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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
NJCAA D-I: McLennan CC
NJCAA D-II: Tyler JC
"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