DeChambeau Named AAC Player Of The Year

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From SMUMustangs.com:

DeChambeau Named American Athletic Conference Player Of The Year
DeChambeau, Buchanan receive all-conference recognition

May 8, 2015

DALLAS (SMU/AAC) -- SMU junior Bryson DeChambeau was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, league officials announced today. Both DeChambeau and sophomore Andrew Buchanan received all-conference recognition.

DeChambeau is the first Mustang golfer to win league player of the year honors since Kelly Kraft won Conference USA Player of the Year in 2010. DeChambeau is also the first SMU player since Kraft to receive all-conference honors in three consecutive seasons.

DeChambeau is currently ranked fifth in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking and 27th in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking. The Clovis, Calif., native took second at The American Championships, recording a tournament-record 8-under 64 in the final round. DeChambeau has four top-five finishes this season, including a win at the Erin Hills Intercollegiate in early October.
The SMU co-captain played consistently to end the regular season, posting three top-five finishes in his last four events. DeChambeau placed third at both The Goodwin and the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate before his runner-up result at The American Championship.

DeChambeau has had a spectacular year of golf since winning the 2014 edition of The American Championship. He represented the United States twice, traveling to the United Kingdom to play in the Palmer Cup in June and then teaming up with Texas' Beau Hossler and Virginia's Denny McCarthy to win the World Amateur Team Championship in Japan in September, where DeChambeau carded a course record 61 in the second round of the tournament. DeChambeau was named to the Ben Hogan Award watch list in March, and was a second team All-American last season.

Buchanan received all-conference honors by placing fifth at The American Championship. The finish was Buchanan's third top-10 and second top-five of the season. Buchanan tied for ninth at the season-opening GolfWeek Conference Challenge and tied for fourth at the Erin Hills Intercollegiate. Buchanan shot under-par in all three rounds of The American Championship.

The Mustangs will next hit the links at the NCAA Regionals May 14-16 in Noblesville, Indiana, where they are the fifth seed. The top five teams from each regional site will advance to the NCAA Championships in Bradenton, Florida, which take place May 29-June 3.