CARLSBAD, Calif. (SMU) – SMU Men's Golf senior Will Sides has been named PING First Team All-American as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship on Wednesday.
 
Sides earned his first career All-America honor and became the 16th Mustang to earn an All-America honor, first since 2021. The senior was named to the PING All-Central Region team on Saturday.
 
The Tulsa, Oklahoma, native is No. 12 on Clippd player rankings. He finished the season with three tournament wins, four top-three finishes, a fourth-place finish in the ACC Championship and finished 16^th in the NCAA Regional Championship. Through the season, he recorded a 68.4 scoring average, played a total of 35 rounds and had 28 par-or-better rounds.
 
NCAA Division I PING All-Americans
First Team
Kihei Akina, BYU
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Ben James, Virginia
Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
William Jennings, Alabama
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Will Sides, SMU
Harry Takis, San Diego State
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
 
About PING All-Americans
The GCAA began naming All-Americans in 1958, with PING sponsoring the award since at least 1991. For Division I, the First Team consists of 10 golfers (11 if the individual national champion wasn't already named to the First Team), 10 on the Second Team, 10 on the Third Team, and at least 20 earn Honorable Mention All-America honors. Automatic additions from GCAA member schools to Honorable Mention if not previously named include top-15 finishers at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship before and after the cut, NCAA Regional medalists, and the top player in each All-Region ballot.