The All-Nicklaus Team was created in 2008, and is not only named for history’s greatest player but also a long-time supporter of collegiate and amateur golf. Jack Nicklaus, a Big Ten and NCAA Champion at The Ohio State University, helped inspire and create the Jack Nicklaus Award in 1988 and it is now presented to the National Player of the year in NCAA Divisions I, II and III, as well as NAIA and NJCAA. Nicklaus Award recipients have combined for over 200 victories worldwide and claimed 22 major championships.
The All-Nicklaus team is comprised of Chandler Blanchet of West Florida, Odessa’s Adam Blomme, Sam Burns of LSU, Oregon’s Wyndham Clark, John Coultas and John VanDerLaan of Florida Southern, Berry’s Ryan Elmore, Rupert Kaminski of Oklahoma City, Huntingdon’s Addison Lambeth, Logan Lanier of LaGrange, Dalton State’s SM Lee, Rowan Lester of Texas Wesleyan, Marco Maldonado of Tyler JC, Nova Southeastern’s Richard Mansell, Patrick Martin of Vanderbilt, Stanford’s Maverick McNealy, Collin Morikawa of California, UNLV’s John Oda, Indian Hills Rickey Sanders, Jimmy Stanger of Virginia, Braden Thornberry of Ole Miss, Mississippi Gulf Coast’s Colin Troxler, and Wake Forest’s Will Zalatoris.
2017 All-Nicklaus Team presented by Barbasol
Chandler Blanchet, West Florida Adam Blomme, Odessa Sam Burns, LSU Wyndham Clark, Oregon John Coultas, Florida Southern Ryan Elmore, Berry Rupert Kaminski, Oklahoma City Addison Lambeth, Huntingdon Logan Lanier, LaGrange SM Lee, Dalton State Rowan Lester, Texas Wesleyan Marco Maldonado, Tyler JC Richard Mansell, Nova Southeastern Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt Maverick McNealy, Stanford Dylan Meyer, Illinois Collin Morikawa, California John Oda, UNLV Rickey Sanders, Indian Hills Jimmy Stanger, Virginia Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss Colin Troxler, Mississippi Gulf Coast John VanDerLaan, Florida Southern Will Zalatoris, Wake Forest