Meet the 15 golfers on the 2025 Haskins Award Postseason Watch List
We're close to awarding the men's college golf Player of the Year honors, the Fred Haskins Award.
The Haskins Award presented by Stifel honors the player of the year in men’s college golf, as selected by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media. Players on the Haskins Award Watch List were selected by a panel of Golfweek and Golf Channel reporters. They are listed alphabetically.
As a reminder each watch list is new and unique. Inclusion or exclusion on a previous watch list does not impact future watch lists.
Here's a look at the 15 golfers on the Postseason Watch List for the 2025 Haskins Award:
Josele Ballester, Arizona State
Class: Senior
Wins: 1 (Fighting Illini)
Top-10 finishes: 4
Stroke play events: 7
Ranking: No. 7
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Class: Freshman
Wins: 0
Top-10 finishes: 5
Stroke play events: 9
Ranking: No. 4
Luke Clanton, Florida State
Class: Junior
Wins: 3 (Watersound, Seminole Intercollegiate, Lewis Chitengwa)
Top-10 finishes: 6
Stroke play events: 9
Ranking: No. 5
Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State
Class: Sophomore
Wins: 0
Top-10 finishes: 9
Stroke play events: 11
Ranking: No. 9
David Ford, North Carolina
Class: Senior
Wins: 5 (Ben Hogan, Williams Cup, Valspar, Augusta Haskins, Tar Heel)
Top-10 finishes: 9
Stroke play events: 11
Ranking: No. 1
Ian Gilligan, Florida
Class: Senior
Wins: 1 (Gators Invitational)
Top-10 finishes: 6
Stroke play events: 8
Ranking: No. 15
Ben James, Virginia
Class: Junior
Wins: 1 (Valero)
Top-10 finishes: 6
Stroke play events: 9
Ranking: No. 13
Algot Kleen, LSU
Class: Senior
Wins: 1 (Visit Knoxville)
Top-10 finishes: 5
Stroke play events: 10
Ranking: No. 10
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Class: Sophomore
Wins: 2 (Inverness, SEC Championship)
Top-10 finishes: 8
Stroke play events: 11
Ranking: No. 2
Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss
Class: Junior
Wins: 2 (Hamptons, Old Waverly)
Top-10 finishes: 5
Stroke play events: 10
Ranking: No. 3
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Class: Junior
Wins: 1 (Pauma Valley)
Top-10 finishes: 8
Stroke play events: 11
Ranking: No. 8
Sebastian Moss, Louisville
Class: Senior
Wins: 3 (Bearcat, Fighting Irish, Calusa Cup)
Top-10 finishes: 5
Stroke play events: 9
Ranking: No. 6
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Class: Sophomore
Wins: 2 (Cabo, Big 12 Championship)
Top-10 finishes: 6
Stroke play events: 11
Ranking: No. 12
Jase Summy, Oklahoma
Class: Junior
Wins: 1 (Maridoe)
Top-10 finishes: 6
Stroke play events: 12
Ranking: No. 11
Brendan Valdes, Auburn
Class: Senior
Wins: 1 (General James Hackler)
Top-10 finishes: 6
Stroke play events: 11
Ranking: No. 14