NORMAN, Okla. – Four Nova Southeastern University men's golfers earned Division II PING All-American honors as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Tuesday.
 
Santiago Gomez (Jr., Armenia, Colombia), who ended the season as the No. 1-ranked player in DII and took home the Nicklaus Award as the top player in the nation, was joined on the PING First Team by teammate Richard Mansell (So., Staffordshire, England), as previously announced (nsusharks.com/news/2015/5/20/MGOLF_0520154434.aspx?path=mgolf). Mansell was ranked second in the country for most of the season and finished No. 3 at the end of the year.
 
Capping off a great four-year career with his third All-American nod was Second Team honoree Oscar Lengdèn (Sr., Helsingborg, Sweden), while earning his first nod in his debut season was freshman Priyanshu Singh (Delhi, India), as a Third Team member. Lengdèn wrapped his final season as the No. 9 player in DII, while Singh was 31st.
 
The Shark quartet were among 13 Sunshine State Conference men's golfers recognized among the three All-American teams on Tuesday, with five more selected as Honorable Mention. Here is the list in its entirety:
 
Division II PING All-America Teams
First Team
John Coultas, Florida Southern
Lee Gearhart, Chico State
Mateo Gomez, Lynn
Santiago Gomez, Nova Southeastern
Michael Hearne, Southern Nazarene
Richard Mansell, Nova Southeastern
Sam Migdal, Central Missouri
Bradon Robinson-Thompson, USC Aiken
John Van DerLaan, Florida Southern
 
Second Team
Mario Beltran, Barry
Chris Crisologo, Simon Fraser
Alistair Docherty, Chico State
Keith Greene, Lynn
Forrest Knight, North Alabama
Oscar Lengdèn, Nova Southeastern
Joey Savoie, Saint Leo
Carr Vernon, CSU Monterey Bay
 
Third Team
Ray Badenhorst, Florida Tech
Taylor Davis, Lee
Ryan Gendron, Saint Leo
Juan Miguel Heredia, West Florida
Jose Andres Miranda, Lynn
Russ Purser, Central Oklahoma
Axel Östensson, USC Aiken
Priyanshu Singh, Nova Southeastern
 
Honorable Mention
Mike Anderson, Barry
Martin Cancino, Lynn
Nico Cavero, Barry
Ben Cook, Ferris State
Johnson Holliday, USC Aiken
Jimmy Jones, Florida Southern
Eric Kline, Central Oklahoma
Travis Mays, Central Missouri
Robert Mize, Columbus State
Thomas Neve, Western New Mexico
Derek Oland, Midwestern State
Ray Richards, CSU Monterey Bay
Kenneth Sames, IUP
Patrick Skakel, CU Colorado Springs
Dalton Skinner, Montevallo
Alex Springer, Central Missouri
Adam Stone, CSU East Bay
Alex Thode, Lewis
Nicholas Ward, Georgia Southwestern State
Elliott Whitley, Lynn
Justin Wiles, Chico State
Kenny You, Dixie State