Adam Wallin & Neal Shipley Named PING All-Americans
6/5/2024 9:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Wallin, Shipley and Maxwell Moldovan all earned PING All-Region honors as well this season
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Coming off the best run in the NCAA Championship for Ohio State in 45 years, two of its players – Adam Wallin and Neal Shipley – have been named honorable mention PING All-Americans.
Both players enjoyed the best years of their career in their final collegiate seasons. Wallin averaged a career-best 71.73 over 12 events and posted seven top 20 finishes. He had 22 rounds at par or better and had a team-best 93.2 percent of his rounds count towards the team score. At the NCAA Championship last month, he held the 54-hole lead and finished in a tie for eighth at 1-under par. That was the best finish at the NCAA Championship by a Buckeye since 1985.
For his career, Wallin recorded a pair of victories and 20 top 20 finishes. His career average of 72.47 is fourth-best in program history and his 28 rounds in the 60s are second-most of any Buckeye.
Shipley has had a tremendous year in the spotlight. It started with a great summer, culminating with a runner-up finish in August at the UA Amateur. He then rolled that into his most successful collegiate season, averaging a career-best and team-leading 71.35 this season. He had six top 10s this year alone after posting just five top 10s in his previous four seasons combined. The Pittsburgh, Pa., native also recorded his lone collegiate victory this season at the Southwestern Invitational in January. Sandwiched in his collegiate season was a trip to the Masters where he made the cut and played with Tiger Woods on Sunday.
This was Shipley’s second honorable mention All-American honor of his career as he also earned the award last season.
Wallin and Shipley both earned PING All-Region honors this season along with fellow senior Maxwell Moldovan. Moldovan ended his record-setting career with the lowest scoring average in OSU history at 71.25 and also has the most career rounds at par or better (86) and the most career rounds in the 60s (48). He had four career wins, 19 top 10s and 31 top 20s.
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