Big Ten Announces 2025 Men's Golf Preseason Honorees
Seventeen preseason honorees were named Academic All-Big Ten last season
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
|
Name |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown |
|
Max Herendeen |
Illinois |
Jr. |
Bellevue, Wash. |
|
Dane Huddleston |
Illinois |
Jr. |
Woodland, Wash. |
|
Ryan Voois |
Illinois |
Sr. |
Ladera Ranch, Calif. |
|
Clay Merchent |
Indiana |
Sr. |
Noblesville, Ind. |
|
Nick Piesen |
Indiana |
Jr. |
Strongsville, Ohio |
|
Cole Starnes |
Indiana |
Jr. |
Fishers, Ind. |
|
Grant Gudgel |
Iowa |
So. |
Stillwater, Okla. |
|
Gage Messingham |
Iowa |
Sr. |
Arvada, Colo. |
|
Max Tjoa |
Iowa |
Jr. |
Cedar Falls, Iowa |
|
Will Gregware |
Maryland |
So. |
Conard, Conn. |
|
Emil Riegger |
Maryland |
Jr. |
Hinsdale, Ill. |
|
Benjamin Siriboury |
Maryland |
So. |
Clarksville, Md. |
|
RJ Arone |
Michigan |
So. |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
|
Dean Muratore |
Michigan |
So. |
Dix Hills, N.Y. |
|
Nicolas Simon |
Michigan |
So. |
Elk Grove Village, Ill. |
|
Caleb Bond |
Michigan State |
Sr. |
Williamston, Mich. |
|
Ashton McCulloch |
Michigan State |
Gr. |
Kingston, Ontario |
|
Lorenzo Pinili |
Michigan State |
Jr. |
Rochester Hills, Mich. |
|
Jack Crousore |
Minnesota |
So. |
Blufton, S.C. |
|
Cormac Sharpe |
Minnesota |
Sr. |
Blairgowrie, Scotland |
|
Chun Ta Wu |
Minnesota |
So. |
New South Wales, Australia |
|
Brodie Cunningham |
Nebraska |
So. |
Glasgow, Scotland |
|
Evan McDermott |
Nebraska |
Jr. |
Spring Lake, Mich. |
|
Rudy Sautron |
Nebraska |
Jr. |
Reunion Island, France |
|
Archie Finnie |
Northwestern |
Jr. |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
|
Daniel Svärd |
Northwestern |
Sr. |
Jarfalla, Sweden |
|
Ethan Tseng |
Northwestern |
Sr. |
Portland, Ore. |
|
Vaughn Harber |
Ohio State |
So. |
Blacklick, Ohio |
|
Tyler Sabo |
Ohio State |
Jr. |
Ashland, Ohio |
|
Joe Wilson IV |
Ohio State |
Sr. |
West Chester, Ohio |
|
Jay Gould Healy |
Oregon |
Sr. |
Cork, Ireland |
|
Aiden Krafft |
Oregon |
Sr. |
Albuquerque, N.M. |
|
Ramil Saelim |
Oregon |
So. |
Phitsanulok, Thailand |
|
Alex Creamean |
Penn State |
Jr. |
Winnetka, Ill. |
|
Jackson Saroney |
Penn State |
Fr. |
Syracuse, N.Y. |
|
Nick Werner |
Penn State |
Fr. |
Wilkes Barre, Pa. |
|
Supapon Amornchaichan |
Purdue |
So. |
Bangkok, Thailand |
|
Sam Easterbrook |
Purdue |
Jr. |
Tomworth, England |
|
Jenson Forrester |
Purdue |
Jr. |
Wolverhampton, England |
|
Argyle Downes |
Rutgers |
So. |
Charles Town, W. Va. |
|
Bennett Espenshade |
Rutgers |
So. |
Baltimore, Md. |
|
Derek Gutierrez |
Rutgers |
Jr. |
Cranford, N.J. |
|
Kyle An |
UCLA |
Sr. |
Aliso Viejo, Calif. |
|
Logan Kim |
UCLA |
So. |
Altadena, Calif. |
|
Baylor Larrabee |
UCLA |
So. |
Ferndale, Wash. |
|
Jack Buchanan |
USC |
So. |
Cape Town, South Africa |
|
Jaden Dumdumaya |
USC |
So. |
Benicia, Calif. |
|
Antonio Safa |
USC |
Sr. |
Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico |
|
Jacob Goode |
Washington |
Sr. |
San Francisco, Calif. |
|
Finn Koelle |
Washington |
Jr. |
Sulzfeld, Germany |
|
Jack Murphy |
Washington |
So. |
Blackrock, Ireland |
|
Jacob Beckman |
Wisconsin |
Sr. |
Middleton, Wis. |
|
William Harned |
Wisconsin |
So. |
Nashotah, Wis. |
|
Spencer Turtz |
Wisconsin |
Sr. |
Charlotte, N.C. |
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