The Southeastern Conference released its postseason golf awards Tuesday, and LSU junior All-American Andrew Loupe picked up First-Team All-SEC honors.Loupe is the second straight LSU golfer to earn the designation, as fellow junior John Peterson made First-Team All-SEC last season. Loupe’s selection made him LSU’s 30th First-Team All-SEC golfer all-time.Aside from leading the Tigers, Loupe ranks No. 8 among SEC players with a 72.09 stroke average. He has appeared in all 11 of LSU’s tournaments this season.Loupe won his first individual title this season with a win at the Louisiana Classics. He earned a career-low score of 8-under par 208.Loupe tied for fourth at this season’s SEC Men’s Golf Championships on April 16. It was his first ever top-five or top-10 finish at the SEC tournament.His performance this season has been enough to earn him the No. 47 ranking in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index, which ranks collegiate golfers.Also earning first-team all-conference honors in addition to Loupe were Tyson Alexander from Florida, George Bryan IV from South Carolina, Bud Cauley and Hunter Hamrick from Alabama, Harris English and Russell Henley from Georgia, David Lingmerth from Arkansas and Jonathan Randolph from Ole Miss.Georgia nearly swept the sport’s individual awards, as Bulldogs coach Chris Haack was named Coach of the Year, while Henley also earned SEC Player of the Year. Georgia freshman Bryden MacPherson earned SEC Freshman of the Year.The only non-Bulldog to earn an individual award was Florida’s Bank Vongvanij, who was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.—-Contact David Helman at [email protected].
Golf: Loupe named first-team All-SEC
April 27, 2010