NC State’s Albin Choi was named unanimously the 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year when the All-ACC team was announced on Monday by the conference office.

Choi and teammate and fellow Canadian Mitchell Sutton were voted on the 12-man All-ACC team for the first time, as selected by the league’s head coaches.

Additionally, Choi was a finalist for player of the year after leading the conference with a 71.03 scoring average. The Toronto native scored two victories in his first season with the Wolfpack. He also recorded a runner-up finish and had seven top-10 placements, and wound up out of the top 20 in just one of 11 tournaments.

Sutton, from London, Ontario, was about as good as Choi was this season in his sophomore campaign. He notched a 71.97 scoring average, good for the 11th lowest in the ACC. He won the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate in the spring for his first collegiate win. He has three top 10’s and six top 20’s to his credit this year.

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