3 Pioneers named PING All-Americans
Provided by Wayland Baptist Athletics
Three Wayland Baptist Pioneers have been named NAIA PING All-Americans, according to the Golf Coaches Association of America. Ryan Connolly made the first team while Ian Ansett and Andrew Williamson are on the third team.
It is the second straight year for Connolly, a senior, to be honored by PING, having made first-team All-American last year. He also is a two-time first-team All-American as selected by the NAIA. A senior from Wellingborough, England, Connolly finished 16th in the NAIA in scoring average at 72.53. He tied for third in the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament and tied for 18th at NAIA Nationals. He won two tournaments this season – the San Antonio Shootout and the Colorado State Wolf Pack Invitational – to go with two wins last season. Connolly will serve as Wayland's graduate assistant coach for the upcoming fall semester.
Ansett, a junior from Johannesburg, South Africa, ended with a 73.47 scoring average to rank 39th in the NAIA. He tied for 13th at the conference tournament and tied for 23rd at nationals. He was voted first-team All-American by the NAIA and PING last year and second-team All-American by the NAIA this season. Ansett made the NAIA All-Freshman Team in 2013.
Williamson, a freshman from Pretoria, South Africa, tied for 13th at NAIA Nationals to lead the Pioneers to a fifth-place team finish. He also tied for 13th at the SAC Championships and was named SAC Freshman of the Year, in addition to the Phil Mickelson NAIA All-Freshman Team.
