Sept. 1, 2009

Norman, Okla. – The Belmont men’s golf team finished the 2008-2009 school year with one of the top team grade point averages (GPA) in the nation as the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced its team academic awards on Tuesday.

The Bruins were named a GCAA All-Academic Team after posting a team GPA of 3.517 for the 2008-2009 school year. This is the first time that Belmont has received this honor. In addition, BU earned the President’s Special Recognition Award from the GCAA, which indicated that they were among only seven NCAA Division I programs (Belmont, Detroit Mercy, East Carolina, ETSU, Georgia Tech, Rice, and Seton Hall) that had team GPAs of over 3.50.

“I am very pleased that our program has been honored of having one of the top team GPAs in the nation by the GCAA ,” said Scott Flynn, Belmont head coach. “Our student-athletes put a lot of hard work into their studies and this honor certainly recognizes the high level of their classroom work.”

Belmont and ETSU were the only two men’s golf programs in the Atlantic Sun Conference to earn academic team honors from the GCAA.

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 aca¬demic year.

For more information on the GCAA and their academic honors, go to www.collegiategolf.com