June 8, 2004

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Six Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) golfers were recently recognized by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) as the GCAA announced the PING All-America Team and the Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars.

Central College senior Patrick McElyea (Elmhurst, Ill./Timothy Christian HS) was named to the GCAA PING All-America Third Team. McElyea finished tied for 15th at the 2004 NCAA Championship with a nine-over-par 297. He was the top Iowa Conference finisher.

Loras College junior Pete Weber (Peosta, Iowa/Western Dubuque HS) was a GCAA PING All-America honorable mention. Weber qualified as an individual for the 2004 NCAA Championships and shot a 323 (+35).

McElyea was one of three Central golfers and four Iowa Conference golfers to earn Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar honors. Junior Nick Grossman (Carroll, Iowa/Kuemper HS) and senior Kyle Matzen (Indianola, Iowa/Indianola HS) along with Wartburg senior Dan Schmitz (Stout, Iowa/Dike-New Hartford HS) were also recognized for combining academic and athletic excellence.

To be eligible for Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar recognition, a student-athlete must be a junior or senior academically and competed in at least two years of golf at the collegiate level, participate in 70 percent of his teams competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 79.0 and maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0. McElyea, Grossman, Matzen and Schmitz were among 41 Division III All-America Scholars.

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