All-Region & All-America Scholar Honors
MOORHEAD, Minn. (5/11/2016)—Cade Montplaisir capped off his junior season by being named to the PING All-Central Region Team as well as earning Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar honors.
Montplaisir was one of only two golfers from the MIAC to earn both All-Region and All-America Scholar honors.
Cobber senior Landon Poss also earned All-America Scholar honors.
Montplaisir becomes the first Cobber player to earn All-Central Region honors since the 2012 season when Pat Dietz and Coy Papachek both received the honor.
The all-region award comes on the heels of Montplaisir officially being named to the MIAC All-Conference Team. Montplaisir led Concordia in scoring average during the 2015-16 season. He averaged 74.6 strokes in his 19 rounds during the year. He also had four rounds where he shot level par or better. Montplaisir's best finish of the season at a multi-team event came at the Wis.-Eau Claire Blugold Invite where he placed second with a 4-over par total of 147 (72-75).
Montplaisir finished in a tie for third at the MIAC Championship Meet and won the dual meet with Minn.-Morris in the spring when he fired a 1-under 71 at the Pebble Lake GC in Fergus Falls.
Montplaisir's best round of the season was a 70 which he carded in the second round at the MIAC meet. He also recorded a 71 and a pair of 72's during the season.
In the classroom Montplaisir carries a 3.43 grade point average and is majoring in Biology. He is planning on attending medical school after his graduation in the spring of 2017.
Poss earns All-America Scholar honors for the second straight season. Like Montplaisir, he was also named to the MIAC All-Conference Team. Poss finished his academic career at Concordia with a 3.36 GPA while majoring in Business.
To be eligible for Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically and compete in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participate in 50-percent of his team's competitive rounds or compete in the NCAA Championships, have a stroke average under 79.0 in Division III and maintain a minimum cumulative 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.
2015-16 PING All-Central Region Team
Blaine Buente, Millikin
Chris Captain, Gustavus Adolphus
Alex Case, Bethel (MN)
Grant Exsted, Bethel (MN)
Mack Farley, Saint John's (MN)
Ryan Gallagher, Saint John's (MN)
Brett Gaustad, Augsburg
Brady Hansen, Wisc.-Eau Claire
Dillon John, Bethel (MN)
Brandon Jones, Augsburg
Matt Meneghetti, Carthage
Cade Montplaisir, Concordia (MN)
Nick Nielsen, St. Thomas (MN)
Max Savini, Gustavus Adolphus
Pete Sienko, St. Thomas (MN)
Tim Tynan, Illinois Wesleyan
2015-16 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars
Lucas Almond, Concordia (TX)
Christian Bleck, St. Joseph's College (NY)
Andrew Booth, Mount St. Joseph
Andrew Brandt, Gustavus Adolphus
Jarrod Brown, Mary Hardin-Baylor
Reese Chance, Mary Hardin-Baylor
Karl Deuble, St. John Fisher
Mack Farley, Saint John's (MN)
Matt Fontaine, Western New England
Austin Fowler, Saint John's (MN)
Buddy Hallman, UT Tyler
Eric Havixbeck, LaGrange
Luke Kindelin, Otterbein
Addison Lambeth, Huntingdon
Logan Lanier, LaGrange
James Lasher, Allegheny
Evan Lestini, Washington & Jefferson
Nicholas McCarthy, Transylvania
Tommy McCloskey, Berry
David Monaco, Otterbein
Cade Montplaiser, Concordia (MN)
Jeff Palmerino, St. John Fisher
Landon Poss, Concordia (MN)
Kethan Reddy, Claremont Mudd Scripps
Jack Riester, St. Thomas (MN)
Chad Ring, Huntingdon
Sam Robinson, Christopher Newport
Chris Salone, St. John Fisher
Anthony Scolapio, LaGrange
Elijah Tackett, Bridgewater
Michael Thomas, Marywood
Tim Tynan, Illinois Wesleyan
Jesse Wall, Ferrum
Kraig Zimmerhanzel, Texas Lutheran