Evans, Kim Named to CSC Academic All-District Team

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke males’s golfers Ethan Evans and Bryan Kim have been named to the 2025-26 College Sports Communicators (CSC) NCAA Division I Academic All-District® Men’s At-Large Team, honoring the nation’s high student-athletes for his or her mixed excellence in competitors and within the classroom.

Both student-athletes had been chosen as CSC Academic All-America® finalists and can advance to the nationwide poll, with honorees to be introduced July 8.

Evans, a local of Mercer Island, Washington, graduated in May with a bachelor’s diploma in economics and a minor in political science, ending with a 3.63 cumulative GPA, together with a 3.925 GPA within the fall of 2025.

On the course, Evans closed his senior marketing campaign among the many most completed in program historical past. He earned All-ACC and PING All-America honorable point out honors and completed No. 20 within the PGA TOUR University Ranking to safe PGA TOUR Americas membership. His 71.00 stroke common represented the fifth-best single-season mark in class historical past, supported by 26 par-or-better rounds and 21 under-par rounds.

Evans tied for first on the ACC Championship at 8-under-par 208, matching the third-lowest 54-hole rating in Duke ACC Championship historical past and this system’s finest particular person end at that occasion since 2005. He then delivered the very best NCAA Championship efficiency by a Blue Devil in 20 years, tying for tenth at 7-under-par 281, whereas breaking Duke’s 72-hole NCAA Championship scoring report in relation to par. Evans recorded 5 top-10 finishes on the season, together with three top-five showings and one particular person title.

Kim, a sociology main out of Brookeville, Maryland, carries a 3.78 cumulative GPA and achieved an ideal 4.00 GPA within the spring 2026 semester. 

Kim delivered a record-setting junior season to say his second consecutive choice to the All-ACC Team. A 3rd-team Golfweek All-American and PING All-America honorable point out honoree, he concluded the 12 months ranked No. 24 by Scoreboard with a 70.41 stroke common, the second-lowest single-season mark in Duke historical past. He set program data with 28 par-or-better rounds, 24 under-par rounds and 18 rounds within the 60s, whereas including two event victories.

Kim tied a Duke report with a 16-under-par 197 to seize medalist honors on the Bryan Bros Collegiate and later set this system’s NCAA Regional 54-hole report at 11-under-par 205, ending sixth individually in Marana, Ariz. He was named ACC Men’s Golfer of the Month in October and earned spots on each the Haskins Award and Ben Hogan Award watch lists.

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