AMERICUS, Ga. – Georgia Southwestern State University men's golfer Ethan Chamineak has been named a semifinalist for the 2016 NCAA Division II Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol.

Chamineak posted the lowest scoring average in the Peach Belt Conference this spring (72.3) and tallied six Top-10 finishes in 11 events during his junior campaign. The Thomson, Ga., native earned 2016 All-Peach Belt First Team honors in addition to being named to the PBC All-Tournament team.

Chamineak tied for second at the 2016 PBC Championship, which was the highest individual finish at the conference tournament in program history. He won the Hurricane Invitational on April 4-5, and tied the second-lowest individual 36-hole score in school history with a 137 (69-68) at the Full Moon BBQ Invitational on Sept. 14-15.

Chamineak is the lone representative from the PBC on the 30-player Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalists list.

Finalists will be named at the Golf Coaches Association of America Division II National Awards Banquet on on May 12.

Nicklaus Award recipients will be announced June 2 with the honor presented by Jack Nicklaus at a ceremony during the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club. In addition to receiving the the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award, the five recipients will compete in the Barbasol Shootout for an exemption into the PGA TOUR's Barbasol Championship, held July 14-17, at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National in Opelika, Alabama. The Barbasol Shootout will be held Saturday, June 4 at the storied Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio - the same club where Jack Nicklaus learned the game of golf as a young boy.

Division II Jack Nicklaus Award National Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol

Semifinalists
Liam Ainsworth, Saint Leo
Mario Beltran, Barry
Hugo Bernard, Saint Leo
Chandler Blanchet, West Florida
Sam Broadhurst, Lincoln Memorial
Ethan Chamineak, Georgia Southwestern State
John Coultas, Florida Southern
Chris Crisologo, Simon Fraser
Alistair Docherty, Chico State
Lee Gearhart, Chico State
Ryan Gendron, Saint Leo
Mateo Gomez, Lynn
Andrew Hall, Carson-Newman
Brad Hawkins, Tusculum
Dylan Healey, CSU San Marcos
Jimmy Jones, Florida Southern
Reed Lindsey, Delta State
Richard Mansell, Nova Southeastern
Graham McAree, Indianapolis
Jose Andres Miranda, Lynn
Daniel Nielsen, Cameron
Colin Prater, Colorado-Colorado Springs
Talin Rajendranath, West Florida
Joey Savoie, Saint Leo
Alex Springer, Central Missouri
Shea Sylvester, Lee
John VanDerLaan, Florida Southern
Carr Vernon, CSU Monterey Bay
Barret Waters, West Georgia
Niclas Weiland, Barry