Lundell, Hirsch receive postseason WCC honors
SAN MATEO, Calif. – BYU’s Carson Lundell and Kelton Hirsch received All-WCC men’s golf postseason honors on Monday.
Lundell was one of ten players named to the All-WCC Men’s Golf First Team, while Hirsch was one of five players named All-WCC Honorable Mention.
Lundell received first-team honors following a tie for third place at the WCC Championship on May 1, one of his five top-3 finishes of the season. The junior from Alpine, Utah finished under-par in three-straight tournaments and collected first-place individual honors at the Nick Watney Invitational on Feb. 8-9, the Western Intercollegiate on April 12-14 and the PING Cougar Classic on April 23-24.
Lundell, who is currently No. 65 in the GolfStat NCAA Men's D1 Top 250 Rankings, was named All-WCC Honorable Mention as a freshman in 2018-19 and becomes the first Cougar to receive all-conference first team status a since Peter Kuest and Rhett Rasmussen in 2018-19.
Kelton Hirsch played his best golf of the season at the WCC Championship, finishing 10th with a three-round score of 7-under 67-70-72—209. The senior from Centerville, Utah played in nine of ten tournaments for BYU and had another top-10 finish at the Rustic Collegiate Classic on Nov. 5-6.
Hirsch was named to the WCC All-Academic Team as a junior in 2019-20.
Lundell, Hirsh and the BYU golf team will learn if they have been selected to compete at NCAA Regionals during the Golf Channel’s NCAA Championship Selection Show on Wednesday, May 5 at 12 p.m. MDT.
All-WCC Men's Golf First Team
Name | Team | Year |
Clay Feagler | Pepperdine | Sr. |
Blake Hathcoat | Saint Mary's | Sr. |
Joe Highsmith | Pepperdine | Jr. |
Soren Lind | San Francisco | Sr. |
Carson Lundell | BYU | Jr. |
Matt McCarty | Santa Clara | Gr. |
Dylan Menante | Pepperdine | So. |
Charlie Reiter | San Diego | So. |
Joey Vrzich | Pepperdine | Sr. |
Tim Widing | San Francisco | Gr. |
All-WCC Men's Golf Honorable Mention
Name | Team | Year |
Ethan Ashbrook | Saint Mary's | Jr. |
Jamie Cheatham | San Diego | Gr. |
Gavin Cohen | Loyola Marymount | Jr. |
Kelton Hirsch | BYU | Sr. |
Andi Xu | San Diego | Fr. |