Meet the golfers on the 2025 Haskins Award preseason watch list
College golf is back, which means it’s time to look at Player of the Year candidates.
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.
On Wednesday, the Haskins Foundation announced its 2025 Haskins Award preseason watch list. The players are listed alphabetically. Players on the Haskins Award Watch List were selected by a panel of Golfweek and Golf Channel writers.
Last year, Auburn’s Jackson Koivun took home the honor. This season, Koivun will look to go back-to-back, but plenty of others will vie for the Heisman Trophy of college golf, including the world’s top-ranked amateur and the reigning U.S. Amateur champion.
Six schools have two players each on the initial watch list: Arizona State, Auburn, Illinois, Texas, Vanderbilt and Virginia.
Here’s a look at the 25 golfers on the preseason watch list.
Josele Ballester, Arizona State
Class: Senior
WAGR: 7
Jackson Buchanan, Illinois
Class: Senior
WAGR: 16
Luke Clanton, Florida State
Class: Junior
WAGR: 1
David Ford, North Carolina
Class: Senior
WAGR: 9
Ian Gilligan, Florida
Class: Senior
WAGR: 10
Andrew Goodman, Oklahoma
Class: Senior
WAGR: 21
Justin Hastings, San Diego State
Class: Senior
WAGR: 41
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 33
Ben James, Virginia
Class: Junior
WAGR: 5
Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
Class: Junior
WAGR: 27
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Class: Sophomore
WAGR: 3
Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss
Class: Junior
WAGR: 30
Bryan Lee, Virginia
Class: Junior
WAGR: 23
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Class: Junior
WAGR: 15
Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M
Class: Senior
WAGR: 22
Omar Morales, UCLA
Class: Senior
WAGR: 14
Tommy Morrison, Texas
Class: Junior
WAGR: 18
Jake Peacock, South Florida
Class: Senior
WAGR: 71
Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt
Class: Senior
WAGR: 2
Calum Scott, Texas Tech
Class: Senior
WAGR: 12
William Sides, SMU
Class: Junior
WAGR: 117
Preston Summerhays, Arizona State
Class: Senior
WAGR: 6
Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech
Class: Junior
WAGR: 26
Brendan Valdes, Auburn
Class: Senior
WAGR: 11
Jackson Van Paris, Vanderbilt
Class: Senior
WAGR: 8