University of North Carolina sophomore David Ford and seniors Austin Greaser spirit Dylan Menante are among the 25 players on the 2022-23 Haskins Award preseason list announced Thursday by the Haskins Foundation.
Carolina is the only school in the country with three players on the list. Florida, Tennessee and Vanderbilt all have two players in the top 25.
The Haskins Award is in its 53rd yearrd year recognizing the top player in collegiate golf. Oklahoma’s Chris Gotterup won the award in 2022. Previous winners include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ben Crenshaw and Justin Thomas.
The Fred Haskins Award is the oldest individual college golf award and the only one voted on by players, coaches, golf SID’s and select golf media. Golf Channel and Golfweek are media partners for the Fred Haskins Award.
Go to www.haskinsfoundation.org for a full list of past recipients.
The Tar Heels open the season at Notre Dame Sunday and Monday at the Fighting Irish Classic.
2022-23 Preseason Haskins Award Watch List
(listed alphabetically)
Ludvig Aberg, Texas Tech
Sam Bennett, Texas A&M
Fred Biondi, Florida
Michael Brennan, Wake Forest
Ben Carr, Georgia Southern
Ricky Castillo, Florida
Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Illinois
Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira, Arkansas
David FordNorth Carolina
Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida
Austin GreaserNorth Carolina
Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech
Bryce Lewis, Tennessee
Dylan MenanteNorth Carolina
William Mouw, Pepperdine
Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt
Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt
Brian Stark, Oklahoma State
Preston Summerhays, Arizona State
Caleb Surratt, Tennessee
Michael Thorbjornsen, Stanford
Hugo Townsend, Ole Miss
Travis Vick, Texas
Patrick Welch, Oklahoma
Jiri Zuska, Louisville