NORMAN, Okla. – The Golf Coaches Association of America unveiled the 2024-25 NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars on Tuesday, with four members of the Elon University men's golf team being recognized.
Juan Callejo Ropero,
Matthew Doyle,
Garrett Risner and
Jack Wieler all earned the honor. To be eligible for All-America Scholar status, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their associate's degree and in their last year of athletic eligibility in the NJCAA.
Additionally, they must partake in 50% of their team's competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 76.0 in Division I and maintain a minimum cumulative career GPA of 3.2.
Callejo Ropero competed in eight tournaments in his senior season for the Phoenix, averaging a score of 72.5 per round. Ropero netted a trio of top five finishes, highlighted by a fourth-place effort at the CAA Championship.
Doyle appeared in all 11 events for Elon, with the senior delivering five top 15 results. The senior turned in a pair of top 10s, with a season-best finish of fifth coming at the Phoenix Invitational. He averaged 72.0 per round.
Risner, an All-CAA First Team performer, finished the campaign with a 70.7 scoring average, the best on the Phoenix. He played in all 11 tournaments for Elon, racking up seven top 10 finishes. The senior finished seventh or better in five of his first six starts, which included a victory in the Battle at Briars Creek.
Another All-CAA First Team honoree, Wieler made 10 starts in his junior season with a 71.4 scoring average. The sophomore shared the individual title at the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate and added a runner-up result at the Tar Heel Intercollegiate.
Elon won its first-ever conference title at the Division I level in the spring, winning the CAA Championship in a dramatic sudden-death playoff against Drexel. The Phoenix secured the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship with that victory and finished 12
th in the Bremerton Regional.
Elon's All-Time Men's All-America Scholars
1986 –
Chris Dockrill
1990 – Richie Burke
1993 – Jim Arnold
1995 – Brian McArthur
1996 – Brian McArthur
1997 – Donough Forde
2000 – John Marshall
2001 – John Marshall
2002 – Ryan Loucks
2003 – Ryan Loucks
2004 – Ryan Loucks
2005 – Keith Orlen
2006 – Louis Rittberger
2010 – Phil Bartholomew
2014 – Will DiIanni
2015 – Jonathan DiIanni
2016 – Jonathan DiIanni
2017 –
Jake Leavitt
2017 –
Charlie May
2018 –
Jake Leavitt
2018 –
Philip Loeb
2018 –
Charlie May
2019 –
William Harwood
2020 –
Josef Dransfeld
2020 –
Max Ferrari
2020 –
Graham Hutchinson
2021 –
Josef Dransfeld
2021 –
Max Ferrari
2021 –
Graham Hutchinson
2023 –
Juan Callejo Ropero
2023 –
Matthew Doyle
2023 –
Garrett Risner
2025 –
Juan Callejo Ropero
2025 –
Matthew Doyle
2025 –
Garrett Risner
2025 –
Jack Wieler
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