Big Ten Announces Men's Golf Preseason Honorees

Twenty-five preseason honorees were named Academic All-Big Ten last season

2023-24 Big Ten Men’s Golfers to Watch List

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced its Men’s Golf Preseason Honorees on Tuesday in advance of the 2023-24 season, as selected by the conference coaches. The lists feature 41 men’s golfers, including 25 students who earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2022-23.

The men’s golf preseason honorees feature nine standouts who garnered All-Big Ten recognition last spring: Illinois’ Jackson Buchanan and Piercen Hunt, Indiana’s Drew Salyers, Iowa’s Mac McClear, Michigan State’s Drew Hackett, Minnesota’s Ben Warian, Northwestern’s James Imai and Daniel Svärd, and Ohio State’s Maxwell Moldovan. Wildcats’ Svärd also claimed Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors last season.

Twenty-five men’s golfers claiming preseason honors were also Academic All-Big Ten recipients last spring: Illinois’ Jerry Ji, Buchanan and Hunt, Indiana’s Noah Gillard, Iowa’s Callum Macfie, Michigan’s Will Anderson, Yuqi Liu and Hunter Thomson, Michigan State’s Ashton McCulloch and August Meekhof, Minnesota’s Warian, Nebraska’s Will Marshall, Northwestern’s Cameron Adam and Imai, Ohio State’s Adam Wallin and Moldovan, Penn State’s James Allen, Jake Griffin and Patrick Sheehan, Purdue’s Nick Dentino, Rutgers’ Weston Jones, Xavier Marcoux and Luke Wells, and Wisconsin’s Cameron Huss and Coalter Smith.

The 2023-24 Big Ten men’s golf season begins Sept. 3, when Michigan travels to the Island Resort Invitational and Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin compete at the Marquette Intercollegiate.

The Big Ten Men’s Golf Preseason Honorees can be found below and in the link above.

2023-24 Big Ten Men’s Golfers to Watch List

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown
Jackson Buchanan	Illinois	Jr.	Dacula, Ga.
Piercen Hunt	Illinois	Sr.	Hartland, Wis.
Jerry Ji	Illinois	5th	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Noah Gillard	Indiana	Sr.+	Greenwood, Ind.
Thomas Hursey	Indiana	Gr.+	Suttons Bay, Mich.
Drew Salyers	Indiana	Sr.	Howard, Ohio
Hogan Hansen	Iowa	So.	Waverly, Iowa
Callum Macfie	Iowa	Sr.	Yorkshire, England
Mac McClear	Iowa	5th	Hinsdale, Ill.
Ali Berker	Maryland	Fr.	Sevilla, Spain
Yang Kuang	Maryland	Fr.	Shenzhen, China
Jack Woods	Maryland	Sr.	Danbury, Conn.
Will Anderson	Michigan	Sr.	Portage, Mich.
Yuqi Liu	Michigan	Jr.	Beijing, China
Hunter Thomson	Michigan	Jr.	Calgary, Alberta
Drew Hackett	Michigan State	Gr.	Charlotte, N.C.
Ashton McCulloch	Michigan State	Jr.	Kingston, Ontario
August Meekhof	Michigan State	Sr.	Coopersville, Mich.
Jacob Pedersen	Minnesota	Gr.	Minnetonka, Minn.
Ben Warian	Minnesota	Sr.	Stillwater, Minn.
Brock Winter	Minnesota	Gr.	Stillwater, Minn.
Harry Crockett	Nebraska	Jr.	Oxted, England
Will Marshall	Nebraska	Gr.	Elburn, Ill.
Gentry Scheve	Nebraska	Sr.	Emporia, Kan.
Cameron Adam	Northwestern	Jr.	Edinburgh, Scotland
James Imai	Northwestern	Gr.	Brookline, Mass.
Daniel Svärd	Northwestern	So.	Jarfalla, Sweden
Maxwell Moldovan	Ohio State	Sr.	Uniontown, Ohio
Neal Shipley	Ohio State	Gr.	Pittsburgh, Pa.
Adam Wallin	Ohio State	Sr.	Timmele, Sweden
James Allen	Penn State	Sr.	Scarsdale, N.Y.
Jake Griffin	Penn State	Jr.	Kensington, Md.
Patrick Sheehan	Penn State	Gr.	Doylestown, Pa.
Nick Dentino	Purdue	5th	Carmel, Ind.
Herman Sekne	Purdue	Sr.	Oslo, Norway
Peyton Snoeberger	Purdue	5th	Williamsport, Ind.
Weston Jones	Rutgers	Jr.	Sudbury, Mass.
Xavier Marcoux	Rutgers	Gr.	Concord, Mass.
Luke Wells	Rutgers	Gr.	Springfield, Ohio
Cameron Huss	Wisconsin	Sr.	Kenosha, Wis.
Coalter Smith	Wisconsin	Sr.	Gross Pointe Farms, Mich.