Stevens Named Semifinalist for Jack Nicklaus Award

NORMAN, Okla. — Senior Scott Stevens was named one of 30 semifinalists for the 2019 Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol on Monday the Golf Coaches Association of America announced.
 
Recipients will be announced May 30 with the honor presented by Jack Nicklaus at a ceremony during the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club. In addition to receiving the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award, the five recipients will compete in the Barbasol Shootout for an exemption into the PGA TOUR’s Barbasol Championship, held July 18-21, at the Champions at Keene Trace in Lexington, Ky. The Barbasol Shootout will be held Saturday, June 1 at The Ohio State University Golf Club’s Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio – the same club where Jack Nicklaus played collegiate golf for the Buckeyes.
 
Stevens, who led the 17^th-ranked Gamecocks with a first round 67 (-3) today at the NCAA Pullman Regional, has been consistent from start to finish during the 2018-19 season. He leads the team with a 70.59 scoring average, nine top-20 finishes in 10 regular season starts and 23 rounds of par or better. Stevens is ranked 29^th in the latest Golfstat Player Rankings (5/7/19). He helped Carolina jump back onto the national scene with three wins this spring.
 
The Chattanooga, Tenn., native, has started every tournament the past four seasons for the Gamecocks. Stevens is currently the all-time leader in program history with a 71.60 career scoring average. His 19 career top-10 finishes are fourth all-time at South Carolina and his seven top-fives are T-8^th all-time.
 
The Gamecocks tee it up out West in the second round of the NCAA Pullman Regional on Tuesday morning. Senior Will Miles will lead things off on hole one at 11:25 a.m. ET. Live scoring will be available via Golfstat.
 
Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol Semifinalists
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Eric Bae, Wake Forest
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Blake Elliott, McNeese State
Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern
Stephen Franken, NC State
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Cole Hammer, Texas
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Philip Knowles, North Florida
Peter Kuest, BYU
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Collin Morikawwa, California
Bryson Nimmer, Clemson
Andy Ogletree, Georgia Tech
Kaito Onishi, Southern California
John Pak, Florida State
Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M
Trent Phillips, Georgia
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Matthias Schmid, Louisville
Luke Schniederjans, Georgia Tech
Sandy Scott, Texas Tech
Alex Smalley, Duke
Scott Stevens, South Carolina
Justin Suh, Southern California
Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
Brandon Wu, Stanford
Cameron Young, Wake Forest
Chun An Yu, Arizona State
 
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