Wes Conover Named To The American All-Conference Team
May 08, 2015 | Men's Golf
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - East Carolina junior Wes Conover has been named to the 2015 American Athletic all-conference team the league announced Friday afternoon, becoming the Pirates' first all-conference selection since 2012.
Conover, who was chosen the 2013-14 Conference USA Newcomer-of-the-Year, is the first player in program history to be recognized with a postseason award in two conferences. He was a two-time Golfer-of-the-Week as a sophomore in C-USA and was named Golfer-of-the-Month for September earlier this season by The American.
Conover recorded six top-10 finishes in 11 events this season, including three top-5 finishes. He posted a third-place finish at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate at 4-under-par and earned fourth-place with the same score at the Rod Myers Invitational. He completed the 54-hole Rees Jones Invitational tied for fifth-place. On the season he owns an ECU-best 72.25 stroke average, which currently ranks as the fifth-lowest single-season stroke average in the Pirate annals.
His six top-10 finishes this season ranks second only to Harold Varner's seven top-10s in 2010-11 and 2011-12 in chronicles of ECU golf.
Conover and his ECU teammates will begin their quest for a trip to the NCAA Men's Golf Championship Finals on Thursday, May 14, at the NCAA regional tournament at The Sagamore Club in Noblesville. Ind.
Below is a complete list of this year's conference award winners:
American Men's Golf Player of the Year
Bryson Dechambeau, SMU, Jr.
American Men's Golf Freshman of the Year
*Claudio Correa, USF, Fr.
American Men's Golf Coach of the Year
Steve Bradley, USF
All-Conference Team
Linus Vaisanen, UCF, Sr.
Federico Zucchetti, UCF, So.
Wes Conover, East Carolina, Jr.
Blair Hamilton, Houston, Jr.
*Roman Robledo, Houston, Sr.
Claudio Correa, USF, Fr.
Rigel Fernandes, USF, So.
Ryan Fricker, USF, Sr.
*Chase Koepka, USF, Jr.
Trey Valentine, USF, Sr.
Andrew Buchanan, SMU, So.
*Bryson Dechambeau, SMU, Jr.
Brandon Matthews, Temple, Jr.
Matt Mabrey, Tulsa, Sr.
[*] denotes unanimous selection
Ties are not broken
Players Mentioned
