CARLSBAD, Calif. — It’s hard to imagine Jackson Koivun’s freshman year at Auburn going any better.
Now, he’s being recognized for his incredible season.
On Tuesday, Koivun was named winner of the 2024 Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel, given to the best male golfer in college golf. Koivun is the first Haskins winner from Auburn and the first freshman to win the award since Justin Thomas in 2012.
The winner of the Haskins Award is selected by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media and has been handed out annually since the 1971 season.
“I’m just honored,” Koivun said. “There’s so many names on it that have gone on to do such great things. I definitely had some high goals (for this season), but maybe not this one”
This year, more people voted for the Haskins Award than ever before, including a record for player votes.
Koivun’s season is highlighted by his victory in the SEC Championship, one of two wins he collected this year. He leads the Auburn lineup in wins, scoring average, birdies made and rounds below par. He has rewritten the Tigers’ record book this year, and his name is at or near the top of nearly every single-season record.
“I’m just so proud of him,” Auburn coach Nick Clinard said. “I think it’s hard to picture this level of success, a freshman winning the Haskins Award. I knew he was gonna be a really, really good player. I think the best is yet to come.”
While the Haskins Award is considered the Heisman Trophy of college golf, it’s not the only recognition Koivun has received this year. He also took home the Ben Hogan Award last Monday.
List of Haskins Award winners
2024 – Jackson Koivun, Auburn
2023 – Ludvig Aberg, Texas Tech
2022 – Chris Gotterup, Oklahoma
2021 – John Pak, Florida State
2020 – Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine
2019 – Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
2018 – Norman Xiong, Oregon
2017 – Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss
2016 – Beau Hossler, Texas
2015 – Maverick McNealy, Stanford
2014 – Patrick Rodgers, Stanford
2013 – Michael Kim, California
2012 – Justin Thomas, Alabama
2011 – Patrick Cantlay, UCLA
2010 – Russell Henley, Georgia
2009 – Matt Hill, North Carolina State
2008 – Kevin Chappell, UCLA
2007 – Jamie Lovemark, USC
2006 – Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
2005 – Ryan Moore, UNLV
2004 – Bill Haas, Wake Forest
2003 – Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State
2002 – Graeme McDowell, Alabama-Birmingham
2001 – Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech
2000 – Charles Howell III, Oklahoma State
1999 – Luke Donald, Northwestern
1998 – Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech
1997 – Brad Elder, Texas
1996 – Tiger Woods, Stanford
1995 – Stewart Cink, Georgia Tech
1994 – Justin Leonard, Texas
1993 – David Duval, Georgia Tech
1992 – Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1991 – Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1990 – Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1989 – Robert Gamez, Arizona
1988 – Bob Estes, Texas
1987 – Billy Mayfair, Arizona State
1986 – Scott Verplank, Oklahoma State
1985 – Sam Randolph, USC
1984 – John Inman, North Carolina
1983 – Brad Faxon, Furman
1982 – Willie Wood, Oklahoma State
1981 – Bob Tway, Oklahoma State
1980 – Bobby Clampett, BYU
1979 – Bobby Clampett, BYU
1978 – Lindy Miller, Oklahoma State
1977 – Scott Simpson, USC
1976 – Phil Hancock, Florida
1975 – Jay Haas, Wake Forest
1974 – Curtis Strange, Wake Forest
1973 – Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1972 – Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1971 – Ben Crenshaw, Texas
