CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia trio of Paul Chang, Ben James and Bryan Lee each earned a spot on the 2025 All-Atlantic Coast Conference team on Tuesday (June 10). Tony Markel Family Men’s Golf Head Coach, Bowen Sargent, was named the ACC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career.
Virginia, the 2025 ACC Champions, matched a school record with three All-ACC selections and was the only program with three selections on this year’s team. Sargent took home the ACC Coach of the Year honor for the first time since 2010.
— Michael Guthrie (@mrg7175) June 10, 2025
Earlier this month, Sargent was named the 2025 Golf Pride Grips East Region Coach of the Year and was one of five finalists for the Dave Williams Award, annually bestowed on college golf’s National Coach of the Year. The 2024-25 Cavaliers were the National Runner-Up after making it to the NCAA Championship match in Carlsbad, Calif. Virginia was the only program in the country to reach the match play portion of NCAA Championships in each of the last three seasons. UVA earned its 17th consecutive trip to NCAA Regionals by winning the program’s first ever ACC Championship in Bowling Green, Ky.
In his just second year with the program, Chang has now earned an honorable mention All-America distinction from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and All-ACC accolades in the same week. Chang was UVA’s hottest golfer down the stretch, taking home medalist honors at the NCAA Reno Regional, with a 10-under 206. He became just the second Cavalier in program history to win an individual NCAA Regional title. Chang also went 4-1 in match play competition that included two wins at ACC Championships.
James is an All-ACC selection for the third-consecutive year, joining former Cavaliers Ben Kohles (2010-12), Denny McCarthy (2012-15), Derek Bard (2015-17) and Simon Cooke (1994-96) as the only Cavaliers to be recognized three times by the ACC. James was also honored as a First Team All-American by the GCAA and Golfweek for the third-straight season. He played in 11 tournaments for the Cavaliers in 2024 and finished in the top-10 in seven of them. In September he earned ACC Golfer of the Month after winning the Valero Texas Collegiate which earned him an exemption onto the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open. He is slated to play in the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont and the John Deere Classic July 3-6 in Silvis, Ill.
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