Perras Named to PING All-Central Region Team
5/29/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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EUGENE, Ore. â€" University of Houston sophomore Michael Perras added to his trophy case Sunday when he was named to the PING All-Central Region Team.
Perras was one of 156 players in the nation across six regions to be honored. It was the first time during his career that he was named to this postseason squad.
In 2015-16, Perras leads the Cougars with a 71.53 scoring average and 21 rounds of par or better. He tops the team with seven top-10 finishes in 13 tournaments to date and was the Cougars' lone selection to the 2016 All-American Athletic Conference Team.
Perras was magnificent in the Cougars' most recent action entering the NCAA Championships. The Deer Park, Texas, native captured the NCAA Franklin Regional individual championship by two strokes with a score of 16-under-par 200.
He became the second Cougar in as many years to win an NCAA Regional individual title and to accomplish that feat with three consecutive rounds in the 60s, including a First-Round 65. He joined current teammate and senior Blair Hamilton, who share the 2015 NCAA Lubbock Regional individual title at 205.
Perras was joined on the PING All-Central Region Team by Braden Bailey (Baylor); Paul Barjon (TCU); Texas A&M's Cameron Champ and Chandler Phillips; Oklahoma State's Wyndham Clark, Brendon Jelley, Jordan Niebrugge, Stratton Nolan and Kristoffer Ventura; Oklahoma's Brad Dalke, Grant Hirschman and Max McGreevy; Arkansas' Nicolas Echavarria, Taylor Moore and Alvaro Ortiz; Martin Eriksson (McNeese State); Texas' Doug Ghim, Gavin Hall, Beau Hossler and Scottie Scheffler; Victor Lange (Louisiana Tech); Hannes Ronneblad (Texas Tech); Antoine Rozner (UMKC) and Nick Voke (Iowa State).
AMONG the BEST
This marks the third consecutive season in which the Cougars compete at the NCAA Championships. Houston is one of only 15 teams to compete in each of the last three NCAA Championships, joining Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, Illinois, LSU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, South Carolina, Stanford, Texas, UAB, USC and Vanderbilt.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
The Cougars have enjoyed a rich tradition at the NCAA Championships during the program's history collecting 17 NCAA team national championships and posting eight NCAA individual national crowns.
Under the leadership of legendary Head Coach Dave Williams, Houston enjoyed team national championships in 1985, 1984, 1982, 1977, 1970, 1969, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1962, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957 and 1956.
Billy Ray Brown (1982), John Mahaffey (1970), Marty Fleckman (1965), Kermit Zarley (1962) Richard Crawford (1959-60), Phil Rodgers (1958) and Rex Baxter (1957) won individual national championships during their respective careers.
A year ago, the Cougars tied for 26th with a score of 906 at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla.
UP NEXT
Perras and his Houston teammates compete in the NCAA Championships Third Round, beginning at 3:17 p.m. (CDT), Sunday, at Eugene Country Club. The Cougars enter Sunday's play in 24th.
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For ticket information, fans may visit NCAA.com/tickets or GoDucks.com/ncaa.golf or call the Oregon Ticket Office at 1-800-932-3668.
Following the completion of Sunday's Third Round, the top 15 teams and the top nine individuals not on a qualifying team will advance for one additional day of stroke play to determined the top-8 teams for match-play competition and the NCAA individual national champion.
The top-8 teams after 72 holes of stroke play advance to match play for the NCAA team national championship.
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