Four Men's Golfers Earn All-America Honors For Second Straight Year

Senior Mason Andersen has closed out his Sun Devil career by earning third-team PING All-America honors, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America, while three teammates earned honorable mention honors.

It marks the second straight season -- last year was the first time since 2009 -- the program has four GCAA All-Americans thanks to outstanding play all season combined with a strong run at the NCAA Championships

SUN DEVIL ALL-AMERICANS UNDER MATT THURMOND
2022: Mason Andersen (third), Josele Ballester (hm), David Puig (hm), Cameron Sisk (hm)
2021: David Puig (second), Chun An Yu (third), Ryggs Johnston (third), Cameron Sisk (hm)
2020: Cameron Sisk (third)
2019: Chun An Yu (first)
2017: Jared du Toit (second)

SUN DEVIL MEN'S GOLF ALL-AMERICANS (FOUR IN ONE SEASON)
2022: Mason Andersen (third), Josele Ballester (hm), David Puig (hm), Cameron Sisk (hm)
2021: David Puig (second), Chun An Yu (third), Ryggs Johnston (third), Cameron Sisk (hm)
2009: Knut Borsheim (hm), Stephan Gross (hm), Jesper Kennegard (hm), Scott Pinckney (hm)
1995: Todd Demsey (third), Chris Hanell (hm), Scott Johnson (hm), Joey Snyder (hm)
1990: Phil Mickelson (first), Per Johansson (second), Jim Lemon (third), Scott Frisch (hm)
1989: Phil Mickelson (first), Per Johansson (third), Jim Strickland (hm), Scott Frisch (hm)

Andersen put the exclamation point on his career with three match play wins at the NCAA Championship, beating Oklahoma's Patrick Welch 1-up in the quarterfinals, Pepperdine's Dylan Menante in 19 holes in the semifinals before cruising to a 3 & 2 win over Cole Hammer of Texas in the championship. He posted five top-10 finishes in the spring, including a tie for third at the 115-player Amer Ari Invitational in February, and led ASU at NCAA Stockton Regional with an 10-under 206 that tied for second.

Freshman Josele  Ballester, senior Cameron Sisk and junior David Puig all earned honorable mention. Puig earned second-team honors in 2022, while Sisk earned honorable mention in 2021 and third-team in 2020. Ballester earned the honor with an amazing run in the spring, earning five top-five finishes including a tie for second at the NCAA Stockton Regional and a fourth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships.

Andersen took advantage of the COVID year and competed for five seasons (2017-22) and played in 56 tournaments and in 173 rounds and notched a 71.39 stroke average. In his career he had 49 rounds in the 60s and 104 rounds of par or better.

Puig played in 11 tournaments this year and battled a back injury before bouncing back to notch a tie for 11th at the NCAA Championships. He won the Southwestern Invitational for the second straight year in January and also had top-five finishes at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate (T3) and OFCC/Fighting Illini Invite (T2).

Sisk finished his career as a three-time All-American with 44 tournaments and 135 rounds played and a 71.21 stroke average, including 70.82 in his senior year. He had 48 rounds in the 60s and 80 at par or better, including 26 of 39 in 2021-22. He earned medalist honors at three tournaments.