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2022-23 GCAA Outstanding Team Academic Award Recipients Announced

NORMAN, Okla. – Sacred Heart (NCAA Division I), Florida Southern (NCAA Division II), Kentucky State (HBCU), Carleton (NCAA Division III), South Carolina Beaufort (NAIA), Andrew (NJCAA Division I), and South Mountain (NJCAA Division II) were all named 2022-23 Academic National Champions for finishing with the top GPA in their respective divisions, announced today by the GCAA. 

266 schools across six divisions earned a GCAA Outstanding Team Academic Award.

2022-23 Academic National Champions

NCAA Division I – Sacred Heart (3.843)

NCAA Division II – Florida Southern (3.8548)

HBCU - Kentucky State (3.62)

NCAA Division III – Carleton (3.78)

NAIA – South Carolina Beaufort (3.739)

NJCAA Division I – Andrew (3.88)

NJCAA Division II – South Mountain (3.55)

Presidents Special Recognition (3.5+ GPA)

NCAA Division I (54)

Alabama State

Belmont

California Baptist

Campbell

Colgate

Dayton

Delaware

Drake

Drexel

Duke

Fordham

George Washington

Gonzaga

Hartford

Harvard

Houston Christian

Idaho

Illinois

Incarnate Word

Kent State

Lamar

Lehigh

Long Island

Loyola Chicago

Loyola Maryland

Marquette

Michigan State

Mississippi State

Missouri

Murray State

Ohio

Pacific

Purdue Fort Wayne

Radford

Rice

Richmond

Sacred Heart

Saint Mary’s (CA)

SIUE

South Florida

St. John’s

Tarleton State

Toledo

UNC Greensboro

UTRGV

Valparaiso

Vanderbilt

Villanova

Virginia Tech

William & Mary

Wisconsin-Green Bay

Wyoming

Xavier

Yale

NCAA Division II (20)

Bemidji State

Catawba

Central Missouri

Dallas Baptist

Findlay

Florida Southern

Gannon

Kentucky State

Lincoln Memorial

Maryville

Missouri S&T

Missouri Southern State

Missouri - St. Louis

Newberry

Parkside

Rockhurst

South Dakota Mines

Virginia Union

Western New Mexico

West Florida

NCAA Division III (11)

Aurora

Carleton

Carnegie Mellon

Emory

Franklin & Marshall

Illinois Wesleyan

Kenyon

Pomona-Pitzer

Stevens

Swarthmore

Washington & Lee

NAIA (10)

Coastal Georgia

Concordia (Neb.)

Keiser

Lawrence Tech

Lewis-Clark State

OUAZ

Reinhardt

SCAD-Savannah

South Carolina Beaufort

Wayland Baptist

NJCAA DI (4)

Andrew

Dodge City

New Mexico JC

Western Texas

NJCAA DII (1)

South Mountain

All-Academic Teams (3.0+ GPA)

NCAA Division I (93)

Abilene Christian

Arizona

Arkansas State

Auburn

Ball State

Boston College

Bowling Green

Bradley

Bucknell

California

Cal Poly

Canisius

Charlotte

Chattanooga

Chicago State

Clemson

Coastal Carolina

College of Charleston

Colorado

Colorado State

Columbia

Davidson

Detroit Mercy

East Carolina

Elon

Evansville

Florida Gulf Coast

Francis Marion

Fresno State

Furman

Georgia

Georgia Southern

High Point

Howard 

Illinois State

Iowa

Jacksonville State

James Madison

Kentucky

Liberty

Lindenwood

Lipscomb

Little Rock

LMU

Longwood

Louisville

Lousiana Tech

Marshall

Maryland

Minnesota

Mount St. Mary’s

NC State

New Mexico

New Mexico State

New Orleans

Nicholls

NIU

North Carolina

Northwestern

Notre Dame

Oakland

Ohio State

Oklahoma State

Old Dominion

Oral Roberts

Oregon

Penn

Penn State

Presbyterian

Rhode Island

Robert Morris

San Jose State

Santa Clara

Seton Hall

SMU

South Alabama

South Carolina

Southern Illinois

St. Thomas (MN)

Tennessee Tech

Texas Tech

Troy

UCONN

ULM

Utah Valley

UTSA

Virginia

Wake Forest

Weber State

West Virginia

Winthrop

Wisconsin

NCAA Division II (33)

Barton

Bentley

Cal State East Bay

Cal State Monterey Bay

Cameron

Chaminade

Chico State

Coker

Georgia College

Harding

Kentucky Wesleyan

Lander

Miles

MSU Billings

North Georgia

Ohio Dominican

Regis

Rollins

Saginaw Valley State

Saint Leo

Simon Fraser

Southern Arkansas

St. Mary’s (TX)

Tampa

Texas A&M International

Tiffin

Thomas More

USC Aiken

Valdosta State

Wayne State (MI)

West Georgia

West Texas A&M

William Jewell

NCAA Division III (28)

Adrian

Arcadia

Babson

Benedictine (IL)

Chapman

Denison

Edgewood

Farmingdale State

Gustavus Adolphus

Hood

Kalamazoo

Lake Forest

La Verne

LeTourneau

Luther

Minnesota-Morris

North Central

Ohio Wesleyan

Otterbein

Rose-Hulman

RPI

Saint John’s (MN)

St. Lawrence

Transylvania

UW-Eau Claire

Wabash

Willamette

Wisconsin Lutheran

NAIA (9)

Baker

Briar Cliff

Cumberland

Doane

St. Ambrose

Menlo

Pikeville

USAO

Jamestown

Carroll

NJCAA Division I (1)

Midland

NJCAA Division II (2)

Southwestern (IA)

Northeast (MS)

About GCAA

Established in 1958, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) is the professional organization of men's collegiate golf coaches. The GCAA's mission is to support its member coaches from six divisions, including the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA, by creating educational opportunities, providing resources, and promoting its members with the purpose of enhancing their overall performance as coaches, mentors, and teachers. The GCAA also recognizes the excellence and achievements of its members and their student-athletes in academic, athletic, and civic endeavors.