McNealy Receives Fred Haskins Award


Stanford sophomore Maverick McNealy is the winner of the 2015 Fred Haskins Award, culminating a 2014-15 regular season that included nine top-10 finishes - including six victories - a 68.70 overall stroke average, the Pac-12 Championship and Pac-12 Player of the Year.

McNealy joins an illustrious list of past Haskins Award winners, including former Cardinal players Patrick Rodgers (2014) and Tiger Woods (1996). The Haskins Award recognizes the nation's most outstanding golfer as selected by his peers, coaches and the golf media. McNealy accepted the Haskins Award following the conclusion of the final round of the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships individual stroke-play competition.

McNealy also will receive a sponsor's exemption to compete in The Greenbrier Classic on the PGA Tour, taking place on the renowned Old White TPC in West Virginia during the first week of July.

Arizona State junior and 2015 Ben Hogan Award winner Jon Rahm and Georgia junior Lee McCoy were the two runners-up for the Haskins Award.

"It is pretty cool to be the third Stanford guy to win the award," said McNealy. "It is a humbling list of names to be on the trophy with. It is really cool to be in the same conversation with those people."

Since 1971, the Haskins Award has honored the nation's outstanding male collegiate golfer as selected by his peers. Winners include legends on the PGA Tour, headlined by three-time recipients Ben Crenshaw and Phil Mickelson.

Born in Great Britain, the late Fred Haskins was the resident pro at the Country Club of Columbus. He taught the nuances of golf to young people in Saturday morning clinics that never cost more than a dime.

Winners of the Haskins Award have captured 28 majors and nearly 300 professional tournaments around the world. Recipients include Woods of Stanford, Graeme McDowell of Alabama-Birmingham, Crenshaw of Texas, Curtis Strange of Wake Forest and Mickelson of Arizona State. Younger PGA Tour players Russell Henley of Georgia, Justin Thomas of Alabama and Rodgers also won the award.