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NC State's Choi tabbed PING All-American again

Jun 20, 2012

Raleigh, N.C. — Rising junior Albin Choi of the NC State men's golf team was named a Division I PING All-American on Wednesday, the second-straight season the Toronto, Ontario, native has been listed among the top collegiate golfers in the country.

Choi backed up his breakout freshman campaign in 2010-11 with an impressive sophomore season that solidified him as one of the best in his sport.

Choi's fourth win at the college level, and second in 2011-12, came by way of a three-shot victory at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, earning PING All-Region honors along the way.

His win at the regional qualified him for the NCAA Championship, and he finished tied for 37th at 5-over 218 at Riviera Country Club.

Choi was named to the 12-man All-ACC team for a second-straight season after ranking eighth in the league with a 71.76 scoring average.

With two seasons under his belt, Choi's 71.64 career scoring average is second only to former NCAA national champion Matt Hill in school history. He is also among a group of only six Wolfpack golfers to win four collegiate events.

PING All-America Teams
First Team
Blayne Barber, Auburn
Julien Brun, TCU
Dylan Frittelli, Texas
Stephan Jaeger, Chattanooga
Daniel Miernicki, Oregon
Thomas Pieters, Illinois
Patrick Rodgers, Stanford
Jordan Spieth, Texas
Justin Thomas, Alabama
Chris Williams, Washington
Eugene Wong, Oregon
Second Team
Patrick Cantlay, UCLA
Pedro Figueiredo, UCLA
Luke Guthrie, Illinois
Brooks Koepka, Florida State
Ben Kohles, Virginia
Cheng-Tsung Pan, Washington
J.J. Spaun, San Diego State
T.J. Vogel, Florida
Cory Whitsett, Alabama
Andrew Yun, Stanford
Third Team
Zac Blair, BYU
Alex Ching, San Diego
Max Homa, California
Robert Karlsson, Liberty
Joakim Mikkelsen, Baylor
Julian Suri, Duke
Julio Vegas, Texas
James White, Georgia Tech
Peter Williamson, Dartmouth
Bobby Wyatt, Alabama
Honorable Mention
Anders Albertson, Georgia Tech
Josh Anderson, Pepperdine
Anton Arboleda, UCLA
Kevin Aylwin, North Florida
Dominic Bozzelli, Auburn
Sebastian Cappelen, Arkansas
John Catlin, New Mexico
Albin Choi, NC State
Eric Chun, Northwestern
Corey Conners, Kent State
Sean Dale, North Florida
Greg Eason, UCF
Derek Ernst, UNLV
Ricardo Gouveia, UCF
Vaita Guillaume, Campbell
Brandon Hagy, California
Jeffrey Kang, Southern California
Michael Kim, California
Will Kropp, Oklahoma
Steve Lim, Southern California
Tyler McCumber, Florida
Nate McCoy, Iowa State
Corbin Mills, Clemson
Keith Mitchell, Georgia
Cameron Peck, Texas A&M
Kevin Penner, UNLV
Matt Schovee, SMU
Max Scodro, Notre Dame
Ethan Tracy, Arkansas
Joseph Winslow, Iowa
Sang Yi, LSU