Carbon High School seniors Ryker Smith and Ryan Gagon are two of ten 3A golfers to qualify for the 2017 All-State First Team, it was announced by the Utah Section of the Professional Golfers Association of America Tuesday morning.

Finishing the Region 14 season unbeaten for the second consecutive season, Smith and Gagon led the Dinos to another division championship. Gagon fired a team best 151 at the State Championship Tournament in October, while Smith ended with a 152. The two scores helped Carbon to a third place finish overall, improving by two spots over last year’s finish.

The 3A State Champion Grand Red Devils led the way with three first-team selections, including 3A medalist Masen Ward. Morgan and North Sanpete finished with two, while South Sevier ended with one representative.

Carbon Junior Carson Martines and sophomore Brady Gagon earned Second Team All-State honors, joining nine others on the team. Both Martines and Gagon stabilized the Carbon squad as the third and fourth golfers throughout the season.

The Utah Section PGA extends the honor of First Team All-State to the top ten golfers in each classification, the next ten are selected to the Second Team, and the next ten 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.

All First Team All-State players will be invited to the All-State Invitational tournament and Banquet at the end of May.

Click HERE for the complete All-State Selections.