Eastern Michigan Athletics
Men’s Golf Honored With GCAA Team Academic Award
7/17/2019 5:12:00 PM | Men's Golf
The Eagles were honored as an outstanding academic squad nationally
NORMAN, Okla. (EMUEagles.com) — The Golf Coaches Association of America announced today, July 17, that the Eastern Michigan University men's golf team was the recipient of all-academic team honors upon the conclusion of the 2018-19 season.
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. A total 193 schools submitted GPA's of 3.0 or above, with 32 of those schools earning Presidents Special Recognition Honors, finishing with a team GPA of 3.5 and above.
Head Coach Bruce Cunningham's team finished with the lowest four-player team scoring average in school history at 289.1. The tally was 1.3 strokes ahead of the 2016-17 squad's mark of 290.4. Eastern Michigan finished in the top-five at six different tournaments this season, including a first-place finish at the EKU Raising Canes Intercollegiate, Sept. 15-16. Additionally, Eastern finished the regular season ranked 96th nationally with an 80-44-2 record with six top-100 victories and a pair of top-50 triumphs.
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
Weber State
Yale
Youngstown State
Division II
Newberry
West Texas A&M
Florida Southern
Maryville
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
Cincinnati
Coastal Carolina
Colgate
Holy Cross
Colorado State
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
Houston Baptist
Illinois
Illinois State
Incarnate Word
Indiana
Iowa State
IUPUI
James Madison
Kennesaw State
Longwood
Louisiana Tech
Louisville
Loyola (Chicago)
Loyola (Maryland)
Marquette
Marshall
Miami – Ohio
Michigan State
Minnesota
Missouri State
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
North Alabama
North Carolina
Northern Colorado
Northern Kentucky
Oakland
Ohio State
Old Dominion
Oral Roberts
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian
Purdue Fort Wayne
Radford
Rhode Island
Rice
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
UAB
UNC Charlotte
UNC Greensboro
UNC Wilmington
UNLV
USC - Upstate
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
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
Valdosta State
Wayne State
West Texas A&M
Wingate
Division III
Arcadia
Augsburg
Benedictine (Ill.)
Carnegie Mellon
Dominican
Earlham
Edgewood
Gustavus Adolphus
Hope
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
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. A total 193 schools submitted GPA's of 3.0 or above, with 32 of those schools earning Presidents Special Recognition Honors, finishing with a team GPA of 3.5 and above.
Head Coach Bruce Cunningham's team finished with the lowest four-player team scoring average in school history at 289.1. The tally was 1.3 strokes ahead of the 2016-17 squad's mark of 290.4. Eastern Michigan finished in the top-five at six different tournaments this season, including a first-place finish at the EKU Raising Canes Intercollegiate, Sept. 15-16. Additionally, Eastern finished the regular season ranked 96th nationally with an 80-44-2 record with six top-100 victories and a pair of top-50 triumphs.
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
Weber State
Yale
Youngstown State
Division II
Newberry
West Texas A&M
Florida Southern
Maryville
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
Cincinnati
Coastal Carolina
Colgate
Holy Cross
Colorado State
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
Houston Baptist
Illinois
Illinois State
Incarnate Word
Indiana
Iowa State
IUPUI
James Madison
Kennesaw State
Longwood
Louisiana Tech
Louisville
Loyola (Chicago)
Loyola (Maryland)
Marquette
Marshall
Miami – Ohio
Michigan State
Minnesota
Missouri State
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
North Alabama
North Carolina
Northern Colorado
Northern Kentucky
Oakland
Ohio State
Old Dominion
Oral Roberts
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian
Purdue Fort Wayne
Radford
Rhode Island
Rice
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
UAB
UNC Charlotte
UNC Greensboro
UNC Wilmington
UNLV
USC - Upstate
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
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
Valdosta State
Wayne State
West Texas A&M
Wingate
Division III
Arcadia
Augsburg
Benedictine (Ill.)
Carnegie Mellon
Dominican
Earlham
Edgewood
Gustavus Adolphus
Hope
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
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