Men’s Golf Earns GCAA President’s Special Recognition

NORMAN, Okla. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University men's golf team earned President's Special Recognition by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The squad was recognized for having a 3.57 grade point average over the fall and winter semesters.

To be recognized by the GCAA, teams need to achieve a GPA of 3.0-or-better. With EMU's team GPA being above 3.5, they were among the 41 other Division I schools that received the President's Special Recognition.

The team garnered success on the course as well as in the classroom, posting a 2020-21 season average of 298.88. Overall, Eastern Michigan finished in the top-five at a trio of tournaments this season, including a fourth-place showing at the GCU Invitational, March 15-16.

Individually, senior Cougar Collins (Caledon, Ontario, Canada-Mayfield Secondary) led EMU with a 74.33 average. Collins, who is ranked 554th by Golfweek, had seven rounds of par-or-better this season to go along with top-15 finishes.

Overall, five student-athletes collected academic all-conference honors from the Mid-American Conference. Seniors Ty Celone (Long Sault, Ontario, Canada-St Joseph's Catholic), Collins, and Tyler Rayman (Otsego, Mich.-Otsego) collected the honor for the second time, while Zack Mason (Toronto, Ontario, Canada-Blyth Academy Lawrence Park) and Max Watson (Ashland, Ohio-Ashland) picked up their first academic distinction from the conference.

Academic National Champions
Division I – Richmond (3.85)
Division II – Lander (3.89)
Division III – Augsburg (3.84)
NAIA – Cumberland (3.66)
NJCAA I – Dodge City (3.68)
NJCAA II – Meridian (3.48)
HBCU – Virginia Union (3.64)

Presidents Special Recognition (3.5+ GPA)

Division I
Belmont
Bucknell
California
Central Arkansas
Chattanooga
Dayton
Delaware
Drake
Drexel
Duke
East Tennessee State
Eastern Michigan
Gonzaga
Idaho
Kansas
Little Rock
Loyola (MD)
Marquette
Mercer
Michigan State
New Mexico
Oral Roberts
Pacific
Purdue Ft. Wayne
Rhode Island
Rice
Richmond
Samford
Southern Illinois Edwardsville
Tennessee-Martin
Texas Rio Grande Valley
UNC Greensboro
UNC Wilmington
Utah
Valparaiso
VCU
Villanova
Weber State
William & Mary
Wyoming
Youngstown State

Division II
Coker
Findlay
Florida Southern
Kentucky Wesleyan
Lander
Maryville
Miles College
Missouri University of Science &Technolgy
Missouri-St. Louis
Rockhurst
Saint Leo
Tiffin
Virginia Union

Division III
Augsburg
Dominican (IL)
Edgewood
Kenyon
Oglethorpe
Ohio Dominican
Otterbein
Pacific Lutheran
Stevens Institute of Technology
Swarthmore
Texas-Dallas
Washington & Jefferson
Washington & Lee

NAIA
Cumberland
Keiser
Oklahoma City
SCAD-Savannah
South Carolina Beaufort
Taylor

NJCAA DI
Dodge City

All-Academic Teams (3.0+ GPA)
Abilene Christian
Arizona
Arkansas State
Auburn
Augusta
Ball State
Baylor
Boston College
Bradley
Butler
Cal Poly
California Baptist
Canisius
Central Florida
Colgate
Colorado State
Connecticut
Davidson
DePaul
Elon
Evansville
Florida Gulf Coast
Francis Marion
Fresno State
Furman
Georgia
Georgia Southern
Georgia Tech
Hartford
Holy Cross
Illinois
Illinois State
Incarnate Word
Indiana
Iona
James Madison
Lehigh
Liberty
Long Island
Longwood
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Monroe
Loyola Marymount
Marshall
Miami
Middle Tennessee
Minnesota
Morehead State
North Alabama
North Carolina State
North Texas
Northern Colorado
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Oakland
Oklahoma State
Ole Miss
Presbyterian
Radford
Robert Morris
Saint Mary's
San Jose State
Santa Clara
Seton Hall
South Alabama
South Carolina
Southern Miss
Stephen F. Austin
Tennessee Tech
Texas
USF
UTEP
UTSA
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Washington State
West Virginia
Winthrop
Wisconsin
Yale

Division II
Academy of Art
Arkansas
Ashland
Bemidji State
Bentley
California State-East Bay
Chaminade
Colorado Mesa
Harding
Hillsdale
Lee
Lewis
North Georgia
Nova Southeastern
Saginaw Valley State
Valdosta State
Wayne State
West Georgia
William Jewell
Wingate
Winona State

Division III
Allegheny College
Arcadia
Benedictine
Carnegie Mellon
Franklin & Marshall
Franklin College
Gustavus Adolphus
Hampden-Sydney
Huntingdon
Illinois Wesleyan
Kalamazoo College
Millikin
North Central College
Penn State-Altoona
St. John's (MN)
Trinity (TX)
Webster
Willamette
Wisconsin-Eau Claire

NAIA
Bethel College (KS)
Carroll College
Coastal Georgia
Concordia (NE)
Dalton State
Doane
Embry Riddle Aeronautical (AZ)
Montana Tech
Northwestern College
Ottawa (AZ)
Spring Harbor

NJCAA DI
Andrew College
Northeastern

NJCAA DII
Northeast Mississippi
South Mountain

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