The American’s Freshman of the Year set numerous USF season records, including scoring average (70.0) and rounds of par or better (24) prior to becoming the 18th All-America honoree in program history.
Bergstrom previously was named to the Division I All-Freshmen Team and the Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team after leading the Bulls in their seventh consecutive NCAA Regional appearance.
TAMPA, JUNE 20, 2019 – USF’s Albin Bergstrom has been named a Division I PING All-America honorable mention following his record-breaking freshman season with the Bulls.
Bergstrom became the 18th All-America honoree in program history when PING All-America teams were announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Thursday.
“It’s great recognition for a stellar freshman year. He will always be able to say that he was an All-American,” head coach Steve Bradley said. “I’m happy for him and proud of his accomplishments this past season as a Bull.”
The American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year previously was named to the Division I All-Freshmen Team and the Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team after setting numerous single-season program records, including scoring average (70.0) and rounds of par or better (24).
The Ljunghusen, Sweden native earned American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and all-conference honors, both in unanimous fashion, prior to shining in the Bulls’ seventh consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. Bergstrom secured his seventh top-10 finish out of 11 team events in USF’s season finale and carded 16 total rounds in the 60s throughout the year.
The member of Sweden’s junior national team also led USF with nine top-25 finishes and reached another new program milestone during his individual title win. Bergstrom set the program’s new 54-hole scoring record for a par-72 tournament with a 15-under 201 in a nine-shot victory at the Fort Lauderdale Intercollegiate on March 5.
Bergstrom finished the season as the third-highest ranked freshman in the nation, moving up to No. 37 in the Golfstat rankings released on June 2. Bergstrom also helped USF’s freshman class rank second nationally on Golfstat’s Top Frosh list.
PING All-America Teams
First Team
Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Cole Hammer, Texas
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Collin Morikawa, California
Bryson Nimmer, Clemson
John Pak, Florida State
Justin Suh, Southern California
Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
Chun An Yu, Arizona State
Second Team
Peter Kuest, BYU
Andy Ogletree, Georgia Tech
Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M
Trent Phillips, Georgia
Isaiah Salinda, Stanford
Matthias Schmid, Louisville
Sandy Scott, Texas Tech
Alex Smalley, Duke
Brandon Wu, Stanford
Cameron Young, Wake Forest
Third Team
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Austin Eckroat, Oklahoma State
Blake Elliott, McNeese State
Philip Knowles, North Florida
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Stefano Mazzoli, TCU
Mac Meissner, SMU
Luke Schniederjans, Georgia Tech
Scott Stevens, South Carolina
Honorable Mention
Eric Bae, Wake Forest
Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State
Albin Bergstrom, USF
Ervin Chang, Liberty
Steven Chervony, Texas
Parker Coody, Texas
Pierceson Coody, Texas
Kyle Cottam, Clemson
Sebastian Crampton, California
Quade Cummins, Oklahoma
Lee Detmer, Wake Forest
Kyler Dunkle, Utah
Michael Feagles, Illinois
Alex Fitzpatrick, Wake Forest
Stephen Franken, NC State
Noah Goodwin, SMU
Austin Hitt, North Carolina
Tripp Kinney, Iowa State
Gabe Lench, Liberty
KK Limbhasut, California
Kaito Onishi, Southern California
Spencer Ralston, Georgia
Rhett Rasmussen, BYU
Garret Reband, Oklahoma
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Billy Tom Sargent, Western Kentucky
Henry Shimp, Stanford
Benjamin Shipp, NC State
David Snyder, Stanford
Davis Thompson, Georgia
Patrick Welch, Oklahoma
Trevor Werbylo, Arizona
About USF Men’s Golf
USF men’s golf captured four consecutive American Athletic Conference Championship titles in wire-to-wire fashion prior to 2019 and has earned seven straight trips to NCAA Regionals. The program is led by Steve Bradley, who has been named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year four times. Follow @USFMGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.
Tom Zebold
Senior Writer, Assistant Director of Communications
University of South Florida Athletics
GoUSFBulls.com
Twitter: @TomZeboldUSF
