BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Loyola University Maryland's Eli Spaulding was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men's golf and joined teammate Jackson Roman on the conference's All-Academic Team.
 
Spaulding and Roman earned All-Patriot League First Team recognition earlier in the week for work on the golf course.
 
Spaulding, a finance major, led the Greyhounds in the national rankings this season and was the third-ranked player in the Patriot League at 566 with a 72.1 adjusted scoring average. He was fifth individually at the Patriot League Championships where the Greyhounds finished third as a team.
 
Throughout the year, Spaulding posted five top-10 finishes, taking seventh at Florida State's Seminole Intercollegiate, tying for 10th at both the Monterrey Collegiate Classic and the Georgetown Intercollegiate and nine at The Goat.
 
Roman, who graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration last year and is pursuing his M.B.A. now, capped his collegiate career with his first All-Patriot League recognition after finishing the year ranked 767th in the Clippd rankings with a 72.8 adjusted scoring average. In March, he claimed his first collegiate victory, winning the Carpetbagger Classic.
 
He finished with a pair of top-10 finishes after coming in second at the Monterrey Collegiate Classic in the fall.
 
Loyola, which joined the Patriot League in 2014, leads the conference in All-Academic honors with 17.