GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNCG junior men’s golfer Roy Dixon has been selected to the Capital One Academic All-District III At-Large First Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Monday. Dixon will now advance and be eligible for Academic All-America honors against other first-team selections across the eight districts nationwide.

Dixon owns a 3.89 cumulative GPA in finance at UNCG. He excelled this season on the course, earning first-team All-Southern Conference honors. He was second on the team and third in the league with a 72.65 stroke average. He posted seven top-20 finishes, including three top-five showings this spring.

Dixon finished third overall at the 2014 SoCon Championships in Pinehurst, N.C., and helped the Spartans earn their first-ever bid into the NCAA tournament with an at-large selection. He placed 15th overall at the NCAA Regional in Auburn, Ala., guiding UNCG to a seventh-place showing, just two shots out the top-five position. He also recorded a second-place finish at the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate and a third-place finish at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate.

Eligible men’s sports in the at-large program include: golf, fencing, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis volleyball, water polo and wrestling. District III includes all Division I schools in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. To be eligible for this award, student-athletes must be in their second year at the institution, have at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA and be a starter or important reserve that has played at least 50 percent of the team’s games.