PROKOP NAMED TO DIVSION II PING ALL-REGION TEAM

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/21/14) Dominican College golfer, Keith Prokop*, has been named to the 2014 Division II Ping All-Region East Team as was announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) yesterday. A total of 106 players across eight regions - East, Atlantic, Southeast, South, Midwest, South Central, Central and West, - earned all-region honors.

May 21, 2014

Orangeburg, N.Y. (5/21/14) Dominican College golfer, Keith Prokop*, has been named to the 2014 Division II Ping All-Region East Team as was announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) yesterday. A total of 106 players across eight regions - East, Atlantic, Southeast, South, Midwest, South Central, Central and West, - earned all-region honors.

This is Prokop's second consecutive Division II Ping All-Region honors.

Prokop, the lone senior captain from Boonton, N.J., recently made his second straight appearance in the 2014 NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Regional Tournament. He was seeded as the top individual out of four competitors from the East Region to advance to the Regional Tournament. At regionals he, tied for 44th place out of over 100 golfers who competed at the Regional Tournament.

For the second season in a row, Prokop was the Chargers leading scorer. He won the Individual Medalist Trophy at bothe the 2014 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championships and the Peter King Memorial Tournament. He earned the Most Valuable Player Award for the fourth consecutive year at the Dominican College Annual Awards Night and was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Golfer of the Month for the months of March and April. He also had received one CACC Golfer of the Week honors and was named to the CACC All-Tournament Team.

Prokop is one of two players from the CACC to earn All-Region accolades.

Click here to view the full release of the 2014 Division II Ping All-Region Teams.

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