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GCAA names Academic National Champions

National championships are usually claimed at the end of the season, but a group of schools earned big titles today when the Golf Coaches Association of America announced its inaugural "Academic" National Champions awards from the 2008-09 year.

Winning top honors among the men's programs were:
D-I: East Tennessee State
D-II: St. Mary's (Texas)
D-III: Gustavus Adolphus
NAIA: Savannah College of Art & Design
NJCAA D-I: McLennan CC
NJCAA D-II: Tyler JC

ETSU golf team.jpg"Our players take their classwork seriously, and certainly exemplify the 'student' part of being an NCAA student-athlete," said ETSU men's coach Fred Warren, whose squad (above) earned a 3.78 GPA. I am proud of our your men not only for their hard work and dedication to their academic responsibilities, but also for their time-management skills. This award means a lot to our team, and we are honored to be this year's recipient."

Below is a list of all the men's programs that earned GCAA All-Academic Team honors (3.0 GPA or higher). All schools with an * had GPAs of 3.5 or higher.

Division I
Akron                                                    Kentucky   
Ball State                                              Longwood
Baylor                                                    Louisville
Belmont*                                               LSU
BYU                                                        Miami (Ohio)
California                                             Middle Tennessee State
Charlotte                                               Northwestern
Coastal Carolina                                  Ohio
Columbia                                              Rice*  
Connecticut                                          San Francisco
Davidson                                              Seton Hall*
Detroit Mercy*                                     South Alabama
East Carolina*                                     South Carolina
East Tennessee State*                        South Dakota State
Evansville                                             Stanford
Florida                                                  Tennessee
Georgia                                                 Texas Pan-American
Georgia Tech*                                      Tulsa
Gonzaga                                               UC-Santa Barbara
Houston Baptist                                   Vanderbilt
Illinois                                                    Wake Forest
Iowa                                                        Wofford
Kansas

Division II
Barry
Caldwell
Georgia College
IUP
Lynn
St. Mary’s (Texas)*
Saginaw Valley State

Division III
Albion                                                   Maryville of St. Louis
Benedictine                                          UMass Dartmouth
Carneigie Mellon                                Millikin
Claremont McKenna                          Milwaukee School of Engineering
DePauw                                                 Nichols College
Emory                                                     Saint John's (Minn.)
Fort Lewis                                             Trinity
Gustavus Adolphus*                           Wartburg
Hope                                                       Wheaton
Luther                                                     Wisconsin-Stout

NAIA
Carroll
Ohio Dominican*
St. Ambrose
Savannah College of Art and Design*
The Master’s College

NJCAA D-I
Eastern Arizona College
Frank Phillips College
McLennan Community College

NJCAA D-II
Darton College
Tyler JC

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