FRISCO – Janis Erll and Matt Walters from the East Texas A&M University men's golf team are selected to the Southland Conference All-Academic teams on Thursday afternoon.
 
Both Erll (Lich, Germany) and Walters (Ballito, South Africa) were selected to the first team all-academic. The duo marks the first time that the Lions had multiple men's golf conference all-academic honorees since 2014-15.  
 
Erll recorded a 15^th place finish at the conference championships this year. He is a business administration major and has been named to the President's List as well as the SLC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
 
Walters is a general studies major and finished in eighth place at the conference championships this year. He also has been named to the President's List and the SLC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
 
Southland Conference All-Academic Teams are voted upon by the head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each school. Student-Athletes of the Year are voted upon by an awards committee which consists of one administrator from each member school. Voting for one's own athletes is not permitted.
 
To be eligible for all-academic distinction, an athlete must hold a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average through the semester prior to the sport's championship, completed at least one full academic semester at the nominating school prior to nomination, and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's competitions during the most recently completed season. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have held at least a 3.50 GPA and have completed at least two years of athletic competition at the nominating school, including the current season.
 
First Team All-Conference athletes who meet all-academic nomination criteria are automatically named all-academic.
 
SOUTHLAND MEN'S GOLF STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Bo Blanchard, Augusta

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE MEN'S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC-FIRST TEAM

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	Major
Bo Blanchard	Augusta	Jr.	Columbus, Ga.	Business Administration
Janis Erll	East Texas A&M	So.	Lich, Germany	Business Administration
Matt Walters	East Texas A&M	Jr.	Ballito, South Africa	General Studies
Ken-Marten Soo	UIW	Sr.	Tallinn, Estonia	Kinesiology - Coaching and Leadership
Francisco Toboada Diaz	UIW	Jr.	Pueblo, Mexico	Business Administration - Accounting

 
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE MEN'S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC-SECOND TEAM

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	Major
Xavier Schwarz	Francis Marion	Sr.	Virigina Water, Surrey, England	Marketing
Leander Neuhaus	Francis Marion	Fr.	Hamburg, Germany	Management
Joe Buenfeld	UIW	Sr.	Southampton, England	Business Administration - Sport Management
David Schneider Jerez	Lamar	Jr.	Fuengirola, Spain	Finance
Esteban Gonzalez	UTRGV	So.	Edinburg, Texas	Management