University of Tennessee Athletics
2015-16 Vols Earn GCAA President's Special Recognition
October 28, 2016 | Men's Golf
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The 2015-16 Tennessee men's golf team earned All-Academic and President's Special Recognition accolades from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) as announced by the outlet. The Volunteers received their plaque commemorating the achievement last week.
Tennessee is one of 41 teams to receive President's Special Recognition status for having a team GPA of 3.5 or better. The 41 teams to earn this distinction are 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 - Valparaiso
- Division II - USC Aiken
- Division III - UT Dallas
- NAIA - Embry-Riddle Prescott
- NJCAA DI - Garden City
- NJCAA DII - Meridian
Division I President's Special Recognition (3.5 or better GPA)
- Baylor
- Brown
- Detroit
- East Tennessee State
- Eastern Kentucky
- Eastern Michigan
- Francis Marion
- Gonzaga
- Hartford
- Harvard
- Kansas State
- Kennesaw State
- LIU Brooklyn
- Longwood
- Louisville
- Mississippi
- New Mexico
- Rice
- Seton Hall
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- UMKC
- Valparaiso
- William & Mary
Division I All-Academic Teams (3.0 or better GPA)
- Abilene Christian
- Akron
- Arkansas
- Arkansas State
- Auburn
- Ball State
- Baylor
- Belmont
- Boise State
- Boston College
- Bowling Green
- Bradley
- Brown
- California
- Campbell
- Canisius
- Chattanooga
- Cincinnati
- Colgate
- Colorado State
- Columbia
- Davidson
- DePaul
- Detroit
- Drake
- Drexel
- Duke
- East Carolina
- East Tennessee State
- Eastern Kentucky
- Eastern Michigan
- Elon
- Evansville
- Francis Marion
- Furman
- George Washington
- Georgia
- Georgia Tech
- Georgia Southern
- Gonzaga
- Hartford
- Harvard
- Houston Baptist
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa State
- IPFW
- Kansas
- Kansas State
- Kennesaw State
- Kentucky
- La Salle
- LIU Brooklyn
- Longwood
- Louisiana Monroe
- Louisville
- Loyola (Md.)
- Marquette
- Memphis
- Miami (Ohio)
- Michigan
- Michigan State
- Middle Tennessee
- Mississippi
- Mississippi State
- Missouri State
- New Mexico
- Northern Colorado
- Northwestern
- Notre Dame
- Oakland
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State
- Oral Roberts
- Purdue
- Radford
- Rice
- Richmond
- Robert Morris
- Seattle
- Seton Hall
- SIU Carbondale
- SIU Edwardsville
- SMU
- South Alabama
- South Carolina
- South Dakota State
- Stanford
- Stephen F. Austin
- Tennessee
- Texas Tech
- Troy
- UALR
- UCLA
- UMKC
- UNCG
- UNCW
- USF
- Utah Valley
- Valparaiso
- Vanderbilt
- VCU
- Villanova
- Virginia
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest
- Washington
- Weber State
- William & Mary
- Wisconsin
- Wofford
- Wyoming
- Yale
For the most up-to-date information about the Tennessee men's golf team, visit UTSports.com/m-golf, follow @Vol_Golf on Twitter and like the Vols at Facebook.com/TennesseeMensGolf.
