NORMAN, Okla. – For the fourth time in the five years of the GCAA Team Academic Award, the Purple Aces men's golf team earned the honor thanks to its hard work in the classroom.
To qualify, teams must post a team GPA of at least 3.0 for the year and the Aces did more than that, finishing with a final GPA of 3.474. Four golfers finished with at least a 3.8 while each golfer achieved at least a 3.0 in the spring semester.
Quinn Vilneff led the way for UE with a GPA of 3.866 for the year. His efforts resulted in becoming only the second University of Evansville student-athlete to earn the Missouri Valley Conference Elite 18 Award.
Parker Hensley tallied a 3.840 while
Sam Cobb had a 3.830 and
Will Knights had a 3.822 for the year.
Brown (Division I), Post (Division II), Greensboro College (Division III), Embry Riddle - AZ (NAIA), Scottsdale CC (NJCAA DI) and South Mountain CC (NJCAA DII) have been named Academic National Champions for their respective divisions announced the GCAA.
Brown posted the highest overall team GPA for all divisions with a 3.74. A total of 143 teams submitted GPAs of 3.00 or higher to earn All-Academic Team recognition - a new high in the five years of the award.
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.
"Farmers Insurance is proud to honor and support the GCAA and their 2013 recipients of the 2013 Team Academic Awards," said Chuck Browning, Head of Sponsorship and Corporate Giving for Farmers Insurance. "A key philanthropic pillar of Farmers Insurance is Education, thus this award is a perfect fit for us and gives us a chance to extend our support of golf throughout the year. It is also an extension of our University Day platform at the Farmers Insurance Open, which we continue to see great success on each year."
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