AMERICUS, Ga.- Georgia Southwestern men's golfer Ethan Chamineak has earned Division II PING All-Southeast Region Honors announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Monday.

Chamineak capped off a very successful junior season with six Top-10 finishes in 11 events, four being in the top five and placed tied for 8th at the DII NCAA South/Southeast Regionals.

Chamineak won the Hurricane Invitational in April and tied for second at the Full Moon BBQ Invite in Sept. where he tied the second-lowest individual 36-hole score in school history with a 137 (69-68).  

Chamineak also tied for second at the 2016 PBC Championship, which is the highest individual finish at the conference tournament in program history. The Thomson, Ga., native posted the lowest scoring average in the PBC this spring (72.3) and was named to the 2016 PBC All-Conference First Team and the PBC All-Tournament team.

Chamineak was also a semifinalist for the 2016 NCAA Division II Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award. 

Chamineak is the fifth GSW golfer to receive PING All-Region accolades. He joins Craig Gibson (2010, 2012), JP Griffin (2012), Nate Gahman (2013) and Nick Ward (2015) in this honor.

A total of 112 players across eight regions - East, Atlantic, Southeast, South, Midwest, South Central, Central and West - earned PING All-Region honors for 2016.

Division II PING Southeast All-Region Team

Sebastian Barnoya, Flagler
Griffin Brown, Limestone
Ethan Chamineak, Georgia Southwestern State
Keith Egan, Clayton State
Andrew Hall, Carson-Newman
Brad Hawkins, Tusculum
Matt Mullarkey, Limestone
Axel Ostensson, USC Aiken
Michal Pospisil, Lander
Hubert Tisserand, USC Aiken
Gideon van der Vyver, Columbus State
David Wallin, Young Harris

To see the full list of the Division II PING All-Region Team click HERE.