ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday preseason honors for 54 student-athletes who were included on the Big Ten Men’s Golfers to Watch List.
The Watch List is headlined by 12 student-athletes who earned All-Big Ten distinction last year, including the 2025 Freshman of the Year Baylor Larrabee of UCLA. It also includes 11 golfers who finished inside the Top-15 at the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships, led by Maryland’s Emil Riegger and Michigan State’s Lorenzo Pinili who tied for fifth place, and 17 who received Academic All-Big Ten honors last season.
This spring, the Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships (May 1-3) will unfold at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Ore., while the 2026 NCAA Golf Championships will be hosted for a third consecutive year at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
The full list of 2025-26 men’s golf preseason honorees can be found below.
2025-26 Big Ten Men’s Golfers to Watch List
NameSchoolYr.HometownMax HerendeenIllinoisJr.Bellevue, Wash.Dane HuddlestonIllinoisJr.Woodland, Wash.Ryan VooisIllinoisSr.Ladera Ranch, Calif.Clay MerchentIndianaSr.Noblesville, Ind.Nick PiesenIndianaJr.Strongsville, OhioCole StarnesIndianaJr.Fishers, Ind.Grant GudgelIowaSo.Stillwater, Okla.Gage MessinghamIowaSr.Arvada, Colo.Max TjoaIowaJr.Cedar Falls, IowaWill GregwareMarylandSo.Conard, Conn.Emil RieggerMarylandJr.Hinsdale, Ill.Benjamin SiribouryMarylandSo.Clarksville, Md.RJ AroneMichiganSo.Las Vegas, Nev.Dean MuratoreMichiganSo.Dix Hills, N.Y.Nicolas SimonMichiganSo.Elk Grove Village, Ill.Caleb BondMichigan StateSr.Williamston, Mich.Ashton McCullochMichigan StateGr.Kingston, OntarioLorenzo PiniliMichigan StateJr.Rochester Hills, Mich.Jack CrousoreMinnesotaSo.Blufton, S.C.Cormac SharpeMinnesotaSr.Blairgowrie, ScotlandChun Ta WuMinnesotaSo.New South Wales, AustraliaBrodie CunninghamNebraskaSo.Glasgow, ScotlandEvan McDermottNebraskaJr.Spring Lake, Mich.Rudy SautronNebraskaJr.Reunion Island, FranceArchie FinnieNorthwesternJr.Edinburgh, ScotlandDaniel SvärdNorthwesternSr.Jarfalla, SwedenEthan TsengNorthwesternSr.Portland, Ore.Vaughn HarberOhio StateSo.Blacklick, OhioTyler SaboOhio StateJr.Ashland, OhioJoe Wilson IVOhio StateSr.West Chester, OhioJay Gould HealyOregonSr.Cork, IrelandAiden KrafftOregonSr.Albuquerque, N.M.Ramil SaelimOregonSo.Phitsanulok, ThailandAlex CreameanPenn StateJr.Winnetka, Ill.Jackson Saroney Penn StateFr.Syracuse, N.Y.Nick Werner Penn StateFr.Wilkes Barre, Pa.Supapon AmornchaichanPurdueSo.Bangkok, ThailandSam EasterbrookPurdueJr.Tomworth, EnglandJenson ForresterPurdueJr.Wolverhampton, EnglandArgyle DownesRutgersSo.Charles Town, W. Va.Bennett EspenshadeRutgersSo.Baltimore, Md.Derek GutierrezRutgersJr.Cranford, N.J.Kyle AnUCLASr.Aliso Viejo, Calif.Logan KimUCLASo.Altadena, Calif.Baylor LarrabeeUCLASo.Ferndale, Wash.Jack BuchananUSCSo.Cape Town, South AfricaJaden DumdumayaUSCSo.Benicia, Calif.Antonio SafaUSCSr.Torreón, Coahuila, MexicoJacob GoodeWashingtonSr.San Francisco, Calif.Finn KoelleWashingtonJr.Sulzfeld, GermanyJack MurphyWashingtonSo.Blackrock, IrelandJacob BeckmanWisconsinSr.Middleton, Wis.William HarnedWisconsinSo.Nashotah, Wis.Spencer TurtzWisconsinSr.Charlotte, N.C.
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