By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications
SALEM, Ore. -- Willamette University golfer Alex Weirth (Sr., Port Orchard, WA/Crosspoint Academy) has been chosen First Team CoSIDA NCAA Division III Academic All-District VIII on the Men's At-Large Team for the second consecutive year, as voted by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Weirth and other First Team Academic All-District selections are eligible to be chosen for the CoSIDA NCAA Division III Academic All-America Team, which will be announced on Tuesday, June 14.
A total of 14 student-athletes were named to the Academic All-District VIII Men's At-Large Team. Weirth was the only student-athlete chosen from the Northwest Conference.
CoSIDA District VIII includes colleges and universities in the western United States. Student-athletes nominated for the CoSIDA All-District At-Large Team were starters or key reserves with cumulative grade point averages of 3.3 or higher (4.0 scale). Each nominated player was at their current college or university for at least one academic year. The At-Large Team includes athletes in sports that don't have a separate Academic All-District team, so nominees were involved in a wide range of sports such as swimming, tennis, lacrosse, volleyball, and wresting, in addition to golf.
"Alex works extremely hard on his academics and is well-deserving of all of his academic accolades," Willamette Head Men's Golf Coach Patrick Daugherty said. "He by far has one of the top three highest GPAs for any of the players I've ever coached."
During the 2021-22 season, Willamette qualified for its third straight trip to the NCAA Division III Golf Championship where the Bearcats tied for 19th place at the Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida. Willamette tied for 11th place in 2021 and placed 13th in 2019. The NCAA did not hold a championship event in 2020.
The Bearcats also won their third consecutive Northwest Conference Championship in 2021-22 by taking first place at the NWC Fall Classic, second place at the NWC Spring Classic, and first place at the NWC Tournament. Willamette won the NWC Tournament by 32 strokes. The Bearcats took first place at seven tournaments during the season.
First Team CoSIDA NCAA Division III Academic All-District VIII
Alex Weirth (Sr.), who is majoring in Environmental Science, repeated as an Academic All-District VIII selection in 2021-22 after earning the honor for the first time in 2020-21. He entered the 2022 spring semester with a 3.95 cumulative GPA.
This year, Weirth was chosen for the NCAA Divison III PING All-West Region Team for the third year in a row. He was named First Team All-NWC for the second straight season with top 10 showings at all three NWC events. He tied for third place at the NWC Tournament, after tying for sixth place at the NWC Fall Classic and tying for eighth place at the NWC Spring Classic. He earned a career-low round of 5-under par 67 while placing second at the George Fox Invitational. He also took second place at the Spring Trilogy #1.
In 2020-21, Weirth tied for 31st place at the NCAA Championship after placing third at the NWC Fall Classic and third at the NWC Tournament.
Weirth won individual championships at the GFU Invitational and the Puget Sound Invitational during 2019-20. He recorded two rounds of 69 as part of the 2019-20 season at the University of Redlands Bulldog Invitational and the Puget Sound Invitational.
While attending Crosspoint Academy in Bremerton, Washington, Weirth earned individual league championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018. He helped Crosspoint win the State Championship in 2019.
