Gorloks Golf Earns Special Recognition From GCAA

The Webster University Men's Golf Team was one of only eight NCAA Division III programs to earn both an 18Birdies All-Academic Team honors as well as the prestigious President's Special Recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) as announced on Friday. 
 
In order to earn an 18Birdies All-Academic Team honor, a men's golf team is required to have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average, while in order to earn the President's Special Recognition Award, a team needs to have a 3.5 or better cumulative GPA. 
 
The Gorloks, who posted a team GPA of 3.51 during the 2017-18 school year, was the only school from the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honored by the GCAA and one of only 10 schools from the state of Missouri to earn an 18Birdies Team Academic Award from the GCAA and one of three schools from the Show-Me-State to earn a President's Special Recognition distinction as the others were Maryville and UMSL.
 
It marks the fifth consecutive season that Webster has received the President's Special Recognition distinction from the GCAA and the seven consecutive season that the Gorloks have earned a GCAA Team Academic Award. 
 
"Working hard and achieving success at one's sport and academically shows a true commitment for our program to the NCAA III ideals," Webster head men's golf coach Andrew Belsky said. "A high bar has been set over the last five years by the team, and we have a goal of maintaining that high standard of performance on the course and in the classroom."
 
Joining Webster from Division III on the President's Special Recognition List were Huntingdon (Ala.), Kalamazoo (Mich.), Occidental (Calif.), Swarthmore (Pa.), Texas-Dallas, Wabash (Ind.) and Washington and Lee (Va.). 
 
In fact, Webster was one of 48 schools from all divisions to earn a President's Special Recognition status for having a team GPA of 3.5 or better. In addition, the Gorloks were one of 34 Division III schools to receive an 18Birdies Team Academic Award.