LAKE CHARLES – Outgoing McNeese Cowboy golfer Blake Elliott has been named to the Division I PING All-America Third Team, the GCAA announced on Thursday.
 
The 2019 Southland Conference and Louisiana Player of the Year, Elliott is one of 30 golfers to be selected to one of the three teams while another 32 golfers picked up honorable mention honors.
 
Elliott ended the season ranked No. 13 in the nation and led the Cowboys and Southland Conference in scoring with a 70.47 stroke average in 12 tournaments played in the fall and spring seasons.
 
He posted two first place finishes (Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational, Louisiana Classics), two second place marks (Quail Valley Collegiate, Southland Conference Championships), and three fourth place finishes.
 
The Liberty Hill, Texas native qualified for the NCAA Austin Regional as an individual and missed out on advancing to the NCAA Championships by one stroke as he finished in a tie for eighth on the individual leaderboard.
 
For the season, Elliott shot par or better in 26 of 31 rounds played including 12 of those in the 60s.
 
Division I PING All-America Teams
First Team
Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Cole Hammer, Texas
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Collin Morikawa, California
Bryson Nimmer, Clemson
John Pak, Florida State
Justin Suh, Southern California
Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
Chun An Yu, Arizona State
 
Second Team
Peter Kuest, BYU
Andy Ogletree, Georgia Tech
Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M
Trent Phillips, Georgia
Isaiah Salinda, Stanford
Matthias Schmid, Louisville
Sandy Scott, Texas Tech
Alex Smalley, Duke
Brandon Wu, Stanford
Cameron Young, Wake Forest
 
Third Team
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State
Blake Elliott, McNeese State
Philip Knowles, North Florida
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Stefano Mazzoli, TCU
Mac Meissner, SMU
Luke Schniederjans, Georgia Tech
Scott Stevens, South Carolina
 
Honorable Mention
Eric Bae, Wake Forest
Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State
Albin Bergstrom, USF
Ervin Chang, Liberty
Steven Chervony, Texas
Parker Coody, Texas
Pierceson Coody, Texas
Kyle Cottam, Clemson
Sebastian Crampton, California
Quade Cummins, Oklahoma
Lee Detmer, Wake Forest
Kyler Dunkle, Utah
Michael Feagles, Illinois
Alex Fitzpatrick, Wake Forest
Stephen Franken, NC State
Noah Goodwin, SMU
Austin Hitt, North Carolina
Tripp Kinney, Iowa State
Gabe Lench, Liberty
KK Limbhasut, California
Kaito Onishi, Southern California
Spencer Ralston, Georgia
Rhett Rasmussen, BYU
Garret Reband, Oklahoma
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Billy Tom Sargent, Western Kentucky
Henry Shimp, Stanford
Benjamin Shipp, NC State
David Snyder, Stanford
Davis Thompson, Georgia
Patrick Welch, Oklahoma
Trevor Werbylo, Arizona