AMERICUS, Ga. - Georgia Southwestern State University men's golfer Ethan Chamineak was recently named to the NCAA Division II PING All-America Third Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Chamineak capped off a very successful junior season with six Top-10 finishes in 11 events, four being in the top five, and placed eighth at the NCAA DII South/Southeast Regionals.
The Thomson, Ga., native tied for second at the 2016 Peach Belt Conference Championship, which is the highest individual finish at the conference tournament in Georgia Southwestern program history. Chamineak 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 and a member of the Division II PING All-Region Southeast Team.
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).
GSW has placed five golfers on the All-America list over the past five seasons. Chamineak joins Nick Ward (2015), Nate Gahman (2013), Craig Gibson (2012) and JP Griffin (2012) as Hurricane golfers to receive the honor.
Below is the list of 2016 NCAA Division II PING All-America honorees.
First Team
Hugo Bernard, Saint Leo
Chandler Blanchet, West Florida
John Coultas, Florida Southern
Alistair Docherty, Chico State
Lee Gearhart, Chico State
Jimmy Jones, Florida Southern
Graham McAree, Indianapolis
Barrett Waters, West Georgia
Second Team
Liam Ainsworth, Saint Leo
Mario Beltran, Barry
Mateo Gomez, Lynn
Brad Hawkins, Tusculum
Calum Hill, Western New Mexico
Richard Mansell, Nova Southeastern
John VanDerLaan, Florida Southern
Carr Vernon, CSU Monterey Bay
Third Team
Ethan Chamineak, Georgia Southwestern
Chris Crisologo, Simon Fraser
Kavan Eubank, California Baptist
Sam Johnston, Oklahoma Christian
Colin Prater, UC-Colorado Springs
Joey Savoie, Saint Leo
Manuel Torres, Lynn
Niclas Weiland, Barry
Honorable Mention
Mike Anderson, Barry
Griffin Brown, Limestone
Martin Cancino, Lynn
Nico Cavero, Barry
John Clare, Le Moyne
Garrett Fey, Dallas Baptist
Christopher Gentle, St. Thomas Aquinas
Juan Jose Guerra, Nova Southeastern
Andrew Hall, Carson-Newman
Dylan Healey, CSU San Marcos
Jacob Huizinga, West Florida
Eric Kline, Central Oklahoma
Brandon Lee, Sonoma State
Andreas Lunding, Wilmingon (DE)
Forrest Knight, North Alabama
Markus Lindberg, Missouri-St. Louis
Reed Lindsey, Delta State
Jose Andres Miranda, Lynn
Talin Rajendranath, West Florida
Alex Springer, Central Missouri
Talon Supak, Illinois-Springfield
Jake Troyer, Malone
Justin Wiles, Chico State