NORMAN, Okla. - 2025 NAIA PING All-Region honorees have been announced by the GCAA. Players across four regions earned all-region honors. All honorees are listed below.
 
Dalton State landed three on the South Region team with Jack Whaley, Ben McFadden, and Barrett Loftis representing the Birds.
 
Whaley is currently ranked as the #1 player in the country individually with a scoring average of 67.9, four wins, eight top-5's, and eight top-10's. McFadden and Loftis have each had fantastic freshman campaigns, combining for three top-5s and four top-10s with scoring averages of 71.7 and 73.4, respectively.
 
NAIA PING All-Region Teams
Midwest
Johan Bredenkamp, Lindsey Wilson
Owen Croft, Victoria (B.C.)
Sam Dykema, Indiana Wesleyan
Brandon Heffner, Marian (IN)
Kevin Latchayya, Campbellsville
Augie Mann, Marian (IN)
Pedro Marchioni, Columbia (MO)
Liam McEvoy, Lawrence Tech
Sean Minor, Columbia (MO)
Weston Ogden, Marian (IN)
Rio Saigal, Lindsey Wilson
Kyle Sanders, Indiana Wesleyan
Stanley White, Lindsey Wilson
Toby White, Lindsey Wilson
Martin Wing, Lawrence Tech
 
Central
Gerardo Alemany, Friends
Theo Baker, Mount Mercy
Gavin Dines, Baker
Gabriel Escalera, Hastings
Joshua Killingsworth, MidAmerica Nazarene
Henry Kosmicki, Hastings
Jackson Laven, Northwestern (IA)
Axton Miller, Northwestern (IA)
Patrick Neal, MidAmerica Nazarene
Trinton Nobles, Friends
Hunter Schmidt, MidAmerica Nazarene
Trenton Sutherland, Friends
Santiago Valdes, Park (MO)
Tomas Vazquez, Friends
Junn Yong, Mount Mercy
 
South
Adam Buchanan, Keiser
Dimitri David, Keiser
Juan Ignacio Dubra, SCAD Atlanta
Yann Ferrando, Keiser
Nateesh Ganesh, Keiser
Alessio Graziani, William Carey
Jacob Joseph, Point
Antonio Juarbe, Coastal Georgia
Barrett Loftis, Dalton State
Spencer McCranie, Southeastern (FL)
Ben McFadden, Dalton State
James Murray, Keiser
Pontus Nordstrom, Blue Mountain College
Vedant Sirohi, Webber International
William Brun Solum, Keiser
Jan Sustek, Keiser
Jack Whaley, Dalton State
Dominik Wolf, Point
 
West
Kristjan Burkelca, Rocky Mountain
Conner Cryer, USAO
Grant Ferreira, Southwestern Christian
Tres Hill, Oklahoma City
Jonathan Larson, The Master's
Leonard Lebrun, Wayland Baptist
Benjamin Lubker, Wayland Baptist
Brady Meek, Texas Wesleyan
Alex Navarro, Lewis-Clark State
Colin Price, Texas Wesleyan
Michael Robson, Oklahoma City
Gustav Sandström, OUAZ
Lorenzo Santinelli, Oklahoma City
Kolby Shackelford, OUAZ
Joshua Van der Wath, Houston-Victoria
Christian Yanovitch, Oklahoma City
 
About PING
PING designs, manufactures and markets a complete line of golf equipment including metal woods, irons, wedges, putters and golf bags. The family-owned company was founded in 1959 in the garage of the late Karsten Solheim, a mechanical engineer with an extensive background in the aerospace and computer industries. His frustration with his putting inspired him to design his own putter, which created a "pinging" sound when striking a golf ball. This sound was the source of the name now synonymous with innovation, quality and service throughout the world of golf. Solheim and his company are credited with numerous innovations that became industry standards, including perimeter weighting, custom fitting and the use of investment casting in the manufacturing of golf clubs.  His insistence on adhering to strict engineering principles and tight manufacturing tolerances raised the level of product performance and quality throughout the golf industry.  Solheim is the only person to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame as a golf club manufacturer. Today, the Phoenix-based company is under the direction of Solheim's grandson, John K. Solheim, who leads a team of more than 800 dedicated employees committed to helping improve the games of golfers around the world.

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