GCAA Announces 2018-19 Outstanding Team Academic Award Winners

NORMAN, Okla —New Mexico (Division I), Newberry (Division II), Augsburg (Division III), SCAD - Atlanta (NAIA), Dodge City (NJCAA DI), and North Central Missouri (NJCAA DII) were all named Academic National Champions for finishing with the top GPA in their respective divisions, announced by the GCAA.

Newberry finished with the top overall GPA in all divisions, finishing the 2018-19 season with a 3.84 team GPA.

This is the first Academic National Champion Award for Newberry, while they are also the first Division II school to win the award since its inception.

A total of 202 schools submitted GPA’s of 3.0 or above, with 34 of those schools earning Presidents Special Recognition Honors, finishing with a team GPA of 3.5 and above.

“We are very pleased to have earned this award, and to be recognized by the GCAA as the Academic National Champion for men’s golf,” said Newberry Head Coach Howard Vroon. “Collegiate golf is incredibly time consuming for the student-athlete. This 2018-19 team worked extremely hard in the classroom and on the golf course, and this award will be very well received here on our campus,” Vroon continued. “Many thanks to the GCAA for organizing this award and for recognizing our student-athletes for their hard work and impressive achievement in the classroom.”

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

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Academic National Champions

Division I – New Mexico
Division II – Newberry
Division III – Augsburg
NAIA – SCAD – Atlanta
NJCAA I – Dodge City
NJCAA II – North Central

President’s Special Recognition
(3.5 GPA or above)

Division I
Baylor
Davidson
Duke
East Tennessee State
Harvard
Loyola (Chicago)
Loyola (Maryland)
Robert Morris
Seattle
Seton Hall
SMU
Cincinnati
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
Toledo
Weber State
Wyoming
Yale
Youngstown State

Division II
Newberry
Florida Southern
Maryville
West Georgia
West Texas A&M

Division III
Augsburg
Edgewood
Kalamazoo
Swarthmore
UT-Dallas
Wabash
Washington & Lee
Webster

NAIA
SCAD – Atlanta

NJCAA I
Dodge City

NJCAA II
North Central Missouri

All-Academic Teams
(3.0 GPA or better)

Division I
Abilene Christian
Air Force
Akron
Arizona
Arkansas State
Baylor
Belmont
Boston College
Bowling Green
Bradley
California
California Baptist
Canisius
Cincinnati
Coastal Carolina
Colgate
Colorado State
Columbia
Connecticut
Cornell
Davidson
DePaul
Detroit Mercy
Drake
Duke
East Carolina
East Tennessee
Eastern Michigan
Elon
Evansville
Florida
Florida Atlantic
Florida State
Francis Marion
Furman
George Mason
George Washington
Georgetown
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Hartford
Harvard
Hawaii
High Point
Holy Cross
Houston Baptist
Illinois
Illinois State
Incarnate Word
Indiana
Iowa State
IUPUI
James Madison
Kennesaw State
Liberty
Little Rock
Longwood
Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana Tech
Louisville
Loyola (Chicago)
Loyola (Maryland)
Marquette
Marshall
Miami – Ohio
Michigan State
Minnesota
Missouri
Missouri State
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
North Alabama
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Northern Colorado
Northern Kentucky
Oakland
Ohio State
Old Dominion
Oral Roberts
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian
Purdue Fort Wayne
Radford
Rhode Island
Rice
Richmond
Robert Morris
Saint Joseph’s
San Jose State
Seattle
Seton Hall
SMU
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois – Edwardsville
South Alabama
South Carolina
South Florida
Southern Mississippi
Stanford
Tennessee
Tennessee at Chattanooga
Texas Rio Grand Valley
Texas Tech
Toledo
UAB
UCLA
UNC Charlotte
UNC Greensboro
UNC Wilmington
UNLV
USC - Upstate
UTSA
Utah
Utah Valley
Virginia
Valparaiso
Vanderbilt
VCU
Villanova
Weber State
West Virginia
Winthrop
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Green Bay
Wofford
Wyoming
Xavier
Yale
Youngstown State

Division II
Academy of Art
Barry
Barton
CSU East Bay
Central Missouri
Findlay
Florida Tech
Florida Southern
Harding
Henderson State
Hillsdale
Indianapolis
Kentucky Wesleyan
Lee
Lincoln Memorial
Maryville (MO)
Missouri S&T
Newberry
Northeastern State
Ohio Dominican
Palm Beach Atlantic
Rockhurst
Saginaw Valley State
Saint Leo
St. Edwards
Texas A&M International
Tiffin
USCA
UMSL
Valdosta State
Wayne State
West Georgia
West Texas A&M
Wingate

Division III
Arcadia
Augsburg
Benedictine (Ill.)
Carnegie Mellon
Dominican
Earlham
Edgewood
Gustavus Adolphus
Hampden-Sydney
Hope
Huntingdon
Illinois Wesleyan
Kalamazoo
Kenyon
Maryville (Tenn.)
McMurry
Mount St. Joseph
North Central
Ohio Wesleyan
Rhodes
Saint John’s (Minn.)
St. Thomas
Swarthmore
UT Dallas
Trine
UMass Dartmouth
Wabash
Washington & Lee
Webster
Willamette

NAIA
Carroll
Doane
Keiser
Midland
Morningside
Taylor
SCAD - Atlanta
Wayland Baptist

NJCAA I
Dodge City

NJCAA II
North Central Missouri
Scottsdale
Southwestern
South Mountain