June 12, 2001
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech golfer Bryce Molder added yet another award to his growing list of accolades on Tuesday. Molder was named the Academic All-American of the Year for the 2001 Verizon Men’s Spring At-Large Academic All-America Team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
This marked the second-straight year that Molder has been a member of the Academic All-America First Team, earning that distinction in 2000 as well. After earning his degree in management on May 5 and completing his four years at Tech with a 3.41 grade point average, Molder was also named an All-America scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Molder, who will be competing in the U.S. Open this weekend at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., finished his career as a Yellow Jacket with a scoring average of 70.69 and in 2001, finished with a stroke average of 69.43.
Both of those totals not only rank him as Tech’s all-time leader, but also put him atop the NCAA record books. For his efforts on the golf course, which included three individual wins this past year, Molder was named the winner of the Jack Nicklaus Collegiate Player of the Year award for the second time in his career, along with being the recipient of the Dave Williams Award. The Dave Williams Award recognizes the top senior collegiate golfer for excellence on the course and in the classroom.
Following the 2001 season, the Golf Coaches Association of America named Molder a first-team All-American for the fourth time in his career. With that honor, he joined only three other players to have earned first-team All-America status four times in their careers. Included in that group are former Tech standout David Duval, Wake Forest’s Gary Hallberg and Arizona State’s Phil Mickelson.
