FAIRFIELD, Ala. — The
Miles men's golf team was one of 292 schools across six divisions that earned a PLATFORM Golf Team Academic Award, with the Golden Bears among the 129 earning Presidents Special Recognition.
The Golf Coaches Association of America released their list of honorees on Tuesday.
The Golden Bears were one of just 19 NCAA Division II programs—and the only one from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference—listed among the Presidents Special Recognition, which honored teams with a 3.5 grade-point average or better.
Additionally, two student-athletes—
Jerris Baker and
Samuel Stagno—earned individual Cobalt All-America Scholar honors. To be eligible for Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their associate's degree and in their last year of athletic eligibility in the NJCAA. In addition, they must participate in 50 percent of their team's competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 78.0 in NCAA Division II, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at their college or university.
It is the first such honor for Baker and the second consecutive year that Stagno was named to the list. They are the only SIAC selections and two of just three scholar-athletes from HBCUs to make the Division II list.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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