Postseason honors for 4 men's team student-athletes

On June 9, the Stanford Athletic Department announced its annual athletic awards for all sports and two men's Graham Brockington and Andrew Yun were honored.  Graham received the Warrior Award and Andrew Yun was one of four men to be honored with the Block "S" Outstanding Male Sophomore Award.  On June 6, Graham, Andrew along with David Chung and Steve Ziegler were recognized by the Pac 10 for outstanding academic achievement.



WARRIOR AWARD
Administered by the Director of Sports Performance, this award honors the student-athlete who not only displays maximum effort on and off the field of competition, but also brings out the best in his/her teammates through positive attitude, relentless work ethic and consistent commitment to performance enhancement. The award is given in memory of Arthur F. Dauer '59.

Graham Brockington
GOLF - ECONOMICS MAJOR
"Ever since stepping foot on The Farm, Graham has been relentless with improving his performance on the golf course. A day seldom goes by where he does not challenge his teammates, and a day never passes where he doesn't push himself in the weight room. His perseverance and dedication to fitness and practice on the course has paid off, allowing Graham to finish playing some of the best golf of his career."- Jason Quan, Sports Performance Coach



BLOCK "S" OUTSTANDING MALE SOPHOMORE AWARD
Ryan Mango
WRESTLING - HUMAN BIOLOGY MAJOR
Became Stanford's 15th All-American with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, accomplishing the feat with a torn LCL ... helped lead Stanford to a program-best 11th-place finish at NCAA Championships ... ranked second on the team with 26 wins, including a 11-1 dual record ... second on the team with five pins ... finished fourth at the Pac-10 Championships at 125 pounds ... recorded a 14-match winning streak, tied for the 10th best stretch in school history ... won the 125-pound title at the Fullerton Open ... finished fourth at the Midland Championships in Chicago.
Stephen Piscotty
BASEBALL - UNDECLARED MAJOR
All-Pac-10 First Team selection ... Stanford's leader in batting average (.370) and multi-hit games (26) ... ranked third in the Pac-10 in batting average ... one of two Cardinal players to appear in every game, starting each contest at third base.
Shayne Skov
FOOTBALL - UNDECLARED MAJOR
Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 selection ... led team with 84 total tackles, including 50 solo stops ... also had 7.5 sacks among his 10.5 tackles-for-loss ... ranked eighth in the Pac- 10 in tackles per game (7.64) ... finished with 12 tackles, 3.0 sacks and one pass breakup in a stellar Orange Bowl effort against Virginia Tech ... totaled 46 tackles over the last six games of the season in which Stanford allowed just 56 points while pitching two shutouts ... finished with a season-high 13 tackles against USC, including one for loss.
Andrew Yun
GOLF - UNDECLARED MAJOR
PING First Team All-American ... First Team All-Pac-10 selection ... Hogan Award semifinalist ... Stanford's top finisher in nine of 11 events ... recorded seven top-5 finishes ... won his first collegiate title at The Prestige at PGA West.

On June 6, it was announced that four members of Stanford's men's golf team earned spots on the Pac-10 Conference's All-Academic team, led by senior Graham Brockington, who merited first team honors.  

Brockington, who carries a 3.46 cumulative grade point average as a economics major, joins Thomas Buran (Arizona State), Jack Dukeminier (Oregon), Pedro Figueiredo (UCLA), Charlie Hughes (Washington) and Kevin Spooner (Washington) on the first team.

Senior Steve Ziegler, junior David Chung and sophomore Andrew Yun were honorable mention selections.

To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minumum 3.0 overall grade point average and be either a starter or significant contributor on his/her team. 

Results from Players Am, US Public Links and the Trans-Miss Tourneys

Stanford players competed in three different summer tournaments over the past week, the Players Am, US Public Links and Trans-Miss events.

Players Am - The event was played in Bluffton, SC where David Chung, Andrew Yun, Cameron Wilson and Dodge Kemmer competed.  David was 7th at 4-under 284 with rounds of 71-71-69-73.  Dodge tied for 8th at 283 shooting 72-68-73-72, to tie with Andrew shooting rounds of 77-69-71-68 T-8.  Cameron missed the cut after rounds of 82-77-70.  Here are complete scores.  Here is the partially updated tournament website.

US Public Links - Andrew Yun competed in the event where the winner qualifies to play in the Masters.  After qualifying rounds of 132 total Andrew fired 69-66 rounds to finish 5th in stroke play qualifying to move into match play with 64 players.  After a dominating 6 & 5 win in his first match, Andrew was stunned by Indiana native Chase Wright despite going Andrew going 4-up after 4 holes.  Wright stormed back playing 6-under golf winning 7 of the last 12 holes.  The official website.



In the Trans-Miss Amateur played in Denver five Stanford players competed led by Dodge Kemmer and Steve Ziegler tying for 13th.  Dodge led after round 1 with a 65 followed by 70-77 while Steve started slowly with a 74-72 and finished with a sizzling 66.  Steven Kearney had rounds of 71-73-71 to tie for 22nd with Graham Brockington who shot 73-72-70.  Wilson Bowen tied for 56th with rounds of 77-75-77.  The Trans-Miss website.

Ziegler wins Colorado match play, Kim plays at US Public Links & 3 Stanford golfers complete Players Amateur

All-American junior to be Steve Ziegler continued his fine summer play with a marathon win in the Colorado Golf Association match play championship. Below are results from the Player's Amateur where David Chung, Graham Brockington and Dodge Kemmer competed.

The following excerpt is taken from Colorado Golf Journal's report on the tournament:

Steve Ziegler of Broomfield was the beneficiary of the last switch in momentum as he won the last three holes of the match for a 1-up victory and his first CGA championship.

“I was absolutely pumped” despite being 2 down to Gempel with three holes left, said Ziegler, a 20-year-old junior-to-be at Stanford. “I was on the ropes.”

But Ziegler turned out to be the last man standing as Gempel apparently ran out of gas and finished double bogey-bogey-bogey. The recent University of Colorado graduate missed a 2-foot par putt -- his second of the final 18 holes -- on the 36th hole to end the match.

“I was surprised he finished the way he did,” Ziegler said of Gempel. “But this whole week I was trying a new match play philosophy. I was playing the course and old man par. It made all the difference this week. I was just forgetting about what my opponent did.”

Gempel tried to be philosophical about what happened down the stretch.

“I’m pretty disappointed," he said. "But I played about as well as I’ve played in a long time. I’ve come a long way in the last month. I was once this close to quitting golf. So I’m proud of the way I played.”

Ziegler was pushed for the first time all week. In his first five matches at Bear Creek, the player from The Ranch Country Club was 18 under par and his closest match was 4 and 3. On Friday, he played his first nine holes in 5-over-par 41, but was 2 under for his final nine. That included a 78-yard hole-out for an eagle on the par-4 10th hole that squared the match. And though Gempel rebounded to regain the momentum with birdie putts of 1 foot, 8 feet and 8 feet in the middle of the back nine, Ziegler prevailed in the end.

For Ziegler it was another in a long list of impressive accomplishments in the last several years. He’s won two state high school titles, claimed his first college victory, was one of eight American college players selected for the prestigious Palmer Cup team and made the round of 16 at last month’s British Amateur. And now he‘s the 2009 CGA Match Play champion.

Winning a CGA title for the first time “is huge,” Ziegler said. “It’s been a giant monkey on my back. I’ve played in (CGA) events since I was a kid, and they’re difficult to win. It’s a huge accomplishment. I’d put it up there alongside my state (high school) wins and my first college win.”

Ziegler joins a list of CGA Match Play champions that includes Hale Irwin, Steve Jones, Brandt Jobe and Kevin Stadler.



In the Players Amateur held at Hilton Head, South Carolina, recent graduate Dodge Kemmer finished tied for 11th with rounds of 70-78-74-68, David Chung was 18th with rounds of 72-73-75-71 and Graham Brockington missed the cut after rounds of 80-82-75.


In the US Public Links event where Sihwan Kim qualified to compete, Sihwan failed to make match play by two strokes after rounds of 74-77. Sihwan was playing at the Jimmy Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Oklahoma. Complete results can be found here.