VSU' Stephen Genchi and FSU's Jake Barge Named to Division II PING Atlantic All-Region Golf Team

Stephen Genchi
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY

PETERSBURG, Virginia -- Virginia State University’s Stephen Genchi (senior/ Jupiter, Florida) was named to the Division II PING Atlantic All-Region Golf Team, announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) on Wednesday, June 6th.

Genchi was one of 107 players honored by the GCAA across eight regions – East, Atlantic, Southeast, South, Midwest, South Central, Central and West – that earned all-region honors for 2011. Stephen Genchi was named to both the CIAA All-Tournament team and also the 2012 All-CIAA team after leading the Trojans to a second place finish at the 2012 CIAA Golf Championships.

Jacob Barge
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY

Fayetteville State University Broncos' star golfer Jacob Barge, a junior from Fayetteville, North Carolina., who competed in the National Junior College Golf Championship a year ago, was named to the Division II PING Athletic All-Region Golf Team as well.   Barge and Genchi were the only players named to the team attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU).

Barge recently had  a brilliant 11-day sojourn of golf, beginning with what became a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division-II Atlantic/East Regional in Hershey, Pennsylvania in May 2012.  It continued with a brilliant 54 holes in leading the Broncos to their record seventh PGA National Minority Collegiate Golf Championship in Port St. Lucie, Florida., a tournament in which Barge finished as the Division-II medalist after a scorching 3-under 213 to become the second straight Fayetteville State golfer to win the prestigious event.

His brilliant season, one in which he was named the Most Valuable Player for a Broncos team that collected its 26th CIAA Championship in April, culminated at the NCAA Championship. Barge fired rounds of 74, 79 and 77 in his first Division-II national championship appearance, becoming the first Fayetteville State golfer to compete in the event since 2009.

Division II PING All-Region Teams

East
Anthony Corsi, Dowling
Kevin Daniels, American International
Sylvain Debiais, UMass Lowell
Ross Earnshaw, Post
Mike Gunderson, St. Thomas Aquinas
Matt Horton, Saint Rose
Louis Kelly, Adelphi

Thomas Linehan, St. Thomas Aquinas

Matt Michel, Bentley

Daniel Ott, Wilmington

Thomas Rees, Post

Paul Tighe, Wilmington

Atlantic
Jake Barge, Fayetteville State
Brad Boyle, IUP
Charlie Durman, CUP
Jordan Eck, CUP
Stephen Genchi, Virginia State

Zack Kempa, IUP

Matthew Morgan, Concord

Evan Muscari, Concord

Jack Owen, IUP

Ross Pringle, Clarion

Joey Seabright, West Liberty

Ryan Thomson, West Liberty

Southeast

Liam Ashby, Carson-Newman

Matt Atkins, USCA

Matthew Campbell, Newberry

Daniel Claytor, Barton

Joel Dahlenburg, Flagler

Patrick Garrett, Georgia College

Craig Gibson, Georgia Southwestern

J.P. Griffin, Georgia Southwestern

Gavin Hay, Carson-Newman
Adam Hedges, Belmont Abbey
Eric Kennedy, Lincoln Memorial
Jonathan Kim-Moss, Carson-Newman
Antoine Le Saux, Wingate
Jonathan McCurry, UNC-Pembroke
Greg Mergel, Flagler
Jordan Walor, UNC-Pembroke

South
Nick Brothers, St. Leo
Ricardo Celia, Nova Southeastern
Tyson Chandler, North Alabama
Spencer Cole, Rollins
Case Gard, Florida Southern
Jake Greer, North Alabama
Thomas Guste-Pedersen, West Florida
Oscar Lendgden, Nova Southeastern
Carlos Rodriquez, West Florida
Marcelo Rozo, Lynn
Marcus Segerstrom, Barry
Taylor Smith, Georgia College
Scott Smyers, Barry
Daniel Stapff, Barry
Ben Taylor, Nova Southeastern
Christian Westhorpe, Florida Tech
Daniel Young, Lynn

South Central
Alex Carpenter, Abilene Christian
Josh Creel, Central Oklahoma
Andrew Green, Central Oklahoma
Ben Hargis, West Texas A&M
Jose A. Hernandez, St. Edward’s
Brandon Johnson, Dallas Baptist
Jared King, Central Missouri
Luke Kwon, St. Edward’s
Joe Migdal, Central Missouri
Casey Nelson, Northeastern State
Santiago Quintero, St. Edward’s
Dillon Rust, Central Oklahoma

Midwest
Joe Atkisson, Missouri-St. Louis
Trent Davison, Ferris State
Aaron Monson, Indianapolis
Jay Overy, Ashland
Bryan Ratterman, Bellarmine
Corey Richmond, Northern Kentucky
Steve Rickels, Northern Kentucky
Michael Schmitmeyer, Findlay
David Shearn, Bellarmine
Garrett Simons, Ferris State
Micah Skidmore, Saginaw Valley State
Shawn Vanderwal, Drury

Central
Cory Bacon, Colorado School of Mines
Billy Barnhart, St. Cloud State
James Berry, CSU-Pueblo
Spencer Biersdorff, UCCS

Brandon Bingaman, Colorado Mesa

Grant Dean, UCCS
Eddie DeLashmutt, UCCS
Gordy Diekman, St. Cloud State

Kyle Grassel, Colorado School of Mines

Jim Knous, Colorado School of Mines

Michael Lee, Colorado School of Mines

Charlie West, St. Cloud State

West

Trevor Blair, CSU-Stanislaus

Kyle Chappell, Dixie State

Rob Damschen, CSU-Stanislaus

Eric Frazzetta, Chico State

Dylan Goodwin, Western Washington

James Hall, Hawaii-Hilo

Ryan Mahoney, Grand Canyon

Chris McCracken, CSU-Stanislaus

Travis Russell, Hawaii-Hilo

Teddy Schrier, CSU-Stanislaus

Alex Sobstad, CSU-Monterey Bay
Kyle Souza, Chico State
Nick Varelia, Western Washington
Jeremy Wendelken, Sonoma State

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