Emery senior Trevin Wakefield was given an Honorable Mention by the Utah Section of the Professional Golfers Association of America. This is Wakefield’s second year in a row receiving the honor.

Wakefield shot a team low 83 at the Region 12 Championships in September at Palisades Golf Course to put Emery in fifth place for the tournament however, Emery had accrued enough points to push them to a thirds place finish in region. At the 3A State Championships  in Tooele, his two day total of 165 put him in a tie for 27th place out of more than 70 golfers, in the team competition Emery placed eighth.

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 a complete list of All-State selections