Norman, Okla. - Fighting Illini men's golf earned GCAA All-Academic honors this season, as announced today by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The honor recognizes teams with a combined grade point average above 3.0. 

In addition to the program's success in the classroom, the Orange and Blue were also successful on the course. As a team, the Illini made their 11th consecutive NCAA Championship appearance in 2018, and the 13th under head coach Mike Small. The squad earned its fourth consecutive Big Ten Championship title, and the ninth in the last ten seasons. Hardy became Illinois' 20th Big Ten Championship medalist, also winning the tournament for the second time in his career. Illinois finished among the top five teams in 12 tournaments this season, taking home three event titles, also including the BIGHORN Invitational and the 3M Augusta Invitational trophies.

All-Academic Teams

(3.0 or better GPA)

Division I

Abilene Christian

Air Force

Akron

Alabama State

UAB

Arizona

Arkansas State 

UALR

Auburn 

Belmont 

Boston College

Bowling Green 

Bradley

Brown 

Bryant 

California  

UC Irvine

UCLA

Canisius

UCF 

Charlotte

Chattanooga

Cincinnati

Clemson 

Coastal Carolina 

Colgate 

Colorado 

Colorado State

Columbia 

Connecticut

Cornell 

Davidson 

Delaware

DePaul

Detroit Mercy

Drake 

Duke

East Carolina

East Tennessee State

Eastern Kentucky 

Eastern Michigan

Elon 

Evansville

Francis Marion

Furman

George Mason 

George Washington 

Georgetown 

Georgia Tech

Georgia Southern 

Gonzaga

Hartford

Harvard 

Hawaii

High Point 

Houston Baptist 

Idaho

Illinois  

Indiana

IUPUI

Iowa

Iowa State

James Madison

Kansas State 

Kennesaw State

Kentucky  

Longwood 

Louisville

Loyola Maryland

Marquette 

Marshall 

Memphis

Miami 

Michigan State

Middle Tennessee

Minnesota

Mississippi State

Missouri

Missouri State

Morehead State

UNLV

New Mexico

North Carolina

UNCG

UNCW

Northern Colorado

Northern Illinois 

Northwestern 

Notre Dame

Oakland 

Ohio State

Oral Roberts

Pennsylvania 

Presbyterian 

Radford 

Rhode Island

Rice 

Richmond

Robert Morris 

Saint Francis Brooklyn

Saint Mary's 

Seton Hall 

South Alabama

South Carolina

USC Upstate 

South Florida 

Southern Illinois  

SIUE

SMU 

Southern Mississippi 

Stanford 

Tennessee

UT Martin

Texas Tech

Utah Valley

Valparaiso 

Villanova 

Virginia

Weber State

West Virginia 

William & Mary 

Wisconsin

Wright State

Wyoming 

Xavier

Yale

Youngstown State