2026 NAIA PING All-America Teams Finalized
NORMAN, Okla. -- The Second and Third 2026 NAIA PING All-America Teams have been announced by the GCAA. Sam Dykema of Indiana Wesleyan, Yann Ferrando of Keiser, Antonio Juarbe of Coastal Georgia, Ben McFadden of Dalton State, Weston Ogden of Marian (IN), Carter Ray of Oklahoma City, Christopher Richards Jr. and Vedant Sirohi of Webber International, Iver Sokhan-Sanj of Keiser, Felipe Suarez of Missouri Valley, and Christian Yanovitch of Oklahoma City were previously named to the First Team.
Sacha Brendle of Wayland Baptist, Jax Brewer of USAO, Owen Croft of Victoria (B.C.), Luke Hammond of Columbia International, Joshua Killingsworth of MidAmerica Nazarene, Brady Meek of Texas Wesleyan, Patrick Neal of MidAmerica Nazarene, Trinton Nobles of Friends, Cobey Riddle of Blue Mountain Christian, and Lane Zedrick of Marian (IN) comprised the Second Team.
Third Team honorees were Francisco de Bethencourt of Milligan, Ryker Dunkley of Hastings, Jaeden Ellis of USAO, Kolbe Fielder of Texas Wesleyan, Tristan Greenleaf of Webber International, Jacob Joseph of Point, Bernhard Koster of Friends, Tyler Latimer of Dalton State, Jack Newton of Oklahoma City, Alex Nordstrom of Blue Mountain Christian, Jack Peters of Keiser, Gabriele Romani of Friends, Lorenzo Santinelli of Oklahoma City, Trey Schmidt of Reinhardt, and Stanley White of Lindsey Wilson.
NAIA PING All-Americans
First Team
Sam Dykema, Indiana Wesleyan
Yann Ferrando, Keiser
Antonio Juarbe, Coastal Georgia
Ben McFadden, Dalton State
Weston Ogden, Marian (IN)
Carter Ray, Oklahoma City
Christopher Richards Jr., Webber International
Vedant Sirohi, Webber International
Iver Sokhan-Sanj, Keiser
Felipe Suarez, Missouri Valley
Christian Yanovitch, Oklahoma City
Second Team
Sacha Brendle, Wayland Baptist
Jax Brewer, USAO
Owen Croft, Victoria (B.C.)
Luke Hammond, Columbia International
Joshua Killingsworth, MidAmerica Nazarene
Brady Meek, Texas Wesleyan
Patrick Neal, MidAmerica Nazarene
Trinton Nobles, Friends
Cobey Riddle, Blue Mountain Christian
Lane Zedrick, Marian (IN)
Third Team
Francisco de Bethencourt, Milligan
Ryker Dunkley, Hastings
Jaeden Ellis, USAO
Kolbe Fielder, Texas Wesleyan
Tristan Greenleaf, Webber International
Jacob Joseph, Point
Bernhard Koster, Friends
Tyler Latimer, Dalton State
Jack Newton, Oklahoma City
Alex Nordstrom, Blue Mountain Christian
Jack Peters, Keiser
Gabriele Romani, Friends
Lorenzo Santinelli, Oklahoma City
Trey Schmidt, Reinhardt
Stanley White, Lindsey Wilson
About PING All-Americans
The GCAA has been naming NAIA All-Americans since at least 2005, with PING sponsoring the GCAA’s All-America awards since at least 1991. For NAIA, the First Team consists of 10 golfers (11 if the individual national champion wasn’t already named to the First Team), 10 on the Second Team, and at least 10 earn Third Team All-America honors. Automatic additions from GCAA member schools to the Third Team if not previously named include top-15 finishers at the NAIA Men’s Golf Championship and the top three players in each All-Region ballot.
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.