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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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