CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fighting Illini men's golfer Adrien Dumont de Chassart was named a 2022-23 Academic All-America Men's At-Large Second Team honoree as selected by College Sports Communications (CSC) on Wednesday (June 21). Â
The honor is the latest in a decorated career for Dumont de Chassart, who turned pro following the Illini's 2023 postseason run and won his Korn Ferry Tour debut two weeks ago at the BMW Charity Pro-Am.
The award marks the first CSC Academic All-America selection for Dumont de Chassart, a 2023 first-team PING All-American, and is also the first for an Illini men's golfer in the program's history.
He is the second Illini to earn CSC Academic All-America honors in 2022-23, joining Illini volleyball's Diana Brown, who was tabbed as an Academic All-America first-team selection in December. Overall, Dumont de Chassart is now the 111th CSC Academic All-American in Illinois Athletics history.
In May, prior to joining the professional ranks, Dumont de Chassart completed his bachelor's degree from the Gies College of Business in management: entrepreneurship with a minor in economics.
Dumont de Chassart, the three-time Big Ten Golfer of the Year, was selected as a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten honoree for the second straight year in 2023 and earned his fourth All-Big Ten championship team nod. A finalist for both the Haskins and Nicklaus Awards, he is a three-time All-America selection by the GCAA, having earned second-team honors in both 2021 and 2022 prior to his first-team nod in 2023.
A native of Villers la Ville, Belgium, Dumont de Chassart was presented with his second straight Les Bolstad Award as the Big Ten golfer with the league's best stroke average through the conference championship; His average of 69.63 was the lowest mark on record since the Bolstad Award's inception in 1974, and he closed the season with a mark of 69.56, breaking his own program record established last season. Dumont de Chassart also finished as the program's career-leader with an average of 70.82.
He captured his fourth collegiate victory this season at the Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate, and helped the Illini post a nation-leading seven team tournament wins overall. He also notched top-16 finishes all 13 stroke play events on the year, culminating with a tie for seventh at the NCAA Championship to also earn NCAA All-America status (top 15). He closed as Illinois top finisher in a team-leading six tournaments in 2023 and led the team with 30 (out of 39) rounds at par or better and 18 rounds in the 60s.
