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Peicheng Chen Named to PING All-Northeast Region Team
5/24/2025 1:00:00 PM | Men's Golf
Chen earns the honor for the third consecutive year
CARLSBAD, Calif. – St. John's men's golfer Peicheng Chen was named to the PING NCAA Division I All-Northeast Region Team, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced on Saturday afternoon.
Chen earns the honor for the third consecutive year after a stellar senior campaign in 2024-25. Players across six regions representing 82 different schools received the honor.
The Beijing, China native strung together a decorated final season for the Johnnies winning three tournaments, collecting seven top-10 finishes, a 748-77-11 overall record against all opponents and boasting a stroke average of 70.7 across 11 stroke play events.
After qualifying for NCAA Regionals for second straight year, Chen tallied a 27th place finish shooting 3-over, 213, at the Amherst Regional at Poplar Grove Golf Club in Virginia. His finish marked the highest by a Red Storm golfer at NCAA Regionals in the 21stcentury.
Chen was named an All-BIG EAST First Team honoree and was named the team MVP for the third consecutive year.
The senior closed out his collegiate career with six career wins including the BIG EAST Championship in 2024, 22 top-10 finishes, a 72.1 career stroke average, two NCAA Regional appearances and was a three-time All-BIG EAST selection.
For more information about the GCAA and the PING All-Region Teams, visit their website.
Division I PING All-Region Teams
Northeast
Arjun Singh Bhatia, Long Island
Barnes Blake, Georgetown
Tyler Brand, Dartmouth
Peicheng Chen, St. John's
Alex Creamean, Penn State
Michael Crowley, Loyola Maryland
Chip Deegan, Navy
Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton
Connor Goode, UConn
Reed Greyserman, Princeton
Jake Griffin, Penn State
Alex Heard, UConn
John Heckel Jr., Army
Ben Hong, Boston College
William Huang, Princeton
Weston Jones, Rutgers
Noah Kumar, Rutgers
Markus Lam, Boston College
Grant Lester, Columbia
Drue Nicholas, Drexel
Charlie Palmer, Princeton
Ryan Pamer, Villanova
Ethan Phillips, Sacred Heart
Jackson Roman, Loyola Maryland
Mike Rothberg, Sacred Heart
East
Seb Cave, Charlotte
Paul Chang, Virginia
Kelly Chinn, Duke
Parker Claxton, Georgia Southern
Josh Duangmanee, Virginia
Ethan Evans, Duke
David Ford, North Carolina
Albert Hansson, Georgia Tech
Ben James, Virginia
Ike Joy, Liberty
Scotty Kennon, Wake Forest
Bryan Kim, Duke
Bryan Lee, Virginia
Nick Mathews, NC State
Justin Matthews, Charlotte
Marshall Meisel, Wake Forest
Deven Patel, Virginia
Benjamin Reuter, Georgia Tech
Emil Riegger, Maryland
Garrett Risner, Elon
Sihan Sandhu, North Carolina
Andrew Swanson, Clemson
Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech
Kieron van Wyk, College of Charleston
Keaton Vo, North Carolina
Southeast
Carson Bacha, Auburn
Claes Borregaard, Kennesaw State
Buck Brumlow, Georgia
Luke Clanton, Florida State
Billy Davis, Auburn
Garrett Endicott, Mississippi State
Tom Fischer, Ole Miss
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Ian Gilligan, Florida
Jonathan Griz, Alabama
Frankie Harris, South Carolina
Shubham Jaglan, USF
Algot Kleen, LSU
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss
Kye Meeks, Ole Miss
Jay Mendell, LSU
Jake Peacock, USF
Cayden Pope, Auburn
Luke Poulter, Florida
Brantley Scott, Troy
Lance Simpson, Tennessee
Gunnlaugur Árni Sveinsson, LSU
Cameron Tankersley, Ole Miss
Jack Turner, Florida
Brendan Valdes, Auburn
Jackson Van Paris, Vanderbilt
Tyler Weaver, Florida State
Wells Williams, Vanderbilt
Midwest
Cameron Adam, Northwestern
Patrick Adler, Marquette
Caleb Bond, Michigan State
Jackson Buchanan, Illinois
Cooper Claycomb, Louisville
Anthony Delisanti, Valparaiso
Todd Duncan, West Virginia
Sam Easterbrook, Purdue
Ryan Ford, Cincinnati
Jordan Gilkison, Kent State
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Kent Hsiao, Purdue
Easton Johnson, Louisville
Max Lyons, Marquette
Clay Merchent, Indiana
Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame
Sebastian Moss, Louisville
Rudy Sautron, Nebraska
Niall Shiels-Donegan, Northwestern
Cole Starnes, Indiana
Nels Surtani, Purdue
Daniel Svärd, Northwestern
Hunter Thomson, Michigan
Ryan Voois, Illinois
Kaleb Wilson, West Virginia
Central
Louis Anceaux, ULM
Paul Beauvy, Iowa State
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Gunnar Broin, Kansas
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Enrique Dimayuga, SMU
Wheaton Ennis, Texas A&M
Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State
Wolfgang Glawe, Houston
Drew Goodman, Oklahoma
Connor Graham, Texas Tech
Michael Heidelbaugh, Texas A&M
Zachary Kingsland, SMU
Gaven Lane, Oklahoma State
Eric Lee, Oklahoma State
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M
Nick Mason, Kansas State
Tommy Morrison, Texas
Malan Potgieter, Louisiana
Luke Potter, Texas
William Sides, SMU
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Jase Summy, Oklahoma
Clark Van Gaalen, Oklahoma
West
Carlos Astiazaran, Pacific
Josele Ballester, Arizona State
Justin Biwer, Colorado
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Chanachon Chokprajakchat, San Diego State
Alejandro de Castro Piera, Long Beach State
Pablo Ereño, UCLA
Caden Fioroni, UNLV
Charlie Forster, Long Beach State
Justin Hastings, San Diego State
Dane Huddleston, Utah Valley
Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
Sergio Jimenez, Utah
Peter Kim, BYU
Pongsapak Laopakdee, Arizona State
Greyson Leach, Oregon
Zach Little, UNLV
Dylan McDermott, Colorado
Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State
Omar Morales, UCLA
Gabriel Palacios, Utah
Zach Pollo, Arizona
Cole Ponich, BYU
Preston Summerhays, Arizona State
Braxton Watts, Utah
Connor Williams, Arizona State
Chen earns the honor for the third consecutive year after a stellar senior campaign in 2024-25. Players across six regions representing 82 different schools received the honor.
The Beijing, China native strung together a decorated final season for the Johnnies winning three tournaments, collecting seven top-10 finishes, a 748-77-11 overall record against all opponents and boasting a stroke average of 70.7 across 11 stroke play events.
After qualifying for NCAA Regionals for second straight year, Chen tallied a 27th place finish shooting 3-over, 213, at the Amherst Regional at Poplar Grove Golf Club in Virginia. His finish marked the highest by a Red Storm golfer at NCAA Regionals in the 21stcentury.
Chen was named an All-BIG EAST First Team honoree and was named the team MVP for the third consecutive year.
The senior closed out his collegiate career with six career wins including the BIG EAST Championship in 2024, 22 top-10 finishes, a 72.1 career stroke average, two NCAA Regional appearances and was a three-time All-BIG EAST selection.
For more information about the GCAA and the PING All-Region Teams, visit their website.
Division I PING All-Region Teams
Northeast
Arjun Singh Bhatia, Long Island
Barnes Blake, Georgetown
Tyler Brand, Dartmouth
Peicheng Chen, St. John's
Alex Creamean, Penn State
Michael Crowley, Loyola Maryland
Chip Deegan, Navy
Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton
Connor Goode, UConn
Reed Greyserman, Princeton
Jake Griffin, Penn State
Alex Heard, UConn
John Heckel Jr., Army
Ben Hong, Boston College
William Huang, Princeton
Weston Jones, Rutgers
Noah Kumar, Rutgers
Markus Lam, Boston College
Grant Lester, Columbia
Drue Nicholas, Drexel
Charlie Palmer, Princeton
Ryan Pamer, Villanova
Ethan Phillips, Sacred Heart
Jackson Roman, Loyola Maryland
Mike Rothberg, Sacred Heart
East
Seb Cave, Charlotte
Paul Chang, Virginia
Kelly Chinn, Duke
Parker Claxton, Georgia Southern
Josh Duangmanee, Virginia
Ethan Evans, Duke
David Ford, North Carolina
Albert Hansson, Georgia Tech
Ben James, Virginia
Ike Joy, Liberty
Scotty Kennon, Wake Forest
Bryan Kim, Duke
Bryan Lee, Virginia
Nick Mathews, NC State
Justin Matthews, Charlotte
Marshall Meisel, Wake Forest
Deven Patel, Virginia
Benjamin Reuter, Georgia Tech
Emil Riegger, Maryland
Garrett Risner, Elon
Sihan Sandhu, North Carolina
Andrew Swanson, Clemson
Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech
Kieron van Wyk, College of Charleston
Keaton Vo, North Carolina
Southeast
Carson Bacha, Auburn
Claes Borregaard, Kennesaw State
Buck Brumlow, Georgia
Luke Clanton, Florida State
Billy Davis, Auburn
Garrett Endicott, Mississippi State
Tom Fischer, Ole Miss
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Ian Gilligan, Florida
Jonathan Griz, Alabama
Frankie Harris, South Carolina
Shubham Jaglan, USF
Algot Kleen, LSU
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss
Kye Meeks, Ole Miss
Jay Mendell, LSU
Jake Peacock, USF
Cayden Pope, Auburn
Luke Poulter, Florida
Brantley Scott, Troy
Lance Simpson, Tennessee
Gunnlaugur Árni Sveinsson, LSU
Cameron Tankersley, Ole Miss
Jack Turner, Florida
Brendan Valdes, Auburn
Jackson Van Paris, Vanderbilt
Tyler Weaver, Florida State
Wells Williams, Vanderbilt
Midwest
Cameron Adam, Northwestern
Patrick Adler, Marquette
Caleb Bond, Michigan State
Jackson Buchanan, Illinois
Cooper Claycomb, Louisville
Anthony Delisanti, Valparaiso
Todd Duncan, West Virginia
Sam Easterbrook, Purdue
Ryan Ford, Cincinnati
Jordan Gilkison, Kent State
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Kent Hsiao, Purdue
Easton Johnson, Louisville
Max Lyons, Marquette
Clay Merchent, Indiana
Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame
Sebastian Moss, Louisville
Rudy Sautron, Nebraska
Niall Shiels-Donegan, Northwestern
Cole Starnes, Indiana
Nels Surtani, Purdue
Daniel Svärd, Northwestern
Hunter Thomson, Michigan
Ryan Voois, Illinois
Kaleb Wilson, West Virginia
Central
Louis Anceaux, ULM
Paul Beauvy, Iowa State
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Gunnar Broin, Kansas
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Enrique Dimayuga, SMU
Wheaton Ennis, Texas A&M
Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State
Wolfgang Glawe, Houston
Drew Goodman, Oklahoma
Connor Graham, Texas Tech
Michael Heidelbaugh, Texas A&M
Zachary Kingsland, SMU
Gaven Lane, Oklahoma State
Eric Lee, Oklahoma State
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M
Nick Mason, Kansas State
Tommy Morrison, Texas
Malan Potgieter, Louisiana
Luke Potter, Texas
William Sides, SMU
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Jase Summy, Oklahoma
Clark Van Gaalen, Oklahoma
West
Carlos Astiazaran, Pacific
Josele Ballester, Arizona State
Justin Biwer, Colorado
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Chanachon Chokprajakchat, San Diego State
Alejandro de Castro Piera, Long Beach State
Pablo Ereño, UCLA
Caden Fioroni, UNLV
Charlie Forster, Long Beach State
Justin Hastings, San Diego State
Dane Huddleston, Utah Valley
Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
Sergio Jimenez, Utah
Peter Kim, BYU
Pongsapak Laopakdee, Arizona State
Greyson Leach, Oregon
Zach Little, UNLV
Dylan McDermott, Colorado
Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State
Omar Morales, UCLA
Gabriel Palacios, Utah
Zach Pollo, Arizona
Cole Ponich, BYU
Preston Summerhays, Arizona State
Braxton Watts, Utah
Connor Williams, Arizona State
Players Mentioned
Peicheng Chen Interview
Tuesday, April 30
John "Doc" Gimmler Golf Practice Facility Naming Ceremony
Monday, December 17