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Seven C-USA Teams Selected to NCAA Men's Golf Championship
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	Martin Simonsen, UTEP

May 7, 2012

IRVING, Texas - A record seven Conference USA men's golf teams have been selected to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship, as announced Monday night by the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee. The seven bids are the most in league history and mark the ninth consecutive multiple-bid season for C-USA.

Memphis, the 2012 C-USA team champion, is joined by East Carolina, Houston, Tulsa, SMU, UAB and UCF in the Regional field, along with UTEP's Martin Simonsen, who was selected as an individual.

Memphis will compete at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky. This is the second consecutive season the Tigers have earned a berth into the NCAA Regionals and are a No. 7 seed this year.

East Carolina and Houston will play at the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga., and are seeded Nos. 6 and 10, respectively. SMU and Tulsa are seeded Nos. 7 and 9 in Greensboro, N.C., and will play at the Grandover Resort-East Course.

UCF and UAB will head west to play at the Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif. UCF earned the No. 4 seed and UAB is seeded No. 6.

Simonsen will play as an individual in Norman, Okla., at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club.

Six 54-hole regional tournaments will be conducted May 17-19. Thirteen teams and 10 individuals not on those teams will compete at each of three regionals, while the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals.

The finals will be conducted May 29-June 3, at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. Southern California is the host institution for this year's championships.

Listed below are the teams and individuals selected to participate in the championships. Teams winning automatic qualification are designated by their conferences in parentheses.

Conference USA teams are bolded and underlined.

University of Georgia Golf Course -- Athens, Ga.
Host: Georgia

Teams

1. Alabama [Southeastern Conference]
2. North Florida [Atlantic Sun Conference]
3. New Mexico
4. Georgia
5. Iowa
6. East Carolina
7. Long Beach State
8. Augusta State
9. Wake Forest
10. Houston
11. Texas-Arlington
12. North Carolina-Wilmington [Colonial Athletic Association]
13. Loyola (Md.) [Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]

Individuals

1. Joe David, Mississippi
2. Jacobo Pastor, Charleston Southern
3. Trey Valentine, South Florida
4. Chad Ramey, Mississippi State
5. Sebastian Soderberg, Coastal Carolina
6. Brandon Pena, Florida Gulf Coast
7. James Beale, Mercer
8. David Denlinger, Charleston Southern
9. Kamito Hirai, Winthrop
10. Clay Myers, Jackson State

Grandover Resort -- East Course -- Greensboro, N.C.
Hosts: North Carolina-Greensboro and the Greensboro Sports Commission

Teams

1. Auburn
2. UNLV
3. Florida
4. Duke
5. Indiana
6. Liberty [Big South Conference]
7. SMU
8. Texas Tech
9. Tulsa
10. Lamar [Southland Conference]
11. Louisiana-Lafayette
12. Charlotte
13. George Washington [Atlantic 10 Conference]
14. Mount St. Mary's [Northeast Conference]

Individuals

1. Vaita Guillaume, Campbell
2. Sam Ryder, Stetson
3. Rhys Enoch, East Tennessee State
4. Casey O'Toole, Samford
5. Leo Garcia, Sacred Heart

University of Michigan Golf Course - Ann Arbor, Mich.
Host: Michigan

Teams

1. Southern California
2. Oregon
3. Kent State [Mid-American Conference]
4. Virginia
5. Baylor
6. Oklahoma State
7. Kennesaw State
8. TCU
9. Purdue
10. North Carolina State
11. Notre Dame [Big East Conference]
12. Ohio State
13. Navy [Patriot League]

Individuals

1. Peter Williamson, Dartmouth
2. Matt Thompson, Michigan
3. Sebastian MacLean, Xavier
4. Erik Van Rooyen, Minnesota
5. Dan Ellis, Michigan State
6. Tyler Merkel, Ball State
7. Charlie Bull, Akron
8. Chad Ebert, Green Bay
9. William Park, Army
10. Greg Matthias, Delaware

The Club at Olde Stone - Bowling Green, Ky.
Host: Western Kentucky

Teams

1. UCLA
2. Arkansas
3. Texas A&M [Big 12 Conference]
4. Clemson
5. North Texas [Sun Belt Conference]
6. Chattanooga [Southern Conference]
7. Memphis [Conference USA]
8. Virginia Tech
9. Northwestern
10. Iowa State
11. Colorado State
12. Jacksonville State [Ohio Valley Conference]
13. Pennsylvania [The Ivy League]
14. Alabama State [Southwestern Athletic Conference]

Individuals

1. Jace Long, Missouri
2. Justin Dorward, Louisville
3. Adam Hofmann, Vanderbilt
4. Emilio Cuartero, Missouri
5. Anthony Bradley, Austin Peay

Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club - Norman, Okla.
Host: Oklahoma

Teams

1. Texas
2. Georgia Tech [Atlantic Coast Conference]
3. Washington
4. Florida State
5. Oklahoma
6. Saint Mary's (Calif.) [West Coast Conference]
7. Illinois [Big Ten Conference]
8. Middle Tennessee
9. South Carolina
10. San Diego
11. Arizona
12. Sacramento State [America Sky Men's Golf Conference]
13. IUPUI [The Summit League]
14. Loyola-Chicago[Horizon League]

Individuals

1. Martin Simonsen, UTEP
2. Kevin Lucas, Nevada
3. Mitchell McLeroy, Stephen F. Austin
4. Scott Willman, Nebraska
5. Alfred Kerstis, UALR

Stanford Golf Course - Stanford, Calif.
Host: Stanford

Teams

1. California [Pac-12 Conference]
2. Stanford
3. San Diego State [Mountain West Conference]
4. UCF
5. LSU
6. UAB
7. Wichita State [Missouri Valley Conference]
8. Tennessee
9. Oregon State
10. Southeastern Louisiana
11. San Francisco
12. San Jose State [Western Athletic Conference]
13. UC Davis [Big West Conference]

Individuals

1. Zac Blair, Brigham Young
2. Justin Shin, New Mexico State
3. Josh Anderson, Pepperdine
4. Alex Edfort, Pacific
5. Justin Keiley, Brigham Young
6. Allan Jun, UC Irvine
7. Mason Casper, Utah Valley
8. Johnny MacArthur, Pepperdine
9. Jarred Bossio, Idaho
10. Zachery Fullerton, New Mexico State