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Bobby Jacobs Named Academic All-American

PEORIA, Ill. -- Senior men's golfer Bobby Jacobs (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso) has become the second player in Bradley Men's Golf history to earn Academic All-America honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), according to a release of the 2017 Academic All-America® Division I Men's and Women's At-Large Teams Thursday.

Jacobs was a Third-Team Academic All-America selection and the only male student-athlete from the Missouri Valley Conference represented on the Division I Men's At-Large Team. A two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District V selection, Jacobs joins Coby Thompson (2010-11) as the only Bradley Men's Golf student-athletes to be named Academic All-Americans.