SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Two Southern Conference men’s golfers were honored Tuesday as Golfweek announced its men’s golf All-America teams. UNCG senior Jonathan Brightwell earned a spot on the third team, while ETSU junior Jack Rhea earned honorable mention.
 
Both were also recognized last week on the GCAA PING All-America squads, with Brightwell earning second-team distinction and Rhea claiming honorable mention.
 
Finishing the shortened spring season at No. 13 in the nation, Brightwell won two individual championships during the fall and was named to the Haskins Award Watch List back in October. The senior averaged 70.09 strokes over the 22 rounds in which he competed, taking a runner-up finish at the Martin Downs Collegiate and a top-10 finish at the Crooked Stick Invitational. He earned SoCon Player of the Month honors twice during the 2019-20 season and SoCon Player of the Week honors on three occasions.
 
Rhea is the first Buccaneer to be named to the All-American team since Adrian Meronk in 2016 and he represents the 39th overall honor in ETSU history and first under current head coach Jake Amos.
 
Rhea placed in the top 10 in four different tournaments for the Bucs. The Jonesborough, Tennessee, native won his first-ever individual medalist honors by winning ETSU’s home event, the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, played in his own backyard at the Blackthorn Club at the Ridges. Rhea was named the SoCon Men’s Golfer of the Week on three occasions, was named SoCon Men’s Golfer of the Month for October and led ETSU with a 71.29 scoring average. After cracking the national top-25 rankings earlier in the season, Rhea concluded the 2020 campaign positioned No. 36 in the Golfstat rankings. Rhea was named to the Arnold Palmer Cup Watch List for Team USA and concluded the year with 12 rounds of par or better, including five rounds in the 60s.
 
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