Charlie Zielinski and Jackson Thompson
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CSC Academic All-District Team Honors Pair of Men's Golfers
6/25/2024 1:10:00 PM | Men's Golf
Charlie Zielinski and Jackson Thompson get recognized.
OMAHA, Neb. --Â Creighton men's golfers Jackson Thompson and Charlie Zielinski each earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team honors on Tuesday, June 25.Â
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The 2024 Academic All District ® Men's At-Large Team, selected by CSC, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for the combined performances on the course and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America ® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions. NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division II and NAIA. Sports eligible for men's at-large program consideration include fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
This is the second consecutive recognition from College Sports Communicators for both men. Prior to last year, Creighton had not had a men's golfer named Academic All-District in more than 20 years.
A senior from Dakota Dunes, S.D., Thompson is a BIA Information Technology and Finance and Technology major. He played 27 rounds this past season for CU, averaging a career-low 74.96 strokes per loop. That includes five rounds of par or better and a season-low round of 69 in the Hawkeye Invitational on April 14th. Thompson played in 95 rounds during his Bluejay career, shooting 13 rounds of par or better, and his 75.73 career average is seventh-best among all Bluejay players with 30 or more rounds played in the past 20 seasons.
Zielinski owned a 73.04 scoring average in 2023-24, shooting par or better in 11-of-27 rounds and owning a pair of Top 10 finishes. Zielinski shot par or better in a program-record 41-of-105 career rounds at CU, posting nine Top 10 finishes in 35 career events. His 73.16 career scoring average ranks second in CU history, as do his seven career Top 5 finishes. A two-time Second Team All-BIG EAST performer, the senior is an Omaha native and an Accounting/Economics major.
Thompson and Zielinski will now be listed on the CSC Academic All-America ballot. Those honorees will be announced on July 17th.
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The 2024 Academic All District ® Men's At-Large Team, selected by CSC, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for the combined performances on the course and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America ® program separately recognizes honorees in four divisions. NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division II and NAIA. Sports eligible for men's at-large program consideration include fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.
This is the second consecutive recognition from College Sports Communicators for both men. Prior to last year, Creighton had not had a men's golfer named Academic All-District in more than 20 years.
A senior from Dakota Dunes, S.D., Thompson is a BIA Information Technology and Finance and Technology major. He played 27 rounds this past season for CU, averaging a career-low 74.96 strokes per loop. That includes five rounds of par or better and a season-low round of 69 in the Hawkeye Invitational on April 14th. Thompson played in 95 rounds during his Bluejay career, shooting 13 rounds of par or better, and his 75.73 career average is seventh-best among all Bluejay players with 30 or more rounds played in the past 20 seasons.
Zielinski owned a 73.04 scoring average in 2023-24, shooting par or better in 11-of-27 rounds and owning a pair of Top 10 finishes. Zielinski shot par or better in a program-record 41-of-105 career rounds at CU, posting nine Top 10 finishes in 35 career events. His 73.16 career scoring average ranks second in CU history, as do his seven career Top 5 finishes. A two-time Second Team All-BIG EAST performer, the senior is an Omaha native and an Accounting/Economics major.
Thompson and Zielinski will now be listed on the CSC Academic All-America ballot. Those honorees will be announced on July 17th.
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