Three Cowboys, two Sooners on watch list for Fred Haskins Award
NORMAN — Three members of the national championship Oklahoma State Cowboys and two Oklahoma Sooners have been named to the preseason watch list for the Fred Haskins Award, presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate golfer, the Haskins Foundation announced Monday.
Preston Stout, who recently was medalist in stroke play in the U.S. Amateur Championship, Ethan Fang, who won the British Amateur Championship this summer, and Eric Lee, who reached the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur, represent the Cowboys. All three were instrumental in leading the team to its 12th NCAA Championship with a 3-1 victory over Virginia in the championship match.
Two Sooners – Ryder Cowan and Jase Summy – were named to the 25-player list, making Oklahoma one of just five schools with multiple golfers recognized among the country’s elite.
Now in its 55th year, the Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel has honored players who have gone on to win 33 major championships and more than 400 professional tournaments worldwide. Past recipients include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Justin Thomas, and former Sooner Chris Gotterup, who captured the award in 2022 and finished 10th at the PGA Tour Championship over the weekend.
A first-team All-American as a sophomore last spring, Fang made history this summer with his victory at The Amateur Championship, becoming the first Cowboy since 1967 to win the event. He competed at The Open Championship, was medalist at the Western Amateur and was a member of the U.S. Palmer Cup squad. He will also represent the United States at the upcoming Walker Cup. The Plano, Texas native currently ranks third in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Lee is coming off a sophomore campaign that saw him achieve honorable mention All-America status. Most recently, he reached the semifinals at the U.S. Amateur. Lee earned his first victory as a Cowboy last spring with his win at the Mountaineer Invitational. The Fullerton, Calif., native checks in at No. 21 in the most recent WAGR.
Stout also earned first-team All-America status as a sophomore last year. This summer, he won the Northeast Amateur and was medalist at the U.S. Amateur as well. Like Fang, he represented the U.S. at the Arnold Palmer Cup and will compete at the Walker Cup as well. He won twice last year with victories at the Cabo Collegiate and the Big 12 Championship. A native of Richardson, Texas, Stout checks in at No. 4 in the WAGR.
OSU has had eight players win the award previously, including Lindy Miller (1978), Bob Tway (1981), Willie Wood (1982), Scott Verplank (1986), Charles Howell III (2000), Hunter Mahan (2003) Pablo Martin (2006) and Matthew Wolff (2019).
Summy, an All-American last season, enters his senior year poised for a historic campaign. The Keller, Texas, native won the Western Amateur this summer, advanced to the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur and finished fourth in the Elite Amateur Series. He enters the season ranked fifth in both the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) and the PGA Tour University preseason rankings. Last year, Summy earned consensus second-team All-America honors and All-SEC first-team recognition after leading the Sooners with a 70.35 (-0.67) scoring average. He set a program record with 20 rounds in the 60s, producing eight top-20 finishes, seven top-10s, four top-fives and one victory.
Cowan earns his first Haskins watch list selection as he enters his junior season. The Edmond, Okla., product and 2025 All-America honoree played in every event last season, posting a 70.51 (-0.28) scoring average, second best on the team. He recorded 10 top-20 finishes and six top-10 placements while helping Oklahoma win five events and advance to match play at the NCAA Championships for a program-record seventh time since 2016.
Full Watch List
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State
Connor Graham, Texas Tech
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Frankie Harris, South Carolina
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
Ben James, Virginia
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss
Bryan Lee, Virginia
Eric Lee, Oklahoma State
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State
Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame
Tommy Morrison, Texas
Luke Poulter, Florida
Lance Simpson, Tennessee
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Jase Summy, Oklahoma
Árni Sveinsson, LSU
Tyler Weaver, Florida State
Wells Williams, Vanderbilt