While golf is an individual sport, nothing that Michigan State senior Parker Jamieson has done during his four years with the men's golf program has been singularly focused.

"Looking back on it, I would not have traded this experience to come here for anything in the world," Jamieson said. "It's provided me with an amazing community that I'll have for the rest of my life, it's provided me with friends who I will have for the rest of my life and memories that I'm going to carry forever with me.

"There are some things that I might have done a little bit of a better job with, but to have had success with my team, my teammates and to have achieved academically and done all of those things with a group of people makes it that much more rewarding."

Jamieson and his teammates were recognized last Monday night at Michigan State's Student-Athlete Support Services (SASS) 26th Annual Spartan Academic Excellence Gala at the Breslin Center.
The team earned the Athletic Director's Award, presented to the men's and women's teams with the highest cumulative grade-point average after the fall 2022 semester. The men's golf squad posted a cumulative GPA of 3.535, winning the Athletic Director's Award for the first time.

"Winning the Athletic Director's Award is deeply meaningful to our program," Head Coach Casey Lubahn said. "We have been chasing this accomplishment and been very a close for a long time now, so to finally win was gratifying.
"Our program believes that 'Everything Matters' in the pursuit of excellence, and I'm proud of our players for buying in and working hard to achieve in every facet of their lives, especially academics."

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