NORMAN, Okla. – HBU men's golf earns 18Birdies All-Academic Team honors for the 2017-18 season announced by the Golf Coaches Association.
The Huskies GPA was led by seniors
Guillaume Chalancon and
Val Almendarez.
Almendarez, a Southland Conference All-Academic Second Team selection, registered a 3.70 GPA in Business Management, while averaging 74.94 on the season. He helped the team to a fifth place finish at the Southland Conference Championship, as he tied for 30th with 10-over par 239. The San Antonio, Texas native has two top-20 finishes and two top-10 finishes. Almendarez also recorded an individual low of 68 in the first round of the FAU Spring Championship on March 23, 2018.
Chalancon participated in nine rounds for the Huskies and generated a 78.33 stroke average, while obtaining the team's highest GPA, 3.92. The Paris, France native shot a low round 70 in the first round of the Atchafalaya Intercollegiate on Feb. 19. He went on to finish tied for 12
th with a total 9-over par 225.
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.
18Birdies Academic National Champions
Division I - New Mexico
Division II - Bellarmine
Division III - Swarthmore
NAIA - Bethel (KS)
NJCAA DI - Dodge City
NJCAA DII - South Mountain
President's Special Recognition
(3.5 or better GPA)
Division I
Alabama State
Brown
Cincinnati
Cornell
DePaul
Duke
East Tennessee State
George Mason
Gonzaga
Harvard
Kennesaw State
Kentucky
Memphis
New Mexico
Northern Illinois
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Rice
Robert Morris
Saint Francis Brooklyn
South Carolina
Texas Tech
Valparaiso
Youngstown State
Division II
Bellarmine
Colorado-Colorado Springs
Colorado Mesa
Maryville
Missouri-St. Louis
Newberry
Post
Saint Leo
Upper Iowa
Division III
Huntingdon
Kalamazoo
Occidental
Swarthmore
Texas-Dallas
Wabash
Washington & Lee
Webster
NAIA
Bethel (KS)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (AZ)
SCAD Atlanta
SCAD Savannah
Taylor
NJCAA Division II
South Mountain
All-Academic Teams
(3.0 or better GPA)
Division I
Abilene Christian
Air Force
Akron
Alabama State
UAB Arizona
Arkansas State
UALR
Auburn
Belmont
Boston College
Bowling Green
Bradley
Brown
Bryant
California
UC Irvine
UCLA
Canisius
UCF
Charlotte
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Clemson
Coastal Carolina
Colgate
Colorado
Colorado State
Columbia
Connecticut
Cornell
Davidson
Delaware
DePaul
Detroit Mercy
Drake
Duke
East Carolina
East Tennessee State
Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Michigan
Elon
Evansville
Francis Marion
Furman
George Mason
George Washington Georgetown
Georgia Tech
Georgia Southern
Gonzaga
Hartford
Harvard
Hawaii
High Point
Houston Baptist
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
IPFW
Iowa
Iowa State
James Madison
Kansas State
Kennesaw State
Kentucky
Longwood
Louisville
Loyola Maryland
Marquette
Marshall
Memphis
Miami
Michigan State
Middle Tennessee
Minnesota
Mississippi State
Missouri
Missouri State
Morehead State
UNLV
New Mexico
North Carolina
UNCG
UNCW
Northern Colorado
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Oakland
Ohio State
Oral Roberts
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian
Radford
Rhode Island
Rice
Richmond
Robert Morris
Saint Francis Brooklyn
Saint Mary's
Seattle
Seton Hall
South Alabama
South Carolina
USC Upstate
South Florida
Southern Illinois
SIUE
SMU
Southern Mississippi
Stanford
Tennessee
UT Martin
Texas Tech
Utah Valley
Valparaiso
Villanova
Virginia
Weber State
West Virginia
William & Mary
Wisconsin
Wright State
Wyoming
Xavier
Yale
Youngstown State
Division II
Academy of Art
Ashland
Barry
Barton
Bellarmine
Bemidji State
Cal State East Bay
Cal State Monterey Bay
Central Missouri
Chaminade
Colorado Mesa
Colorado-Colorado Springs
Findlay
Florida Tech
Georgia Southwestern State
Goldey-Beacom
Harding
Henderson State
Illinois Springfield
Kentucky Wesleyan
Lee
Limestone
Lincoln Memorial
Lindenwood
Maryville
Missouri-St. Louis
Newberry
Northeastern State
Post
Rockhurst
Rollins
Saginaw Valley State
Saint Leo
USC Aiken
Upper Iowa
Valdosta State
Wayne State
West Alabama
West Florida
West Georgia
Division III
Arcadia
Benedictine
Carnegie Mellon
Defiance
Earlham
Edgewood
Emory
Franklin & Marshall
Gustavus Adolphus
Huntingdon
Illinois Wesleyan
Johnson & Wales (RI)
Kalamazoo
Kenyon
Macalester
Marywood
McMurry
Mount St. Joseph's
North Central
Occidental
Ohio Wesleyan
Saint John's (MN)
Saint Joseph's (ME)
Skidmore
Southwestern (TX)
Swarthmore
Texas-Dallas
Transylvania
Trine
Wabash
Washington & Lee
Webster
Wheaton
Wisconsin Lutheran
NAIA
Bethel (KS)
Carroll
Concordia (NE)
Doane
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (AZ)
Keiser
SCAD Atlanta
SCAD Savannah
Taylor
Warner Pacific
William Jessup
NJCAA DI
Central Alabama
Dodge City
Iowa Western
Midland College
NJCAA DII
Meridian
Mineral Area
Mississippi Gulf Coast
North Central Missouri
South Mountain
Southwestern CC
