BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell University juniors Braxton Wynns and Ulf Hedlund have earned Atlantic Sun Conference men's golf all-conference honors for the 2002-03 academic year.
The A-Sun Player, Freshman and Coach of the Year are voted on by league head coaches. The first and second team all-conference honorees are based on the GolfStat rankings compiled at the conclusion of the A-Sun Championship.
Wynns, a junior from Buies Creek, was named to the men's first-team all-conference unit. His 72.63 stroke average was the fourth-best among A-Sun golfers during the 2002-03 season. Wynns earned A-Sun all-conference honors for the third-straight year. He was a first-team all-league and all-freshman team selection in 2001, then gained second-team status in 2002.
This season, Wynns captured one tournament title – Campbell's Lonnie D. Small Memorial, and had five top-10 individual finishes on the year. At one point, he scored par or better in eight-consecutive competitive rounds.
Hedlund ranked eighth among A-Sun golfers with a 73.21 stroke average and earned second-team all-conference honors. The junior from Borlange, Sweden was the team's low finisher in six of its 11 events during 2002-03. He won the Seton Hall/Rutgers Collegiate Classic and placed second at the Old Dominion Seascape Collegiate last October. During the spring, he was second at the Lonnie D. Small Memorial and finished sixth at the Beau Chene Collegiate and Belmont Invitational.
Matias Anselmo of Jacksonville State, who posted a 71.52 stroke average and finished second in the league championship, was named A-Sun Men's Golf Player of the Year. UCF's Stefan Wistorf, who won the A-Sun Championship in a league-record 13-under-par, was named A-Sun Men's Golf Freshman of the Year.
James Hobbs of Jacksonville State was voted A-Sun Men's Golf Coach of the Year after guiding his team to a second-straight league crown and NCAA Regional berth.
Joining Wynns, Anselmo and Wistorf on the first team were Ty Harris and Kasper Jorgenson of Georgia State. In addition to Hedlund, second-team all-conference members were Adam Barker of Belmont, Jose Campra and Nick Mackey of Jacksonville State, and Jason Henley from Mercer.
Wistorf led the A-Sun All-Freshman team that included Patricio Cozzoli of Jacksonville State, Sonny Nimkhum of UCF, Brandon Price of Mercer and Josh Thackerson of Gardner-Webb.