Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern Athletics News Athletics 2-13-2019 Fisk Named to Hogan Award Watch List Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/athletics-news-online Part of the Higher Education Commons This article is brought to you for free and open access by the Athletics at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Athletics News by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Georgia Southern University Athletics Fisk Named to Hogan Award Watch List The senior earns the recognition for the second straight season. Marc Gignac Men's Golf Posted: 2/13/2019 2:04:00 PM FORT WORTH, Texas – Georgia Southern senior Steven Fisk has been named to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List, it was announced today by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The Ben Hogan Award, presented by Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), is issued annually to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during a 12-month period from June to May. The Ben Hogan Award Selection Committee, which votes during each stage of the process, is comprised of leaders in collegiate, amateur and professional golf. Twenty-eight collegiate golfers have been named to the watch list. Fisk capped the fall season by winning medalist or co-medalist honors in four consecutive tournaments. It's a streak not seen in NCAA Division I golf since NC State's Matt Hill in 2009 and the first time any Eagle golfer has won four straight tournaments. Fisk shot a combined 48-under-par in the 12 rounds, was under par in all 12 and shot in the 60s in his last eight. He shared medalist honors at the Shoal Creek Invitational and won the next three events outright, posting a lower score in each tournament. He now has seven career wins, one shy of the Georgia Southern record, set by Jodie Mudd from 1979-82. Now ranked 13th in the country by Golfstat, Fisk posted a scoring average of 68.36 in the fall. The list of 10 semifinalists, which could include individuals not on the watch list, will be unveiled on Wednesday, April 17. On Thursday, May 2, that group will be pared down to three finalists. The finalists will attend a black-tie dinner at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday, May 20, prior to the start of the annual PGA TOUR stop at Colonial, where the winner will be crowned. The Ben Hogan Trophy was first issued in 1990 and also included academic achievement in its original list of standards. In 2002, the Ben Hogan Award moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and revised its criteria to its current standard of honoring the outstanding amateur collegiate golfer. Ben Hogan Award winners have combined to accumulate 41 PGA Tour victories and more than $200 million in prize money. Six winners are currently ranked in the top-100 in the Official World Golf Rankings—Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowler, Patrick Cantlay, Kyle Stanley, Ryan Moore and Peter Uihlein. To find the latest information on The Ben Hogan Award, its candidates and its previous winners, visit TheBenHoganAward.org and follow @BenHoganAward on Twitter. The Eagles play their first team tournament of the spring at the Gator Invitational Feb. 16-17. Ben Hogan Award Watch List Zach Bauchou, Oklahoma State, Sr., Forest, Va. Callum Bruce, Midland College, So., Banff, Scotland Quade Cummins, Oklahoma, Jr., Weatherford, Okla. Chandler Eaton, Duke, Jr., Alpharetta, Ga. Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern, Sr., Stockbridge, Ga. Stephen Franken, NC State, Sr., Raleigh, N.C. Luis Gagne, LSU, Sr., Orlando, Fla. Will Gordon, Vanderbilt, Sr., Davidson, N.C. Will Grimmer, Ohio State, Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio Cole Hammer, Texas, Fr., Houston, Texas Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State, Jr., Oslo, Norway Philip Knowles, North Florida, Sr., Bradenton, Fla. Peter Kuest, BYU, Jr., Fresno, Calif. Brandon Mancheno, Auburn, So., Jacksonville, Fla. Collin Morikawa, California, Sr., La Canada Flintridge, Calif. Bryson Nimmer, Clemson, Sr., Bluffton, S.C. Chandler Phillips, Texas A&M, Sr., Huntsville, Texas Trent Phillips, Georgia, Fr., Inman, S.C. Peng Pichaikool, Mississippi State, Jr., Bangkok, Thailand Isaiah Salinda, Stanford, Sr., South San Francisco, Calif. Matthias Schmid, Louisville, So., Maxhvette, Germany Luke Schniederjans, Georgia Tech, Jr., Powder Springs, Ga. Alex Smalley, Duke, Sr., Wake Forest, N.C. Tyler Strafaci, Georgia Tech, Jr., Davie, Fla. Justin Suh, Southern California, Sr., San Jose, Calif. Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State, So., Agoura Hills, Calif. Brandon Wu, Stanford, Sr., New York, N.Y. Chun An Yu, Arizona State, Jr., Taoyuan, Taiwan Copyright ©2021 Georgia Southern University Athletics.