COLUMBUS, Ga. – With the fall season coming to an end, the Haskins Award announced its 2023-24 Final Fall Watch List on Thursday, and ETSU’s
Mats Ege and
Algot Kleen were named to the prestigious list.
The Buccaneer duo are coming off an impressive fall campaign where they helped guide ETSU to crack the top-10 in the national rankings.
Ege finished the fall with an impressive feat as he tallied 15 straight sub-par rounds en route to generating a scoring average of 67.53. The Buccaneer leader finished in the top-six in all five of his tournaments, including a win at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate and a runner-up showing at the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate. During his run to the crown at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, Ege set a school, course and personal record with a 10-under-par 62 in round one. Over the 15 rounds played, Ege combined to shoot a blistering 55-under this fall, while he wrapped up the season being named Southern Conference Golfer of the Month for October.
Kleen was equally as dominant as he shot below par in 12 of his 15 rounds played – generating a scoring average 68.93. The junior from Sweden, who registered three top-10 finishes in the fall, won the demanding Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate back on Oct. 15. Kleen fired an 11-under-par 205 at the Golf Club of Georgia. He also posted an 11-under-par 205 to finish runner-up at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate.
ETSU, Vanderbilt and North Carolina were the only schools to have multiple players named to the list. Overall, 20 golfers made the watch list.
2023-2024 Final Fall Haskins Award Watch List
(listed alphabetically):
Nick Dunlap, Alabama
Mats Ege, East Tennessee State
David Ford, North Carolina
Maxwell Ford, North Carolina
Gustav Fridmodt, TCU
Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida
Connor Gaunt, LSU
Alex Goff, Kentucky
Petr Hruby, Washington
Algot Kleen, East Tennessee State
Luke Kluver, Oklahoma
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech
Sebastian Moss, Louisville
Matthew Riedel, Vanderbilt
Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt
Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt
Owen Stamper, Middle Tennessee State
Preston Summerhays, Arizona State
Brendan Valdes, Auburn
ABOUT THE HASKINS AWARD
Celebrating its 54th year, the Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top male U.S. collegiate golfer as voted on by only college golfers, coaches and members of the golf media. Past winners of the Haskins Award presented by Stifel have captured 33 major championships and more than 400 professional tournaments around the world. Named in honor of Fred Haskins, the award is managed by the HaskinsFoundation to acknowledge the top male golfer at the end of the season and to match the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel, which acknowledges the top female Division I collegiate golfer.