Golfweek Tabs UVA No. 2; Pair Featured on All-America Team

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Seniors Ben James (First Team) and Bryan Lee (Third Team) garnered preseason All-America honors from Golfweek on Thursday (Aug. 28). Virginia was one in all 9 faculties nationally and the one Atlantic Coast Conference program with a number of honorees.

James has been named a First Team All-American by Golfweek for every of his first three seasons, the one participant in program historical past to seize a number of first workforce All-America accolades. Lee was an honorable point out All-American as a junior final season. The pair additionally landed on the Haskins Award Preseason Watch List earlier this week.

Virginia, the 2025 NCAA Runner-Up, is ranked the No. 2 workforce within the nation in keeping with Golfweek’s preseason rating. UVA is coming off this system’s first ever ACC Championship in 2025 and return 5 of their six golfers that competed in final yr’s historic NCAA Tournament run. Four returning gamers are ranked within the top-50 of the newest World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) – James (No. 2), Lee (No. 30), Paul Chang (No. 35) and Josh Duangmanee (No. 44)

Before the Cavaliers start their fall schedule on the Invitational on the Honors Course (Sept. 15-16) in Ooltewah, Tenn., James will signify the United States within the Walker Cup at Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach Calif. (Sept. 6-7).

First Team
Ethan Fang, Jr., Oklahoma State
Ben James, Sr., Virginia
Jackson Koivun, Jr., Auburn
Michael La Sasso, Sr., Ole Miss
Christiaan Maas, Sr., Texas
Jacob Modleski, Jr., Notre Dame
Tommy Morrison, Sr., Texas
Preston Stout, Jr., Oklahoma State
Jase Summy, Sr., Oklahoma
Arni Sveinsson, So., LSU

Second Team
Daniel Bennett, So., Texas
Mahanth Chirravuri, Sr., Pepperdine
Ryder Cowan, Jr., Oklahoma
Connor Graham, So., Texas Tech
Max Herendeen, Jr., Illinois
Filip Jakubcik, Sr., Arizona
Luke Poulter, Jr., Florida
Lance Simpson, Sr., Tennessee
Tyler Weaver, Jr., Florida State
Connor Williams, Jr., Arizona State 

Third Team
Josiah Gilbert, Jr., Auburn
Frankie Harris, Sr., South Carolina
Dane Huddleston, Jr., Illinois
Bryan Lee, Sr., Virginia
Eric Lee, Jr., Oklahoma State
Michael Mjaaseth, Sr., Arizona State
Kihei Akina, Fr., BYU
Cameron Tankersley, Sr., Ole Miss
Jack Turner, Jr., Florida
Wells Williams, Sr., Vanderbilt