Scalise Earns GCAA PING All-America Honors

KLITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. – University of Tennessee graduate Lorenzo Scalise has picked up his second All-America honor in a week, garnering GCAA PING Second Team accolades.

A week prior to earning distinction from the Golf Coaches Association of America, the senior collected second-team accolades from Golfweek.

Scalise, who hails from Milan, Italy, is the eighth Vol in program history to earn All-America distinction. His recognition brings the number of honors accorded to Big Orange men's golfers through the years to 11.

He is UT's first All-American since Oliver Goss in 2013 and the program's first to reach second-team status since David Skinns in 2002. In all, 18 Tennessee men have accumulated 24 postseason All-America awards of honorable mention and higher.

A third-place finisher at this year's SEC Championship, Scalise had previously earned first-team all-conference and PING All-Southeast Region accolades after a stellar senior campaign. He led the Vols this season with a 70.34 average and 25 rounds of par or better, both school records.

Scalise completed his four-year Tennessee career with 26 individual top-25 finishes, 13 top-10 outcomes and nine top-five results. This year alone, he tallied seven top-five finishes, including his first career victory at the Yale Spring Invitational. The team captain helped the Vols card seven top-five team finishes in 2017-18, including victories at the East Bay Deli Classic and Yale Spring Invitational.

His 72.11 career stroke average ranks No. 2 in UT history, as does his total of 66 rounds of par or better.
Scalise was named to the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup International Team. He will play July 6-8 at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France.

In the classroom, the team captain is set to earn SEC Academic Honor Roll accolades for the fourth straight season. He also was a UT Chancellor's Honors recipient for Extraordinary Academic Achievement and the Scholar Athlete Award.

GCAA PING MEN'S ALL-AMERICANS

FIRST TEAM
Shintaro Ban, UNLV
Broc Everett, Augusta
Doug Ghim, Texas
Nick Hardy, Illinois
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt
Collin Morikawa, California
Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M
Justin Suh, Southern California
Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
Norman Xiong, Oregon

SECOND TEAM
Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State
George Cunningham, Arizona
Brad Dalke, Oklahoma
Stephen Franken, NC State
Ian Holt, Kent State
Dylan Meyer, Illinois
Kyle Mueller, Michigan
Bryson Nimmer, Clemson
Lorenzo Scalise, Tennessee
Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss

THIRD TEAM
Dawson Armstrong, Lipscomb
Hayden Buckley, Missouri
Patrick Fishburn, BYU
Luis Gagne, LSU
Lee Hodges, Alabama
Brandon Mancheno, Auburn
John Pak, Florida State
Davis Riley, Alabama
Scottie Scheffler, Texas
Thomas Walsh, Virginia

HONORABLE MENTION
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Claudio Correa, USF
Quade Cummins, Oklahoma
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Blaine Hale, Oklahoma
Grant Hirschman, Oklahoma
Chase Johnson, Kent State
Phillip Knowles, North Florida
Joshua Martin, North Carolina
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Garrett May, Baylor
Stefano Mazzoli, TCU
Cole Miller, Penn State
Fredrik Nilehn, Texas Tech
Alvaro Ortiz, Arkansas
Yannik Paul, Colorado
Matthew Perrine, Baylor
Turk Pettit, Clemson
Spencer Ralston, Georgia
Ivan Ramirez, Texas Tech
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Doc Redman, Clemson
Isaiah Salinda, Stanford
Alex Smalley, Duke
Brandon Smith, Texas A&M
Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine
Travis Trace, North Florida
Kristoffer Ventura, Oklahoma State
Cameron Young, Wake Forest
Andy Zhang, Florida

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