BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University men's golfer
Sully Zagerman has earned the 2019-20 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar award, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced Wednesday. To qualify for the award, Zagerman needed to post a sub-76 scoring average and play in at least 40 percent of his team's competitive rounds while maintaining a 3.2 GPA or higher.
Whether he was on or off the course in 2019-20, Zagerman excelled. This past season he notched two top-20 finishes, including one top-10 performance, and had a 73.43 stroke average. His eight par-or-better rounds and 4.1464 Par-4 scoring average were both second best on the team.
"Sully has been the prototypical student-athlete during his time at FAU," FAU coach
Ryan Jamison said.Â
Zagerman has been a standout student since joining the Owls. In 2018-19 he earned Conference USA All-Academic Team honors and a spot on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll. As a freshman and sophomore Zagerman made the Dean's List, and in the latter year he added President's List honors.
While Zagerman played his senior season in 2019-20, he will return to action as a graduate student in 2020-21. The NCAA awarded Zagerman another year of eligibility because COVID-19 cut his 2020 spring season short.
"We are very excited to have him for one more year as he is a huge asset to our team," Jamison said. "We all commend him for his hard work and look forward to taking it to the next level this year as he starts his graduate degree in business school."
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