Sicklen, PacificConrad Von Borsig, VirginiaChris Ward, Texas TechDrew Weaver, Virginia TechTom Whitney, Air ForceStefan Wiedergruen, CharlotteBen Wood, Miami (Ohio)Travis Woolf, TCUJohn Zur, Seton Hall

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