Men's Golf | July 21, 2016

PHILADELPHIA - La Salle graduate student Tonny Aizpun has been named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar, it was announced today by the Golf Coaches Association of America. He is believed to be the first La Salle golfer to receive this national academic recognition.

To be eligible for Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least three full years at the collegiate level, participate in 50-percent of his team's competitive rounds, have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.

This past season, Aizpun tied for seventh at the Atlantic 10 Championship (72-77-74=223, +7) after tying for third in 2015 (68-71-71=210, -6), to earn all-conference honors. He posted the second best stroke average on the team in 2015-16 (75.3) after averaging 76.0 strokes/round in 2014-15.

His 68 at A-10s is tied for the second lowest round in school history and his 210 at A-10s is the second lowest 54 hole total in the record book. He is one of two players to earn All-Atlantic 10 recognition in golf at La Salle.

Aizpun began his career at Mount St. Mary's, where he earned all-conference honors before the school dropped the program.