Goold Named Second Team All-CCC

Senior Brandon Goold was honored by the Commonwealth Coast Conference as a second team all-conference selection while the Leopards earned the team sportsmanship award

Senior Brandon Goold finished the top 10 in four of the nine events he competed in and was named Second Team All-Commonwealth Coast Conference

May 7, 2015

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Student-athletes from five of the seven institutions that sponsor men's golf in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) were represented on the 2015 All-CCC Men's Golf Team. In addition to the all-conference team, winners of four major individual awards and the team sportsmanship award were also selected.

Endicott junior Austin Teal was selected CCC Golfer of the Year. Western New England's John Abbott was tabbed as the CCC Rookie of the Year, while University of New England's Jared Melman was named CCC Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Endicott's Tom Smith was chosen as CCC Coach of the Year and Roger Williams University, University of New England and Wentworth Institute of Technology were the recipients of the Team Sportsmanship Award.

Voting for the All-CCC team and major awards was conducted among CCC golf coaches.

Joining Teal, Abbott and Melman on the first team was sophomore Matt Fontaine (Western New England), junior Alex Viola (Endicott), senior Kevin Wheeler and junior Colin Whitney (Nichols).

Second team honorees include freshman Drew Benshoff (Endicott), junior Paul Butkevich (University of New England), senior Brandon Goold (Wentworth), sophomore Sam Kinasewich (University of New England), Dan Negus (Endicott), and Evan Ryan (University of New England).

A native of Foxboro, Mass., Goold played in nine of 10 events for the Leopards this season (15 rounds) and averaged a career-best 81.20 strokes per round. Goold recorded four top-10 and a pair of top-five finishes, including finishing fifth at the CCC Championship. In that event he also had a career-low 76 in the second round. Goold was also eighth among Division III participants at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championships as he carded a two-day total of 154.

Goold's 81.20 stroke average this season is the seventh lowest for a season in program history while he concluded his career with an 84.87 average per round, ranking him 10th in program history.