The University Athletic Association has announced its 30th Anniversary Men's Golf Team. Forty student-athletes earned the honor, including an Association-best 24 from Emory University.
UAA Men's Golf 30th Anniversary Release
The team consists of each student-athlete who earned Player of the Year honors or accumulated five or more points with two points awarded for All-Association first-team recognition, and one point for second-team honors in his career.
Among those honored is Nick Palladino of University of Rochester, the only student-athlete to earn the UAA Player of the Year award three consecutive years, which he accomplished from 2011 to 2013. Lee Palms (1989 and 1991) and Matt Browning (1998 and 2000) of Emory garnered UAA Player of the Year honors twice.
Charles Frost (1996-99) and Ryan Dagerman (2009-12) of Emory were the only players to receive All-Association first team honors four times.
George Qian (2014-17) of Carnegie Mellon University, Mike DiLonardo (1997-2000) of Emory, Stephen Goodridge (2005-08) and Palladino of Rochester, and Doug Sufrin (1989-92) of Washington University earned All-Association accolades four times, including recognition on the first team three times. Allan Phillips of the Eagles received All-Association first team accolades two times and second team honors twice.
Other players who achieved first team All-Association honors three times were Jason Steinberg (1998, 2000-01) and Jason Scherr (2002-04) of Emory, and Joe Tomasso (1992-94) of Rochester.
Stephen Fletcher of Brandeis University garnered the UAA Player of the Year honor in 1990, the only player not from Carnegie Mellon, Emory, or Rochester to achieve the top award. John Pharr from NYU made the 30th anniversary team with three All-Association honors from 2005-07.
In 30 years, UAA teams have made 36 appearances in the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship. Emory and Rochester have combined for 16 top-10 team finishes with the Eagles finishing in a UAA-best fourth place in 2013. Palms (1991) and Goodridge (2006) each won the NCAA individual title. Jonathan Chen of Emory finished third in 2013, Mike Kiel of Rochester placed fourth in 1992, and Mike Lebow of the Eagles earned a fifth-place finish in 2006.
All-UAA 30th Anniversary Men's Golf Team
Matt Browning, Emory
Kevin Bruni, Rochester
Chuck Calcagni, Rochester
Jonathan Chen, Emory
Ryan Dagerman, Emory
Brandon Davis, Emory
Mike DiLonardo, Emory
David Ellis, Emory
Jeremy Evans, Emory
Steve Fletcher, Brandeis
Charles Frost, Emory
Bob Goeltz, Emory
Stephen Goodridge, Rochester
Tim Hamm, Emory
Drew Harker, Emory
Kennan Hickton, Emory
Colby Hipp, Emory
Lance Holbert, Rochester
Byung Kang, Carnegie Mellon
Mike Lebow, Emory
Christopher Lee, Carnegie Mellon
John Musselman, Emory
Matt Organisak, Emory
Nick Palladino, Rochester
Lee Palms, Emory
John Pharr, NYU
Allan Phillips, Emory
George Qian, Carnegie Mellon
Mike Quijano, Emory
Jason Scherr, Emory
Dominick Schumacher, Rochester
Jason Steinberg, Emory
Doug Sufrin, Washington
Alex Timmons, Carnegie Mellon
Joe Tomasso, Rochester
Dave Weiss, Rochester
Andrew White, Emory
Ryan Williams, Rochester
Alex Wunderlich, Emory
Connor Yakubov, Emory