LUBBOCK, Texas– In addition to their talents on the green, two Texas Tech golfers received national academic recognition on Wednesday.
The Golf Coaches Association of America announced the Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars for Divisions I, II, NAIA, and NJCAA.
Sandy Scott, a junior from Nairn, Scotland, and Ivan Ramirez, a senior from Bucaramanga, Colombia, were recognized for having a cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2 or above.
According to a press release sent by the GCAA, recipients of this recognition must be a junior or senior academically, participate in 50 percent of his team’s competitive rounds, have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I, 78.0 in Division II, 78.0 in NAIA and 79.0 in Division III, 77.0 in NJCAA.
Also, recipients must be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.
This year, 540 student-athletes earned the title of All-American Scholar, 20 were from the BIG 12.
This year’s honorees set a record as being the most recipients in award history. The program began in 1982.
