INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has announced the field of 80 teams and 32 student-athletes that have been selected to participate in regional competition of the 2012 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championships. The regional competitions will be conducted May 7-9.
The top-five teams and the top-two student-athletes not with a team from each regional (regardless of region) will advance to the finals May 15-19, at The Cardinal Club in Simpsonville, Ky., as part of the 2012 Division II Spring Championships Festival. The Festival will be hosted by Bellarmine and the Louisville Sports Commission.
There will be four regional sites in which two regions will meet and conduct regional tournaments. The regional tournaments will be paired as follows: Atlantic and East; Southeast and South; South Central and Midwest; West and Central.
Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in brackets next to the institution’s name.
| ATLANTIC/EAST REGIONAL | |
|---|---|
| Hershey Country Club-East Course in Hershey, Pa.; hosted by Millersville (Pa.) | |
| ATLANTIC TEAMS [CONFERENCE AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS] | |
| Indiana (Pa.) [Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference] | |
| Concord | |
| California (Pa.) | |
| Charleston (W.Va.) | |
| Clarion | |
| Bluefield State [West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference] | |
| West Chester | |
| Davis and Elkins | |
| Fayetteville State [Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association] | |
| Mercyhurst | |
| ATLANTIC INDIVIDUALS | SCHOOL |
| Joey Seabright | West Liberty |
| Stephen Genchi | Virginia State |
| Cliff Forbes | Chowan |
| Ryan Thomson | West Liberty |
| EAST TEAMS [CONFERENCE AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS] | |
| Wilmington (Del.) [Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference] | |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | |
| Post | |
| Dowling | |
| Bentley [Northeast-10 Conference] | |
| Massachusetts-Lowell | |
| American International | |
| Goldey-Beacom | |
| Franklin Pierce | |
| Adelphi | |
| EAST INDIVIDUALS | SCHOOL |
| Matt Horton | Saint Rose |
| Brian Allmendinger | Pace |
| Jeff Schaller | Concordia (N.Y.) |
| Sam Deitte | Concordia (N.Y.) |
| SOUTH/SOUTHEAST REGIONAL | |
| Rock Barn Golf & Spa in Conover, N.C.; hosted by the Lenoir-Rhyne | |
| SOUTH TEAMS [CONFERENCE AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS] | |
| Nova Southeastern [Sunshine State Conference] | |
| Barry | |
| Lynn | |
| North Alabama [Gulf South Conference] | |
| West Florida | |
| Florida Southern | |
| Rollins | |
| Florida Tech | |
| Eckerd | |
| Valdosta State | |
| SOUTH INDIVIDUALS | SCHOOL |
| Nick Brothers | Saint Leo |
| Bryn Powers | West Georgia |
| Grant Goforth | Delta State |
| Luke Brown | Delta State |
| SOUTHEAST TEAMS [CONFERENCE AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS] | |
| UNC Pembroke [Peach Belt Conference] | |
| South Carolina Aiken | |
| Georgia College | |
| Wingate [South Atlantic Conference] | |
| Georgia Southwestern State | |
| Armstrong | |
| Carson-Newman | |
| Barton | |
| Columbus State | |
| Coker [Conference Carolinas] | |
| SOUTHEAST INDIVIDUALS | |
| Adam Hedges | Belmont Abbey |
| Eric Kennedy | Lincoln Memorial |
| Matthew Campbell | Newberry |
| Greg Mergel | Flagler |
| MIDWEST/SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL | |
| Jefferson City Country Club in Jefferson City, Mo.; hosted by Lincoln (Mo.) | |
| MIDWEST TEAMS [CONFERENCE AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS] | |
| Northern Kentucky [Great Lakes Valley Conference] | |
| Ferris State | |
| Indianapolis | |
| Grand Valley State [Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference] | |
| Bellarmine | |
| Tiffin | |
| Northwood (Mich.) | |
| Ashland | |
| Findlay | |
| Wayne State (Mich.) | |
| MIDWEST INDIVIDUALS | SCHOOL |
| Clarke Fry | Rockhurst |
| Joe Atkisson | Missouri-St. Louis |
| Shawn Vanderwal | Drury |
| Micah Skidmore | Saginaw Valley State |
| SOUTH CENTRAL TEAMS [CONFERENCE AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS] | |
| St. Edward’s | |
| Central Oklahoma | |
| Abilene Christian | |
| Washburn | |
| Arkansas-Fort Smith [Heartland Conference] | |
| Central Missouri [Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association] | |
| Midwestern State | |
| Cameron [Lone Star Conference] | |
| Northeastern State | |
| West Texas A&M | |
| SOUTH CENTRAL INDIVIDUALS | SCHOOL |
| Matt Jennings | Henderson State |
| Brandon Johnson | Dallas Baptist |
| Jack Garrett | Arkansas Tech |
| Riley Seitz | Newman |
| CENTRAL/WEST REGIONAL | |
| The Wigwam Resort in Litchfield Park, Ariz.; hosted by Grand Canyon | |
| CENTRAL TEAMS [CONFERENCE AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS] | |
| Colorado School of Mines [Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference] | |
| Colorado-Colorado Springs | |
| Colorado State-Pueblo | |
| Western New Mexico | |
| Nebraska-Kearney | |
| St. Cloud State | |
| Minnesota State Mankato [Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference] | |
| Colorado Mesa | |
| Bemidji State | |
| Concordia-St. Paul | |
| CENTRAL INDIVIDUALS | SCHOOL |
| Eric Hieb | Augustana (S.D.) |
| Minkyu Jeon | Colorado Christian |
| Charlie Laudermilk | Fort Lewis |
| Jon Anderson | Upper Iowa |
| WEST INDIVIDUALS [CONFERENCE AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS] | |
| Cal State Chico [California Collegiate Athletic Association] | |
| Cal State Stanislaus | |
| Western Washington | |
| Grand Canyon [Pacific West Conference] | |
| Hawaii Hilo | |
| Cal State Monterey Bay | |
| Dixie State | |
| UC San Diego | |
| Cal State East Bay | |
| St. Martin’s | |
| WEST INDIVIDUALS | SCHOOL |
| Troy Davis | Notre Dame de Namur |
| Garrett Howard | Cal State San Bernardino |
| Jon Scolari | BYU-Hawaii |
| Steven Warne | Sonoma State |
California State-Monterey Bay, defeated Lynn in medal/match play by a score of 3 to 2, to claim its first men’s golf national championship in school history. Kyle Souza, California State-Chico, won a playoff with Daniel Young, Lynn, to claim the individual title. The championships were hosted at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Muscle Shoals, Ala., by North Alabama.

