Monzingo, Stock and Leyvani Named All-Southland Conference Honorees
5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
FRISCO, Texas – Three Lumberjacks garnered 2016-17 Southland Conference Men’s Golf All-Conference honors, announced today by the league office.
Senior Major Monzingo headlines the group, earning first team All-SLC recognition, with junior Blake Stock being named the conference’s Newcomer of the Year and a third selection with sophomore Angelo Leyvani also notching third team honors.
It is the first All-SLC honors in each of their respective careers, adding to the Lumberjacks’ all-time total. Since joining the Southland in 1987-88, SFA has tallied 45 All-SLC honors, including 17 first team selections. Monzingo joins former teammates Luke Sheehan (2016) and Mitchell McLeroy (2011-13) as a first team all-conference honoree with Stock becoming the first Lumberjack to earn Newcomer of the Year recognition since Dustin Byrd in 2004.
Monzingo posted his best season as a Lumberjack in 2016-17, leading SFA with a 73.42 scoring average over 31 rounds, the seventh-lowest single season performance in program history. Monzingo finished the year with 12 round of par-or-better, highlighted by a low round of 67, while posting three top-10 tournament finishes, including a runner-up showing at the Colin Montgomerie Invitational in February.
For his SFA career, Monzingo posted a 75.27 scoring average over 81 rounds played, finishing with 17 rounds of par-or-better. The Trophy Club native finished in the top-10 four times with 10 top-20 performances, shooting a low round of 67 on two separate occasions.
Stock made a major impact in his first season in Nacogdoches, ranking third on the team with a 74.23 scoring average in 22 rounds with seven par-or-better rounds, highlighted by a 65. The Hewitt native led all Lumberjack golfers, finishing in the individual top-10 on four occasions, including capturing the 2017 Colin Montgomerie Invitational while finishing tied for third at the Southland Conference Championship.
Leyvani picked up third team honors after being named an honorable mention selection in 2016, ranking second on the team with a 73.87 scoring average, one of only two ‘Jacks to play in all 31 rounds. The San Antonio native was second on the team with 10 par-or-better rounds, including a season-low 69, while finishing in the top-10 on three occasions, marked by his runner-up finish at the Jim West Intercollegiate.
The trio played a key role in helping the Lumberjacks to a second-place showing at last week’s Southland Conference Championship, the program’s best finish since capturing the conference title in 1999. As a team, SFA posted a 294.52 scoring average on the year, the second-lowest mark since the Lumberjacks made the transition to Division I, finishing the year with 10 top-10 team finishes in 11 events and a combined 47 individual par-or-better rounds.
2017 All-Southland Conference Selections
First Team
Albert Badosa-Soler – Nicholls
Louis Tomlinson – Central Arkansas
Daniel O’Loughlin – McNeese
Major Monzingo – Stephen F. Austin
Andreas Krokeide – McNeese
Second Team
Paul Obermann – Southeastern Louisiana
Zander Gous – Lamar
Andrew Ertel – Sam Houston State
Mans Berglund – Lamar
James Anstiss – Southeastern Louisiana
Third Team
Val Almendarez – Houston Baptist
Ian Berrigan – McNeese
Angelo Leyvani – Stephen F. Austin
Blake Stock – Stephen F. Austin
Carlos Trevino – Houston Baptist
Player of the Year: Louis Tomlinson, Central Arkansas
Freshman of the Year: Daniel O’Loughlin, McNeese
Newcomer of the Year: Blake Stock, Stephen F. Austin
Coach of the Year: Austin Burk, McNeese
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