2025-26 PLATFORM Golf Team Academic Award Recipients Announced
NORMAN, Okla. – 2025-26 PLATFORM Golf Team Academic Award recipients have been announced by the GCAA.
Maryland Eastern Shore (NCAA Division I), Virginia State (NCAA Division II), Bowdoin (NCAA Division III), Texas A&M-San Antonio (NAIA), Iowa Western (NJCAA Division I), Kirkwood (NJCAA Division II), and Maryland Eastern Shore (HBCU) were all named 2025-26 GCAA Academic National Champions for finishing with the top GPA in their respective divisions.
A GCAA-record 333 schools across six divisions earned a PLATFORM Golf Team Academic Award. 157 schools received Presidents Special Recognition for having an average team GPA of 3.5 or above in 2025-26.
2025-26 Academic National Champions
NCAA Division I - Maryland Eastern Shore (3.943)
NCAA Division II - Virginia State (3.832)
NCAA Division III - Bowdoin (3.849)
NAIA - Texas A&M-San Antonio (3.734)
NJCAA Division I - Iowa Western (3.50)
NJCAA Division II - Kirkwood (3.57)
HBCU - Maryland Eastern Shore (3.943)
Presidents Special Recognition (3.5+ GPA)
NCAA Division I (88)
Abilene Christian
Alabama
Alabama State
Arkansas State
Auburn
Ball State
Belmont
Boise State
Bowling Green
Campbell
Cincinnati
Columbia
Davidson
Dayton
Delaware
DePaul
Duke
East Carolina
East Tennessee State
Eastern Kentucky
Evansville
Furman
George Washington
Georgetown
Gonzaga
Green Bay
Harvard
Hawai'i
Houston Christian
Idaho
Illinois
Illinois State
Incarnate Word
Iona
Jacksonville State
JMU
Kansas
Kansas State
Lamar
Lipscomb
Little Rock
Longwood
Loyola Chicago
Marquette
Maryland
Maryland Eastern Shore
Mercer
Miami (OH)
Michigan State
Middle Tennessee
Mississippi State
Nevada
New Mexico
NIU
North Dakota State
Northwestern
Ohio
Oklahoma State
Oral Roberts
Penn
Providence
Radford
Rice
Sacred Heart
Saint Mary's (CA)
Seattle
South Dakota
Southern Utah
St. John's
St. Thomas (MN)
Stanford
Tennessee Tech
Texas Southern
Toledo
Troy
UAB
UC Santa Barbara
UNCG
USC Upstate
UT Martin
Utah State
UTEP
Villanova
Virginia Tech
Washington
Wyoming
Xavier
Yale
NCAA Division II (27)
Cal State East Bay
DBU
Eckerd
Emmanuel (GA)
Felician
Findlay
Florida Southern
Harding
Henderson State
Hillsdale
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Kentucky Wesleyan
Maryville
Miles
Missouri S&T
Parkside
Post
St. Mary's (TX)
SWOSU
Tiffin
UIS
UMSL
UTPB
Valdosta State
Virginia State
Virginia Union
West Florida
NCAA Division III (28)
Aurora
Benedictine (IL)
Bowdoin
Buena Vista
Carnegie Mellon
Earlham
Gettysburg
Grinnell
Hartford
Hope
Illinois Wesleyan
Kenyon
Lake Forest
LeTourneau
Luther
NYU
Otterbein
Pomona-Pitzer
St. Joseph's
Stevens
Stevenson
Swarthmore
Texas Lutheran
Trinity (TX)
Virginia Wesleyan (Batten)
Wabash
Washington and Lee
Willamette
Williams
NAIA (11)
Briar Cliff
Coastal Georgia
Concordia (NE)
Cumberland (TN)
Lawrence Tech
Point
SCAD Savannah
Texas A&M-San Antonio
Texas Wesleyan
UPIKE
Wayland Baptist
NJCAA Division I (1)
Iowa Western
NJCAA Division II (1)
Kirkwood
All-Academic Teams (3.0+ GPA)
NCAA Division I (86)
Arizona
Bradley
Butler
BYU
Cal Poly
California
Charlotte
Chattanooga
Chicago State
Clemson
Coastal Carolina
Colorado
Detroit Mercy
Drake
Eastern Michigan
Elon
FAU
Florida
Florida State
Francis Marion
Georgia
Georgia Southern
High Point
Holy Cross
Howard
Indiana
IU Indy
Lehigh
Liberty
Lindenwood
Long Beach State
Louisiana Tech
Louisville
Loyola Maryland
LSU New Orleans
Marshall
Minnesota
Missouri
Murray State
NC State
Nebraska
New Mexico State
Nicholls
North Alabama
Notre Dame
Oakland
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Ole Miss
Pacific
Prairie View A&M
Presbyterian
Purdue Fort Wayne
Richmond
Samford
San Diego State
San Francisco
Santa Clara
SIUE
South Alabama
South Carolina
South Dakota State
Southern Miss
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
UC Davis
UCF
UCLA
UConn
UNCW
USC
USF
Utah
Utah Valley
UTSA
Valparaiso
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Wake Forest
Weber State
West Virginia
Winthrop
Wisconsin
Wofford
NCAA Division II (39)
Adelphi
Bemidji State
Bentley
Catawba
Central Missouri
Chaminade
East Central (OK)
Ferrum
Fort Hays State
Georgia Southwestern
Glenville State
Johnson C. Smith
Lander
Lee
Lenoir-Rhyne
Lincoln Memorial
Menlo
Midwestern State
MSU Billings
Newberry
North Georgia
Ohio Dominican
Oklahoma Christian
Rockhurst
Rollins
Saginaw Valley State
Saint Leo
Saint Martin's
South Dakota Mines
Southern Nazarene
Stanislaus State
Tampa
USC Aiken
UT Tyler
Wayne State (MI)
West Chester
Westminster
Winona State
Young Harris
NCAA Division III (34)
Adrian
Allegheny
Anderson (IN)
Babson
Bluffton
Carleton
Central
Denison
DePauw
Farmingdale State
Franklin & Marshall
Gustavus Adolphus
Hampden-Sydney
John Carroll
Kalamazoo
Lewis & Clark
Lynchburg
Methodist
Millikin
Moravian
North Carolina Wesleyan
Northwestern - St. Paul
Ohio Wesleyan
Oswego State
Penn State Altoona
Rose-Hulman
Saint John's (MN)
Southern Virginia
St. Norbert
St. Olaf
SUNY Delhi
Transylvania
Wartburg
Wisconsin Lutheran
NAIA (15)
Bethel (KS)
Carroll
Dalton State
Defiance
Doane
Keiser
Lewis-Clark State
Milligan
Morningside
Northwestern Ohio
Park
Reinhardt
Spartanburg Methodist
St. Ambrose
William Carey
NJCAA Division I (3)
Andrew
McLennan
Midland
NJCAA Division II (3)
Des Moines Area
Northeast (MS)
Oakton
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