Emery High School golfers McKoy Holt and Race Nielson received 2016-17 2A All-State Second Team selections for performing at a high level throughout the latest campaign.

Both Holt and Nielson helped lead the Spartans to a second place finish in the highly competitive Region 15, finishing behind the state champion Grand Red Devils. Emery finished sixth at the state championship tournament in October.

Oakley Toomer also received recognition for his outstanding play on the course, receiving a honorable mention nod. Altogether 32 golfers from the 2A classification were placed on the postseason awards list.

The Utah Section PGA extends the honor of First Team All-State to the top 12 golfers in each classification, the next 10 are selected to the Second Team, and the next 10 after that are selected to Honorable Mention.

The Utah Section of the PGA of America has been actively supporting high school golf for over 25 years. Twenty years ago they developed the Utah High School All-State Golf Program.

The All-State Golf selection process is unique among all-state honors programs in that it is all by the numbers. Thirty-five percent of a players best region scores and sixty-five percent of their state championship scores are used to rank each player.