NORMAN, Okla. – The awards keep on coming for the Green Bay women's golf team. After finishing sixth in the nation in GPA among all Division I institutions according to the WGCA, it was announced today that the GCAA (Golf Coaches Association of America) awarded 54 Division I schools the GCAA Outstanding Team Academic Award. Green Bay was one of the recipients.
In total, 266 schools across six divisions earned the award, including seven academic national champions. The Phoenix received President's Special Recognition, the second-highest honor, given to schools that posted a team GPA of 3.5 or higher.
For the complete release from the GCAA, click here.
Below is the list of national champions and each of the Division I schools that garnered President's Special Recognition honors.
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)
President's Special Recognition
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
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