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GCAA Announces 2015 Team Academic Awards

NORMAN, Okla. – Harvard (Division I), Tiffin (Division II), Webster (Division III), Embry-Riddle Arizona (NAIA), Garden City (NJCAA DI) and Meridian (NJCAA DII) have been named Academic National Champions for their respective divisions, announced the GCAA.

Embry-Riddle Arizona posted the highest overall team GPA for all divisions with a 3.75. A total of 172 teams submitted GPAs of 3.00 or higher to earn All-Academic Team recognition.

“I could not be more thrilled for our Embry-Riddle Men’s Golf team in receiving this prestigious award,” said Embry-Riddle Arizona Head Coach Kim Haddow “To win this award is one of their team goals each year and they are well deserving as a result of their commitment academically. We are a “family” here at Embry-Riddle and all of our faculty and staff play a role in supporting our athletes academically, athletically and personally.”

Embry-Riddle Arizona is the first NAIA school to post the highest overall team GPA. It was the program’s second NAIA title. Harvard, Tiffin, Webster, Garden City and Meridian each were first-time winners.

Bradley, Brown, DePaul, Edgewood, Embry-Riddle Arizona, Emory, ETSU, Francis Marion, Garden City, Harvard, Kalamazoo, Penn State, Redlands, SCAD Atlanta, SCAD Savannah, Stanford, Stevens, Taylor, Tiffin, Trine, Utah Valley, Valparaiso, Washington & Lee and Webster received President’s Special Recognition status for having team GPAs of 3.5 or better. The 24 teams to earn this distinction is the most since the Academic Team Awards program began in 2009.

To be eligible for GCAA All-Academic Team honors a college or university must submit the GPAs for each player on its official squad list for the academic year.

Academic National Champions

Division I - Harvard
Division II - Tiffin
Division III - Webster
NAIA - Embry-Riddle Arizona
NJCAA DI - Garden City
NJCAA DII - Meridian

President’s Special Recognition
(3.5 or better GPA)

Division I
Bradley
Brown
DePaul
ETSU
Francis Marion
Harvard
Penn State
Stanford
Utah Valley
Valparaiso

Division II
Tiffin

Division III
Edgewood
Emory
Kalamazoo
Redlands
Stevens
Trine
Washington & Lee
Webster

NAIA
Embry-Riddle Arizona
SCAD Atlanta
SCAD Savannah
Taylor

NJCAA I
Garden City

All-Academic Teams
(3.0 or better GPA)

Division I
Abilene Christian
Akron
Alabama State
Arizona
Arkansas-Little Rock
Auburn
Ball State
Baylor
Belmont
Boston College
Bradley
Brown
Central Connecticut State
Charlotte
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Coastal Carolina
Colorado State
Columbia
Connecticut
DePaul
Detroit Mercy
Duke
East Carolina
ETSU
Eastern Michigan
Elon
Evansville
Francis Marion
Georgia Tech
Gonzaga
Harvard
Hawaii
Houston Baptist
Illinois
Illinois State
Indiana
Iowa State
IPFW
Kennesaw State
Kentucky
La Salle
LIU Brooklyn
Longwood
Louisville
Loyola (Md.)
Loyola (Ill.)
Marquette
Miami (Ohio)
Michigan
Michigan State
Middle Tennessee State
Minnesota
Missouri
Missouri State
Morehead State
North Carolina
Northern Colorado
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Oakland
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Old Dominion
Ole Miss
Oral Roberts
Penn State
Penn
Rice
Robert Morris
Seton Hall
SIU Edwardsville
South Alabama
South Carolina
Southeastern Louisiana
Stanford
Texas Tech
Troy
UNCG
UNCW
UNLV
USC Upstate
Utah Valley
Valparaiso
Vanderbilt
Villanova
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Weber State
William & Mary
Wyoming
Yale

Division II
Bellarmine
California Baptist
Central Missouri
Chaminade
Colorado Colorado Springs
Ferris State
Georgia Southwestern
Goldey-Beacom
Hillsdale
Lee
Lincoln Memorial
Lynn
Maryville (Mo.)
Missouri-St. Louis
Northeastern State
Ohio Dominican
Regis
Rollins
Saginaw Valley State
Saint Leo
St. Cloud State
St. Edward’s
Tiffin
Upper Iowa
USCA
West Florida
West Georgia
West Texas A&M

Division III
Carnegie Mellon
Concordia (Minn.)
DePauw
Dominican
Edgewood
Emory
Grinnell
Gustavus Adolphus
Hobart
Illinois Wesleyan
Johnson & Wales (R.I.)
Kalamazoo
Kenyon
Maryville (Tenn.)
Marywood
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Mount St. Joseph
Occidental
Oglethorpe
Ohio Wesleyan
Redlands
Sain’t John’s (Minn.)
Schreiner
Skidmore
Stevens
Swarthmore
Transylvania
Trine
UT Tyler
Wabash
Washington & Lee
Webster
Whitworth
Wittenberg

NAIA
Bethany (Kan.)
Bethel (Kan.)
Concordia (Neb.)
Cumberlands
Dalton State
Embry-Riddle Arizona
Northwood (Fla.)
SCAD Atlanta
SCAD Savannah
Southwestern (Kan.)
Taylor
Wayland Baptist

NJCAA DI
Central Alabama
Garden City

NJCAA DII
Darton State
Meridian
Mineral Area
Mississippi Gulf Coast