NORMAN, Okla – Earning his fourth accolade of the 2022-23 season, Hayden Hunneke (Chattanooga, Tennessee) earned Division II PING All-America Honorable Mention, as announced earlier today by the GCAA.
Hunneke has received All-SAC First Team honors, GCAA Southeast All-Region First Team honors and CSC Academic All-District at large honors as well this season.
In his first and only season with C-N, Hunneke made his mark with the program. The Chattanooga native was named First-Team All-SAC earlier this season. He had 21 of his 30 rounds this season be par or better, the most in program history. Hunneke's current 71.5 scoring average is the best mark in program history and tied for third lowest for a single season.
The graduate student's .884 winning percentage in 2022-23 is also the highest mark in program history. Hunneke recorded four, top five finishes and nine top 20 finishes this season.
Hunneke is the first men's golfer to be honored on the All-America team since Tom Forester was honored for three straight seasons from 2017-19.
The graduate student was one of just five SAC golfers to be honored.
Division II PING All-America Teams
First Team
Beck Burnette, Lee
Reece Coleman, Anderson
Charles DeLong, Grand Valley State
AJ Ewart, Barry
Elias Haavisto, West Florida
Linus Jonsson, Lander
Calahan Keever, Anderson
Jordan Lee, Western Washington
Andrew Riley, Palm Beach Atlantic
Second Team
Felipe Alvarez, Barry
Mauricio Figueroa, Texas A&M International
Felipe Garces Garzon, West Florida
Nate Jetton, Stanislaus State
Carl Miltun, Missouri S&T
Griffin Pace, Sonoma State
Exequiel Rodriguez, Oklahoma Christian
Evan Thompson, North Georgia
Third Team
Nick Krueger, Grand Valley State
Chase McLain, Georgia Southwestern
Matt Millar, CSU Pueblo
Mateo Pulcini, Oklahoma Christian
Jamie Roberts, CSU Pueblo
Joel Sylven, Missouri-St. Louis
Sam Tandy, Harding
JJ Zimmer, Union
Honorable Mention
Adam Alvarez, Florida Southern
Alejandro Armijo, Oklahoma Christian
Tyler Ashman, Chico State
Edvin Backstrom, Holy Names
Xavier Bighaus, Colorado Christian
Simon Björken, CSU Monterey Bay
Jackson Buccigross, IUP
Alejandro Gomez Cervantes, Dominican
Connor Curry, Malone
Alejandro de Castro, Anderson
Nicolas Escobar, Georgia Southwestern
Felipe Gomez, Clayton State
Donte Groppuso, St. Thomas Aquinas
Miller Harris, Henderson State
Michael Hay, Nova Southeastern
Caden Hodges, Fayetteville State
Hayden Hunneke, Carson-Newman
Jordan Hyland, Davis & Elkins
Alex James, Lincoln Memorial
Bill Koch, Post
Garrett Leek, Midwestern State
Gustav Liljedahl, Missouri S&T
Caleb Miller, Southern Arkansas
Oskari Nikku, Oklahoma Christian
Will O'Neill, Nova Southeastern
Sangha Park, UTPB
Matt Pennington, Cal State San Marcos
Josep Serra, Nova Southeastern
Ethan Wilkins, Henderson State
Dawson Wills, Washburn
