Woodland Named To All-Big 12 Team
April 28, 2006
DALLAS – Junior golfer Gary Woodland was was one of ten players named to the All-Big 12 Team, the conference office announced on Friday. Woodland becomes the second KU men’s golfer in as many years to receive this honor (Kevin Ward, 2005).
“Gary is certainly very deserving of this honor,” head coach Ross Randall said. “We are very proud of him because he has worked so hard and has really had an outstanding year.” The Berryton, Kan., native leads the Jayhawks with a 73.21 stroke average and three top-10 finishes this spring. Woodland is coming off an impressive showing at the Big 12 Championship where he finished in a tie for seventh. He has one individual title to his credit, as he won the Cleveland State Invitational with three sub-70 rounds this past fall. Woodland and the rest of the Jayhawks will await word on their NCAA fate, as the selection committee will announce the qualifiers at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 8.
2006 Men’s Golf Honors
All-Big 12 Team
Player School Class Hometown/Previous School
Ryan Baca** Baylor Sr. Richmond, Texas/Lamar Consolidated
Edward McGlasson Colorado Sr. Orange, Calif./Elmodena
Gary Woodland Kansas Jr. Topeka, Kan./Shawnee Heights
Anthony Kim** Oklahoma Jr. La Quinta, Calif./La Quinta
Pablo Martin** Oklahoma State So. Malaga, Spain/Ortega y Gasset
Jonathan Moore Oklahoma State RS Vancouver, Wash./The Pendleton School
Andrew Parr Texas A&M Sr. London, Ontario/Oakridge Secondary
Robert Gates Texas A&M So. Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz
Oscar Floren** Texas Tech Jr. Ljungskile, Sweden
Andrew Dresser Texas Tech Sr. Carrollton, Texas/Creekview
Player of the Year
Pablo Martin** Oklahoma State
Newcomer of the Year
Jonathan Moore Oklahoma State
Coach of the Year
Jim Ragan Oklahoma
** – unanimous selection