NORMAN, Okla. — The First, Second, Third, and Honorable Mention 2026 NCAA Division II PING All-America Teams have been announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). Nick Canales of the University of Central Oklahoma was named a Second Team All-America selection and two other MIAA golfers were named Honorable Mention selections.
Twenty-four NCAA Division II men's golfers were named to the 2026 PING All-America Teams and 28 others were named Honorable Mention selections. A total of three MIAA men's golfers earned All-America honors from the GCAA in the 2025-26 NCAA Division II men's golf season. Central Oklahoma's Nick Canales was a Second Team All-America selection, while the Bronchos' Baylor Bostick and Central Missouri's CJ Phillips were Honorable Mention All-America selections.
Canales, a junior from Laporte, Texas, earned his third-consecutive All-America honor, adding to his list of career honors while boasting a 71.2 scoring average this season with one win at the season-opening event The Mule. Canales recorded 19 rounds of par or better, more than half of his 35 rounds played this season. Bostick, a junior from Duncan, Oklahoma, won two events, the MSSU Fall Invitational and The MIAA Championship in April. He recorded a 72.1 scoring average and also had 19 rounds of par or better in 35 rounds played this season.
Canales and Boston were named all-region award winners earlier this year, while leading the Bronchos to a top-10 national ranking all season, and winning the MIAA championship.
Phillips finished off his season competing at the NCAA D-II National Championships, where he went 1-under par to place 42nd in the stroke play. Phillips has a 72.17 stroke average over 35 rounds this season. He's compiled a team-best three tournament victories, along with five top-five performances and eight top-10 finishes. The junior from Edmond, Okla., captured the 2026 NCAA Division II Midwest/Central Regional individual championship after posting a three-round score of 5-under par 211, and also finished first at The Tulsa Cup and Missouri Western State University Holiday Inn Express Classic in October. He currently ranks first in career scoring average at Central Missouri at 72.72 in 85 career rounds (2023-26).
About PING All-Americans:
The GCAA began naming NCAA Division II All-Americans in 1975, with PING sponsoring the award since at least 1991. For Division II, the First Team consists of eight golfers (nine if the individual national champion wasn’t already named to the First Team), eight on the Second Team, eight on the Third Team, and at least 16 earn Honorable Mention All-America honors. Automatic additions from GCAA member schools to Honorable Mention if not previously named include top-15 finishers at the NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championship, the top two players in each All-Region ballot, and NCAA Division II Regional Medalists.
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.
