ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday preseason honors for 49 student-athletes who were included on the Big Ten Men’s Golfers to Watch List.
The Watch List is headlined by nine student-athletes who earned All-Big Ten distinction last year, including the reigning Golfer of the Year, Jackson Buchanan (Illinois), and 2024 Freshman of the Year, Max Herendeen (Illinois). It also includes six golfers who finished inside the Top-10 at the 2024 Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships, led by medalist Daniel Svärd (Northwestern), and 19 who received Academic All-Big Ten honors last season.
The 2024-25 golf season tees off this week for the expanded Big Ten, as the conference welcomed Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington on August 2. Four Big Ten squads were ranked in the preseason Bushnell/Golfweek DI Coaches Poll (No. 9 Illinois, No. 18 Washington, No. 22 Ohio State, No. 25 UCLA).
This spring, the Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships (April 18-20) will unfold at Baltimore Country Club in Maryland, while the 2025 NCAA Golf Championships will be hosted for a second consecutive year at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
The Watch List is headlined by nine student-athletes who earned All-Big Ten distinction last year, including the reigning Golfer of the Year, Jackson Buchanan (Illinois), and 2024 Freshman of the Year, Max Herendeen (Illinois). It also includes six golfers who finished inside the Top-10 at the 2024 Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships, led by medalist Daniel Svärd (Northwestern), and 19 who received Academic All-Big Ten honors last season.
The 2024-25 golf season tees off this week for the expanded Big Ten, as the conference welcomed Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington on August 2. Four Big Ten squads were ranked in the preseason Bushnell/Golfweek DI Coaches Poll (No. 9 Illinois, No. 18 Washington, No. 22 Ohio State, No. 25 UCLA).
This spring, the Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships (April 18-20) will unfold at Baltimore Country Club in Maryland, while the 2025 NCAA Golf Championships will be hosted for a second consecutive year at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
| SCHOOL | NAME | CLASS |
| Illinois | Jackson Buchanan | Senior |
| Illinois | Max Herendeen | Sophomore |
| Illinois | Ryan Voois | Junior |
| Indiana | Clay Merchent | Junior |
| Indiana | Cole Starnes | Sophomore |
| Indiana | Nick Piesen | Sophomore |
| Iowa | Noah Kent | Sophomore |
| Iowa | Max Tjoa | Sophomore |
| Iowa | Josh Lundmark | Graduate |
| Maryland | Florian Huerlimann | Senior |
| Maryland | Yang Kuang | Sophomore |
| Maryland | Emil Riegger | Sophomore |
| Michigan | Hunter Thomson | Senior |
| Michigan | Ben Hoagland | Graduate |
| Michigan | Yuqi Lu | Senior |
| Michigan State | Ashton McCulloch | Senior |
| Michigan State | Lorenzo Pinili | Sophomore |
| Michigan State | Caleb Bond | Junior |
| Minnesota | Bennett Swavely | Senior |
| Minnesota | Eduardo Galdos | Senior |
| Minnesota | Cormac Sharpe | Junior |
| Nebraska | Hamish Murray | Senior |
| Nebraska | Reed Malleck | Graduate |
| Nebraska | Evan McDermott | Sophomore |
| Northwestern | Daniel Svard | Junior |
| Northwestern | Ethan Tseng | Junior |
| Northwestern | Cameron Adam | Senior |
| Ohio State | Tyler Sabo | Sophomore |
| Ohio State | Jack Vojtko | Sophomore |
| Ohio State | Joe Wilson IV | Junior |
| Oregon | Greyson Leach | Senior |
| Oregon | Aiden Krafft | Junior |
| Oregon | Eric Doyle | Senior |
| Penn State | Jake Griffin | Senior |
| Purdue | Nels Surtani | Senior |
| Purdue | Kent Hsiao | Senior |
| Purdue | Sam Easterbrook | Sophomore |
| Rutgers | Noah Kumar | Graduate |
| Rutgers | Weston Jones | Senior |
| Rutgers | Derek Gutierrez | Sophomore |
| UCLA | Omar Morales | Senior |
| UCLA | Pablo Ereño | Senior |
| USC | Antonio Safa | Junior |
| USC | Gavin Aurilia | Senior |
| USC | Jackson Rivera | Junior |
| Washington | Finn Koelle | Sophomore |
| Wisconsin | Jacob Beckman | Junior |
| Wisconsin | Spencer Turtz | Junior |
| Wisconsin | Evan Myers | Senior |
