University Park, Pa., June 8, 2004 ¨C Penn State junior Mark Leon (Brampton, Ontario) was named as an honorable mention PING All America selection today. Leon led the Nittany Lions in scoring average in 2003-04, as Penn State qualified for its first NCAA Championship event since 1996.
At those NCAA Championships, Leon was one of just seven golfers to finish the four rounds under par, finishing in a sixth place tie with his 1-under 279. He led a Penn State squad that made the tournament¡¯s third round cut and registered its best NCAA finish in school history (15th).
During the regular season, Leon finished in the top 15 in eight tournaments, including his first career tournament win at the October 11th MacDonald Cup and his sixth place performance at the NCAA Championships. He finished the 2003-04 campaign with a team-best 72.6 scoring average and has a career scoring average of 73.83. His 73.83 career average is on pace to finish among Penn State¡¯s career scoring leaders ¨C a group led by Jim Fuller¡¯s (1999-2003) 73.56 scoring average.
PING Division I All America Teams First Team Matt Every, Florida
Bill Haas, Wake Forest
Jason Hartwick, Texas
John Holmes, Kentucky
Brock Mackenzie, Washington
Ryan Moore, UNLV
Chris Nallen, Arizona
Chris Stroud, Lamar
Peter Tomasulo, California
Camilo Villegas
Second Team Jack Ferguson, Clemson
Brad Heaven, Toledo
Matt Hendrix, Clemson
Travis Johnson, UCLA
Anthony Kim, Oklahoma
Spencer Levin, New Mexico
Jeff Overton, Indiana
Michael Putnam, Pepperdine
Chez Reavie, Arizona State
Casey Wittenberg, Oklahoma State
Third Team Chris Baryla, UTEP
Alejandro Ca?izares, Arizona State
Martin Laird, Colorado State
Luke List, Vanderbilt
Nolan Martin, Colorado State
Adam Meyer, TCU
Aron Price, Georgia Southern
Nathan Smith, Duke
Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech
Kane Webber, Colorado
Honorable Mention Oscar Alvarez, Brigham Young
Ryan Blaum, Duke
Dustin Bray North Carolina
Lars Brovold, Alabama
Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech
Steve Conway, UCLA
Carlos Del Moral, Oklahoma
Will Dodson, SMU
Judd Easterling, Wichita State
A.J. Elgert, Kansas State
Jake Ellison, Brigham Young
Ty Harris, Georgia State
Ben Hayes, Southern California
Jeff Hood, California
Billy Hurley, Navy
David Inglis, Tulsa
Kevin Kisner, Georgia
Matthew Kodama, Hawaii
Shiv Kapur, Purdue
Kasper Jorgensen, Georgia State
Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota
Mark Lamb, Arizona
Mark Leon, Penn State Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State
Henry Liaw, Arizona
Gareth Maybin, South Alabama
Todd Miller, Brigham Young
Roy Moon, UCLA
Jessie Mudd, Florida
Alex Nor¨¦n, Oklahoma State
Brian O¡¯Flaherty, Pepperdine
Erik Olson, Washington
Alex Prugh, Washington
Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas
Justin Smith, Minnesota
Brett Stegmaier, Florida
Brendon Todd, Georgia
Matt Wells, Kentucky
Chan Wongluekiet, Georgia Tech
