Dempsey Earns Spot In NCAA Regional

May 10, 2005

INDIANAPOLIS - Ole Miss All-SEC golfer Jordan Dempsey has been selected to compete at the NCAA East Regional May 19-21 in Nashville, Tenn., with a chance to compete for an individual national championship. The field was announced Monday afternoon by the NCAA selection committee.

"By his excellent play all season, Jordan has certainly earned the right to play at an NCAA regional," said Ole Miss head coach Ernest Ross. "I know he is excited to have his season extended and be able to play against the very best in the country."

The senior from Jacksonville, Fla., is the No. 1 seed out of the field of six individuals chosen for the East Regional from schools that did not qualify as a team. The other five are Rob Langley of Furman, Michael Thompson of Tulane, Robert Dinwiddie of Tennessee State, Joe Deraney of Mississippi State and Chris Wheeler of Tulane.

Dempsey leads the Southeastern Conference in stroke average at 71.47, and has led for the entire spring portion of the season. He currently ranks second in Ole Miss history in top-five finishes in a season (7), top-10 finishes in a season (9), season stroke average (71.47) and most rounds at par or better in a season (19).

The SEC will host the East Regional, which will be held at the Golf Club of Tennessee in Nashville.

A total of 18 individuals were selected at-large to compete in the three regionals (the other two are in South Bend, Ind., and Stanford, Calif.) alongside those participating with their teams.

The top 10 teams and top two individuals from each regional will advance to the NCAA Championships, which will be held June 1-4 at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland.

The last Rebel individual to make the cut and advance to the final two rounds of the NCAA Championships was Jon Barlett in 2000. He tied for 24th.

Below is a complete of the NCAA Championships field (conference champions automatically qualify):

EAST REGIONAL
Golf Club of Tennessee in Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by the Southeastern Conference

Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Georgia
2. Georgia Tech
3. Florida
4. Duke (Atlantic Coast)
5. Wake Forest
6. Tennessee
7. Georgia Southern
8. Alabama
9. Clemson
10. Georgia State (Atlantic Sun)
11. Coastal Carolina (Big South)
12. East Tennessee State (Southern)
13. Indiana
14. Central Florida
15. North Carolina
16. Louisville
17. Virginia
18. Vanderbilt
19. Charlotte
20. Penn State
21. North Carolina-Wilmington (Colonial)
22. Towson
23. Rhode Island
24. Rutgers
25. Maryland
26. Army (Patriot)
27. Boston College

Individuals:
1. Jordan Dempsey, Mississippi
2. Rob Langley, Furman
3. Michael Thompson, Tulane
4. Robert Dinwiddie, Tennessee State
5. Joe Deraney, Mississippi State
6. Chris Wheeler, Tulane

CENTRAL REGIONAL
Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Indiana
Hosted by the University of Notre Dame

Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Oklahoma State (Big 12)
2. Augusta State
3. TCU (C-USA)
4. Kentucky (SEC)
5. Texas
6. Purdue
7. Minnesota
8. Michigan State (Big Ten)
9. Oklahoma
10. Kent State (MAC)
11. Texas Tech
12. Southern Methodist (WAC)
13. Tulsa
14. Wichita State
15. Xavier (Atlantic 10)
16. Texas A&M
17. Kansas
18. Arkansas
19. Baylor
20. Notre Dame (Big East)
21. Lamar
22. Missouri
23. Kansas State
24. IUPUI (Mid-Continent)
25. Jackson State (SWAC)
26. Detroit (Horizon)
27. Loyola (Maryland) (Metro Atlantic)

Individuals:
1. Patrick Sullivan, Arkansas-Little Rock
2. Scott Anderson, Ohio State
3. Edward McGlasson, Colorado
4. Garrett Chaussard, Illinois
5. Chris Wilson, Northwestern
6. Korey Mahoney, Eastern Michigan

WEST REGIONAL
Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, California
Hosted by Stanford University

Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. UNLV
2. New Mexico (Mountain West)
3. Auburn
4. Arizona State
5. UCLA
6. Arizona
7. Brigham Young
8. South Carolina
9. Southern California
10. Washington (Pac-10)
11. LSU
12. Pepperdine (West Coast)
13. San Diego State
14. UC Riverside (Big West)
15. St. Mary's (California)
16. Stanford
17. Texas-Arlington (Southland)
18. Colorado State
19. Cal Poly
20. Fresno State
21. Oregon
22. Denver
23. South Alabama (Sun Belt)
24. Illinois State (Missouri Valley)
25. Samford (Ohio Valley)
26. Princeton (Ivy)
27. Central Connecticut State (Northeast)

Individuals:
1. Jeff Hood, California
2. Garrett Sapp, UC Irvine
3. David Kim, San Jose State
4. Kenny Ebalo, Southern Utah
5. Danny Bowen, New Mexico State
6. Tyler Goulding, Air Force

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