On August 2, ASU is expected to enter the Big 12 as the all-time leader in CSC Academic All-Americans.
It added another this week, as graduated and 2024 Pac-12 team champion men's golfer Ryggs Johnston earned first-team at-large honors for the second straight year on the Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Team selected by the College Sports Communicators – formerly College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
SUN DEVIL MEN'S GOLF CSC/CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
2023-24: Ryggs Johnston, golf (1st team)
2022-23: Ryggs Johnston, golf (1st team)
2005-06: Alejandro Canizares, golf (1st team)
2004-05: Alejandro Canizares, golf (1st team)
1996-97: Chris Hanell, golf (1st team)
FINAL TAP IN FOR RYGGS JOHNSTON
Ryggs Johnston – who closed his career with four straight top-10 finishes -- finished his five years as a Sun Devil with third-team All-America honors in 2024, as he helped lead the Sun Devils to the 2024 Pac-12 title. Johnston also earned third-team honors in 2021, highlighted by his third-place finish at the NCAA Championships. The Montana native had 14 career top-10 finishes and earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors twice (2024 and 2021) and second-team honors in 2022. He became the second Sun Devil men's golfer to earn the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2022-23 as he graduated in May of 2023 with his management degree and a certificate in sports business and then earned ASU's Bill Kajikawa Award in 2023-24, given to a senior student-athlete based on academic excellence, athletic accomplishment, leadership and service in the community.
RYGGS JOHNSTON FINAL CAREER STATS
52 TOURNAMENTS
157 ROUNDS
71.42 STROKE AVERAGE
11,337 STROKES
44 ROUNDS IN 60S
It added another this week, as graduated and 2024 Pac-12 team champion men's golfer Ryggs Johnston earned first-team at-large honors for the second straight year on the Academic All-America® Men's At-Large Team selected by the College Sports Communicators – formerly College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
SUN DEVIL MEN'S GOLF CSC/CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
2023-24: Ryggs Johnston, golf (1st team)
2022-23: Ryggs Johnston, golf (1st team)
2005-06: Alejandro Canizares, golf (1st team)
2004-05: Alejandro Canizares, golf (1st team)
1996-97: Chris Hanell, golf (1st team)
FINAL TAP IN FOR RYGGS JOHNSTON
Ryggs Johnston – who closed his career with four straight top-10 finishes -- finished his five years as a Sun Devil with third-team All-America honors in 2024, as he helped lead the Sun Devils to the 2024 Pac-12 title. Johnston also earned third-team honors in 2021, highlighted by his third-place finish at the NCAA Championships. The Montana native had 14 career top-10 finishes and earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors twice (2024 and 2021) and second-team honors in 2022. He became the second Sun Devil men's golfer to earn the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2022-23 as he graduated in May of 2023 with his management degree and a certificate in sports business and then earned ASU's Bill Kajikawa Award in 2023-24, given to a senior student-athlete based on academic excellence, athletic accomplishment, leadership and service in the community.
RYGGS JOHNSTON FINAL CAREER STATS
52 TOURNAMENTS
157 ROUNDS
71.42 STROKE AVERAGE
11,337 STROKES
44 ROUNDS IN 60S
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— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) July 19, 2024
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