Alex Goff Honored as College Sports Communicators Academic All-American
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Already tabbed as an All-American on the course, Kentucky men’s golf’s Alex Goff has been named a College Sports Communicators Men’s At-Large Academic All-American for the 2023-24 season, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Goff becomes the first Kentucky men’s golf student-athlete to be named a CSC Academic All-American since the Men’s At-Large category began in 1982-83. The native of Kings Mountain, North Carolina was picked to the third team and is among 47 men’s student-athletes in Division I to earn the honor.
The title of Academic All-American is reserved for student-athletes who perform at an elite level in their sport and in the classroom. A select group advance from Academic All-District status to the Academic All-America ballot, where CSC members vote to determine the awardees. Sports included in the men’s at-large category are golf, fencing, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
To be eligible for the honor in the sport of men’s golf, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50 and have competed in a minimum of 70 percent of the team’s events.
Goff recently completed his master’s degree in business administration at UK. Prior to that, he earned his bachelor’s in business administration in finance, finishing with a GPA of 3.899.
With his outstanding play during the 2023-24 season, Goff cemented himself among the program’s elite players. He became Kentucky men’s golf’s 11th All-American selection all-time earlier this month after posting a scoring average of 70.55, the best single season mark at UK since at least 1993-94.
He was named to the All-Southeastern Conference Second Team for the second year in a row and was also tabbed the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year at this season’s conference tournament.
Goff finished his Kentucky career with a 71.45 scoring average, the best mark at UK all-time (minimum 45 rounds) dating back to 1993-94. In 47 career events, he totaled 80 rounds of par-or-better, one win, six runner-up finishes, 16 top 10s and 30 top 20s.
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