Polender and Simmons Named to GCAA All-America Scholars Team
8/9/2023 1:56:00โฏPM | Men's Golf
2022-23 GCAA All-America Scholars
2022-23 GCAA Outstanding Team Academic listing
LYNCHBURG, Va. โ Following their most successful year on the course, Liberty's Connor Polender and Isaac Simmons have also been honored for their efforts in the classroom.
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Today, Polender and Simmons were named to the 2022-23 GCAA All-America Scholars team, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
Additionally, Liberty's team was named to the 2022-23 GCAA Outstanding Team Academic listing, honoring program's with a 3.0 or high team GPA. Liberty was one of 266 schools across six divisions to earn the a GCAA Outstanding Team Academic Award distinction. Liberty has been named to the listing each of the last five years.
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To be eligible for GCAA All-America Scholars team, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically.
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In addition, they must participate in 50 percent of their team's competitive rounds and have a stroke average under 76.0 at the NCAA Division I level. They must also 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.
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A total of 546 NCAA Division I athletes from 193 schools earned 2022-23 GCAA All-America
Scholar honors.
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This is the third time in Polender's career he has been named to a GCAA All-America Scholars team (also in 2020 and 2021) and the second time for Simmons (also in 2022).
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Polender had a banner year during his final season on the Mountain. The native of Lake Bluff, Ill., finished the year with a 71.77 season stroke average, 1.4 strokes per round lower than his previous career-best scoring average (73.17 in 2019-20).
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Polender played 23 of his 39 rounds (59.0 percent) at par or better and he posted a career-best 11 sub-70 rounds.
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Polender helped the Flames capture the 2023 ASUN Men's Golf Championship when he finished tied for fifth place with a career-low 54-hole total of 14-under par 202 (72-63-67). He also paced Liberty at the NCAA Bath Regional by finishing tied for fifth place. ย ย ย ย ย
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On the course for the Flames this season, Simmons finished the 2022-23 campaign with a 71.82 season stroke average, which is the best mark of his four-year career with the Flames.
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He played 18-of-39 rounds at par or better this season (46.2 percent) and posted a career-best seven sub-70 rounds.
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His best finish of the season was a fourth-place showing at the ASUN Championship where he carded a 15-under par 201 (64-67-70). His career-low 54-hole total helped Liberty capture the seventh conference title in program history.
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2022-23 GCAA Outstanding Team Academic listing
LYNCHBURG, Va. โ Following their most successful year on the course, Liberty's Connor Polender and Isaac Simmons have also been honored for their efforts in the classroom.
ย
Today, Polender and Simmons were named to the 2022-23 GCAA All-America Scholars team, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
Additionally, Liberty's team was named to the 2022-23 GCAA Outstanding Team Academic listing, honoring program's with a 3.0 or high team GPA. Liberty was one of 266 schools across six divisions to earn the a GCAA Outstanding Team Academic Award distinction. Liberty has been named to the listing each of the last five years.
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To be eligible for GCAA All-America Scholars team, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically.
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In addition, they must participate in 50 percent of their team's competitive rounds and have a stroke average under 76.0 at the NCAA Division I level. They must also 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.
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A total of 546 NCAA Division I athletes from 193 schools earned 2022-23 GCAA All-America
Scholar honors.
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This is the third time in Polender's career he has been named to a GCAA All-America Scholars team (also in 2020 and 2021) and the second time for Simmons (also in 2022).
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Polender had a banner year during his final season on the Mountain. The native of Lake Bluff, Ill., finished the year with a 71.77 season stroke average, 1.4 strokes per round lower than his previous career-best scoring average (73.17 in 2019-20).
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Polender played 23 of his 39 rounds (59.0 percent) at par or better and he posted a career-best 11 sub-70 rounds.
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Polender helped the Flames capture the 2023 ASUN Men's Golf Championship when he finished tied for fifth place with a career-low 54-hole total of 14-under par 202 (72-63-67). He also paced Liberty at the NCAA Bath Regional by finishing tied for fifth place. ย ย ย ย ย
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On the course for the Flames this season, Simmons finished the 2022-23 campaign with a 71.82 season stroke average, which is the best mark of his four-year career with the Flames.
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He played 18-of-39 rounds at par or better this season (46.2 percent) and posted a career-best seven sub-70 rounds.
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His best finish of the season was a fourth-place showing at the ASUN Championship where he carded a 15-under par 201 (64-67-70). His career-low 54-hole total helped Liberty capture the seventh conference title in program history.
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