From Emory University Athletics

The Emory men's golf team saw four members capture 2019-20 PING Golf All-South Region honors as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

A total of 96 players were chosen to six all-region teams. Emory senior Matt Organisak, junior Eric Yiu, sophomore Logan Ryan and sophmore Max Schwarz were all named to the Division III PING All-South Region Team.

For Organisak, it represented the fourth straight season that he played his way to all-region accolades.  The Sudbury, Mass., native wound up the shortened year as the squad's scoring leader at 71.8 strokes over a total of 14 rounds of competition.  The owner of a team-high tying eight rounds of par or better, Organisak competed in five tournamets and recorded a pair of top-10 overall finishes including a tie for fifth place out of 75 players at the Gordin Collegiate Classic with a 54-hole score of five-under 211,  good for seventh place on the school's all-time ladder for a three-round event. He was tabbed as the University Athletic Association Golfer of the Week following his efort at the Gordin Classic, one of eight times during his career that he was recognized by the conference.  He closed out his tenure as an Eagle by playing in a total of 86 rounds and placing second on Emory's career list scoring average (73.04 spr.).

Yiu garnered his second spot on the all-region squad after wrapping up the season third on the team's score sheet with an average of 72.1 strokes over 14 rounds. Yiu fired five rounds of par or better and landed a pair of top-10 finishes.  His season-best score of 67 (his second-best mark while at Emory) at the DIII Fall Preview (Sept. 14-15) helped him lead the team while finishing tied for third out of 90 players with an even-par 216, allowing him to capture UAA Player of the Week honors. In what proved to be the Eagles' final competition of the year, Yiu tied teammate Sam Galloway for 10th place in a 90-player field at the Savannah Invitational (Mar. 9-10), carding a 54-hole score of six-under par 210, tying the school's fourth-best performance for a three-round tournament.

Ryan stood fourth on the squad with an average of 72.4 strokes over 14 rounds of play. He carded five rounds of par or better including a school-record 65 during the second day of action at The O'Briant-Jensen Memorial that aided in bringing home medalist honors out of 120 contestants with a 36-hole score of  five-under 137, representing the top mark by an Emory player during the season and placing him in a tie for the No. 1 spot on the program's all-time list for a 36-hole competition.  Ryan also distinguished himself at the Gordin Collegiate Classic by tying for 10th on the leader board with a 54-hole effort of four-under par 212.  It is the second straight season that he has earned a berth on the all-region team.

Schwarz blossomed in his first season as a member of the regular playing group, finishing second on the team in scoring average at 71.9 strokes over 14 rounds.  He tied Organisak for the team lead with eight rounds of par or better with his best 18-hole outing coming at the Golfweek Fall Preview when he turned in a three-under par 68 during the first round.  He registered a pair of top-10 finishes including a tie for fifth out of 120 players at The O'Briant-Jensen Memorial with a one-under 141, the squad's second-best 36 hole during the year while tying for 15th all-time at Emory.