GCAA Honors 6 Teams, 15 Student-Athletes for 2025-26 Academics
5The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) has honored 15 Big South men's golfers as All-American Scholars for the 2025-26 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, 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, six Big South progams were bestowed All-Academic Team status for having a 3.0 GPA or better -- with a Conference-record three squads receiving Presidents Special Recognition distinction for having an average team GPA of 3.5 or above.
Below are the Big South's recipents for 2025-26:
GCAA Presidents Special Recognition (3.5 GPA or better)
Longwood
Radford
USC Upstate
GCAA All-Academic Teams (3.0 GPA or better)
High Point
Presbyterian College
Winthrop
GCAA All-America Scholars
Shlok Jain, High Point
Tully Super, High Point
David Lafreniere, Longwood
Matthew Lyons, Longwood
Hunter Swidzinski, Longwood
Spence Hagood, Presbyterian
Jeep Patrick, Presbyterian
Tate Corbett, Radford
Kieran McCarthy, Radford
Louie Stott, Radford
Alec Prentice, USC Upstate
Jaskaran Sohal, USC Upstate
Jackson Stone, USC Upstate
Thomas Lamar, Winthrop
Mason Tucker, Winthrop