Four Men’s Golfers Named PING Mid-Atlantic All-Region
(NORMAN, Okla.) – For the second consecutive year, four Carnegie Mellon University men's golfers have been recognized for their play on the course this season by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). Seniors Jason Li (Sewickley, Pa./Sewickley Academy) and Jason Folker (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) along with juniors William Knauth (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) and Henry Scavone (Birmingham, Mich./Birmingham Seaholm) were named to the 2021 PING Mid-Atlantic Region team.
This marks the fourth straight season Li has been honored by the league coaches and third for Folker while it marks the first for Knauth and Scavone.
The four were also named to the University Athletic Association (UAA) Men's Golf Team after the team finished fourth at the 2021 NCAA Championships, the highest in program history.
Li, a two-time finalist for the NCAA Division III Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award and UAA Golfer of the Year, finished the season with a team-best average round of 72.1 through 14 rounds. In seven of his 14 rounds, the senior shot even-par or lower. Li has recorded three top three-finishes this season and claimed his first collegiate individual medalist honors after carding a two-under par 214 at the 54-hole Golfweek Spring Invitational. He placed eighth at the NCAA Championships after carding the second lowest 72-hole score in program history of 291.
Folker finished tied for third on the team with an average of 76.1 in 14 rounds of play. The senior led the Tartans at the NCAA Championships with a 72-hole school record score of 290 which placed seventh. Folker won the Wynlakes Intercollegiate with a six-under 138, the second lowest 36-hole score in program history. In the closing round of the event, Folker tied his collegiate-best round of five-under par 67 which is also the second best 18-hole round for a Tartan.
The teams second lowest individual average came from Knauth with a 73.5 over 14 rounds. In five of his round he carded even-par or lower and recorded a collegiate-best round of five-under par 67 during the opening round of the Jekyll Island Invitational which tied the second best 18-hole round in program history. The junior recorded the fourth best 72-hole program score of 298 at the NCAA Championships to place 28th overall.
Scavone tied Folker for the third best average with a 76.1 in 14 rounds. The junior fired a season-low round of even par 72 at the Wynlakes Intercollegiate in helping the Tartans to a second place finish.
The four receiving the honors matches the most regional distinctions for the program in one season. In 2015 and 2016, the Tartans had three members garner the accolade.