O'Neill, Mueller Named to PING Midwest All-District Team
5/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Junior Chris O'Neill and freshman Kyle Mueller of the University of Michigan men's golf team were selected to the PING Division I All-Midwest Region team today (Saturday, May 30) by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
O'Neill and Mueller's inclusion gives U-M a pair of Wolverines selected for an all-region team for the second straight season. O'Neill and Brett McIntosh earned the honor last year. Overall, they are the 12th and 13th U-M golfers to be given the honors since 2008, and their recognition gives head coach Chris Whitten eight All-Midwest golfers in as many years with the U-M program.
The Wolverine duo helped the Maize and Blue capture a sweep of the team and individual titles in the season-opening Wolverine Intercollegiate (Sept. 6-7). Mueller captured his first career win in his first collegiate event, while O'Neill was sixth guiding U-M to a 10-shot team win.
Together O'Neill and Mueller helped the Michigan collect five top-five finishes, close as the runner-up at the Big Ten Match Play Championships (Feb 14-15) and the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate (March 6-7) and earn its first trip to an NCAA Regional in four years. Mueller then became the 10th Wolverine to advance to the NCAA Finals as an individual after his runner-up finish at the regional.
O'Neill extended his consecutive-start streak to 36 events over his three years after starting 12 events. He finished his third season averaging 73.15 strokes per round and leading U-M in four events, including a 17th-place finish at the Big Ten Championships (April 24-26). He fired a career-best six-under 65 in the first round of the Wolverine Invitational, the second-lowest tally in U-M history.
In his first season in Ann Arbor, Mueller earned All-Big Ten second team honors after starting 13 events. He led the Wolverines with a 72.56 per-round average, which ranks as the seventh lowest in school history and is nearly a full stroke better than the U-M freshman record (73.54) set by Matt Thompson in 2008-09. He posted 11 sub-par rounds, including a career-best six-under 66 fired May 15 in the second round of the NCAA Washington Regional. He led U-M with a 4-0 match-play record.
A total of 155 players were honored across six regions: Northeast, East, Southeast, Midwest, Central and West.
2015 PING All-Midwest Region Team
Brian Bullington, Iowa
Brian Campbell, Illinois
Charlie Danielson, Illinois
Thomas Detry, Illinois
Jon Du Toit, Minnesota
Clark Engle, Ohio State
Patrick Flavin, Miami (Ohio)
Logan Hogge, Morehead State
Joshua Jamieson, Northwestern
Raymond Knoll, Iowa
Antoine Le Saux, Louisville
Jose Mendez, Minnesota
Dylan Meyer, Illinois
Jose Montano, Xavier
Kyle Mueller, Michigan
Chris O'Neill, Michigan
Patrick Sanchez, Marquette
Carson Schaake, Iowa
Robin Sciot-Siegrist, Louisville
Chris Selfridge, Toledo
Patric Sundlof, Eastern Kentucky
Korey Ward, Xavier
Dylan Wu, Northwestern
U-M's PING All-Midwest Region Selections (since 2008)
Joey Garber (2011)
Lion Kim (2009, '10, '11)
Brett McIntosh (2014)
Kyle Mueller (2015)
Chris O'Neill (2014, '15)
Tim Schaetzel (2008)
Jack Schultz (2010)
Matt Thompson (2010, '11, '12)
Communication Contact: Tom Wywrot (734) 763-4423
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