Tide's Michael Thompson PING 1st Team All-America
6/2/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
June 2, 2008
TUSCALOOSA - The Golf Coaches Association of America formally announced its 2008 PING Division I First-Team All-America selections on Monday, and University of Alabama senior golfer Michael Thompson was among the golfers selected.
The announcement was informally made during the NCAA Men's Golf Championships trophy presentation on Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.
Joining Thompson on the All-America team are Jonas Blixt of Florida State, Indiana's Jorge Campillo, 2008 NCAA medalist Kevin Chappell of UCLA, Oklahoma State's Rickie Fowler, Rory Hie and Jamie Lovemark of Southern California, Stanford's Sihwan Kim, Webb Simpson of Wake Forest, and Georgia State's Joel Sjoholm (who is coached by Prattville native and former Crimson Tide golfer Matt Clark).
The GCAA will announce its second and third team as well as honorable mention selections on Friday.
Thompson, a native of Tucson, Arizona, was a 2nd Team PING All-America at Alabama in 2007. He is the 2008 Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Year and was medalist at the 2008 SEC Championships. Thompson will play in next week's U.S. Open as an amateur.
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