NORMAN, Okla. – Washington State men's golf rising-senior, AJ Armstrong has been named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar, the organization announced Wednesday. 

Armstrong completed his junior season in 2017-18, earning Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors for the second-straight year. Continuing his excellence on the course and in the classroom, Armstrong ended his junior year with a 3.89 GPA in accounting. Armstrong became just the sixth Cougar in program history to earn multiple first team awards. On the course, Armstrong put together a solid season for WSU as he played in all 12 tournaments with his top finish of the season coming at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate where he finished tied for fifth. He finished his season with a 73.03 scoring average.

This season a record number of Division I, II, III and NAIA men's golfers received Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar honors with 265, 126, 62 and 23 honorees in each division, respectively. To be eligible for the award, an individual must be a junior or  senior academically, compete in at least three full years at the collegiate level, participate in 50-percent of his team's competitive rounds, have a stroke-average under 76.0 in DI, 78.0 in DII, 78.0 in NAIA and 79.0 in DIII, 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 his college or university.