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EMU's Celone Collects Second Team All-MAC Honors
5/6/2022 3:11:00 PM | Men's Golf
The senior garners All-MAC accolades for the second time in his career
CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) — After a strong 2021-22 campaign for the Eastern Michigan University men's golf program, senior Ty Celone (Long Sault, Ontario, Canada-St Joseph's Catholic) earned all-league honors as the Mid-American Conference unveiled its 2022 MAC Men's Golf awards Friday, May 6.
Celone was selected Second Team All-MAC by the league's head coaches after leading the Eagles' scoring efforts throughout the season with a 72.82 stroke average.
Overall, Celone is just the 22nd different EMU student-athlete to earn a spot on an All-MAC team. Furthermore, he becomes the first Eagle since Brian Churchill-Smith (2011-12) to garner the accolade twice in a career. Celone previously earned first team honors in 2019 when Eastern shared the tournament title with Kent State.
Celone officially cemented himself as the program's leader in career scoring average at 73.26, surpassing 2007 MAC Champion Graham Hill's (2005-08) standard of 73.3. He played in 126 rounds with 48 rounds of par-or-better.
A two-time Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar (2019-20, 2020-21), Celone was twice named Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week (Feb. 22 and April 1) during the 2021-22 season. He finished in a tie for fourth at the Craft Farms Intercollegiate with a season-best 211 (72-67-72) and placed sixth at the Wexford Intercollegiate with a one-under 215 (73-70-72). Additionally, Celone scored a par 216 (74-72-70) at the Purdue Fall Invitational to tie for 14th place.
The full slate of awards for the 2021-22 season looked like this...
Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsmanship Award: Jack Herceg, Miami
Kermit Blosser Coach of the Year: Jeff Roope, Toledo
Freshman of the Year: Jordan Gilkison, Kent State
Golfer of the Year: Chris Vandette, Kent State
All-Tournament Team
Chris Vandette, Kent State
Josh Gilkison, Kent State
Jack Ebner, Miami
Barend Botha, Toledo
Lukas Clark, Toledo
Jamie Tofte Nielsen, Toledo
All-MAC First Team
Chris Vandette, Kent State
Josh Gilkison, Kent State
Cade Breitenstine, Kent State
Barend Botha, Toledo
Lukas Clark, Toledo
All-MAC Second Team
Joey Renieri, Ball State
Ty Celone, Eastern Michigan
Jordan Gilkison, Kent State
Jack Ebner, Miami
Danny Fisher, Miami
Jamie Tofte-Nielsen, Toledo
Celone was selected Second Team All-MAC by the league's head coaches after leading the Eagles' scoring efforts throughout the season with a 72.82 stroke average.
Overall, Celone is just the 22nd different EMU student-athlete to earn a spot on an All-MAC team. Furthermore, he becomes the first Eagle since Brian Churchill-Smith (2011-12) to garner the accolade twice in a career. Celone previously earned first team honors in 2019 when Eastern shared the tournament title with Kent State.
Celone officially cemented himself as the program's leader in career scoring average at 73.26, surpassing 2007 MAC Champion Graham Hill's (2005-08) standard of 73.3. He played in 126 rounds with 48 rounds of par-or-better.
A two-time Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar (2019-20, 2020-21), Celone was twice named Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week (Feb. 22 and April 1) during the 2021-22 season. He finished in a tie for fourth at the Craft Farms Intercollegiate with a season-best 211 (72-67-72) and placed sixth at the Wexford Intercollegiate with a one-under 215 (73-70-72). Additionally, Celone scored a par 216 (74-72-70) at the Purdue Fall Invitational to tie for 14th place.
The full slate of awards for the 2021-22 season looked like this...
Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsmanship Award: Jack Herceg, Miami
Kermit Blosser Coach of the Year: Jeff Roope, Toledo
Freshman of the Year: Jordan Gilkison, Kent State
Golfer of the Year: Chris Vandette, Kent State
All-Tournament Team
Chris Vandette, Kent State
Josh Gilkison, Kent State
Jack Ebner, Miami
Barend Botha, Toledo
Lukas Clark, Toledo
Jamie Tofte Nielsen, Toledo
All-MAC First Team
Chris Vandette, Kent State
Josh Gilkison, Kent State
Cade Breitenstine, Kent State
Barend Botha, Toledo
Lukas Clark, Toledo
All-MAC Second Team
Joey Renieri, Ball State
Ty Celone, Eastern Michigan
Jordan Gilkison, Kent State
Jack Ebner, Miami
Danny Fisher, Miami
Jamie Tofte-Nielsen, Toledo
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