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Redlands Men’s Golf’s Canavan Lauded as PING Second-Team All-American

University of Redlands junior Ross Canavan (Redlands, CA) garnered PING Second-Team All-America accolades after occupying a share of 15th place at the 2009 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships in Port St. Lucie, FL, according to an announcement made today by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).

Canavan, who helped lead the team to a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships this year, shot scores of 76, 72, 78 and 70 to finish the 72-hole event with a cumulative total of 296. After shooting par for the course on the front nine in the final round, he birdied four holes while sustaining two bogies to finish the round at 2 under. His performance on the final day of competition helped the ninth-ranked Bulldogs track down No. 6 Skidmore College (NY) and finish ahead of the Thoroughbreds. For his excellence in conference play, he earned a place on the All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) First Team for the first time in his collegiate career. Last year, Canavan received PING First-Team All-America honors, Second-Team All-SCIAC laurels and PING All-West Region accolades.

Redlands’ performance at the national tournament marked the sixth time in the past seven years that the Bulldogs have finished among the top 10. Of those top-10 finishes, four have been as national runners-up.

The SCIAC landed four others on the PING All-America teams as the No. 3 University of La Verne placed three on the First Team while No. 14 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges gained a First-Team selection in Tain Lee.

For a complete list of the PING All-America golfers, please visit http://gcaa.collegiategolf.com/home.jsp?page=1257.