Jesper Kennegard earns honorable mention All-America honors

June 09, 2008

<a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/stats/020808aaa.html">Click here for final golf statistics, both team and individual round-by-round</a><separator></separator> <separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/archive/asu-m-golf-allameric… here for a list of ASU men's golf All-Americans through 2007</a><separator></separator> <separator></separator> <separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/photos/schools/asu/sports/m-golf/auto_pdf/… here for a complete list of 2008 GCAA men's golf All-Americans in PDF Format</a> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html" target="_new"><img src="http://grfx.cstv.com/graphics/icon-acrosmall.gif" border="0" alt="Get Acrobat Reader" width="9" height="10"></a><separator></separator> <separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/kennegard_jesper00.html"… Kennegard</a> has earned honorable mention All-America honors by the Golf Coaches Association of America as he led the Sun Devils to the 2008 Pac-10 title and a tie for 17th at the NCAA Championships held in late May. The Pac-10 title, the eighth for head coach <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/lein_randy00.html">Randy Lein</a> in his 16 years at ASU, was especially impressive as the teams that finished first (2008 NCAA champion UCLA), second (Stanford, the defending 2007 NCAA champion) and third (USC, the 2008 NCAA West Regional champion and 2007 Pac-10 champion) were all from the Pac-10 as ASU won the event in a playoff with USC.<separator></separator>Kennegard earned All-Pac-10 first-team honors and his 72.16 stroke average is the fourth-best in program history by a freshman, behind only <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/canizares_alejandro00.ht… Canizares</a> (71.65 in 2002-2003), Todd Demsey (72.10 in 1991-92) and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/mickelson_phil00.html">P… Mickelson</a> (72.14 in 1988-89). That trio each won at least one NCAA title in their career.<separator></separator> ASU MEN'S GOLF FRESHMEN SCORING AVERAGES (1989-2008) <separator></separator><table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%" class="tablecontent" bordercolor="#82022c"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffcc00"><td>Sun Devil, Events</td><td>Year</td><td>Scoring Average</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>1. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/canizares_alejandro00.ht… Canizares</a>, 8</td><td>2002-2003</td><td>71.65</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>2. Todd Demsey, 15</td><td>1991-1992</td><td>72.10</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>3. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/mickelson_phil00.html">P… Mickelson</a>, 14</td><td>1988-1989</td><td>72.14</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>4. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/kennegard_jesper00.html"… Kennegard</a>, 12</td><td>2007-2008</td><td>72.16</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>5. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/casey_paul00.html">Paul Casey</a>, 12</td><td>1997-1998</td><td>72.30</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>6. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/alvaradoholley_benjamin0… Alvarado Holley</a>, 10</td><td>2005-2006</td><td>72.50</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>7. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/quinney_jeff00.html">Jeff Quinney</a>, 11</td><td>1997-1998</td><td>72.57</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>8. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/reavie_chez00.html">Chez Reavie</a>, 10</td><td>2000-2001</td><td>72.58</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>9. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/bierenbroodspot_tristan0… Bierenbroodspot</a>, 7</td><td>2006-2007</td><td>72.64</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>10. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/borsheim_knut00.html">Kn… Borsheim</a>, 9</td><td>2006-2007</td><td>72.93</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>11. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/lemke_niklas00.html">Nik… Lemke</a>, 10</td><td>2003-2004</td><td>73.32</td></tr> </tbody></table>  <separator></separator><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" class="tablecontent" bgcolor="#eeeeee"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffcc00"><td colspan="8"><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/kennegard_jesper00.html"… Kennegard</a> 2007-2008 ROUND-BY-ROUND</td></tr> <tr><td>Tournament</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>Total</td><td>Score</td><td>Place</td></tr> <tr><td>Ping/Golfweek Preview</td><td>73</td><td>72</td><td>72</td><td> </td><td>217</td><td>+1</td><td>T6</td></tr> <tr><td>Illini Invitational</td><td>73</td><td>75</td><td>74</td><td> </td><td>222</td><td>+12</td><td>T28</td></tr> <tr><td>Alister MacKenzie Inv.</td><td>72</td><td>76</td><td>71</td><td> </td><td>212</td><td>-1</td><td>T32</td></tr> <tr><td>Isleworth-UCF Inv.</td><td>80</td><td>74</td><td>75</td><td> </td><td>229</td><td>+13</td><td>T71</td></tr> <tr><td>UH Hilo Intercollegiate</td><td>68</td><td>63</td><td>66</td><td> </td><td>197</td><td>-13</td><td>1</td></tr> <tr><td>Southern Highlands Collegiate </td><td>76</td><td>73</td><td>72</td><td> </td><td>221</td><td>+5</td><td>T18</td></tr> <tr><td>National Invitational </td><td>70</td><td>74</td><td>67</td><td> </td><td>211</td><td>-5</td><td>T5</td></tr> <tr><td> Thunderbird Invitational</td><td>75</td><td>68</td><td>69</td><td> </td><td>212</td><td>-1</td><td>T3</td></tr> <tr><td>Stanford Intercollegiate </td><td>71</td><td>72</td><td>67</td><td> </td><td>210</td><td>E</td><td>T5</td></tr> <tr><td> Pac 10 Men's Championship</td><td>67</td><td>73</td><td>72</td><td>75</td><td>287</td><td>+3</td><td>T13</td></tr> <tr><td>NCAA West Regional</td><td>76</td><td>77</td><td>69</td><td> </td><td>222</td><td>+6</td><td>T35</td></tr> <tr><td>NCAA Championship</td><td>80</td><td>75</td><td>75</td><td>--</td><td>230</td><td>+14</td><td>--</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="8">12 appearances, 37 rounds, 2,670 strokes, 72.16 stroke average</td></tr></tbody></table>