April 23, 1999

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech University men's golf team led the conference by placing four student-athletes on the 1999 Men's Golf Academic All-Big 12 Team.

Senior Philip Tate (Biology), junior Matt Pitts (Zoology) and sophomore Corey Henegar (Economics) were all selected to the first-team. Senior Alex Armstrong (Finance) was named honorable mention.

Tate leads the Red Raiders with a 76.1 stroke average and owns the highest finish on the squad this season with a sixth place showing at the Crown Classic. Henegar is right behind Tate with a 76.4 average. His best finish was a tie for 11th at the Crown Classic. Pitts had a 78.5 average and tied for 49th at the UTSA Invitational for his top finish. Armstrong's tie for 17th position at the Copy Systems Intercollegiate was his best showing of the year. He owns a 77.6 scoring average.

Nominated by the directors of student-athlete support services and the athletic media relations directors, members of the all-academic team have posted at least a 3.2 grade point average either cumulative or the previous two academic semesters and are regulars (letterwinners) on their respective teams. Student-athletes with a grade point average between 3.0-3.19 are listed as honorable mention academic all-conference.

Texas Tech will be in action again on April 26-27 at the Big 12 Conference Championship in Hutchinson, Kansas. The University of Kansas is the host school.

1999 Men's Golf Academic All-Big 12 Team (*indicates nominated with a 4.0 grade point average)

First Team
Name, School				Class		Major				Hometown
Matt Pitts, Texas Tech			Jr.		Zoology				Wichita Falls, Texas
Corey Henegar, Texas Tech		Jr.		Economics			Austin, Texas
Philip Tate, Texas Tech			Sr.		Biology				Wichita Fallas, Texas
Ben Fiala, Colorado			Jr.		Business/Accounting		Durango, Colo.
Knut Ekjord, Colorado			Sr.		Business/Finance		Oslo, Norway
Jon Brackmann, Iowa State		Sr.		Marketing			Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Scott Hart, Iowa State			Sr.		Sociology			Des Moines, Iowa
Matt Lewis, Iowa State			Sr.		Speech Communication		Dubuque, Iowa
Brad Davis, Kansas			Jr.		Business Administration		Newton, Kansas
Casey Harbour, Kansas			Fr.		Undecided 			Lake Quivira, Kansas
Scott McNeely, Kansas State		Fr.		Undecided			Grand Prairie, Texas
Andy Espe, Missouri			Jr.		Accounting			Kirksville, Mo.
Steve Friesen, Nebraska			Sr.		Biological Sciences		Lincoln, Neb.
Ryan Nietfeldt, Nebraska		Sr. 		Accounting			Grand Island, Neb.
Jamie Rogers, Nebraska			Sr.		Business Administration		Buderim, Australia
Kelsey Cline, Oklahoma			So.		Sociology 			Yukon, Okla.
Chris James, Oklahoma*			Sr.		Finance				Edmond, Okla.
Peter Davidson, Oklahoma State* 	So.		International Business  	Hollviken, Sweden
Charles Howell, Oklahoma State		So.		Undecided               	Augusta, Ga.
Nick Seymour, Oklahoma State		Fr.		Undecided               	Tustin, Calif.
Sean Gilliland, Texas A&M		Fr.		GEST				Killeen, Texas

Honorable Mention
Alex Armstrong, Texas Tech		Sr.		Finance				Fort Worth, Texas
Troy Ceasar, Baylor			Jr.		BBA/ISY				Sugarland, Texas
Norton Rainey, Colorado			Sr.		Business/Marketing		Littleton, Colo.
Janszen Ringo, Missouri			Fr.		Undeclared			Ironton, Mo.
Josh Madden, Nebraska			Sr.		Communication Studies		St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
John Klauk, Texas			Fr.		Liberal Arts			Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.