GCAA Announces 2017 Team Academic Awards

NORMAN, Okla. – Georgia State (Division I), St. Edward’s (Division II), Kalamazoo (Division III), SCAD-Savannah (NAIA), Central Alabama (NJCAA DI) and Mineral Area College (NJCAA DII) have been named Academic National Champions for their respective divisions, announced the GCAA.

Georgia State posted the highest overall team GPA for all divisions with a 3.85. A total of 187 teams submitted GPAs of 3.00 or higher to earn All-Academic Team recognition.

“The NCAA calls our athletes, student-athletes. If you come to Georgia State, being a student is first, period, no buts, no ands, no excuses,” said Georgia State Director of Golf Joe Inman. “The first thing I tell players when they send their resumes is that we focus on academics.”

All six programs claimed their first academic national championship.

A total of 38 teams received President’s Special Recognition status for having team GPAs of 3.5 or better.

To be eligible for GCAA All-Academic Team honors a college or university must submit the GPAs for each player on its official squad list for the academic year.

Academic National Champions

Division I - Georgia State
Division II - St. Edward’s
Division III - Kalamazoo
NAIA - SCAD-Savannah
NJCAA DI - Central Alabama
NJCAA DII - Mineral Area College

President’s Special Recognition
(3.5 or better GPA)

Division I
Arkansas State
Baylor
Duke
East Tennessee State
Eastern Michigan
Francis Marion
Georgia State
Hartford
Harvard
Kentucky
Louisville
New Mexico
Robert Morris
Seattle
Seton Hall
South Carolina
Texas Tech
Valparaiso
West Virginia
William & Mary
Yale

Division II
Bellarmine
Colorado Mesa
Dominican (CA)
Indianapolis
Rockhurst
St. Edward’s
Tiffin

Division III
Gustavus Adolphus
Kalamazoo
Occidental
Swarthmore
UT Dallas
Washington & Lee
Webster

NAIA
Bethel (KS)
Embry-Riddle Prescott
SCAD-Atlanta
SCAD-Savannah

NJCAA Division I
Central Alabama

All-Academic Teams
(3.0 or better GPA)

Division I
Abilene Christian
Akron
Arizona
Arkansas State
Auburn
Baylor
Belmont
Bowling Green
Bradley
Bucknell
California
Canisius
Cincinnati
Colgate
Colorado State
Columbia
Connecticut
Davidson
DePaul
Detroit
Drake
Duke
East Carolina
East Tennessee State
Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Michigan
Elon
Evansville
Francis Marion
George Mason
George Washington
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Gonzaga
Hartford
Harvard
Houston Baptist
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa State
IPFW
Kansas
Kennesaw State
Kent State
Kentucky
Longwood
Louisville
Loyola (MD)
Manhattan
Marquette
Miami
Michigan State
Middle Tennessee State
Missouri
Morehead State
Nevada
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oklahoma State
Old Dominion
Ole Miss
Oral Roberts
Presbyterian
Radford
Rice
Robert Morris
Samford
Seattle
Seton Hall
SIUE
South Alabama
South Carolina
South Dakota State
Southern Illinois
Southern Mississippi
Stanford
Tennessee
Texas Tech
Troy
UALR
UC Irvine
UCF
UCLA
UMKC
UNC-Greensboro
UNCW
UNLV
UTSA
Utah
Utah State
Utah Valley
Valparaiso
Vanderbilt
Villanova
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Weber State
West Virginia
William & Mary
Winthrop
Wisconsin
Wofford
Wyoming
Xavier
Yale

Division II
Academy of Art
Ashland
Barton
Bellarmine
Bemidji State
Bentley
Brevard
Central Oklahoma
Chaminade
Chico State
Colorado Mesa
CSU East Bay
CSU Monterey Bay
Dominican (CA)
Ferris State
Findlay
Florida Tech
Gannon
Harding
Henderson State
Hillsdale
Indianapolis
Lee
Lincoln Memorial
Maryville
Missouri-St. Louis
Missouri Southern State
Northeastern State
Ohio Dominican
Palm Beach Atlantic
Rockhurst
Rollins
Saginaw Valley State
Saint Leo
Southern Wesleyan
St Edward’s
Tiffin
Valdosta State
Wayne State
West Alabama
West Florida

Division III
Benedictine
Berry
Carnegie Mellon
Concordia (TX)
Dominican (IL)
Earlham
Emory
Farmingdale State
Franklin & Marshall
Gustavus Adolphus
Illinois Wesleyan
Johnson & Wales (RI)
Kalamazoo
Kenyon
Maryville (TN)
Marywood
Millikin
Mount St. Joseph
North Central
Occidental
Ohio Wesleyan
Rhodes
Rosemont
Saint John’s (MN)
St. John Fisher
St. Thomas (MN)
Swarthmore College
Transylvania
Trine
UMass Dartmouth
UT Dallas
Wabash
Washington & Lee
Webster
Willamette
Wisconsin Lutheran
Wittenberg

NAIA
Bethel (KS)
Carroll
Doane
Embry Riddle Prescott
Keiser
SCAD-Atlanta
SCAD-Savannah
Warner Pacific
William Jessup

NJCAA DI
Central Alabama
Dodge City

NJCAA DII
Meridian
Mineral Area
Mississippi Gulf Coast