Auburn Freshman Jackson Koivun Wins the 2024 Fred Haskins Award Presented by Stifel
CARLSBAD, Cal., May 28, 2024 – Auburn freshman Jackson Koivun was announced today as
the winner of the coveted 2024 Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel, recognizing the most
outstanding male NCAA Division I college golfer for the 2023-24 season. The announcement
was made today by John Shinkle, Vice President of the Fred Haskins Foundation, and Steve
Burkowski, Golf Channel Host.
Koivun, one of the top-ranked players in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and No. 3 in Clippd
rankings, received a great number of votes to win the 2024 Haskins Award. Koivun recorded two
victories, including the 2024 SEC Men’s Golf Championship Individual Title and 11 top-10
finishes in 12 events during the 2023-2024 season. He completed 25 rounds under par in a single
season. By accomplishing this, Koivun is now the third player in SEC history to capture both the
SEC Freshman of Year and SEC Golfer of the Year in the same season. He is capping off his
freshman season by helping the Auburn men’s golf team advance to match play of the NCAA
Men’s Championship.
“I’m just honored. There’s so many names on it (Haskins Award) that have gone on to do such
great things,” said Koivun when receiving the award. “I’d like to thank my coaches and my
teammates for pushing me to be my best and obviously the other nine finalists have played great
this year. It’s just an honor to secure this trophy.”
Koivun is the first Freshman in 12 years to win the Haskins Award. When asked about becoming
a Haskins Award winner as a Freshman, he said, “Coming into college as a freshman, it’s hard to
adapt and move in. I think I got off to a hot start and never really looked back. Thankfully, I was
able to play good enough that my peers could recognize me with this award.” Koivun is also the
first Auburn Tiger to put their name on the Fred Haskins Award. He mentions “There've been so
many good players that come out of Auburn, and to be the first is definitely something special. I
hope I can continue playing like this, and hopefully there’s a couple more Auburn players that
can put their name on here (Haskins Award) as well.”
“We love the award because the vote is pure.” said John Shinkle, Vice President of the Fred
Haskins Foundation and Senior Vice President of Stifel. “The winner is chosen by his peers and
coaches. We have a motto at Stifel, “Where Success Meets Success”, and if you look at the
winners of the Haskins where we’ve had 33 majors that have been won and over 400
tournaments that have been won by Haskins winners, that’s Success Meeting Success. Stifel is
very proud to continue the sponsorship of the ANNIKA Award and the Haskins Award.”
“Jackson is a great young man and we are very glad to have a player not too far from Columbus,
Georgia earn their name to the Haskins Award presented by Stifel,” said John Shinkle, Vice
President of the Fred Haskins Foundation. “There are a lot of firsts coming from Jackson, among
them, first Freshman in 12 years and first Auburn player. He is also the fifth Southeastern
Conference player on the Haskins Award. I am thrilled that he will be coming back to play
college golf next year as well.”
Jackson Koivun, Freshman, Auburn (2023-2024 season)
Ranking: Clippd – 4
World Amateur Golf Ranking: 3
Wins: 2 (Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2 and the 2024 SEC Men’s Golf
Championship)
Post-season results: Win, SEC Men’s Golf Championship; T5, NCAA Baton Rouge Regional;
T2, NCAA Individual Stroke Play Championship.
Other results and achievements: SEC Freshman of the Year, SEC Golfer of the Year, First
Team All-SEC, and SEC All-Freshman Team. Named to 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup - Team USA.
Ben Hogan Award winner (2023-2024)