Sheehan Earns All-Southland Conference First Team Honors
4/25/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
FRISCO, Texas – Stephen F. Austin senior Luke Sheehan has been named a first team All-Southland Conference selection, announced today by the league office. Sheehan was joined by freshman Angelo Leyvani, who was tabbed an All-SLC honorable mention selection.
Sheehan capped his final season in a Lumberjack uniform in style, posting a 72.97 scoring average over the 29 rounds of 2015-16, going down as the second-lowest single season scoring average in program history and the second-best in the Southland Conference this season. Sheehan finished with a pair of top-10 showings and five other top-20 marks, highlighted by his tie for fifth overall at the UALR First Tee Classic, with 13 rounds of par or better in 2015-16.
For Sheehan’s career, he etched his name among the all-time Lumberjack greats in a number of categories. Playing 119 rounds for the ‘Jacks, Sheehan registered a 74.34 career scoring average, ranking third all-time in program history. He closes out his time in Nacogdoches with 35 rounds of par or better, ranking third all-time, while his 119 rounds played is seventh all-time, one round better than head coach Trey Schroeder.
The Cypress native ends his SFA career with nine top-10 finishes and 24 top-20 showings, capped by tying for 13th at the Southland Conference Championships last week in McKinney. Sheehan becomes the 10th Lumberjack to earn first team All-Southland Conference honors and the first since Mitchell McLeroy, who was a three-time first team honoree (2011-13).
SFA Men’s Golf First Team All-Southland Conference Selections
• Luke Sheehan (2016)
• Mitchell McLeroy (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Trevor Sauntry (2005)
• Lance Dunaway (2000)
• Shawn Dinwiddie (1997)
• Bryan McMyler (1993)
• Matt Mocniak (1991, 1993)
• Matt Fondren (1990, 1991)
• Kelly Gruenwald (1990, 1991)
• Greg Hamilton (1988, 1989)
Leyvani posted a strong spring season en route to his first all-conference honors, finishing second on the team with a 74.23 scoring average and a team-best three top-10 showings. Leyvani posted top-10 finishes in three of his final four events of the season, including tying for seventh at the SLC Championships, including a runner-up showing at the Bob Sitton Invitational.
The San Antonio native had six rounds of par or better in his freshman campaign, second only to Sheehan’s 13, including a career-low round of 4-under 67 at the Bob Sitton Invitational, tied for the 11th lowest round in program history.
SFA closes out the 2015-16 season with a team scoring average of 296.41, the third-lowest average since the Lumberjacks joined the Southland Conference. The ‘Jacks finished in the top-10 in seven of their 10 tournaments on the year with three top-five finishes, including placing second at the Bob Sitton Invitational and fifth at both the UALR First Tee Classic and the Southland Conference Championships.
2016 Men’s Golf All-Southland Conference Teams
First Team
Martin Eriksson – McNeese State
Luke Sheehan – Stephen F. Austin
Andrew Ertel – Sam Houston State
James Anstiss – Southeastern Louisiana
Louis Tomlinson – Central Arkansas
Second Team
Jack Lee – Nicholls
Andreas Krokeide – McNeese State
Zander Gous – Lamar
Gregory Wiggins – Lamar
Jake McCrory – Sam Houston State
Third Team
Austin Wylie – Incarnate Word
Mason Weld – Sam Houston State
Paul Obermann - Southeastern Louisiana
Louis Obiols – Central Arkansas
Lawrence Allan – Southeastern Louisiana
Honorable Mention: Mans Berglund (Lamar), Scott Shaw (Incarnate Word), Angelo Leyvani (Stephen F. Austin), Markus Kreiger (New Orleans), Ian Berrigan (McNeese State), Dillon Vaughn (Abilene Christian)
Golfer of the Year: Martin Erikson – McNeese State
Freshman of the Year: Jack Lee – Nicholls
Newcomer of the Year: Louis Tomlinson – Central Arkansas
Coach of the Year: Austin Burk – McNeese State
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