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Armstrong and Bayley Pick up All-Academic Honors

Sophomore AJ Armstrong was named to the first team, while junior Derek Bayley picked up honorable mention.

SAN FRANCISCO – Washington State University men's golf sophomore AJ Armstrong and junior Derek Bayley were named Pac-12 All-Academic First Team and Honorable Mention, respectively, conference commissioner Larry Scott announced Tuesday. 

A native of St. Albert, Alberta, Armstrong is the second Cougar to pick up first team all-academic honors in the last three seasons. He is undeclared with a 3.88 grade-point average. On the green, Armstrong played in 12 of the 13 tournaments on the season, maintaining a scoring average of 74.50. He had four top-30 finishes, including eighth at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate, Sept. 12-13. 

Bayley (Rathdrum, Idaho) is receiving all-academic honorable mention honors for the second-straight year, majoring in journalism with a 3.15 GPA. He played in 12 of 13 events for the Cougars, leading the team with a scoring average of 74.01. He had a team-best five top-25 finishes, including three top-10, as a junior in 2017. 

To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and participate in at least half of their team's scheduled regular season events.

PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC - MEN'S GOLF
First Team Yr. GPA Major
William Aldred, CAL, So., 3.74, Undeclared
AJ Armstrong, WSU, So., 3.88, Undeclared
Maverick McNealy, STAN, Sr.    , 3.54, Management Science and Engineering
Collin Morikawa, CAL, So., 3.56, Business Administration
Nathan Wunderli, UTAH, So., 3.80, Business Administration
Carl Yuan, WASH, So., 3.57, Pre-Major (Arts and Science)

Second Team Yr. GPA Major
Viraat Badhwar, STAN, Sr., 3.52, Management Science and Engineering
Jared du Toit, ASU, Sr., 3.38, Marketing
Walker Huddy, CAL, RS-Sr., 3.47, Business Administration
Kevin Kwon, WASH, Sr., 3.43, Extended Pre-Major
Jonas Liebich, OSU, Jr., 3.40, Business/Finance
Trevor Yu, OSU, So., 3.59, Digital Art Communication Arts

Honorable Mention: ARIZ: George Cunningham, Jr.; CAL: Ben Doyle, RS-So., Tanner Hughes, RS-So., Clayton Madey, RS-Jr. COLO: Spencer Painton, Jr., John Souza, Jr. OSU: Conner Kumpula, Sr. STAN: Franklin Huang, Jr., Brandon Wu, So. UCLA: Phil Delisi, So., Cole Madey, So., Patrick Murphy, So., Corey Shaun, Jr. USC: Justin Suh, So. UTAH: Gentry Hicks, Gr. WASH: Frank Garber, Jr., Corey Pereira, Sr. WSU: Derek Bayley, Jr.
 
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Players Mentioned

AJ Armstrong

AJ Armstrong

6' 3"
Sophomore
Derek Bayley

Derek Bayley

6' 1"
Junior

Players Mentioned

AJ Armstrong

AJ Armstrong

6' 3"
Sophomore
Derek Bayley

Derek Bayley

6' 1"
Junior