NORMAN, Okla. – The college golf season has been over for nearly a month but the awards continue to stack up for Collin Morikawa, who has been named by the Golf Coaches Association of America to the All-Nicklaus Team presented by Barbasol. The 24 members of the team from Divisions I, II, III, NAIA and NJCAA were recognized for their outstanding play during the 2017-18 collegiate season.

The All-Nicklaus Team was created in 2008, and is not only named for history's greatest player but also a long-time supporter of collegiate and amateur golf. Jack Nicklaus, a Big Ten and NCAA champion at The Ohio State University, helped inspire and create the Jack Nicklaus Award in 1988 and it is now presented to the National Player of the Year in NCAA Divisions I, II and III, as well as NAIA and NJCAA. Award recipients have combined for over 200 victories worldwide and claimed 23 major championships.

"It's an honor to be named to the All-Nicklaus team this year," Morikawa said. "I've learned so much the past three years at Cal and I'm excited to see what my senior year has in store for me. This past year was a year I'll never forget, but I'll have to keep working and getting better."

"It's a tremendous honor that Collin has been named to the All-Nicklaus team," Alex and Marie Shipman Director of Men's Golf Walter Chun said. "He continues to collect so many accolades, and that's a tribute to what he's accomplished and the goals he's set for himself. He's a special young man."

Below are notes on Morikawa with an extended bio available by clicking on his name.
 
Collin Morikawa, 5-9, 170, Jr., 2L, La Cañada Flintridge, CA (La Cañada HS)
• Earned 2018 Golfweek Men's Player of the Year honors, was one of three national finalists for The Ben Hogan Award given annually to the nation's top amateur player and a national semifinalist for the Jack Nicklaus Award honoring the top player in collegiate golf
• Also picked up a pair of first-team All-American honors (Golfweek, PING Division I) and a spot on the All-Nicklaus team comprised of the top 24 golfers from Divisions I, II, III, NAIA and NJCAA, as well as PING All-West Region, first-team All-Pac-12 and honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic selections, in addition to being named Cal's Most Valuable Player and sharing the team's prestigious Ben Furth Award for academic and athletic excellence with teammate KK Limbhasut
• Ranked No. 1 nationally in the final collegiate individual rankings by Golfweek/Sagarin (6/2/18) and Golfstat (6/7/18)
• Broke a 14-year-old all-time single-season NCAA stroke average record by posting a 68.68 to beat the previous mark of 68.93 registered by Bill Haas of Wake Forest in 2003-04 with the mark also well below the school record 69.94 he set as a 2016-17 sophomore
• Earned individual medalist honors in back-to-back events in the spring of 2018, winning by three strokes at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate after sharing the title with three others including Cal teammate Sebastian Crampton at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate
• Also reached a playoff to conclude the regular season at the Western Intercollegiate before eventually being defeated by Oregon's Norman Xiong on the third extra hole
• Recorded six top-five and nine top-10 finishes in his 11 events in 2017-18, while he was in the top 20 in all 11
• Named the Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Month for March of 2018, picking up the honor in March for the second consecutive season
• Had a 67.45 stroke average in the final round of his 11 events in 2017-18 with his last round his best or equaling his best on eight occasions including both of his career-best-tying 64's at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate and Western Intercollegiate