September 3, 2009

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Men's golf squads from Luther College and Wartburg College are among 19 NCAA Division III squads to be named All-Academic Teams by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) for the 2008-09 academic year. Gustavus Adolphus College had the highest recorded GPA among Division III schools and were named Academic National Champions. The Gusties were also accorded President's Special Recognition for earning a team GPA of 3.50 or better.

A total of 82 schools across all three divisions of the NCAA, the NAIA, and NJCAA were honored.

To be eligible for GCAA All-Academic Team honors a college or university must submit the grade points earned and hours attempted for each player on its official squad list for the academic year.

GCAA Release.

Division III
Albion
Benedictine (Ill.)
Carnegie Mellon
Claremont-McKenna
DePauw
Emory
Gustavus Adolphus
Hope
Luther
Maryville Univ. of St. Louis
UMASS-Dartmouth
Millikin
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Nichols
Saint John's (Minn.)
Trinity College
Wartburg
Wheaton College
Wisconsin-Stout

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