April 30, 2007
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| Luke List (left) and Jon Curran |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Vanderbilt golfers Luke List and Jon Curran were recognized on the 2007 All-Southeastern Conference team, decided Monday by a vote of league coaches.
List, a senior, was a first-team honoree for the fourth time in his collegiate career, while Curran, a sophomore, earned his first all-conference designation on the league’s second team.
A native of Ringgold, Ga., List posted six Top 10 finishes in 10 team events this season. He was the runner-up in South Bend, Ind., and in Laredo, Texas. For his career, List has 28 Top 10 finishes under his belt.
Curran has proven himself as a stellar player in only two years at Vanderbilt. This season, he finished in the Top 10 of six events, including the 2007 SEC Championships. A product of Hopkinton, Mass., Curran was the runner-up at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Commodores await word on their postseason fate, as NCAA bids will be announced next Monday, May 7.
A complete release from the Southeastern Conference follows:
Tennessee head coach Jim Kelson, Alabama’s Joseph Sykora, Florida’s Billy Horschel, and Georgia’s Hudson Swafford headline the 2007 Southeastern Conference Men’s Golf Awards announced today.
Kelson was voted SEC Coach of the Year by his peers while Sykora was named SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Horschel earned the SEC Player of the Year award and Swafford garnered SEC Freshman of the Year honors.
Leading Tennessee to a No. 15 National Ranking and the SEC Men’s Golf Championship, Jim Kelson became the first Volunteer coach to earn Coach of the Year honors since Mike Malarkey in 1990. Since joining the Volunteer coaching staff in 1998, Kelson has guided Tennessee to over 10 Tournament Championships, and had four players finish in the Top-20 during the SEC Championship.
Alabama’s Joseph Sykora earned the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award for the second consecutive time in his collegiate career. The Daphne, Alabama native, who will graduate in May, maintained a 4.21 GPA in Accounting and 4.0 cumulative GPA. A red-shirt Junior, Sykora is a Honors College student and a member of the 2006 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore Billy Horschel of Florida earned SEC Player of the Year honors with a 71.55 stroke average, good for first amongst his Gator teammates. The Grant Fla. native has finished in the top 25 in all tournaments in which he competed including a tournament victory at the Ping/Golfweek Preview during fall play. Horschel, who finished the 2005-06 season tied for 10th at the NCAA Championships, is also a two-time First Team All-SEC selection.
Georgia’s Hudson Swafford earned SEC Freshman of the Year honors with a 74.00 stroke average. The Tallahassee, Fla., native earned his best finish of the season at No. 2 to help the Bulldogs claim the United States Collegiate Championship this spring.
Georgia’s Brian Harman and Brendon Todd both repeat as first-team selections while teammate Chris Kirk is a three-time selection. Vanderbilt’s Luke List is a First Team All-SEC honoree for the fourth time in his Commodore career.
2007 SEC Men’s Golf Awards
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR
Jim Kelson, Tennessee
SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Joseph Sykora, Alabama
SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Billy Horschel, Florida
SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Hudson Swafford, Georgia
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
Michael Thompson, Alabama
Gator Todd, Alabama
Patton Kizzire, Auburn
Billy Horschel, Florida
Brian Harman, Georgia
Chris Kirk, Georgia
Brendon Todd, Georgia
Phillip Pettitt, Tennessee
Luke List, Vanderbilt
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC
Matthew Swan, Alabama
Andrew Landry, Arkansas
Glen Northcutt, Auburn
Chris Wells, LSU
Callum Macualay, Ole Miss
Charlie Ford, Tennessee
Chris Paisley, Tennessee
Jon Curran, Vanderbilt