Former University of Kentucky golfer John Holmes continues to receive accolades for his contribution to the Wildcats? best season in school history. Holmes has earned PING second team All-America honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America.

Holmes was named to the first team as a junior, honorable mention as a sophomore and third team as a freshman at Kentucky.

Holmes? seventh-place finish at the NCAA Tournament helped the Wildcats to a seventh-place team finish. The Campbellsville, Ky., native was named the Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Year and finished in the top 10 in eight of 13 tournaments this season. He recently competed for Team USA in the Palmer Cup and led the Americans to a 14-10 win over Team Europe in that event.

Joining Holmes on the second team are Brigham Young?s Oscar Alvarez, David Denham, Chris Kirk and Brendon Todd of Georgia, Augusta State?s Kalle Edberg, Oklahoma State?s Tyler Leon, Jeff Overton of Indiana and Chan Song and Nicholas Thompson of Georgia Tech.

Ryan Blaum of Duke, Georgia Tech?s Roberto Castro, Rhys Davies of East Tennessee State, Florida?s Matt Every, Anthony Kim of Oklahoma, Washington?s James Lepp, Spencer Levin of New Mexico, Oklahoma State?s Pablo Martin, Ryan Moore of UNLV, Georgia Southern?s Aron Price and Michael Putnam of Pepperdine were named to the PING All-America first team.

Division I PING All-America Teams

First Team
Ryan Blaum, Duke
Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech
Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State
Matt Every, Florida
Anthony Kim, Oklahoma
James Lepp, Washington
Spencer Levin, New Mexico
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Ryan Moore, UNLV
Aron Price, Georgia Southern
Michael Putnam, Pepperdine

Second Team
Oscar Alvarez, Brigham Young
David Denham, Georgia
Kalle Edberg, Augusta State
John Holmes, Kentucky
Chris Kirk, Georgia
Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State
Jeff Overton, Indiana
Chan Song, Georgia Tech
Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech
Brendon Todd, Georgia

Third Team
Mark Anderson, South Carolina
Alejandro Ca?izares, Arizona State
Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina
J.J. Killeen, TCU
Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota
Ross McGowan, Tennessee
Alex Nor?n, Oklahoma State
Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest
Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State
David Skinns, Tennessee

Honorable Mention
Jeremy Alcorn, Baylor
Travis Bertoni, Cal Poly
Jordan Dempsey, Mississippi
Will Dodson, Southern Methodist
Rob Grube, Stanford
Scott Jamieson, Augusta State
Shawn Jasper, Missouri
Ryan Keeney, UNLV
Kevin Kisner, Georgia
Nathan Lashley, Arizona
Gregg LaVoie, Oregon
Niklas Lemke, Arizona State
Henry Liaw, Arizona
Luke List, Vanderbilt
Major Manning, Augusta State
David Palm, Georgia Southern
Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas
Richard Scott, Georgia
Michael Shachner, Duke
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Nathan Smith, Duke
Brett Stegmaier, Florida
Steve Tiley, Georgia State
Emmett Turner, Augusta State
Martin Ureta, North Carolina
Dawie VanDerWalt, Lamer
James Vargas, Florida
Lee Williams, Auburn
Taylor Wood, Southern California
Joshua Wooding, Southern California