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Mikkelsen Earns All-American Honorable Mention
Joakim Mikkelsen becomes first Baylor All-American since 2006
Joakim Mikkelsen

Joakim Mikkelsen

June 14, 2012 



2012 Golfweek All-American Teams


WACO, Texas –2012 Big 12 Conference champion Joakim Mikkelsen earned honorable mention All-American honors from Golfweek, becoming the first Baylor All-American men’s golfer since 2006.


Mikkelsen is the 12th All-American in program history and the first in six years when Ryan Baca picked up first-team honors from PING. The Drammen, Norway, native was one of 50 golfers named to pick up Golfweek All-American honors. The first, second and third teams as well as honorable mention were determined by the players’ order in the final Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.


At the end of May, Mikkelsen was named to the 2012 PING All-Central Region Team, earning all-region honors for the third consecutive season.


As a senior, Mikkelsen became Baylor’s first All-Big 12 golfer since 2008 and was one of five finalists for the 2012 Byron Nelson Award. He concluded the 2011-12 season with a 71.38 stroke average, the second-lowest single-season average in program history. He won the 2012 Big 12 Championship individual title, shooting 3-under and erasing a seven-stroke deficit in the final round. He leaves Baylor with 12 career top-five and 19 career top-10 finishes, ranking third in program history in both categories.


A seven-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll member, he was a three-time Academic All-Big 12 first-team selection and a two-time Big 12 Golfer of the Month (February 2012, April 2012). Mikkelsen and the Bears advanced to the 2012 NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, marking Baylor’s 15th consecutive NCAA postseason appearance and 20th overall.


He graduated in May from Baylor with a degree in speech communication.


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 2012 GOLFWEEK ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
 Teams determined by players’ order in Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings 





 FIRST TEAM
 HONORABLE MENTION




Justin Thomas, Fr., Alabama
Julian Suri, Jr., Duke




Jordan Spieth, Fr., Texas*
Anders Albertson, Fr., Georgia Tech




Dylan Frittelli, Sr., Texas
Ethan Tracy, Sr., Arkansase




Patrick Rodgers, Fr., Stanford*
Talor Gooch, So., Oklahoma State




Chris Williams, Jr., Washington
Michael Kim, Fr., California




Eugene Wong, Sr., Oregon
Joakim Mikkelsen, Sr., Baylor




Blayne Barber, Jr., Auburn
Brandon Hagy, So., California




Julien Brun, Fr., TCU*
Zachary Blair, Jr., BYU




T.J. Vogel, Jr., Florida
Sang Yi, Sr., LSU




Daniel Miernicki, Sr., Oregon
Jeffrey Kang, So., USC




 SECOND TEAM

Kevin Aylwin, Sr., North Florida




Patrick Cantlay, So., UCLA
Nate McCoy, Sr., Iowa State




Stephan Jaeger, Sr., Chattanooga
Dominic Bozzelli, Jr., Auburn




Cory Whitsett, So., Alabama
Josh Anderson, Sr., Pepperdine




Luke Guthrie, Sr., Illinois
Cameron Peck, Jr., Texas A&M




Pedro Figueiredo, Jr., UCLA
Max Scodro, Sr., Notre Dame




Ben Kohles, Sr., Virginia
Sebastian Cappelen, So., Arkansas




Julio Vegas, Jr., Texas
Hunter Hamrick, Sr., Alabama




Bobby Wyatt, So., Alabama
Corey Conners, So., Kent State




Andrew Yun, Jr., Stanford
Ricardo Gouveia, So., UCF




Brooks Koepka, Sr., Florida State





THIRD TEAM





J.J. Spaun, Sr., San Diego State





Steve Lim, Sr., USC





Thomas Pieters, So., Illinois





James White, Sr., Georgia Tech





Sean Dale, Jr., North Florida





Cheng-Tsung Pan, Fr., Washington*





Max Homa, Jr., California





Robert Karlsson, Sr., Liberty





Peter Williamson, Sr., Dartmouth





Corbin Mills, Jr., Clemson







* all-freshman team
 









 




 












	


	
				

				
				

					
			
													
					
				
									
				

					




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