BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Edwin Blomander, Claude Churchward, Alejandro Cogollo and Henrik Lilja of Campbell University have been named All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America. 
 
To be eligible for GCAA All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I. In addition, they must participate in 50% of their team's competitive rounds, and have a stroke average under 76.0 in NCAA Division I. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at their college or university.
 
548 NCAA Division I athletes from 194 schools earned 2022-23 GCAA All-America Scholar honors.
 
Campbell men's golfers have earned All-America Scholar status 21 times since 2010.  Lilja (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) is the first four-time GCAA All-America Scholar in CU history, while Mitch Gray (2011, 2012), Matt Moot (2011, 2012), Craig Hornberger (2016, 2017), Ray Kraivixien (2018, 2019), Jesper Svensson (2018, 2019), Pontus Nyholm (2020, 2021) and Churchward (2022, 2023) were two-time honorees.  Mikko Lehtovuori (2015), Thomas La Morte (2017), Blomander (2023) and Cogollo (2023) have earned the honor once.
 
A graduate student from Gothenburg, Sweden, Lilja owned a perfect 4.0 grade-point average while pursuing his master's degree in business administration.  He graduated magna cum laude in finance (3.723 GPA) in three years and finished his career with the seventh-lowest scoring average (72.658) in school history with nine career top-10 finishes.
 
After earning Big South golfer of the year and scholar-athlete of the year honors in 2022, Lilja claimed the league's scholar-athlete award for the second-straight season in 2023.  He was a three-time Big South all-conference performer, finished T1st in the 2022 stroke play championship and fifth in the 2023 event.  Lilja was named to the Big South Conference presidential honor roll five times and to the league's all-academic team on four occasions.
 
A four-time Big South presidential honor roll member, Churchward graduated magna cum laude with a 3.8 GPA as a sport management major.  Churchward, a Calignac, France resident, competed in nine events in '22-23, posting a 75.0 stroke average.  He shot a collegiate low 67 at the Stitch Intercollegiate, where he posted his best collegiate finish (T8).
 
Blomander, who spent three seasons at Campbell after transferring from Rogers State, earned all-league and Presidential Honor Roll recognition three times.  He graduated with a 3.3 GPA in sport management, including a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in his final season.  A product of Eksjo, Sweden, Blomander finished his career with the fourth-lowest scoring average (72.48) in Fighting Camel history with six top-10 finishes in 20 events.
 
Cogollo, who will return for a fifth season in 2023-24 due to a Covid-19 waiver, was an honorable mention all-conference performer in 2022-23, while claiming President's List honors in both semesters.  He compiled a 75.14 scoring average over 21 rounds with two top-20 finishes.  The native of Barcelona, Spain posted best collegiate finish – runner-up – at the Wolfpack Individual Invitational (74-69—143), where he matched his collegiate low in the final round.  He is a three-time Big South Presidential Honor Roll member.
 
"I am so proud of these young men," said Campbell head coach John Crooks.  "They are driven to be the best they can be.  Their commitment to their academics and their sport shows the world what great ambassadors they are for Campbell University."