CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Fighting Illini golfer Ryan Voois was named to the 2024-25 Academic All-America Men's At-Large Second Team by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) on Wednesday (July 9).
The recognition marks the first CSC Academic All-America selection for Voois and the third for an Illini men's golfer in the program's history following Adrien Dumont de Chassart's second-team nod in 2022-23 and Jackson Buchanan's third-team selection in 2023-24. This season, Voois was also recognized as an Academic All-Big Ten performer for the second straight year.
Voois, a finance major in the Gies College of Business, continued his steady climb for Illinois, earning GCAA PING All-Midwest Region honors for the second straight year and his first All-Big Ten First Team nod. The native of Ladera Ranch, Calif., ranked third on the team with a season stroke average of 71.64, a career-best average. He closed four tournaments as the Illini's top finisher, the second-best mark on the team, with a T6 at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational, a T21 against an elite field at the Southern Highlands Collegiate, a T3 finish to pace the squad in Illinois' second team victory of the season at the Memphis Intercollegiate, and a T2 performance to lead the Illini to a share of the NCAA Urbana Regional title. Overall, he recorded 14 rounds in the 60s and posted top-25 finishes in 11 tournaments, both tied with Herendeen for the most on the team, while his 25 rounds at par or better, ranked second on the team.
Voois joins first-team CSC Academic All-America selections Kenta Miyoshi (men's tennis) and Lucas Byrd (wrestling) to give Illinois three honorees in 2024-25. Overall, Illinois Athletics has now produced 116 CSC Academic All-Americans in program history.
