BATON ROUGE — LSU’s John Peterson was named the Louisiana men’s college golf of the year on the All-Louisiana College Golf Team announced Sunday by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
A sophomore from Fort Worth, Texas, Peterson posted a 72.37 stroke average for the recent spring season, ranked 24th nationally and earned first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors.
Freshman of the year honors for the men was won by Sang Yi of LSU who had a 73.74 stroke average and named coach of the year was LSU’s Chuck Winstead who led his team to a national No. 16 ranking, to fourth place in the SEC tournament, to three tournament titles and into the NCAA national tournament.
LSU’s Jacqueline Hedwall of the seventh-ranked Lady Tiger women’s team shared the freshman of the year honor along with Tulane’s Daniela Holmqvist. Hedwall had a 74.2 stroke average and was named the SEC’s all-freshman team.
Linn Gustafsson of Tulane was named the women’s state player and newcomer of the year and Tulane’s John Thomas Horton was named the state coach of the year leading the Green Wave to the NCAA championships in their first season back as an official sport since Hurricane Katrina.
Joining Peterson on the men’s first team is teammate Yi, Ken Looper of UNO, Devin Carrey of ULL and Cedric Scotto of Southeastern Louisiana. Second team members are Adam Cornelson and Jose Toledo of UNO, Andrew Loupe of LSU, Matthew Carvell of Southeastern Louisiana and Philipp Fendt of ULL.
After going to the NCAA championships and finishing 12th, all five of the LSU starting quintet earned first or second team honors.
Named to the women’s first team along with Gustafsson were teammate Holmqvist and LSU’s Megan McChrystal, Jacqueline Hedwall and Amalie Valle. Second team members are Janine Fellows and Samantha Troyanovich of Tulane, Tessa Teachman and Caroline Martens of LSU and Maggie Welch of McNeese State.
2009 LSWA Men’s and Women’s Golf Postseason Honors
MEN’S TEAM
First Team
John Peterson, LSU Soph Fort Worth, TX
Ken Looper, UNO Soph Mandeville, LA
Devin Carrey, ULL Sr. South Surrey, British Columbia
Cedric Scotto, SE Louisiana Soph Albi, France
Sang Yi, LSU Fr. Carrollton, TX
Second Team
Adam Cornelson, UNO Sr. Langley, British Columbia
Andrew Loupe, LSU Soph Baton Rouge, LA
Matthew Carvell, SE Louisiana Sr. Johannesburg, South Africa
Jose Toledo, UNO Sr. Guatemala City, Guatemala
Philipp Fendt, ULL Fr. Vienna, Austria
Player of Year
John Peterson, LSU
Freshman of Year
Sang Yi, LSU
Coach of the Year
Chuck Winstead, LSU
WOMEN’S TEAM
First Team
Linn Gustafsson, Tulane Soph Stockholm, Sweden
Megan McChrystal, LSU Soph Stuart, FL
Jacqueline Hedwall, LSU Fr. Barseback, Sweden
Daniela Holmqvist, Tulane Fr. Lindingo, Sweden
Amalie Valle,LSU Soph Fredristad, Norway
Second Team
Janine Fellows, Tulane Soph Houston, TX
Tessa Teachman, LSU Fr. Baton Rouge, LA
Maggie Welch, McNeese State Sr Syracuse, KS
Caroline Martens, LSU Sr. Oslo, Norway
Samantha Troyanovich, Tulane Fr. Grosse Point Shores, MI
Player of the Year
Linn Gustafsson, Tulane
Freshman of the Year
Daniel Holmqvist, Tulane
Jacqueline Hedwall, LSU
Newcomer of the Year
Linn Gustafsson, Tulane
Coach of the Year
John Thomas Horton, Tulane