Cowan Placed on Final Fall Watch List for Haskins Award

NORMAN – Oklahoma senior Ryder Cowan has been named to the final fall watch list for the Fred Haskins Award, the Haskins Foundation announced Thursday. The prestigious honor is presented annually to the nation's top Division I men's collegiate golfer.

Ranked No. 3 nationally following a standout fall campaign, Cowan is seeking to become the second Sooner in program history to capture the award, joining 2022 recipient Chris Gotterup.

Cowan cemented his status among the nation's elite this fall, posting three top-10 finishes in four starts, highlighted by a record-setting victory at the Gopher Invitational, where the Edmond, Okla., native fired a tournament-record 13-under par to claim medalist honors and earn SEC Golfer of the Week recognition for the second time in his career. He added a ninth-place finish at the prestigious Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational, which featured 14 nationally ranked teams, and closed the fall with a 290-32-9 head-to-head record, good for an .890 winning percentage.

The decorated senior has been a model of consistency throughout his Oklahoma career, recording 27 top-20 finishes and 18 top-10 showings in 43 collegiate starts. A second-team All-American last season, Cowan entered his senior campaign as a preseason first-team All-America selection following a summer that further solidified his standing among the world's top amateurs. He earned co-low amateur honors at the U.S. Open and represented the United States in both the Walker Cup and Palmer Cup, while also competing in the U.S. Amateur.

Established in 1971, the Fred Haskins Award recognizes the most outstanding male Division I collegiate golfer, with the winner selected through voting by collegiate players, coaches, members of the college golf media and past award recipients. The award is administered by the Haskins Foundation and serves as the men's counterpart to the ANNIKA Award, which honors the nation's top female collegiate golfer. Past Haskins Award winners have combined to capture 33 major championships and more than 400 professional tournament titles worldwide.

Final Fall Haskins Award Watch List

Kihei Akina, BYU
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Carson Bertagnole, North Carolina
B.J. Boyce, UNC Greensboro
Adam Bresnu, Texas Tech
Johnnie Clark, New Mexico
Matthew Comegys, Texas
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Thomas Curry, Arkansas
Max Emberson, Georgia Tech
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Ben Gregg, Texas Tech
Will Hartman, Vanderbilt
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær, Clemson
William Jennings, Alabama
Finn Koelle, Washington
Emil Nielsen, Santa Clara
Gabriel Palacios, Utah
Logan Reilly, Auburn
Rudy Sautron, Tennessee
Niall Sheils Donegan, North Carolina
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Jack Turner, Florida
Yixiang Wang, Memphis