GCAA Honors 6 Teams, 17 Student-Athletes for 2022-23 Academics
The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) has honored 17 Big South men's golfers as All-American Scholars for the 2022-23 academic year. To be eligible for GCAA All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their Associate’s Degree and in their last year of athletic eligibility in the NJCAA. In addition, they must participate in 50% of their team’s competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 76.0 in NCAA Division I, under 78.0 in NCAA Division II, under 79.0 in NCAA Division III, under 78.0 in NAIA, and under 77.0 in NJCAA, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at their college or university.
On the team side, Campbell and Radford are among 54 NCAA Division I men's program's nationwide to earn the GCAA Presidents Special Recognition award, which honors the programs that attain at least a 3.50 team GPA. It marks the fifth and sixth time a Big South men's golf program has earned this distinction since 2016. Another four Big South progams were bestowed All-Academic Team status for having a 3.0 GPA or better.
Below are the Big South's recipents for 2022-23:
GCAA Presidents Special Recognition (3.5 GPA or better)
Campbell
Radford
GCAA All-Academic Teams (3.0 GPA or better)
High Point
Longwood
Presbyterian College
Winthrop
GCAA All-America Scholars
Edwin Blomander, Campbell
Claude Churchward, Campbell
Alejandro Cogollo, Campbell
Henrik Lilja, Campbell
Gregor Meyer, High Point
Alan Smith, High Point
Brendan Dunphy, Longwood
Daniel George, Longwood
Scott Jordan, Longwood
Jimmy McCollum, Presbyterian
Bryce Corbett, Radford
Bobby Dudeck, Radford
Nathan Piatt, Radford
Nick Taliaferro, Radford
Ian Faulconer, Winthrop
Nick Mayfield, Winthrop
Willis Rogers, Winthrop