Men's Golf Southern Conference

WCU's Poston Earns Golfweek All-America Honors

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Postseason accolades continue to roll in for Western Carolina men’s golfer J.T. Poston following a very successful 2013-14 season. The junior from Hickory, N.C., was tabbed third-team All-America as selected and released by Golfweek.

It is the second All-America honor for Poston this year, as he was also a Division I PING All-America honorable mention. Poston was additionally selected PING All-East Region for the second time in his career.

Poston finished the 2013-14 season ranked 24th nationally according to Golfweek’s collegiate individual ratings system with a rating of 70.02. The site also lists that he compiled an individual record of 748-63-16 overall in terms of individual finishing order against competitors on the year with one win over an individual ranked inside the top 25 and 12 combined victories over top-100 rated golfers.

The SoCon Men’s Golfer of the Year, Poston recorded nine top-10 finishes, including placing in the top five eight times with four individual-medalist honors in his 11 seasonal events. He recorded WCU's all-time best single-season scoring average at 70.27. A combined 26 of his 33 seasonal rounds were carded at even-par or better, including 16 rounds in the 60s.

Poston will enter his senior year atop Western Carolina’s career stroke average chart at 71.97.

Poston adds the two All-America plaudits to a resume that includes being on both the Ben Hogan and Haskins awards watch lists, as well as the short list for the United States’ Palmer Cup squad.