AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern men's golf team has earned All-Academic distinction from the Golf Coaches Association of America for the 2015-16 school year. It's the third consecutive year GSW has earned the national honor.

A record 208 teams, covering NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA, submitted GPAs of 3.00 or higher to earn All-Academic Team recognition. The Hurricanes were one of only 42 programs in NCAA Division II, and one of two from the Peach Belt Conference, to earn the honor.

Embry-Riddle Prescott (NAIA) posted the highest overall team GPA for all divisions with a 3.787.

To be eligible for the GCAA All-Academic Team a college or university must submit the GPAs for each player on its official squad list for the academic year.

Select recipients for 2015-16 are listed below:

Academic National Champions
Division I - Valparaiso
Division II - USC Aiken
Division III - UT Dallas
NAIA - Embry-Riddle Prescott
NJCAA DI - Garden City
NJCAA DII - Meridian

President's Special Recognition
(3.5 or better GPA)

Division II
Colorado Mesa
Newberry
Northeastern State
Ohio Dominican
Tiffin
UC San Diego
Upper Iowa
USC Aiken

All-Academic Teams
(3.0 or better GPA)

Division II
Ashland
Barry
Barton
Bellarmine
Bemidji State
Brevard
Central Missouri
Chaminade
Chico State
Colorado Colorado Springs
Colorado Mesa
CSU East Bay
Florida Tech
Georgia Southwestern State
Harding
Hillsdale
Lee
Lewis
Lincoln Memorial
Lynn
Maryville (Mo.)
Miles
Minnesota-Crookston
Missouri-St. Louis
Montana State-Billings
Newberry
Northeastern State
Ohio Dominican
Post
Rogers State
Rollins
Saint Leo
St. Edward's
Tiffin
UC San Diego
Upper Iowa
USC Aiken
Valdosta State
Wayne State
West Florida
West Georgia
Wisconsin-Parkside

The full release from the GCAA can be found HERE