2012 WCC Golf Championship – Tournament Central
HOLLISTER, Calif. – Santa Clara University senior Ronnald Monaco finished his final collegiate tournament on a high-note, posting a final round 2-under par 70 to place 16th overall at the 2012 WCC Championships at San Juan Oaks Golf Club in Hollister. Monaco has been a four-year student-athlete at Santa Clara, and the team's lone senior in 2012.
Sophomore teammate Bobby Monaco (no relation) followed up Tuesday's team-best round of 73 with a 74 on Wednesday and placed 28th overall. However, the Broncos finished eighth in the team standings with rounds of 295, 311 and 296.
St. Mary's won its first-ever WCC team title, winning the tournament going away at 20-under as a group. The Gaels entered the week ranked No. 38 nationally and will represent the WCC men's side at the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Ben Geyer of St. Mary's was 9-under, edging San Diego's Alex Ching by one stroke for individual medalist honors.
SANTA CLARA RESULTS
T16 Ronnald Monaco (1) 70 79 70 219 +3
T28 Bobby Monaco (3) 78 73 74 225 +9
T34 Scott Lowe (2) 73 77 80 230 +14
38 Colin Gunstream (4) 74 82 77 233 +17
39 Brett Komoto (5) 82 83 75 240 +24
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1 St. Mary's (CA) 274 287 283 844 -20
2 San Francisco 289 278 286 853 -11
3 Brigham Young 290 286 290 866 +2
4 Gonzaga 288 292 287 867 +3
5 San Diego 297 284 287 868 +4
6 Loyola Marymount 302 286 297 885 +21
7 Pepperdine 295 296 297 888 +24
8 Santa Clara 295 311 296 902 +38
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1 Ben Geyer St. Mary's (CA) 69 72 66 207 -9
2 Alex Ching San Diego 72 70 66 208 -8
3 Taylor Travis San Francisco 70 70 70 210 -6
T4 Zachary Blair Brigham Young 70 69 72 211 -5
T4 Grant Forrest San Diego 70 69 72 211 -5
T6 Anders Engell St. Mary's (CA) 71 70 71 212 -4
T6 Peter Gullickson Gonzaga 69 73 70 212 -4
8 Ji Hwan Park San Francisco 72 69 72 213 -3
9 Jonathan De Los Reye St. Mary's (CA) 65 73 76 214 -2
T10 James Back San Francisco 73 69 73 215 -1
T10 Jobim Carlos San Francisco 74 70 71 215 -1
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Scott Lowe Honored for Academic Excellence
The West Coast Conference also announced its 2012 West Coast Conference Men's Golf All-Academic Team. Four members of this year's team appeared on the 2011 men's golf All-Academic Team: Anders Engell and Ben Geyer from Saint Mary's, San Diego's Leon Knoll and Mat Miller from San Francisco. Santa Clara sohomore Scott Lowe earned All-Academic honors in his first season of eligibility.
The complete 2012 West Coast Conference Men's Golf All-Academic team follows.
2012 MEN'S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Player, School, Yr., GPA., Major
Kyle Berka, LMU, So., 3.52, Communication Studies
Anders Engell, SMC, Sr., 3.45, Business Administration
Ben Geyer, SMC, Jr., 3.25, Business Administration
Eric Grimberg, SMC, Sr., 3.54, Grad
Jordan Hammer, BYU, So., 3.86, Undeclared
Leon Knoll, USD, Jr., 3.72, Finance
Scott Lowe, SCU, So., 3.73, Business
Mat Miller, USF, Sr., 3.45, Finance
Andrew Waldron, LMU, Sr., 3.41, Business Administration
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