Molder Named Jack Nicklaus Collegiate Player Of The Year

June 2, 2001

Norman, Okla. — Georgia Tech senior golfer Bryce Molder (Conway, Ark.) won his second National Collegiate Player of the Year award in 2001, as he was named the recipient of the Jack Nicklaus Collegiate Player of the Year award for the second time in his career. Earlier in May, he was named the recipient of the Dave Williams Collegiate Player of the Year Award.

The win by Molder marks the fourth time that a Yellow Jacket player has won the award, joining David Duval in 1993, Stewart Cink in 1995 and repeating his own feat from 1998 as a freshman. Molder finished the 2001 season with a stroke average of 69.43 and a career average of 70.67, both of which are NCAA all-time bests. This year, Molder won three individual titles, tying him with David Duval atop Tech?s all-time list with eight career victories. He finished outside the top four on only two occasions, and will compete in the Palmer Cup for the third time in his career later this month.

Adding to his growing list of accolades, Molder becomes only the fourth player in history to be named a four-time first-team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Joining Molder in that elite company is former Tech standout David Duval (1990-93), Arizona State?s Phil Mickelson (1989-92), and Wake Forest?s Gary Hallberg (1975-78).

Joining Molder on the GCAA All-America teams for the first time in their careers are sophomore Troy Matteson and junior Kris Mikkelsen. Matteson was selected to the third team after recording a pair of top-10 finishes and six top 20s during the 2001 season and finishing the year with a stroke average of 72.45. The second first-time All-American is junior Kris Mikkelsen, who was an honorable mention selection following his impressive fourth-place showing at the NCAA Championships in Durham, N.C. Mikkelsen finished the year with a scoring average of 73.54.

Below is a complete list of the GCAA All-America selections.

PING Second-Team All-America Ricky Barnes So.University of Arizona Erik Compton So. University of Georgia JamieElsonJr. Augusta State University David Inglis Fr. University ofTulsa Hunter Mahan Fr. University of Southern California GraemeMcDowell So. University of Alabama-Birmingham Bryant Odom Jr.University of Georgia Jeff Quinney Sr. Arizona State UniversityKyle Thompson Sr. University of South Carolina Nick Watney So.Fresno State University PING Third-Team All-America BubbaDickerson So. University of Florida Ryan Hybl Fr. University ofGeorgia Craig Lile Sr. University of Arkansas Troy Matteson So.Georgia Tech David Miller Jr. University of Georgia Chris NallenFr. University of Arizona Wilhelm Schauman So. University ofMinnesota David Sanchez Sr. North Carolina State University JimmyWalker Sr. Baylor University Oliver Wilson So. Augusta StateUniversity PING All-America Honorable Mention Matt AbbottSr. Penn State University Richard Ainley Sr. University ofLouisiana-Lafayette Anthony Arvidson Sr. Oregon State UniversityCamilo Benedetti Jr. University of Florida Jason Hartwick Fr.University of Texas Franklin Hatchett Jr. Southern MethodistUniversity Bill Haas Fr. Wake Forest University Brad Heaven Fr.University of Toledo Lars Johansson So. San Diego State UniversityTom Johnson Fr. Northwestern University John Klauk Jr. Universityof Texas Alex Kuyumjian Sr. University of Southern California ScottLander Sr. University of Nevada-Las Vegas Brock Mackenzie Fr.University of Washington Troy McKinley So. University of thePacific Jedd McLuen Sr. College of Charleston Kris Mikkelsen Jr.Georgia Tech Alan Morgan Sr. Louisiana State University ChrisMundorf Sr. North Carolina State University Simon Nash So.University of Minnesota P?r Nilsson Fr. Oklahoma State UniversityChez Reavie Fr. Arizona State University Andy Sanders Sr.University of Houston D.J. Trahan So. Clemson University MichaelWebb Jr. Augusta State University Lee Williamson Jr. PurdueUniversity