NORMAN, Okla. – Little Rock junior
Anton Albers has been named a 2021 Division I PING All-Central Region selection, announced today by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Albers was one of two Sun Belt players named All-Region, earning the first national accolade of his career.
The honor adds to an impressive resume in 2020-21 as Albers was named a first team All-Sun Belt selection on the heels of one of the top individual seasons in Little Rock program history. He currently boasts a 72.27 season scoring average, the fifth-lowest by a Trojan, with 12 rounds of par-or-better, including six in the 60s. He has finished in the top-20 of the individual rankings in seven of the eight tournaments on the year with five top-10 showings and a pair of individual tournament titles.
Albers was the individual champion at both the Individual Spring Kickoff and the Trinity Forest Invitational, shooting a combined 8-under in those two events. He finished under par in five tournaments and shot a low round of 64 twice, tied for the lowest individual round in program history. The Buccholz, Germany native is currently ranked the number two golfer in the Sun Belt by GolfStat, ranked 98th nationally, as he boasts a career scoring average of 73.18, ranking third all-time.
Albers and the rest of the Trojans are continuing the historic season, getting set for the second round of the 2021 NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Little Rock was tied for 24th after round one with a 14-over 294 and will tee off in the final flight of the day Saturday, getting underway at 3:20 p.m. CT (1:20 p.m. MST).
2020-21 PING All-Central Region Team
Ludvig Alberg, Texas Tech
Anton Albers, Little Rock
Sam Bennett, Texas A&M
Jonathan Brightwell, Oklahoma
Pierceson Coody, Texas
Eugenio Chacarra, Oklahoma State
Quade Cummins, Oklahoma
Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State
Dan Erickson, Texas A&M
Noah Goodwin, SMU
Aman Gupta, Oklahoma State
Cole Hammer, Texas
Will Holcomb, Sam Houston
Bo Jin, Oklahoma State
Luke Kluver, Kansas
Logan McAllister, Oklahoma
McClure Meissner, SMU
Julien Perico, Arkansas
Garrett Reband, Oklahoma
Tyson Reeder, Arkansas
Julien Sale, Arkansas State
Jacob Skov Oleson, TCU
Ross Steelman, Missouri
Travis Vick, Texas
Patrick Welch, Oklahoma
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