FSU’s Lilleboe And WSU's Juszczyk Earn GCAA Ping D-II Men's Golf All-America Honors
NORMAN, Okla. - Ferris State University senior Eric Lilleboe (Okemos, Mich./Lansing Catholic Central) and Wayne State University senior Joe Juszczyk (Dearborn Heights, Mich./Divine Child) earned 2009-10 Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Division II Men's Golf PING All-America honors, as announced recently.
Lilleboe was one nine players to earn first-team All-America recognition and lone representative from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). The selection of Lilleboe represents the 10th time in which a Ferris State men's golf student-athlete has attained All-America status. He also is the first individual in the program's history to receive first-team accolades.
Lilleboe, a two-time (2008-09 and 2009-10) PING All-Midwest Region selection, led the nationally 24th-ranked tying Ferris State team with a career single-season best 73.00 stroke average (2,409 total strokes) in 33 rounds of competition. The 2009-10 GLIAC Men's Golf "Athlete of the Year" finished among the top 10 on 10 occasions this season, which included being the top individual medalist in three tournaments - Saginaw Valley State Al Watrous Intercollegiate Invitational (Sept. 12-13), Ferris State Matt Pinter Invitational (Sept. 26-27), and GLIAC Championships (Oct. 3-5). He set a school record in the Bulldogs' season-opening tourney at the Saginaw Valley State Al Watrous Intercollegiate Invite with a three-round 14-under-par 202-stroke total (67-65-70=202) as Ferris State claimed top team honors.
Juszczyk, who was named to the PING All-America Second Team by
the GCAA, was an Honorable Mention All-America selection in 2008.
He tied for 14th at the 2010 NCAA Championship in Noblesville, Ind,
finishing with a season average score of 73.38 and two victories to
his credit. Juszczyk placed in the top 10 in nine events
during the 2009-10 campaign.
Over the last three years, Juszczyk has competed at the NCAA
Championship, doing so individually in 2008 before helping his team
qualify for the first time in program history last year. The
Warriors qualified again in 2010 and finished 14th.
