Qian Leads Trio of Tartans on All-UAA Squad

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's golf team had three athletes honored by the University Athletic Association's (UAA) coaches on the All-UAA team when the team was announced May 9.  Heading the list was junior George Qian (Bettendorf, Iowa/Montverde Academy) who was a first-team honoree. Junior Brad Jennette (Pittsford, N.Y./Sutherland) found a spot on the second team and sophomore Nikhil Mohan (Bangalore, India/Canadian International School) garnered honorable mention status.

The three helped lead the Tartans to three team victories in the Tartans' final four tournaments of the spring.  The stretch started with an 11-stroke victory at the 15-team Hershey Cup followed with a win at two home events, Carnegie Mellon Spring Invitational and at the Edward Jones Shootout.  Carnegie Mellon ended the season with a second place showing at the Fred Kravetz Invitational hosted by the University of Rochester.  

The trio also played a factor in the team setting two school records this past season. The first came at the Jekyll Island Collegiate when the Tartans' broke the lowest three-round score with an 888 and then the Cardinal and Gray carded a 282 at the Edward Jones Shootout to set a new single-round team score.  

Qian won both of his matches during the UAA match play championship in March, topping Keenan Hickton of Emory 5-and-4 before knocking off NYU's Lucas Oberholtzer 4-and-2.  The junior finished the season with a team-best average round of 75.6 through 19 rounds with a tournament win, three top-three finishes and five top-ten finishes. Qian recorded a season-low round of four-under par 68 during the final round of the TaylorMade-adidas Intercollegiate and was named Division III Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Men's Golfer of the Month for March.

Jennette finished second on the team with an average of 76.4 in 17 rounds of play.  The junior won two events and recorded five top-ten finishes. Jennette recorded a career-best round of even par 70 at the Edward Jones Shootout in April.

Mohan turned in three top-ten finishes and averaged a 77.3 competing in all 19 rounds this season.  The sophomore tied a career-best with an even par 72 on the final day of the 54-hole Jekyll Island Collegiate.