Hill Named ACC Golfer of the Year; Blair Earns All-ACC Honors
Courtesy: NC State
Release: 05/04/2009
Courtesy: Karl DeBlaker http://www.gopack.com/ Matt Hill is only the second NC State golfer named the ACC's Golfer of the Year.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The honors keep rolling in for sophomore golfer Matt Hill, as he was named the 2009 ACC Golfer of the Year announced by the conference today. Hill is only the second NC State golfer ever to win the award, sharing that honor with current PGA Tour member Tim Clark who won in 1997.
Hill was also an automatic member of the All-ACC team after he earned co-medalist honors at the ACC Championships. Hill was also named All-ACC as a freshman last season.
A second member of the Pack also earned All-ACC honors, as senior Darren Blair was named to the all-conference team for the first time in his career.
The selections to the ACC squads were made by the league’s 11 head coaches.
2009 All-ACC Men’s Golf Team - (Listed alphabetically by school) Kyle Stanley, Clemson (Jr., Gig Harbor, Wash.) Ben Martin, Clemson (Jr., Greenwood, S. C.) David May, Clemson (Sr., Auburn, N. Y.) Matt Savage, Florida State (Sr., Louisville, Ky.) Drew Kittleson, Florida State (So., Scottsdale, Ariz.) Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech (Sr., Laguna Niguel, Calif.) John Popeck, Maryland (Fr., Washington, Pa.) Kevin O’Connell, North Carolina (So., Cary, N. C.) Matt Hill, NC State, So (Bright’s Grove, Ontario) Darren Blair, NC State (Sr., Johannesburg, South Africa) Drew Weaver, Virginia Tech (Sr., High Point, N. C. Dustin Groves, Wake Forest (Sr., Keswick, Va.)
ACC Player of the Year Matt Hill, NC State (So., Bright’s Grove, Ontario)
ACC Freshman of the Year Brooks Koepka, Florida State (Fr., Wellington, Fla.)
Courtesy: Karl DeBlaker
