Emory University seniors Shane Miller (Harrison City, PA) and John Ross (N. Barrington, IL) have earned spots on the 2009-10 Division III Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar Team.  The announcement was made by the Golf Coaches Association of America. It marks the second straight year that Ross landed a berth on the All-Scholars Team.

A business major, Miller finished with an overall grade-point average of 3.54 while averaging 78.2 strokes per-round average.  Miller played a team-high 26 rounds in 2009-10 and was the Eagles’ top performer at the Greensboro Invitational (7^th out of 71 players) and the Oglethorpe/Royal Lakes Invitational (6^th out of 87 players) during the fall portion of the schedule.  Miller’s one-over par 143 at the Oglethorpe/Royal Lakes Invitational represented the low 36-hole score by an Emory player this year, and his  opening-round performance of 67 ranked as the team’s best outing as well.  At the NCAA Division III Championships, Miller captured Third Team All-America honors after finishing in 17^th place.

Ross, a business major, closed out his Emory career with  of a 3.76 GPA.  He played in all 11 of the team’s rounds during the fall and averaged 76.8 strokes per outing.  Ross graduated in December of 2009.

To be eligible for Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar status, an individual must be a junior or senior academically and compete in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participate in 70 percent of available tournaments or compete in the NCAA Championships, have a stroke average of under 79.0 in Division III and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.2.

Division III Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars 

Nick Antonelli, Salem State
Jordan Benner, Ohio Wesleyan
Ben Cahill, Saint John’s
Bob Camp, Williams
Jesse Chiero, Ohio Wesleyan
Terence Clingaman, Trine
Christopher Conklin, St. Olaf
Brian Creghan, Guilford
Nicholas Daniel Giordano, Redlands
Joshua Grossman, Trinity College
Tom Harman, Ohio Wesleyan
Alex Hedlund, Redlands
Ross Jacobucci, Luther
Ricky Jones, Southwestern
Jack Killea, Williams
Alex Lorencz, Trine
Matthew Martin, Transylvania
Shane Miller, Emory
Chris Morris, Centre
John  Morris, Claremont McKenna
Tyler Nelson, Linfield
AJ Olson, Gustavus Adolphus
Matthew Rebitch, Oglethorpe
John Ross, Emory
Jeff Santora, Salem State
Alec Schumacher, Luther
Roberth Schwalbach, Benedictine
Tom Sponheim, Redlands
David Sreiberg, Adrian
Steven Strock, Hope
Bo Tiller, LaGrange
Andrew Townsend, Central
William Utter, St. Olaf
Ben von Reyn, St. Lawrence
Jake Wagner, Williams
Erik Craig Weiss, Concordia
Trip Wray, Amherst
Ryan Young, Whitworth