NORMAN, Okla. – Following a historic season that included Carleton College men's golf winning the MIAC Championships for the first time and the program making its first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships, Ryan Choi '25 and Gordon Walker '26 both received 2025 Division III PING All-America Honorable Mention by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
 
Choi and Walker finished inside the top-15 at Nationals and became the third and fourth members of the Carleton men's program to earn some level of All-America recognition:
 
Carleton Men's Golf All-Americans
1943   --   Wally Ulrich (national champion)
1976   --   Tim Morris
2025   --   Ryan Choi (honorable mention)
2025   --   Gordon Walker (honorable mention)
 
"Ryan and Gordon both had unbelievable showings at our first ever NCAA Championships," said Carleton head coach Sloan Walgren. "They are both extremely talented golfers, great leaders, and just all-around great guys. I'm so proud of everything that they have done on the course, in the classroom, and everywhere else at Carleton. These All-America golf awards will look great on the wall and will nicely complement their academic awards.'
 
A total of 50 golfers were recognized this year by PING and the GCAA with All-America accolades. Eight players were named to each the first, second, and third All-America teams with an additional 26 golfers receiving All-America Honorable Mention. Carleton is 1 one of only 13 programs to have multiple players take home some level of All-America recognition (see full list below.)
 
Since rejoining the conference for the 1983-84 season, Carleton had finished inside the top-5 at the MIAC Championships only twice before and had never placed better than third. But Choi, Walker, and their teammates made history this past fall by winning the conference tournament by a whopping 18 shots over a trio of top-25 ranked opponents.
 
That showing clinched the Knights' bid to the 2025 NCAA Championships in Penfield, N.Y. Choi and Walker took full advantage of the opportunity to play on the national stage, and with the duo leading the way, Carleton made the cut and tied for 13th in the field of 43 teams.
 
Choi concluded his collegiate career by finishing in a tie for 12th place out of 225 entrants at the NCAA Championships. He posted an overall score of +5 (70-79-69-75=293) during the four-day tournament that was interrupted multiple times by rain. He started the championships with an opening-round 70 (-2) and followed that up with a second-round 79 (+7). He made a charge up the leaderboards with a bogey-free third round that featured three birdies for a 69 (-3), which tied for the best third-round score in the field.
 
Concern regarding the final day's weather forecast, led teams to start the fourth round immediately after the third round concluded with the Knights getting in an additional 14-18 holes before play was suspended due to darkness. Choi got off to a slow start in the final round and was in 19th place when play was halted. Returning the following day, the field had to wait out more rain but when Choi finally got on the course for his final four holes as a Knight, he eagled hole No. 17 and improved seven spots on the leaderboard to finish in a tie for 12th overall.
 
Choi posted a 74.6 scoring average across 10 events this season and had a trio of top-10 results, including medalist honors at the MIAC Championships in October when he became the first Carleton men's golfer to win an individual conference championship since 1980. He posted the lowest 18-hole score of his career with an opening-round 66 on Day 1 of the Dual at Emerald in mid-September.
 
Walker tied for 14th at the NCAA Championships, finishing with a flourish to vault 29 spots up the leaderboard during the final round to complete the tournament at +6 (74-76-77-67=294). Following an opening-round 74 (+2), he was the Knights' co-leader during the second round with a 76 (+4). The junior carded a 77 (+5) in the third round and was tied for 43rd place before getting off to a strong start in the final round. He birdied the first three holes of the fourth round, then shook off back-to-back bogeys on No. 5 and No. 6 with three more birdies on No. 8, No. 9, and No. 11 to move to -4 through 15 holes.
 
Walker returned on the final day and closed out the championships and his best collegiate round with a par, a birdie, and par. Overall, he made seven birdies during the final round to shoot 67, tied for the lowest score by any golfer in any round of the tournament.
 
Walker owned a 75.8 scoring average over his 25 rounds spanning 10 events. He was the runner up at the Carleton-Saint John's Dual and tied for 11th at the MIAC Championships in October. This national honor more than makes up for missing out on all-conference recognition by only one shot.

Carleton is the first MIAC program with two players to earn All-America recognition in the same season since 2021-22.

 
Division III PING All-America Teams
First Team
Jack Burr, Huntingdon
Justin Chan, Carnegie Mellon
Eddie Coffren V, Lynchburg
Jonathan McEwen, Washington & Lee
Kevin Mu, Emory
Haden Ruby, Methodist
Daniel Suter, Gettysburg
Chase Walts, Methodist
 
Second Team
Elias Becker, Sewanee
Aaron Buck, Redlands
Turner Chiles, Sewanee
Brian Hanson, Emory
Will Karkoc, Bethel (MN)
Griffin Pohl, Illinois Wesleyan
Aiden Spampinato, Methodist
Michael Spitzer, Illinois Wesleyan
 
Third Team
Stephen Baker, Huntingdon
Corbin Barton, LeTourneau
Beau Brewer, Methodist
Watcharakan Chankarn, Greensboro
Jackson Hiller, Oglethorpe
Timothy Kaufman, Washington & Lee
Collin McMahon-Shea, Dickinson
Caleb Ryan, Methodist
 
Honorable Mention
Ramon Aroca Gonzalez, Hamilton
Matt Buckley, RPI
Michael Burry, Emory
Jason Bustos, La Verne
Ryan Choi, Carleton
Jonas DeLeon, Redlands
Evan Eichenlaub, Babson
Jackson Hulsey, Aurora
Sam Karman, Oglethorpe
Yuefeng (Michael) Ma, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Elias Malakoff, Washington & Lee
Evan Mendyk, Guilford
Mattias Morris, Aurora
Peyton Mussina, Penn College
Nilay Naik, Pomona-Pitzer
Jonathan Oakes, Kenyon
Killian O'Reilly, Averett
Elliot Parker, Drew
Carter Ruegsegger, Dubuque
Alvin Su, Rochester
Aman Vantipalli, Babson
Leonardo Vieira, Carnegie Mellon
Gordon Walker, Carleton
Shibo Wang, Rochester
Ian Williams, William Peace
Andre Zhang, Amherst