May 7, 2003
Indianapolis, Ind. - The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee has selected the teams and individuals that will participate in the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships. The Stanford men's golf team has been chosen to compete in the NCAA West Regional, held May 15-17, at the Washington National Golf Course in Auburn, Wash. The University of Washington is the host school.
The championships will be conducted May 27-30 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State University is the host institution for this year's championships.
Three regional tournaments, encompassing the current nine regions, will be conducted May 15-17. A total of 27 teams and six individuals have been selected for each regional competition with ten teams and two individuals advancing from each regional to the championships finals.
Listed below are the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships. Teams winning automatic qualification are designated by its conference in parenthesis.
EAST REGIONAL
Auburn University Club in Auburn, Alabama
Hosted by Auburn University.
Teams (seeded in the following order): 1.Clemson (Atlantic Coast) 2.Augusta State 3.Wake Forest 4.Florida (SEC) 5.Auburn 6.Georgia Tech 7.Tennessee 8.South Carolina 9.College of Charleston 10.Vanderbilt 11.Virginia Tech (Big East) 12.East Tennessee State 13.Duke 14.Georgia State 15.North Carolina-Wilmington 16.Alabama 17.Jacksonville State (Atlantic Sun) 18.Georgia Southern (Southern) 19.Penn State 20.Charleston Southern (Big South) 21.Maryland 22.James Madison 23.Rhode Island 24.Yale (Ivy) 25.Binghamton 26.Liberty 27.Jackson State (SWAC)
Individuals: 1.Gareth Maybin, South Alabama 2.John Humphries, LSU 3.Ryan Gildersleeve, South Alabama 4.Andrew Svoboda, St. John's (New York) 5.Ted Brown, Virginia Commonwealth 6.Alvero Velasco, Coastal Carolina
CENTRAL REGIONAL
Colbert Hills Golf Course in Manhattan, Kansas
Hosted by Kansas State University.
Teams (seeded in the following order): 1.Texas (Big 12) 2.TCU (Conference USA) 3.Oklahoma State 4.North Carolina 5.Minnesota (Big Ten) 6.North Carolina State 7.Oklahoma 8.Arkansas 9.Illinois 10.Northwestern 11.Southern Methodist 12.Baylor 13.Tulsa 14.Kentucky 15.Lamar (Southland) 16.Toledo 17.Michigan State 18.Wichita State (Missouri Valley) 19.North Texas (Sun Belt) 20.Texas A&M 21.Ohio State 22.Kent State (MAC) 23.Texas Tech 24.Kansas 25.Missouri 26.Kansas State 27.Wright State (Horizon)
Individuals: 1.Jeff Overton, Indiana 2.Brandon Brown, Eastern Kentucky 3.Peter Karmis, Purdue 4.Brett Jones, Louisville 5.Brett Callas, Houston 6.Stephen Carroll, Colorado
WEST REGIONAL
Washington National Golf Club in Auburn, Washington
Hosted by the University of Washington.
Teams (seeded in the following order): 1.UCLA (Pacific-10) 2.UNLV 3.Arizona 4.Georgia 5.Arizona State 6.Washington 7.New Mexico (Mountain West) 8.Southern California 9.Pepperdine (West Coast) 10.San Diego State 11.California 12.Fresno State (WAC) 13.UC Irvine (Big West) 14.Brigham Young 15.Colorado State 16.UTEP 17.Denver 18.Oregon 19.Austin Peay (Ohio Valley) 20.Stanford 21.Oregon State 22.Old Dominion (Colonial) 23.Xavier (Atlantic 10) 24.Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent) 25.Navy (Patriot) 26.Central Connecticut State (Northeast) 27.Loyola (Maryland) (Metro Atlantic)
Individuals: 1.Matt Hansen, Pacific 2.Brendan Steele, UC Riverside 3.Travis Bertoni, Cal Poly 4.Isaac Weintraub, San Jose State 5.Pete Sisich, Cal State Northridge 6.Graham DeLaet, Boise State
Conferences receiving automatic qualification into the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships are: Atlantic Coast Conference, Atlantic Sun Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Big East Conference, Big South Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big West Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy Group, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mid-American Conference, Mid-Continent Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, Mountain West Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Pacific-10 Conference, Patriot League, Southeastern Conference, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, Sun Belt Conference, West Coast Conference, and Western Athletic Conference.