WACO (June 14, 2012) – 2012 Big 12 Conference champion Joakim Mikkelsen earned honorable mention All-American honors from Golfweek, becoming the first Baylor All-American men’s golfer since 2006.
Mikkelsen is the 12th All-American in program history and the first in six years when Ryan Baca picked up first-team honors from PING. The Drammen, Norway, native was one of 50 golfers named to pick up Golfweek All-American honors. The first, second and third teams as well as honorable mention were determined by the players’ order in the final Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.
At the end of May, Mikkelsen was named to the 2012 PING All-Central Region Team, earning all-region honors for the third consecutive season.
As a senior, Mikkelsen became Baylor’s first All-Big 12 golfer since 2008 and was one of five finalists for the 2012 Byron Nelson Award. He concluded the 2011-12 season with a 71.38 stroke average, the second-lowest single-season average in program history. He won the 2012 Big 12 Championship individual title, shooting 3-under and erasing a seven-stroke deficit in the final round. He leaves Baylor with 12 career top-five and 19 career top-10 finishes, ranking third in program history in both categories.
A seven-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll member, he was a three-time Academic All-Big 12 first-team selection and a two-time Big 12 Golfer of the Month (February 2012, April 2012). Mikkelsen and the Bears advanced to the 2012 NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, marking Baylor’s 15th consecutive NCAA postseason appearance and 20th overall.
He graduated in May from Baylor with a degree in speech communication.
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2012 GOLFWEEK ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
Teams determined by players’ order in Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings
First Team
Justin Thomas, Fr., Alabama; Jordan Spieth, Fr., Texas*; Dylan Frittelli, Sr., Texas; Patrick Rodgers, Fr., Stanford*; Chris Williams, Jr., Washington; Eugene Wong, Sr., Oregon; Blayne Barber, Jr., Auburn; Julien Brun, Fr., TCU*; T.J. Vogel, Jr., Florida; Daniel Miernicki, Sr., Oregon
Second Team
Patrick Cantlay, So., UCLA; Stephan Jaeger, Sr., Chattanooga; Cory Whitsett, So., Alabama; Luke Guthrie, Sr., Illinois; Pedro Figueiredo, Jr., UCLA; Ben Kohles, Sr., Virginia; Julio Vegas, Jr., Texas; Bobby Wyatt, So., Alabama; Andrew Yun, Jr., Stanford; Brooks Koepka, Sr., Florida State
Third Team
J.J. Spaun, Sr., San Diego State; Steve Lim, Sr., USC; Thomas Pieters, So., Illinois; James White, Sr., Georgia Tech; Sean Dale, Jr., North Florida; Cheng-Tsung Pan, Fr., Washington*; Max Homa, Jr., California; Robert Karlsson, Sr., Liberty; Peter Williamson, Sr., Dartmouth; Corbin Mills, Jr., Clemson
Honorable Mention
Julian Suri, Jr., Duke; Anders Albertson, Fr., Georgia Tech; Ethan Tracy, Sr., Arkansas; Talor Gooch, So., Oklahoma State; Michael Kim, Fr., California; Joakim Mikkelsen, Sr., Baylor; Brandon Hagy, So., California; Zachary Blair, Jr., BYU; Sang Yi, Sr., LSU; Jeffrey Kang, So., USC; Kevin Aylwin, Sr., North Florida; Nate McCoy, Sr., Iowa State; Dominic Bozzelli, Jr., Auburn; Josh Anderson, Sr., Pepperdine; Cameron Peck, Jr., Texas A&M; Max Scodro, Sr., Notre Dame; Sebastian Cappelen, So., Arkansas; Hunter Hamrick, Sr., Alabama; Corey Conners, So., Kent State; Ricardo Gouveia, So., UCF
* all-freshman team
Baylor freshman women’s golfer Hayley Davis picked up her second All-American honor, earning honorable mention from Golfweek. Davis, the first All-American in program history, was named a second-team All-American by the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) in May.
The Wimborne, England, native was one of 50 golfers named to pick up Golfweek All-American honors. The first, second and third teams as well as honorable mention were determined by the players’ order in the final Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.
One of Baylor’s two 2012 All-Big 12 performers, posted a single-season program record with a 73.08 scoring average in 37 rounds. She finished 11th or better in 11 of Baylor’s 12 tournaments in 2011-12, including nine top-10 finishes.
Davis opened her freshman season with back-to-back second-place finishes, earning Big 12 Women’s Golfer of the Month honors for September. She also led the Lady Bears in score vs. par (1.16) and rounds of par or better (15). Nearly 92 percent of Davis’ 37 rounds counted towards the team score (34 of 37 rounds).
She led Baylor to a program-best third-place finish at the Big 12 Championship, a fifth-place finish at the NCAA West Regional and just its second NCAA Championship appearance in program history. Davis earned Big 12 All-Tournament (with Chelsey Cothran) and NGCA All-West Region distinction (with Jaclyn Jansen).
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2012 GOLFWEEK ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
Teams determined by players’ order in Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings
First Team
Lindy Duncan, Jr., Duke; Emily Tubert, So., Arkansas; Marina Alex, Sr., Vanderbilt; Giulia Molinaro, Sr., Arizona State; Brooke Pancake, Sr., Alabama; Erynne Lee, Fr., UCLA*; Lisa McCloskey, Sr., USC; Jennifer Kirby, Jr., Alabama; Cassy Isagawa, Fr., Oregon*; Stephanie Meadow, So., Alabama
Second Team
Katie Burnett, Sr., South Carolina; Doris Chen, Fr., USC*; Tiffany Lua, Jr., UCLA; Lee Lopez, Jr., UCLA; Laura Gonzalez, Jr., Purdue; Manon Gidali, Fr., Arizona*; Marta Silva Zamora, Sr., Georgia; Sophia Popov, So., USC; Emilie Burger, Jr., Georgia; Austin Ernst, So., LSU
Third Team
Lauren Stratton, Jr., Vanderbilt; Erica Popson, Jr., Tennessee; Paula Reto, Jr., Purdue; Camilla Hedberg, Fr., Florida*; Daniela Holmqvist, Sr., California; Maria Salinas, Sr., Florida State; Madelene Sagstrom, Fr., LSU; Brittany Altomare, Jr., Virginia; Tessa Teachman, Sr., LSU; Chirapat Jao-Javanil, So., Oklahoma
Honorable Mention
Katerina Ruzickova, So., Texas A&M; Caroline Powers, Jr., Michigan State; Kelsey Vines, Jr., Oklahoma State;
Kristina Merkle, Jr., Tulsa; Alex Stewart, So., Colorado; Catherine O’Donnell, Sr., North Carolina;
Gabriella Dominguez, Jr., Texas Tech; Victoria Trapani, Fr., Auburn; Hayley Davis, Fr., Baylor; Ani Gulugian, So., UCLA; Joanne Lee, So., California; Casey Grice, So., North Carolina; Marta Sanz, So., Auburn; Cheyenne Woods, Sr., Wake Forest; Justine Lee, So., Arizona State; Emily Talley, Sr., Colorado; Grace Na, So., Pepperdine; Kimberly Kaufman, Jr., Texas Tech; SooBin Kim, Fr., Washington; Sally Watson, Jr., Stanford
* all-freshman team
