AMERICUS, Ga. -- Georgia Southwestern State University golfers Joao Costa and Nicolas Escobar have received 2025 NCAA Division II PING All-America distinction from the Golf Coaches Association of America.

A native of Carcavelos, Portugal, Costa earned honorable mention All-America honors to wrap up his junior season. Costa finished the season tied for eighth in the Peach Belt Conference in scoring average (71.8) through 32 rounds and 11 events. He was the PBC Golfer of the Week on March 31. Costa had one tournament win and finished in the top five of three events in 2024-25. He closed out the season ranked No. 35 in NCAA Division II.

Escobar earned an honorable mention for the second time in his career. The native of Guayaquil, Ecuador, matched teammate Felipe Gomez with six top 10 finishes this season to lead the Hurricanes. Escobar posted a scoring average of 72.06 over 32 rounds in 2024-25 and earned his second all-conference award at GSW. He completed his final collegiate season ranked No. 43 in NCAA Division II.

Georgia Southwestern has earned 12 All-America selections since 2020 and a total of 20 in program history. Escobar joins Vincent Norrman (2018-20), Simon Estrada (2020, 2022), Saksit Jairak (2020, 2021), and Ethan Chamineak (2016, 2017) as Hurricane golfers to receive All-America recognition in multiple seasons.