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Gophers' Wu Named to PING All-Region Team
5/30/2026 12:00:00 PM | Men's Golf
NORMAN, Okla. - University of Minnesota men's golfer Chun-Ta Wu was named to the NCAA Division I PING All-Region Team, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Saturday. In total, 150 players across six regions and 81 schools earned all-region honors for 2025-26.
An All-B1G Second Team selection, Wu closed his sophomore season with a team-leading 71.87 scoring average. He claimed the first tournament title of his collegiate career when he was the medalist at The Johnnie-O in addition to claiming three top-10 finishes during the year, including a ninth-place effort at the 2026 Big Ten Conference Championships in early May.
"Chun-Ta has the talent and determination that allows him to play at an elite level," Minnesota head coach Justin Smith said. "He finished in the top 25 seven times, where six of those came in the spring for us and was highlighted by his win at Sea Island. This is just the start for Chun-Ta. I am really excited about his development and the consistent improvements he made this year."
Hailing from Manly Vale, New South Wales, Australia, Wu matched a career-low round of 8-under par 64 in the opening round of his tournament victory. He carded a total of 14 rounds under par this season with the Maroon and Gold and paced the team at six of the 12 events.
Wu is the first golfer from the Golden Gophers' program to be recognized on an all-region team since Ben Warian in 2024. It also marks the 17th year over the past 24 where a Minnesota golfer has earned all-region honors.
NCAA Division I PING All-Region Teams
Midwest
RJ Arone, Michigan
TJ Barger, Illinois State
Caleb Bond, Michigan State
Cooper Claycomb, Louisville
Anthony De Schutter, Southern Illinois
Sam Easterbrook, Purdue
Ryan Ford, Cincinnati
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Dane Huddleston, Illinois
Trey Marrion, Illinois
Ashton McCulloch, Michigan State
Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame
Cayse Morgan, Xavier
Calen Sanderson, Notre Dame
Rudy Sautron, Nebraska
Ryan Shellberg, Iowa
Brady Smith, Louisville
Nate Stevens, Notre Dame
Rowan Sullivan, Northwestern
Daniel Svärd, Northwestern
Warren Thomis, Louisville
Freddie Turnell, Illinois
Ryan Voois, Illinois
Kaleb Wilson, West Virginia
Chun-Ta Wu, Minnesota
Northeast
Manuel Barbachano, George Washington
Barnes Blake, Georgetown
Alex Creamean, Penn State
Chip Deegan, Navy
Rasmus Ditzinger, Fairfield
Argyle Downes, Rutgers
Bennett Espenshade, Rutgers
Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton
Will Gregware, Maryland
Reed Greyserman, Princeton
Ieuan Jones, Harvard
Luke Koenig, Rutgers
Markus Lam, Boston College
Will Lodge, Yale
William Ma, Harvard
Ryan Pamer, Villanova
Lucas Politano, Rutgers
Emil Riegger, Maryland
Bradley Sawka, UConn
Tyson Sparks, Army
Eli Spaulding, Loyola Maryland
Luke Stennett, Rhode Island
Jack Tarzy, Navy
Jeffrey Zatorski, Rutgers
Barry Zhang, Harvard
East
Lucas Augustsson, Clemson
Carson Bertagnole, North Carolina
Morgan Blythe, Georgia Southern
Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær, Clemson
Seb Cave, Charlotte
Paul Chang, Virginia
Josh Duangmanee, Virginia
Miles Eubanks, College of Charleston
Ethan Evans, Duke
Albert Hansson, Georgia Tech
Ben James, Virginia
Frazer Jones, Charlotte
Bryan Kim, Duke
Bryan Lee, Virginia
William Love, Duke
Michael Lugiano, Liberty
Justin Matthews, Charlotte
Jakob Melin, Wake Forest
Nicholas Prieto, Wake Forest
Andrew Riley, North Carolina
Grant Roscich, North Carolina
Niall Sheils Donegan, North Carolina
Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech
Aidan Tran, Georgia Tech
Yixiang Wang, Memphis
Southeast
Jake Albert, Auburn
Garrett Endicott, Mississippi State
Tom Fischer, Ole Miss
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Frankie Harris, South Carolina
Josh Hill, Tennessee
William Jennings, Alabama
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Matthew Kress, Florida
Carter Loflin, Georgia
Noah McWilliams, LSU
Jay Mendell, LSU
Cayden Pope, Auburn
Luke Poulter, Florida
Wilhelm Ryding, USF
Parker Sands, Florida
Lance Simpson, Tennessee
Jon Ed Steed, Vanderbilt
Gunnlaugur Árni Sveinsson, LSU
Zack Swanwick, Florida
Cameron Tankersley, Ole Miss
Cohen Trolio, Ole Miss
Jack Turner, Florida
Tyler Weaver, Florida State
Wells Williams, Vanderbilt
Central
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Lukas Boandl, Rice
Adam Bresnu, Texas Tech
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Wheaton Ennis, Texas A&M
Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State
Erich Fortlage, Arkansas
Gerardo Gomez, Arkansas
Connor Graham, Texas Tech
Gaven Lane, Oklahoma State
Eric Lee, Oklahoma State
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Tommy Morrison, Texas
Shiv Parmar, Texas A&M
Alvaro Pastor, Tarleton State
Malan Potgieter, Louisiana
Luke Potter, Texas
Aaron Pounds, Texas A&M
Thomas Schmidt, Arkansas State
Will Sides, SMU
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Jase Summy, Oklahoma
Sam Udovich, TCU
Hudson Weibel, Houston
Tim Wiedemeyer, Texas Tech
West
Kihei Akina, BYU
Nguyen Anh Minh, Oregon State
Jack Buchanan, USC
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Johnnie Clark, New Mexico
Alejandro de Castro Piera, Long Beach State
Jaden Dumdumaya, USC
Mesa Falleur, New Mexico
Dean Greyserman, Stanford
Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
Sergio Jimenez, Utah
Josh Kim, UCLA
Fifa Laopakdee, Arizona State
Baylor Larrabee, UCLA
Jay Leng, Stanford
Ian Maspat, San Diego
Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State
Taishi Moto, Arizona
Zach Pollo, Arizona
Brady Siravo, Pepperdine
Harry Takis, San Diego State
Willy Walsh, Pepperdine
Connor Williams, Arizona State
Steen Zeman, Long Beach State
Ziqin Zhou, California
An All-B1G Second Team selection, Wu closed his sophomore season with a team-leading 71.87 scoring average. He claimed the first tournament title of his collegiate career when he was the medalist at The Johnnie-O in addition to claiming three top-10 finishes during the year, including a ninth-place effort at the 2026 Big Ten Conference Championships in early May.
"Chun-Ta has the talent and determination that allows him to play at an elite level," Minnesota head coach Justin Smith said. "He finished in the top 25 seven times, where six of those came in the spring for us and was highlighted by his win at Sea Island. This is just the start for Chun-Ta. I am really excited about his development and the consistent improvements he made this year."
Hailing from Manly Vale, New South Wales, Australia, Wu matched a career-low round of 8-under par 64 in the opening round of his tournament victory. He carded a total of 14 rounds under par this season with the Maroon and Gold and paced the team at six of the 12 events.
Wu is the first golfer from the Golden Gophers' program to be recognized on an all-region team since Ben Warian in 2024. It also marks the 17th year over the past 24 where a Minnesota golfer has earned all-region honors.
NCAA Division I PING All-Region Teams
Midwest
RJ Arone, Michigan
TJ Barger, Illinois State
Caleb Bond, Michigan State
Cooper Claycomb, Louisville
Anthony De Schutter, Southern Illinois
Sam Easterbrook, Purdue
Ryan Ford, Cincinnati
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Dane Huddleston, Illinois
Trey Marrion, Illinois
Ashton McCulloch, Michigan State
Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame
Cayse Morgan, Xavier
Calen Sanderson, Notre Dame
Rudy Sautron, Nebraska
Ryan Shellberg, Iowa
Brady Smith, Louisville
Nate Stevens, Notre Dame
Rowan Sullivan, Northwestern
Daniel Svärd, Northwestern
Warren Thomis, Louisville
Freddie Turnell, Illinois
Ryan Voois, Illinois
Kaleb Wilson, West Virginia
Chun-Ta Wu, Minnesota
Northeast
Manuel Barbachano, George Washington
Barnes Blake, Georgetown
Alex Creamean, Penn State
Chip Deegan, Navy
Rasmus Ditzinger, Fairfield
Argyle Downes, Rutgers
Bennett Espenshade, Rutgers
Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton
Will Gregware, Maryland
Reed Greyserman, Princeton
Ieuan Jones, Harvard
Luke Koenig, Rutgers
Markus Lam, Boston College
Will Lodge, Yale
William Ma, Harvard
Ryan Pamer, Villanova
Lucas Politano, Rutgers
Emil Riegger, Maryland
Bradley Sawka, UConn
Tyson Sparks, Army
Eli Spaulding, Loyola Maryland
Luke Stennett, Rhode Island
Jack Tarzy, Navy
Jeffrey Zatorski, Rutgers
Barry Zhang, Harvard
East
Lucas Augustsson, Clemson
Carson Bertagnole, North Carolina
Morgan Blythe, Georgia Southern
Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær, Clemson
Seb Cave, Charlotte
Paul Chang, Virginia
Josh Duangmanee, Virginia
Miles Eubanks, College of Charleston
Ethan Evans, Duke
Albert Hansson, Georgia Tech
Ben James, Virginia
Frazer Jones, Charlotte
Bryan Kim, Duke
Bryan Lee, Virginia
William Love, Duke
Michael Lugiano, Liberty
Justin Matthews, Charlotte
Jakob Melin, Wake Forest
Nicholas Prieto, Wake Forest
Andrew Riley, North Carolina
Grant Roscich, North Carolina
Niall Sheils Donegan, North Carolina
Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech
Aidan Tran, Georgia Tech
Yixiang Wang, Memphis
Southeast
Jake Albert, Auburn
Garrett Endicott, Mississippi State
Tom Fischer, Ole Miss
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Frankie Harris, South Carolina
Josh Hill, Tennessee
William Jennings, Alabama
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Matthew Kress, Florida
Carter Loflin, Georgia
Noah McWilliams, LSU
Jay Mendell, LSU
Cayden Pope, Auburn
Luke Poulter, Florida
Wilhelm Ryding, USF
Parker Sands, Florida
Lance Simpson, Tennessee
Jon Ed Steed, Vanderbilt
Gunnlaugur Árni Sveinsson, LSU
Zack Swanwick, Florida
Cameron Tankersley, Ole Miss
Cohen Trolio, Ole Miss
Jack Turner, Florida
Tyler Weaver, Florida State
Wells Williams, Vanderbilt
Central
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Lukas Boandl, Rice
Adam Bresnu, Texas Tech
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Wheaton Ennis, Texas A&M
Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State
Erich Fortlage, Arkansas
Gerardo Gomez, Arkansas
Connor Graham, Texas Tech
Gaven Lane, Oklahoma State
Eric Lee, Oklahoma State
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Tommy Morrison, Texas
Shiv Parmar, Texas A&M
Alvaro Pastor, Tarleton State
Malan Potgieter, Louisiana
Luke Potter, Texas
Aaron Pounds, Texas A&M
Thomas Schmidt, Arkansas State
Will Sides, SMU
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Jase Summy, Oklahoma
Sam Udovich, TCU
Hudson Weibel, Houston
Tim Wiedemeyer, Texas Tech
West
Kihei Akina, BYU
Nguyen Anh Minh, Oregon State
Jack Buchanan, USC
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Johnnie Clark, New Mexico
Alejandro de Castro Piera, Long Beach State
Jaden Dumdumaya, USC
Mesa Falleur, New Mexico
Dean Greyserman, Stanford
Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
Sergio Jimenez, Utah
Josh Kim, UCLA
Fifa Laopakdee, Arizona State
Baylor Larrabee, UCLA
Jay Leng, Stanford
Ian Maspat, San Diego
Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State
Taishi Moto, Arizona
Zach Pollo, Arizona
Brady Siravo, Pepperdine
Harry Takis, San Diego State
Willy Walsh, Pepperdine
Connor Williams, Arizona State
Steen Zeman, Long Beach State
Ziqin Zhou, California
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