Barile Tabbed PING Third Team All-American

NORMAN, Okla. – The Golf Coaches Association of American (GCAA) announced the Second, Third, and Honorable Mention 2025 Division II PING All-America Teams. The GCAA announced the first team honorees back on May 21 where the organization released the final three teams that features 43 additional All-Americans including Florida Southern's Max Barile on the Third Team.
 
The second team was comprised of eight individuals in Cole Beyer of Colorado Mesa, Nick Canales of Central Oklahoma, Drew Coble of Grand Valley State, Per Ekelund of West Florida, Max Reynolds of Lincoln Memorial, Brandon Skidmore of Wingate, TJ Thompson of West Florida, and Jordan Wilson of Central Oklahoma.
 
Third Team honorees included Bennett Baldwin of Central Oklahoma, Max Barile of Florida Southern, Ethan Day of North Georgia, George Durkan of Lincoln Memorial, John Kim of Cal State San Bernardino, Erik Olin of USC Aiken, Baptiste Touchard of St. Mary's (TX), and Jack Vajda of North Georgia.
 
A total of 27 golfers were named honorable mention All-America while Seth Bearden of Midwestern State, Xavier Bighaus of Colorado Christian, Sungyeop Cho of Colorado Christian, Adam Duncan of Colorado Christian, Felipe Gomez of Georgia Southwestern, Leandro Mihaich of Oklahoma Christian, Oskari Nikku of Oklahoma Christian, Sangha Park of Colorado Christian, Hunter Smith of North Georgia, Colton Swartz of Florida Southern, and Cooper Tendick of West Florida were previously named to the First Team.
 
Max Barile finished the season as the No. 20 ranked golfer in Division II, second amongst Florida Southern golfers behind Colton Swartz who ended his sophomore campaign as the No. 6 ranked player. Barile posted a 625-132-29 individual record with a 70.6 adjusted scoring average over 27 total rounds.
 
He had five top 10 finishes on the season including his season-best of fourth place twice at the Sunshine State Conference Championship (April 13-15) and earlier in the season at the Matlock Classic (Feb. 10-11). He capped his season with back-to-back seventh place finishes at the DII South/Southeast Regional (May 8-10) and during the stroke portion of the DII National Championship (May 19-21). In the first appearance in the NCAA Quarterfinals since 2019 for the Moccasins, Barile would take on a tough opponent, the 2025 individual National Champion Hunter Smith from North Georgia and fell 5-down.  
 
It marks the first time since 2019 for Florida Southern to have two student-athletes earn All-Americans in the same season when Michael VanDerLaan and Christian Anderson were tabbed All-Americans.
 
Division II PING All-America Teams
First Team – previously announced May 21
Seth Bearden, Midwestern State
Xavier Bighaus, Colorado Christian
Sungyeop Cho, Colorado Christian 
Adam Duncan, Colorado Christian
Felipe Gomez, Georgia Southwestern
Leandro Mihaich, Oklahoma Christian
Oskari Nikku, Oklahoma Christian
Sangha Park, Colorado Christian
Hunter Smith, North Georgia
Colton Swartz, Florida Southern
Cooper Tendick, West Florida
 
Second Team
Cole Beyer, Colorado Mesa
Nick Canales, Central Oklahoma
Drew Coble, Grand Valley State 
Per Ekelund, West Florida
Max Reynolds, Lincoln Memorial
Brandon Skidmore, Wingate
TJ Thompson, West Florida
Jordan Wilson, Central Oklahoma
 
Third Team
Bennett Baldwin, Central Oklahoma
Max Barile, Florida Southern
Ethan Day, North Georgia
George Durkan, Lincoln Memorial
John Kim, Cal State San Bernardino
Erik Olin, USC Aiken
Baptiste Touchard, St. Mary's (TX)
Jack Vajda, North Georgia
 
Honorable Mention
Holt Allison, Lenoir-Rhyne
Marco Anderson, Washburn
Lewis Beeden, Wingate
Connor Benjamin, Missouri S&T
Colby Bennett, North Georgia
Simon Björken, CSU Monterey Bay 
Baylor Bostick, Central Oklahoma
Morgan Cain, Lincoln Memorial
Seth Campbell, UT Tyler
Joao Costa, Georgia Southwestern
Manuel Cue Vargas, Grand Valley State
Nicolas Escobar, Georgia Southwestern
Martin Gruendemann, Columbus State
Easton Hether, Cal State East Bay
Sam Jenkins, Dallas Baptist
Eddie Lee, West Florida
Tanner Little, St. Thomas Aquinas 
Asmund Norum, King
Guillaume Paquette, St. Mary's (TX)
Mattia Parrini, Gannon
Erik Rengardt, USCB
Rasmus Seppanen, Gannon
Nolan Skaggs, St. Thomas Aquinas
Aidan Talent, Davis & Elkins
Hughes Threlkeld, North Georgia
Fabian Wennerlof, West Florida
Drew Zielinski, Lee
 
About PING
PING designs, manufactures and markets a complete line of golf equipment including metal woods, irons, wedges, putters and golf bags. The family-owned company was founded in 1959 in the garage of the late Karsten Solheim, a mechanical engineer with an extensive background in the aerospace and computer industries. His frustration with his putting inspired him to design his own putter, which created a "pinging" sound when striking a golf ball. This sound was the source of the name now synonymous with innovation, quality and service throughout the world of golf. Solheim and his company are credited with numerous innovations that became industry standards, including perimeter weighting, custom fitting and the use of investment casting in the manufacturing of golf clubs.  His insistence on adhering to strict engineering principles and tight manufacturing tolerances raised the level of product performance and quality throughout the golf industry.  Solheim is the only person to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame as a golf club manufacturer. Today, the Phoenix-based company is under the direction of Solheim's grandson, John K. Solheim, who leads a team of more than 800 dedicated employees committed to helping improve the games of golfers around the world.