By: Evan O'Kelly, Associate Commissioner for Communications

PORTLAND, Ore. – Sixteen men’s golf players earned Great Northwest Athletic Conference academic all-conference honors, presented by Barnes & Noble College, for the 2025-26 season.
 
Among this year’s award winners, the top grade point average belonged to Northwest Nazarene sophomore Noah Larson. Larson holds a 3.94 GPA while working towards his pre-physical therapy degree. Three players from the conference earned all-academic distinction for the third time in their careers. That group was comprised of NNU’s Tyler Hagen (3.26 GPA, engineering) and Alex Lowery (3.64 GPA, business administration), and Western Washington’s Peter Dionne-Yahr (3.64 GPA, management).
 
Northwest Nazarene led the conference with six total players selected to the list. To qualify for academic all-conference, student-athletes must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20, must be in at least their second season competing for their team and must have competed on the course during the 2025-26 campaign.
   

Name	Academic Major	Year	GPA	Hometown	School
Kaopun Akmaneenin	Business Management	SO	3.29	Nonthaburi, Thailand	MSUB
Ryan Badger	Business Finance	SO	3.60	Palm Desert, CA	MSUB
Trey Engellant	Accounting	JR	3.64	Kalispell, MT	MSUB
Dylan Christensen	Business Admin	SR	3.62	Tremonton, UT	NNU
Kasey Gaff*	Business Admin	JR	3.28	Stockton, CA	NNU
Tyler Hagen*#	Engineering	SR	3.26	Everson, WA	NNU
Noah Larson	Pre PT	SO	3.94	Vancouver, WA	NNU
Alex Lowery*#	Business Admin	SR	3.64	Portland, OR	NNU
David Roberts*	Secondary Ed	JR	3.66	North Bend, OR	NNU
Justin Bjornson*	Communication	JR	3.28	Surrey, BC	SFU
Christopher Gunlikson	Business Administration	SR	3.70	Longmont, CO	SMU
Rasmus Tamker	Business Administration	JR	3.68	Stockholm, Sweden	SMU
Gavin Klein	Business Administration	JR	3.55	Bozeman, MT	SMU
Peter Dionne-Yahr*#	Management	SR	3.64	Kent, WA	WWU
Jack Kendrick	Finance	SO	3.91	Vancouver, WA	WWU
Chris Zamani*	Enviro Studies/Sports Psychology	JR	3.39	Sammamish, WA	WWU