FLOWOOD, Miss. – Alabama A&M freshman
BK Kim (Won Ju, South Korea) became just the fifth individual on record to earn All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) honors following an impressive performance at the league championships on Wednesday, April 20. As a team the Bulldogs finished in sixth with a 304-311-317-932.
Kim bounced back from a first round 77 to fire back-to-back rounds of 73 and finish with a 223, good for a tie at 8-of-30. That earned him All-SWAC Second-Team honors, making him the first individual to land on either team since the 2014 season.
That year Phillip Fitzgerald earned First-Team honors as he finished second overall and was named Freshman of the Year. In 2013 Will Smartt tied for 9
th for Second-Team recognition while Bradley Story was First-Team and the league's individual champion in 2011. Prior to that it was Matt Dunn finishing sixth for Second-Team honors in 2000 at the start of A&M's NCAA Division I era.
Texas Southern claimed the league championship with an 886, finishing three strokes ahead of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (889). Florida A&M (892), Prairie View (899) and Alabama State (906) rounded out the top five while PVAMU's Zane Brooks was the individual medalist a 54-hole score of 214.
A&M will wrap up the 2021-22 season at the beginning of next month when they head to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship. That tournament, hosted by the Union League of Philadelphia, will run from May 2-4 and feature a number of cultural and networking events in conjunction with the event.
ALL-SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAMS
First-Team
Zane Brooks, Prairie View A&M
Gonzalo Moreno, Alabama State
William O'Connor, Texas Southern
Patrick Jean-Pierre, Florida A&M
Jaime Moliner, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Second-Team
Joshua McCray, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Patrick Mwendapole, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Ayush Bodhale, Florida A&M
BK Kim, Alabama A&M
Rondarius Walters, Prairie View A&M
Landon Johnstone, Texas Southern
ALL-TIME ALL-SWAC SELECTIONS (5/5 Ind.)
2022
BK Kim, Second-Team (T-8th)
2014
Phillip Fitzgerald, First-Team* (2nd)
*Freshman of the Year
2013
Will Smartt, Second-Team (T-9th)
2011
Bradley Story, First-Team% (1st)
%SWAC Individual Champion
2000
Matt Dunn, Second-Team (6th)
^2001 Results Are Unavailable
