By Staff Reports

 

AMERICUS – The Georgia Southwestern State University Men’s Golf Team earned All-Academic distinction from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) for the 2017-18 school year. This is the fourth time in five years that GSW has earned the national honor.

A record-number 223 teams from the National College Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) submitted GPA’s of 3.00 or higher to earn All-Academic Team recognition. Georgia Southwestern State was one of 40 programs in NCAA Division II, and one of two from the Peach Belt Conference, to earn the honor.

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

South Mountain Community College (NJCAA Division II) posted the highest overall GPA for all divisions with a 3.78.