GCAA announces Jack Nicklaus Award finalists across all divisions
21 May 2020
by Brayden Conover of AmateurGolf.com
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The Golf Coaches Association of America announced the finalists for the 2020 Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year Award presented by Golf.com for Division I through NJCAA on Thursday. The winner of the Division I Nicklaus Award will receive an exemption into the 2021 Memorial Tournament.
Here are the finalists:
Division I
John Augenstein–Vanderbilt
Cooper Dossey–Baylor
Garett Reband–Oklahoma
Sahith Theegala–Pepperdine
Davis Thompson–Georgia
Division II
Dan Bradbury–Lincoln Memorial
Vincent Norrman–Georgia Southwestern
Max O'Hagan–Florida Tech
Elis Svard–Cal State Monterey Bay
Zach Zediker– Delta State
Division III
Emmet Herb–St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Jason Li–Carnegie Melon
Drew Mathers–Huntingdon
Cade Osgood–Southwestern (Texas)
Rob Wuethrich–Illinois Wesleyan
NAIA
Noah Hofman–Ottawa (Arizona)
Carl Didrik Meen Fosaas–Keiser
Ben Rebne–Dalton State
Eli Scott–Coastal Georgia
Eric Wowar–Point
NJCAA
Charlie Crockett–Hutchinson
Trey Fessler– Mesa
Jon Hopkins–Mississippi Gulf Coast
Tom Matthews–Eastern Florida State
Jacob Skov Oleseon–Ranger
Gabriel Salvanera–South Mountain
Winners will be announced at the Memorial Tournament which will be held July 13-19 at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.
Sahith Theegala won the last big college golf award that was announced, taking the Haskins Award as the nation's top D1 college golfer.