American-based National Squad member Bronson LaCassie received an Honourable Mention All-American by helping lead the University of Minnesota to a Top-10 finish in the NCAA Championship. The Queenslander has become somewhat of a standout performer for the &aposGophers&apos, earning All-American recognition in four consecutive seasons. The only other players to receive simiar status at Minnesota include Justin Smith (2002/03/04) and Tom Lehman (1979/80/81). As well as helping his team to a Big Ten title and Top-10 NCAA finish, LaCassie also finished equal 22nd across America. He was named in the All-Big Ten first team for the fourth year running and currently holds four of Minnesota&aposs all-time Top-10 stroke averages. The Aussie&aposs season stroke average of 72.71 ranks eighth best in the University&aposs history and his career average, 72.48 is second overall. LaCassie was named All-American alongside his Gopher team mates Niall Turner and Victor Almstrom who were also key components to their university&aposs success this year. Final results of the 2007 NCAA Championship 1. Stanford 275-278-275-281=1109 (-11) 2. Georgia 282-289-269-281=1121 (+1) 3. Lamar 285-287-278-275=1125 (+5) Charlotte 279-283-276-287=1125 (+5) 5. Coastal Carolina 277-281-272-298=1128 (+8) 6. Alabama 284-284-271-291=1129 (+9) 7. UCLA 283-280-283-284=1130 (+10) 8. Georgia Tech 288-275-280-288=1131 (+11) 9. Minnesota 278-276-294-285=1133 (+13) Florida 278-290-280-285=1133 (+13) 11. Texas 278-288-284-286=1136 (+16) South Carolina 291-278-280-287=1136 (+16) 13. Duke 294-278-277-291=1140 (+20) Florida State 283-288-280-289=1140 (+20) Oklahoma State 287-279-285-291=1142 (+20) Gopher Scores T15 Victor Almstrom 73-68-71-67=279 (-1) T22 Bronson LaCassie 67-65-79-70=281 (+1) T42 Niall Turner 71-71-70-74=286 (+6) T64 Ben Pisani 68-72-78-74=292 (+12) T74 Clayton Rask 72-73-75-76=296 (+16)
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