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STILLWATER, Oklahoma- Senior Andy Butler was selected to the GCAA (Golf Coaches Association of America) PING All-Region Team as announced by the association today. Players across six regions - Northeast, East, Southeast, Midwest, Central and West - earned all-region honors for 2018.

Butler had an outstanding in the spring season, as he took fourth at the Coca-Cola Invitational. Butler also led the team in the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate where he shot rounds of 79-73-73 = 225 (+9) and placed in 12th overall. He also was selected to the All-BIG EAST Second Team after the conclusion of the spring season.

In the fall, Butler played in all six matches for Villanova. Butler placed fifth at the Doc Gimmler Invitational with rounds of 64-72-71=207 (-3) and had the best score for Villanova. He tied for sixth place at the Matthews Auto Collegiate Invitational and helped team come in fifth place overall. Butler also finished in the top 25 golfers in four out of six tournaments.

PING All-Region teams consist of the top 15 individuals in their region in the Individual Ranking System. Additionally, any player ranked in the top 75 according to Golfstat or the Sagarin rankings not included in their region's top 15 are added to their All-Region team. Members of the PING All-Region teams are eligible for PING All-America honors.

Division I PING All-Region Teams

Northeast

Andy Butler, Villanova

Christian Cavaliere, Boston College

Ryan Davis, Penn State

Aaron Fricke, Drexel

Josh Goldenberg, Penn

Christopher Gotterup, Rutgers

Mike Graboyes, Cornell

Jimmy Hervol, Connecticut

JD Hughes, Penn State

Drake Hull, Connecticut

Charles Huntzinger, Penn State

Dawson Jones, Rhode Island

Tyler Kertson, Boston College

Peter Knade, Maryland

David Kocher, Maryland

Eoin Leonard, Yale

Logan Lowe, George Washington

Cole Miller, Penn State

Matt Naumec, Boston College

James Nicholas, Yale

Brendan Peel, Loyola (Md.)

Evan Quinn, Princeton

Anthony Sebastianelli, Central Connecticut

Ethan Wall, Loyola (Md.)

Chris Yeom, Seton Hall

East

Ervin Chang, Liberty

Mickey DeMorat, Liberty

Chandler Eaton, Duke

Stephen Franken, NC State

Ben Griffin, North Carolina

Ray Kraivixien, Campbell

Mark Lawrence Jr., Virginia Tech

Paul McBride Wake Forest

Jose Montaño, North Carolina

Bryson Nimmer, Clemson

Noah Norton, Georgia Tech

Andy Ogletree, Georgia Tech

Adrien Pendaries, Duke

Chris Petefish, Georgia Tech

Turk Pettit, Clemson

Doc Redman, Clemson

William Register, North Carolina

Luke Schniederjans, Georgia Tech

Benjamin Shipp, NC State

Jake Shuman, Duke

Alex Smalley, Duke

Tyler Strafaci, Georgia Tech

Danny Walker, Virginia

Thomas Walsh, Virginia

Cameron Young, Wake Forest

Southeast

Andrew Alligood, North Florida

Dawson Armstrong, Lipscomb

John Augenstein, Vanderbilt

Phillip Barbaree, LSU

Claudio Correa, USF

Trace Crowe, Auburn

Cristian DiMarco, USF

Harry Ellis, Florida State

Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern

Luis Gagne, LSU

Will Gordon, Vanderbilt

Lee Hodges, Alabama

Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt

Philip Knowles, North Florida

Brandon Mancheno, Auburn

Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt

Gordon Neale, Florida

John Pak, Florida State

Raul Pereda, Jacksonville

Spencer Ralston, Georgia

Jovan Rebula, Auburn

Davis Riley, Alabama

Lorenzo Scalise, Tennessee

Ben Schlottman, Auburn

Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss

Travis Trace, North Florida

Andy Zhang, Florida

Midwest

Bryan Baumgarten, Illinois

Jake Brown, Indiana

Brian Carlson, Purdue

Hunter Eichorn, Marquette

Michael Feagles, Illinois

Patrick Flavin, Miami

Nick Hardy, Illinois

Ian Holt, Kent State

Chase Johnson, Kent State

Kaleb Johnson, Michigan State

Ryan Lumsden, Northwestern

Dylan Meyer, Illinois

Kyle Mueller, Michigan

Matt Murlick, Marquette

Bjarki Petursson, Kent State

Billy Tom Sargent, Western Kentucky

Alex Schaake, Iowa

Matthias Schmid, Louisville

Michael Sharp, Michigan State

Austin Squires, Cincinnati

Sam Triplett, Northwestern

Alex Weiss, Marshall

Daniel Wetterich, Ohio State

Peyton Wilhoit, Souhern Illinois

Dylan Wu, Northwestern

Central

Braden Bailey, Baylor

Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State

Hayden Buckley, Missouri

Quade Cummins, Oklahoma

Brad Dalke, Oklahoma

Cooper Dossey, Baylor

Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State

Dan Erickson, Texas A&M

Doug Ghim, Texas

Blaine Hale, Oklahoma

Grant Hirshman, Oklahoma

Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State

Hurly Long, Texas Tech

Garrett May, Baylor

Stefano Mazzoli, TCU

Fredrik Nilehn, Texas Tech

Alvaro Ortiz, Arkansas

Mason Overstreet, Arkansas

Andrew Paysse, Texas A&M

Michael Perras, Houston

Matthew Perrine, Baylor

Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M

Scottie Scheffler, Texas

Brandon Smith, Texas A&M

Ian Snyman, North Texas

Kristoffer Ventura, Oklahoma State

Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State

West

Shintaro Ban, UNLV

Grant Booth, Nevada

Chun An Yu, Arizona State

Perry Cohen, Saint Mary's

Sebastian Crampton, California

George Cunningham, Arizona

Alex del Rey, Arizona State

Riley Elmes, Loyola Marymount

Clay Feagler, Pepperdine

Patrick Fishburn, BYU

Ryan Gronlund, Oregon

Harry Hall, UNLV

KK Limbhasut, California

Cole Madey, UCLA

Joshua McCarthy, Pepperdine

Collin Morikawa, California

Yannik Paul, Colorado

PJ Samiere, San Diego State

Hayden Shieh, Santa Clara

Justin Suh, Southern California

Jeffery Swegle, Stanford

Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine

Brandon Wu, Stanford

Norman Xiong, Oregon

Carl Yuan, Washington