NORMAN, Okla. – Recent Washington State men's golf graduate AJ Armstrong was named a 2018-19 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar for the second-straight year, while rising-senior Nicklaus Chiam earned his first honor, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced Wednesday. 

Closing out his final year at Washington State, senior AJ Armstrong earned his third-straight Pac-12 All-Academic First Team award, on top of his All-America Scholar accolade. The St. Albert, Alberta native posted the top GPA in the Pac-12 in 2018-19 as he graduated in early May with a GPA of 3.82 while earning his degree in accounting. Armstrong was also one of 29 Cougar seniors to earn WSU's Senior Excellence in Academics Award and was named the Academic Services Male Student-Athlete of the Month for February. On the course, Armstrong ended his season with a 75.76 stroke average in 11 tournaments, finishing fourth at the Husky Invitational, the highest individual finish for the Cougars during the season.

A native of Singapore, Chiam finished his junior year with a 3.49 GPA in international business and a team-best 75.00 stroke average. He picked up his first Pac-12 All-Academic honors this season, having earned honorable mention. 

This season a record number of Division I, II, III, NAIA and NJCAA men's golfers received Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar honors with 266, 112, 23 and 18 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.