University of Houston Athletics
Blair Hamilton Named PING All-America Honorable Mention
6/25/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
HOUSTON â€" University of Houston junior Blair Hamilton capped his 2014-15 season by being named a PING All-America Honorable Mention on Thursday afternoon.
This was only the latest award for Hamilton this season. He was named to the PING All-Central Region Team last week and was recognized as an All-American Athletic Conference selection in May.
Hamilton shared the individual championship with Texas Tech's Clement Sordet at the NCAA Lubbock Regional on May 14-16 at The Rawls Course at Texas Tech, becoming only the third player in school history to win an NCAA Regional individual crown.
The Burlington, Ontario, Canada, native also led the Cougars to the NCAA Championships for the second straight season and qualified for the Final Round of stroke play before finishing in a tie for 27th at 292.
Hamilton led the Cougars with a 72.03 scoring average and finished second with among the Cougars with 18 rounds of par or better. He also became the first player in school history to shoot three straight rounds in the 60s during an NCAA Regional.
Hamilton enjoyed three top-5 finishes in 2014-15 and earned the first individual title of his career with a score of 9-under-par 207 at the Border Olympics on March 13-14.
This was the second straight season that Houston student-athletes were honored as All-Americans. In 2014, Roman Robledo was named to the PING All-America Second Team, while James Ross was named an Honorable Mention.
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