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Georgia Tech Golf Team Members Receive All-America Recognition
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The Georgia Tech golf team continued itís long tradition of players receiving All-America recognition when Kevin Larsen and Cameron Tringale both were named to the second team for 2006, and Roberto Castro was named honorable mention by the PING All-America teams in NCAA Division I golf announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America in early June.
Larsen, a junior from Santa Barbara, Calif., earned the first All-America honors of his career after a standout year. The nationís 19th-rated player in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index, Larsen led the Yellow Jackets in stroke average until the NCAA Championship, finishing at 72.36, and was named to the All-ACC team.
Tringale, a freshman from Laguna Niguel, Calif., finished the year ranked No. 18 nationally, led the Jackets in stroke average (72.19), earned All-ACC honors, and was named the conference Freshman of the Year.
Castro, a junior from Alpharetta, GA, made the All-ACC team for the third time in his career. A first-team choice in 2005, Castro has earned All-America recognition three times in three years at Tech. He also was named to the 2006 first-team University Division Academic All-America At-Large. Castro, an Industrial Engineering major with a cumulative 3.82 grade-point average, earned all-district honors from CoSIDA last year and also was named an All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Castro and Tech teammate Kevin Larsen will compete for the United States in the 2006 Palmer Cup, an annual Ryder Cup-style competition between American collegiate golfers and their European counterparts, on June 29-30 at Prestwick Golf Club (6,544 yards, par 71) in Prestwick, Scotland.
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