FORT MYERS, Fla. – After a tremendous season in the classroom and on the course, FGCU junior
Jon Hopkins was selected to the ASUN Men's Golf All-Academic Team as announced by the league on Friday. Hopkins becomes the fourth player in program history to earn a nod to the squad and the first since Austin Shultz and Jake Sherwin did so in 2016.
"I'm really proud of the work Jon has done and the example he sets," said head coach
Andrew Danna. "This is another great award for him to recognize the hard work he puts into his academics and his work on the course."
Hopkins, a native of Bishop's Stortford, England, holds a 3.792 grade-point-average in management. Last season he was selected as a 2021 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar. During his career with, Hopkins has been a member of the Dean's List, the AD Honor Roll, and the ASUN Honor Roll. He also serves as a member of the Eagles Council (SAAC) and is a current member of the E.A.G.L.E. Leadership Institute.
Prior to FGCU, Hopkins was a CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year for the College Division at Mississippi Gulf Coast and was the NJCAA Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year.
On the course, through 27 rounds this season, Hopkins has a career-best 72.48 scoring average (1.04 vs. Par) with two top-10 finishes on the year and four top-15 finishes. He placed third at the Coral Creek Invitational (68-69-71 -- 208) helping the Eagles to the team title, while tying his season-low 54-hole total. He also shot 208 (68-73-67) to finish 10th at the Florida Gators Invitational. On the year he had eight rounds in the 60s and 12 at par-or-better. Hopkins also posted 92 birdies and three eagles on the year helping him post a 460-234-38 record on the year.
2022 ASUN Conference All-Academic Team
Austin Duncan, Liberty (4.00 | Gr. | York, S.C. | Cyber Security)
Willis Gaer, Eastern Kentucky (4.00 | Sr. | Des Moines, Iowa | Business Administration)
Jon Hopkins, FGCU (3.79 | Jr. | Stortford, England | Management)
Isaac Simmons, Liberty (3.84 | So. | Huddleston, Va. | Business Administration)
Frankie Wade#, North Alabama (4.00 | Sr. | Hoover, Ala. | Business Administration)
# - Denotes a two-time selection to the All-Academic Team
FGCU All-Academic Team Selections
Brandon Pena, 2012
Jake Sherwin, 2015
Austin Schultz, 2016
Jake Sherwin, 2016
Jon Hopkins, 2022
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HEAD COACH ANDREW DANNA:
Danna is in his third year at the helm of the FGCU men's golf program after leading the Eagles to a second-place finish at the 2021 ASUN Championship and being named the program's first-ever ASUN Coach of the Year. One of the best turnarounds in NCAA history saw the Green and Blue, led by
Van Holmgren who became the first player to earn PING All-Region honors, jump from No. 257 in the final 2019-20 GolfStat.com rankings to a then program-best 65 to close out 2020-21. The Eagles set a new program-best during the 2022 season at No. 47 in the GolfStat.com rankings. Holmgren won the ASUN Championship individual title to qualify for the NCAA Regionals. Before taking over in Fort Myers, he served the 2018-19 season as the assistant at LSU. Prior to that he was the ultra-successful head coach for six years at Lynn University where he led them to the 2018 NCAA Division II national championship and was, subsequently, chosen the David Williams National Coach of the Year. He also led the Fighting Knights to three national runner-up placements, with a third and eighth place finish in his other two seasons.
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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 92 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 10 seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 44 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 25 consecutive semesters. The past five semesters (Fall 2019 – Fall 2021) each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
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