The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) released its 2024-25 NAIA Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars on Tuesday. Keiser men's golf recorded three honorees as
Yann Ferrando,
James Murray, and
William Brun Solum were among this year's honorees.
53 NAIA athletes from 18 schools earned 2024-25 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar honors. Texas Wesleyan had six recipients, tied with College of Charleston, Georgia Southern, Hawai'i, Mississippi State (NCAA Division I), and Rhodes (NCAA Division III) for the most recipients from one school across all six divisions in 2024-25.
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% of their team's competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 78.0 in NAIA, 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.
Yann Ferrando, Second Year, Biscarose, France
- Named a GCAA All-America Scholar for the first time
- Earned Third-Team NAIA All-America recognition for the second straight year
- Named to the NAIA PING All-South Region Team for the first time
- Named to the All-Sun Conference Team for the second straight year
- Appeared in 10 events for the Seahawks for a total of 30 rounds
- Had two top-10 finishes
- Finished seventh at the 2024 Seahawk Shootout (Sept. 16-17), shooting a 1-under, 200
- Shot a low-round, 54-hole, 200 at this year's Seahawk Shootout
- Finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 72.0
- Ranked No. 48 in the nation by clippd
James Murray, Fourth Year, George, South Africa
- Earns first GCAA All-America Scholars honor of his career
- Named to the NAIA PING All-South Region Team for the first time
- Appeared in six events for the Seahawks for a total of 18 rounds
- Had two top-10 finishes, with one in the top five
- Finished tied for fifth at the 2024 Seahawk Shootout (Sept. 16-17) with a 4-under, 197
- Shot a low-round, 54-hole, 197 at this year's Seahawk Shootout
- Entered the Sun Conference Tournament with an adjusted scoring average of 71.3
- Ranked No. 40 in the nation by clippd
William Brun Solum, Second Year, Tonsberg, Norway
- Earns first GCAA All-America Scholars honor of his career
- Named a CSC First-Team Academic All-America for the first time in his career
- Posted a 3.73 in Business Administration
- Garnered PING NAIA All-America honors for the first time
- Earned NAIA Second-Team All-America honors for the first time in his career
- Named to the NAIA PING All-South Region Team for the first time
- Earned Sun Conference Golfer of the Year honors
- Named to the All-Sun Conference Team for the first time
- Appeared in eight events for the Seahawks for a total of 23 rounds
- Had five top-10 finishes with three in the top five
- Finished tied for third in the Sun Conference Championship, shooting a 3-under, 213
- Shot a low-round, 54-hole, 206 at this year's Seahawk Shootout (Sept. 16-17)
- Carded a 208 at the Kona Ice Keiser Kup to finish second (March 9-11)
- Posted a 5-under, 211, at the Coastal Georgia Winter Invitatonal (Feb. 10-11), placing tied for third
- Recorded a top-10 finish in 71.4 percent of the events played this season
- Finished the year with an adjusted scoring average of 71.0
- Ranked No. 12 in the nation by clippd
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