The Wichita State University men's golf team has been assigned
the No. 7 seed in next week's Stanford Regional. The Shockers are coming off an unprecedented
fifth-consecutive Missouri Valley Conference championship.
Wichita State will be participating in its seventh-straight
NCAA Regional when it hits the course May 17-19 at Stanford Golf Course in
Stanford, Calif. The Shockers are in
search of a trip to the NCAA Championship for the first time since back-to-back
appearances in 2003 and 2004.
The top five teams from each of the six regional sites
advance to the NCAA Championship at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades,
Calif. Additionally, the top individual
from a team that does not make the cut will be invited to the national
tournament.
The WSU trio of juniors Rafael Becker, Tyler Gann, and
Hunter Sparks has participated in NCAA Regional tournaments the last two
years. Becker topped the Shockers with a
20th place finish last year at the South Central Regional, hosted by
Indiana University.
Becker is the 2012 MVC Golfer of the Year while Sparks took
medalist honors at last week's MVC Championship. Gann has twice captured MVC Golfer of the
Week honors.
The team as a whole has captured seven tournament titles
this year, including the MVC Championship for the fifth-straight year. The Shockers enter NCAA competition with the
top scoring average in the country, according to GolfStat.
Stanford Golf Course - Stanford, Calif.
Host: Stanford
Teams
1. California [Pac-12 Conference]
2. Stanford
3. San Diego State [Mountain West Conference]
4. UCF
5. LSU
6. UAB
7. Wichita State [Missouri Valley Conference]
8. Tennessee
9. Oregon State
10. Southeastern Louisiana
11. San Francisco
12. San Jose State [Western Athletic Conference]
13. UC Davis [Big West Conference]
Individuals
1. Zac Blair, Brigham Young
2. Justin Shin, New Mexico State
3. Josh Anderson, Pepperdine
4. Alex Edfort, Pacific
5. Justin Keiley, Brigham Young
6. Allan Jun, UC Irvine
7. Mason Casper, Utah Valley
8. Johnny MacArthur, Pepperdine
9. Jarred Bossio, Idaho
10. Zachery Fullerton, New Mexico State
