Men's Golf Earns Top GPA in NCAA Division I

NORMAN, Okla. — The University of New Mexico men’s golf team has been named Academic National Champion for finishing the 2018-19 season with the top GPA in NCAA Division I, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced Wednesday.    

The Lobos finished the Fall 2018 semester with a 3.50 GPA, followed up by a 3.66 in the Spring 2019, to finish atop the nation’s Division I squads. UNM also marked one of just 32 schools across all divisions to earn the President’s Special Recognition honor for achieving a cumulative season GPA of 3.5 or higher. Of the 32 schools, 17 were Division I squads and UNM marked the only representative from the Mountain West and from the state of New Mexico.

“The GCAA Academic National Champion honor is outstanding. I’m really happy to see our hard-working guys have this kind of success in the classroom,” head coach Glen Millican said. “To hold the number one spot in the nation for GPA is exceptional – and to do it in a year when we won a conference championship makes it an even more impressive accomplishment for our team, especially with such a young group of guys.”

The Lobos earn the honor fresh off of winning their seventh Mountain West Championship in program history as senior Sean Carlon and sophomore Galven Green tied for the MW title. After a three-hole playoff, it was Green who claimed the individual crown.

Millican was named 2019 Mountain West Coach of the Year for his efforts and he led the Lobos to the 2019 NCAA Louisville Regional competition in which Carlon finished tied for sixth overall.

As a squad, the Lobos posted three All-Mountain West Team honorees, one Mountain West Co-Freshman of the Year and one PING Division I All-Region honoree in Carlon, who also earned MW Golfer of the Week honors twice.

To view the GCAA release, click HERE.