Lundell, Hirsch receive postseason WCC honors

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SAN MATEO, Calif. – BYU’s Carson Lundell and Kelton Hirsch received All-WCC men’s golf postseason honors on Monday.

Lundell was one of ten players named to the All-WCC Men’s Golf First Team, while Hirsch was one of five players named All-WCC Honorable Mention.

Lundell received first-team honors following a tie for third place at the WCC Championship on May 1, one of his five top-3 finishes of the season. The junior from Alpine, Utah finished under-par in three-straight tournaments and collected first-place individual honors at the Nick Watney Invitational on Feb. 8-9, the Western Intercollegiate on April 12-14 and the PING Cougar Classic on April 23-24.

Lundell, who is currently No. 65 in the GolfStat NCAA Men's D1 Top 250 Rankings, was named All-WCC Honorable Mention as a freshman in 2018-19 and becomes the first Cougar to receive all-conference first team status a since Peter Kuest and Rhett Rasmussen in 2018-19.

Kelton Hirsch played his best golf of the season at the WCC Championship, finishing 10th with a three-round score of 7-under 67-70-72—209. The senior from Centerville, Utah played in nine of ten tournaments for BYU and had another top-10 finish at the Rustic Collegiate Classic on Nov. 5-6.

Hirsch was named to the WCC All-Academic Team as a junior in 2019-20.

Lundell, Hirsh and the BYU golf team will learn if they have been selected to compete at NCAA Regionals during the Golf Channel’s NCAA Championship Selection Show on Wednesday, May 5 at 12 p.m. MDT.

All-WCC Men's Golf First Team

NameTeamYear
Clay FeaglerPepperdineSr.
Blake HathcoatSaint Mary's Sr.
Joe HighsmithPepperdineJr.
Soren LindSan FranciscoSr.
Carson LundellBYUJr.
Matt McCartySanta ClaraGr.
Dylan MenantePepperdineSo.
Charlie ReiterSan DiegoSo.
Joey VrzichPepperdineSr.
Tim WidingSan FranciscoGr.

All-WCC Men's Golf Honorable Mention

NameTeamYear 
Ethan AshbrookSaint Mary'sJr.
Jamie CheathamSan DiegoGr.
Gavin CohenLoyola MarymountJr.
Kelton HirschBYUSr.
Andi XuSan DiegoFr.