Kennegard earns another golf All-America honor

June 11, 2008

<separator></separator>  <separator></separator> <separator></separator><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/photos/schools/asu/sports/m-golf/auto_pdf/… here for complete release of Golfweek's 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/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/mtt/kennegard_jesper00.html"… Kennegard</a>, who notched honorable mention All-America honors by the Golf Coaches Association of America last week, has earned the same honor from Golfweek. He is one of just 10 freshman to earn accolades by the magazine, which uses the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.<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 was the only team at the NCAA Championships to have three freshmen in its lineup as it is expected to return each player from its end-of-season lineup and five of six players from its 2008 Pac-10 Championship team, the eighth Pac-10 title for head coach <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/lein_randy00.html">Randy Lein</a> in his 16 seasons.<separator></separator>ASU finished 18th in the final Golfweek rankings while Kennegard was 36th.<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><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>