BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell University is one of 75 NCAA Division I programs to earn the 2024-25 Platform Golf Team Academic Award presented by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
With a 3.662 combined grade-point average, the Fighting Camels received GCAA Presidents Special Recognition status. That total was highest GPA among Campbell's men's sports teams and third-highest among the university's 21 varsity programs.
A GCAA-record 292 schools across six divisions earned a Platform Golf Team Academic Award. 129 schools received Presidents Special Recognition for having an average team GPA of 3.5 or above.
"These players have begun to raise their standards as outstanding student-athletes. It's quite an accomplishment to be part of a team ranked nationally in the top 100 academically and athletically," said head coach
Matt Moot. "At Campbell, our academic support staff is exceptional, and we have student-athletes who take their studies and success in the classroom very seriously. When players carry this type of mentality, getting them to compete on the golf course comes easy. I'm proud of these young men and how they represent our program in everything they do."
Individually, eight players –
Henric Bjelke,
Petter Dale,
Malik Dao,
Logan Graf,
Erik Johansson,
Benjamin Killingstad,
Garnet Manley III and
Douglas Nordlof earned Coastal Athletic Association Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Bjelke, Graf and Johansson were named to the Academic All-District® men's at-large team by the College Sports Communicators.
Bjelke and Johansson earned the Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar award from the GCAA.
On the course, the Camels finished with a No. 86 national ranking out of 308 NCAA Division I teams. Campbell won the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate and was runner-up at the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate and Georgetown Intercollegiate. The Camels also finished third at the CAA Championship.
Bjelke won the CAA individual championship and earned an individual berth to the NCAA Amherst Regional. Bjelke (first team) and
Joachim Larsen Tegner (second team) were named All-CAA, while Killingstad was chosen as the CAA rookie of the year.
