Conference Release

DALLAS (SMU) – The American Athletic Conference named SMU men's golf's Noah Goodwin and Nathan Petronzio to its 2022 All-Conference Team, along with naming Mustang head coach Chris Parra AAC Coach of the Year, the league announced on Tuesday.

Goodwin claims his third consecutive all-conference selection after completing his senior campaign with four top-10 individual finishes which included his third career win at the Trinity Forest Invitational on Oct. 5. Goodwin's season scoring average (70.53) is good for the fourth-lowest single-season figure in program history, just beating his 2019-20 average (70.60), and falling in just behind Bryson Dechambeau's 70.46, set in 2013-14. Goodwin owns the program single-season scoring record, averaging 70.00 strokes per-round in the 2020-21 season.

Petronzio, named an all-conference selection for the first time in his Mustang career, comes fresh off his first individual collegiate tournament win at the AAC Championship on Apr. 24 and helping set a new 54-hole tournament record at the Southern Hills Golf Club. A 13-under, 203 finish for Petronzio tied the fifth-lowest 54-hole tournament score in program history, a mark set by Will Dodson in the 2006 C-USA Men's Championship and tied by Frank Wrenn at the John Burns Intercollegiate in 2007. Petronzio notched three other top-25 finishes throughout the spring season (T-13, Southwestern Invitational, T-21, Southern Highlands Collegiate, T-25, The Goodwin), and currently possesses the 15^th-lowest season scoring average in SMU history (72.10).

Parra, into his third season as the Jerry Pittman Head Men's Golf Coach and eighth as a member of the coaching staff at SMU, won the first AAC title of his head coaching tenure and the program's second since the 2013-14 season in which Bryson Dechambeau won the individual title. Under Parra, the Mustangs notched seven top-ten individual finishes this season, including medalist honors for Goodwin and Petronzio, and a team win at the AAC Championship.

The 2022 NCAA Men's Golf Selection Show will air on the Golf Channel at 3 p.m. CT on Wednesday, May 4. The championship will be played at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, from May 27 to June 1.

2022 American Athletic Conference Men's Golf Awards
 
Player of the Year
Albin Bergstrom, Jr., South Florida*

Freshman of the Year
Jacob Borow, Houston

Coach of the Year
Chris Parra, SMU

All-Conference Team
Teddy Tetak, Sr., UCF*
Johnny Travale, Sr., UCF*
Sam Jean, Jr., Cincinnati*
Joey McCarthy, Sr., Cincinnati
Alexander Frances, Sr., Houston*
Austyn Reily, Jr., Houston
Braxton Watkins, Sr., Houston
Marcus Wochner, Jr., Houston
Tyran Snyders, So., Memphis*
Albin Bergstrom, Jr., South Florida*
Run Youprayong, So., South Florida
Noah Goodwin, Sr., SMU*
Nathan Petronzio, So., SMU*
 
*-denotes unanimous selection
 
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