The 2004-2005 FCWT Awards Presentation

On Friday, May 27, 2005, the following FCWT players were recognized for their accomplishments during the 2004-2005 season.

Boys 11-12 division Academic Team	Girls 3rd Team Girls 2nd Team Girls 1st Team East Region Player of the Year Central Region Player of the Year West Region Player of the Year OVERALL Player of the Year
Boys 13-15 3rd Team Boys 13-15 2nd Team Boys 13-15 1st Team East Region Player of the Year Central Region Player of the Year West Region Player of the Year OVERALL Player of the Year	Boys 16-18 3rd Team Boys 16-18 2nd Team Boys 16-18 1st Team East Region Player of the Year Central Region Player of the Year West Region Player of the Year OVERALL Player of the Year

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: Mike Amato

FACES OF THE FUTURE

The members of this team all won more than one event this season or finished in the Top 5 in points. This team represents 14 wins collectively.

11-12 players

Dylan Healey of Albuquerque, NM

Alex Slaton of Gainesville, FL

Anthony Paolucci of Irving, TX

Ben Itterman of Carlsbad, CA

Luke Vivolo of Carmel, CA

Tad Murray of La Quinta,CA

Kraig McLeod of Pebble Beach, CA

Michael Werenski of South Hadley, MA

Academic Team

Players were selected for the Academic Team based on several criteria. Players could earn points in each of these categories: Current GPA, Cumulative GPA, SAT and/or ACT scores, and writing sample. Each of the players selected for this year’s team earned 100% of the points for which they were eligible.

Wilson	Bowen	Winnetka	IL
Trevor	Carle	Santa Rosa	CA
Doug	Hamilton	Falmouth	MA
Adam	Long	St. Charles	MO
Brandon	Marick	Northbrook	IL
David	Miller	Chillicothe	OH
Benjamin	Murray	La Quinta	CA
Mike	VanSickle	Wexford	PA
Varun	Wadhwa	Bradenton	FL
Ben	Wescoe	La Jolla	CA
Ashley	Young	Upper St. Clair	PA
Eleanor	Costello	Wilmette	IL

Boys 13-15 division Awards

These players were named to the Third team either for winning an FCWT event with a field of 15 or less this season (including those with division within a division) or they finished in the Top 10 in points in the 13-15 points standings. This team has collectively earned 9 wins, 25 Top 5 finishes and 40 Top 10 finishes.

Robert	Belz of San Antonio, TX
Jake	Bieber of Alamo,CA
Brewer	Bradshaw of Columbia, SC
Ryan	Conner of Fort Worth, TX
Antonio	Grillo of Vineyard Haven, MA
Jeffrey	Hamm of Danville, CA
Adam	Hofmann of Pittsburgh, Pa
Mark	Johnson of Tulsa, OK
Erich	Johnston of Fort Wayne, IN
Zachary	Kain of Glencoe, IL
Brian	O'Regan of Walnut Creek, CA
Matthew	Stasiak of Clarence, NY

Players on the 2nd team have all won an event with 15 or more players in the 13-15 division field or they have three or more Top 3 FCWT finishes for the season. Players on this team represent 8 wins, 27 Top 5 finishes, and 36 Top 10 finishes.

Wilson	Bowen of Winnetka, IL
Samuel	Chavez of Hillsborough, CA
Andrew	Colvin of Longwood, FL
Jhared	Hack of Heathrow, FL
Steven	Loer of Sarasota, FL
Carl	McCauley of Parkland, FL
Shaun	O'Meara of Windermere, FL
Travis	Ralph of Longboat Key, FL
Kyle	Smell of Overland Park, KS
Christopher	Walker of The Woodlands, TX
Johnny	Widmer of Cayman Islands

Players on the Boys 13-15 division FIRST team have all won multiple events during the 2004-2005 season. They represent 23 wins, 42 Top 5 finishes, and 49 Top 10 finishes.

Connor	Green of Selma, CA
Mark	Hubbard of Denver, CO
Kevin	Kring of Springfield, MO
Jordan	Lewis of West Frankfort, IL
Eric	Lo of Bradenton, FL
Gregor	Main of Danville, CA
Benjamin	Murray of La Quinta, CA
Brinson	Paolini of Virginia Beach, VA
Diego	Tamayo of Venezuela
Chase	Wright of Muncie, IN

Girls 3rd Team

The members of this team all finished 1^st in an event not ranked by Golfweek or they finished in the Top 10 in points for the Girls division. This team represents 8 wins, 23 Top 5 finishes, and 31 Top 10 finishes.

Ebonie	Burgess of Devonshire, BERMUDA
Eleanor	Costello of Wilmette, IL
Brooke	Green of Orangevale, CA
Allie	Hanlon of Hingham, MA
Diana	Hong of Gold River, CA
Brighid	Hourihan of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Maki	Kamimura of W. Covina, CA
Isabelle	Lendl of Goshen, CT
Brittany	Rendell of Winnetka, Il
Christina	Stockton of Auburn, CA
Kelley	VanDenburg of Brockport, NY
Hannah	Yun of Bradenton, FL
Andrea	Watts of Lone Tree, Co

Girls 2nd Team

Players on this team have one win in an FCWT Golfweek ranked event and/or 3 or more Top 3 finishes this season. This team represents 8 wins, 26 Top 5 finishes, 31 Top 10 finishes.

Elizabeth	Alger of Tequesta, FL
Courtney	Ellenbogen of Blacksburg, VA
Marika	Lendl of Goshen, CT
Ellen	Mueller of Evansville, IN
Rhea	Nair of Dubai, United Arab Emirates
So-Hyun	Park of Bradenton, FL
Michelle	Romano of West Islip, NY
Nicole	Schachner of Libertyville, IL
Zahra	Shah of Bradenton, FL
Natalie	Sheary of West Hartford, CT
Ann Marie	Sztukowski of Fond du Lac , WI
Sarah	Thead of Poway, CA

Girls 1st Team

The players on this team all won either an Invitational or won multiple events during the 2004-2005 season. This team represents 18 wins, 26 Top 5 finishes, and 30 Top 10 finishes.

Mina	Harigae of Monterey, CA
Courtney	Harter of Clearwater, FL
Nathada	Huachai of Bradenton, FL
Taylore	Karle of Scottsdale, AZ
Whitney	Neuhauser of Barboursville, VA
Lucy	Nunn of Lawton, OK
Louisa	Tarn of London, UK
Kristina	Wong of Vestal, NY

Boys 16-19 3rd Team

Players on this team won a Junior Golf Scoreboard ranked event or finished in the Top 10 in points in this division. This team represents 10 wins, 17 Top 5 finishes, 26 Top 10 finishes.

Kyle Thomas of Fishers, IN

Taylor Hakes of Coronado, CA

Adam Dolezal of Lake Forest, IL

Rickie Fowler of Murrieta, CA

Jon McLean of Weston, FL

John Wise of Issaquah, WA

Victor Billskoog of Miami, FL

Chad Keohane of Bradenton, Fl

William Miller of McMurray, PA

Travis Woolf of Arlington, TX

Nuno Henriques of Bradenton, FL

Adam Long of St. Charles, MO

David Yujin Chung of Fayetteville, NC

Michael Mulieri of Silver Spring, MD

Johnny Widmer of Cayman Islands

Boys 16-19 2nd Team

Players on this team all won an FCWT Golfweek ranked event or had three or more Top 3 finishes during the 2004-2005 season. This team represents 16 wins, 33 Top 5 finishes, and 40 Top 10 finishes.

Jay Whitby of Wyoming, DE

Draegen Majors of Bixby, OK

Brent Paladino of Kensington, CT

Arnond Vongvanij of Bradenton, FL

Drew Kittleson of Scottsdale, AZ

Chesson Hadley of Raleigh, NC

Gregor Slabe of Bradenton, FL

Jake Yount of Danville, CA

Tommy Mou of Bradenton, FL

Sang Chun of Winter Springs, FL

Chris Johnson of Brunswick, GA

Jackson Beindorf ofVero Beach, FL

Sandro Piaget of MONACO

Billy McKay of Grand Blanc, MI

Peter Uihlein of Bradenton, FL

Darrin Cripe of Cromwell, IN

Mike McMillan of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Tyler Parsloe of Littleton, CO

Boys 16-19 1st Team

Players on this team won an Invitational or won multiple events during the 2004-2005 season. This team represents 16 wins, 26 Top 5 finishes and 31 Top 10 finishes.

Nate Barbee of Dakota Dunes, SD

Eddie Olson of Aptos, CA

Mike VanSickle of Wexford, PA

Ben Fox of Studio City, CA

Conrad Shindler of Coppell, TX

Sam Saunders of Windermere, FL

Chris Jensen of Los Altos, CA

Roberto Galletti, Jr. of Clayton, CA

Cody Paladino of Kensington, CT

The Boys 13-15 East Region player of the Year is the only player in this region to win 3 times. Additionally, when he moved up to the Boys 16-18 division in March, he finished 2^nd in his first event at that level. In 9 rounds of FCWT play, his stroke average is 71.89. The Boys 13-15 East Region Player of the Year from Venezuela is Diego Tamayo.

This year’s Boys 13-15 Central Region player of the year is the only player in this region to have earned 3 wins. Two of these wins were played at events where the 13-15 played a division within a division (Oklahoma and La Cantera) – meaning that these young men played from the older tees. Not only did he win at these two events he finished T8 and T6 respectively in the overall competition. In 15 rounds of FCWT play his stroke average is 74.40. This year’s 13-15 Central Region Player of the Year from Springfield, MO, is Kevin Kring.

This year’s West Region player of the year played in 5 FCWT events and won twice. In his other events he finished 2^nd, 2^nd and Tied for 2^nd, demonstrating the consistency of his game. He is one of only two players to earn a win while competing against this year’s BOYS 13-15 OVERALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR. In 13 rounds of FCWT play his stroke average is 73.54. This year’s 13-15 West Region Player of the Year from Selma, CA is Connor Green.

The Boys 13-15 division this season was an exciting thing to watch. The competition just got better and better as the season progressed. This year’s player of the year played in 7 events and won 4 times - more than any other FCWT player this season in any division. The 3 times he did not win, he finished 2^nd. If he is in the field you can count on him to be “in the hunt.” In 17 rounds of FCWT play, his stroke average is 72.00. This year’s player of the Year from Danville, CA, is Gregor Main.

As a sophomore, the East Region Girls Player of the Year had one win and 3 other Top 5 finishes which earned her a place on the 2^nd team All-American for 2003-2004. This year as a junior she has recorded two wins and a second place finish this season. Unable to be with us tonight because she is attending her sister’s wedding, from Barboursville, VA, Whitney Neuhauser.

Last season, as a junior the Girls Central Region Player of the Year earned a spot on the First Team All-American by virtue of 2 wins and 3 additional Top 5 finishes. As a senior, this season, she is the only female player in this region to win more than once. The Central Region Player of the Year from Lawton, OK is Lucy Nunn.

The Girls West Region AND Overall Player of the Year is the only female player with more than 2 wins on the FCWT this season. In 4 events this season, she had 3 wins and one 2^nd place finish. In August 2004 she won her first FCWT event at the Laura Diaz FCWT Girls National Championship at Duke and is here to defend her title. The Girls West Region and Overall Player of the Year is Taylore Karle of Scottsdale, AZ

This year’s Central Player of the Year is the only player in the Boys 16-18 division with 2 wins. He adds to this a top 5 finish at Tucson. In 12 rounds of FCWT play, his stroke average is 76.25. This year’s Central Player of the Year from Dakota Dunes, SD is Nate Barbee.

The East Region player of the year is the only player in the Boys 16-18 division to have 3 wins this season. He also had three other Top 5 finishes at FCWT events. In 14 rounds of FCWT player, his stroke average is 74.14. This year’s East Region Player of the Year from Wexford, PA is Mike VanSickle.

The Western Region Player of the Year played 4 West Region events this season, winning twice, including one Invitational. He also had a 2^nd place finish and finished T3 at the other Western Invitational. In 8 rounds of FCWT play, his stroke average is 69.50. This year’s West Region player of the year is Ben Fox of Studio City, CA.

As a sophomore, this young man was the 2003 FCWT 13-15 yr old National Champion. In 2004 as a junior, while never winning, he had three Top 5 finishes and 4 Top 10s. He finished T11 at the 2004 National Championship. As a senior he won twice and also had two second place finishes at the Sawgrass and Bayonet Invitationals. So in 4 FCWT events this season, playing coast to coast, he had two wins and two second place finishes. In 9 rounds of FCWT play his stroke average is 70.75. He and will be attending UNLV in the fall on a golf scholarship. He is currently ranked in the Top 10 male players in the country in the Golfweek/Titleist rankings. Unable to be with us tonight because of Senior exams, this year’s Player of the Year from Aptos, CA is Eddie Olson.