The Valparaiso University men’s golf team continued to receive recognition for its academic and athletic success on Wednesday as the Crusaders placed two golfers on the five-member Horizon League all-academic team.

Senior Nick Seitz (Xenia, Ohio / Carroll) and sophomore Mitchell Wittmann (Kaukauna, Wis. / Kaukauna) were honored as two of the five players on the all-academic team, which was voted on by the Horizon League Faculty Athletics Representatives from each of the league’s 10 institutions. 

Seitz and Wittmann helped the Crusaders compile the highest team GPA in the country in 2015-16.

Seitz, a two-time all-league performer who ranks second on the team in scoring average at 74.61, has notched his third academic all-league selection. The Biology & Chemistry major is one semester away from finishing his four-year degree with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Seitz was the 2017 Valparaiso Laurel Award Winner, given to the graduating student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA. He is a two-time all-league award winner and has posted three rounds of even par or better in five events this year.Wittmann, who holds a 3.96 GPA as a finance major, had his best round of the season on Sept. 20 when he carded a 69 (-1) at the Ram Masters Invitational.

Seitz, Wittmann and the Crusaders will compete in the Horizon League Championship at Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. beginning on Sunday, April 23.