SAN FRANCISCO – Three Cal student-athletes were named to the 2019 Pac-12 Men's Golf All-Academic team announced Thursday by Commissioner Larry Scott. Kaiwen Liu (3.68 GPA, Business Administration) was a first-team selection honored in his first season of eligibility, while Sebastian Crampton (3.10 GPA, American Studies) and Collin Morikawa (3.24 GPA Business Administration) were both honorable mention selections for the second straight year. Morikawa was also a first-time selection in 2016-17.

"Each of these student-athletes have had tremendous achievements in the classroom and on the course," Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men's Golf Walter Chun said. "It is a challenge to thrive both in the classroom and on the course especially at Cal, but they have proven it is doable. Each of them deserves the recognition they are receiving."

To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade point average and appear in at least 50 percent of their team's events.

Below are notes on each of Cal's 2018-19 Pac-12 All-Academic selections with extended bios available by clicking on each name.
 
FIRST TEAM
Kaiwen Liu, 5-10, 170, So., 1L, San Diego, CA (Torrey Pines HS)

• Earned Cal's Ben Furth Award for academic and athletic excellence as well as a Golden Bear Achievement Award for having the highest GPA on the team
• One of three players on the current Cal team along with Crampton and Morikawa to have a round of 63 as a collegiate player, reaching the number in the first round of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational in the fall of 2018
• Has finished in the top 25 in each of his last seven events

HONORABLE MENTION
Sebastian Crampton, 6-0, 175, Sr., 3L, Pacific Grove, CA (Stevenson HS)

• Earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors for the first time in his career as a 2018-19 senior
• Named Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Month for the first time in his career in November of 2018 after winning the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational
• Second on the team with a 70.85 stroke average that is 0.18 strokes per round better than his previous best of 71.03 as a 2017-18 junior

Collin Morikawa, 5-9, 170, Sr., 3L, La Cañada Flintridge, CA (La Cañada HS)

• A National Player of the Year candidate who has a long list of 2018-19 honors including his selections as Ben Hogan Award and Byron Nelson Award finalists, a Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist, a member of the Haskins Award watch list and Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Year
• Has five collegiate victories including a pair in 2018-19 at the Pac-12 Championships and The Farms Invitational
• Finished tied for seventh or better in each of his first 10 events and in the top 20 in all 11 of his events in 2018-19 as well as 24 in a row overall
• Second in the nation with a 68.65 stroke average that is 0.03 better than the all-time single-season NCAA record of 68.68 he established as a 2017-18 junior
• Currently the nation's second-ranked collegiate golfer according to Golfstat and third by Golfweek/Sagarin