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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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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