The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
05.07.2015 | Men's Golf
Fields, Hossler and Scheffler all earn individual awards.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 2 Texas Men's Golf Head Coach John Fields, sophomores Beau Hossler and Gavin Hall and freshmen Scottie Scheffler and Doug Ghim all received Big 12 awards, the Big 12 Conference announced on Thursday.
Fields was named Big 12 Coach of the Year, Hossler was named Player of the Year and Scheffler was named Newcomer of the Year.
Scheffler, Hossler, Hall and Ghim were named to the All-Big 12 Team.
Fields has led the Longhorns to six wins in his 19th season, including five of the last six. Texas won the Big 12 Championship on April 26th by 24 strokes.
This marks his third-straight Big 12 Coach of the Year honor and fifth overall.
Hossler was named Big 12 Player of the Year with his 69.17 Sagarin rating. He has not finished outside the top 20 this season, including the first win of his collegiate career at the Johnny Hayt Collegiate Invitational in March. He tied for eighth at the Big 12 Championship after shooting a 289.
He was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year in 2014.
Scheffler became the fifth-consecutive Texas player to be named Newcomer of the Year after most recently winning back-to-back tournaments after finishing second at the Augusta Collegiate Invitational at the beginning of April.
He won the Western Intercollegiate after carding a 201 at Pasatiempo Golf Club and followed it with a win at the Big 12 Championship after carding a 280 at Southern Hills Country Club. In his last 10 rounds, eight have been under par.
Hall finished two strokes behind Scheffler at the Big 12 Championship with his 282, after carding a 65 in the first round. It marked his sixth top-10 finish of the season.
Ghim has finished in the top-20 three times this season, his best coming at the Gifford Collegiate in a tie for third.
The All-Big 12 Men's golf Team is selected using the ten highest ranked players from the Golfweek/Sagarian rankings following the Big 12 Championship. From those 10 competitors, the highest ranked player is named the conference's Player of the Year, while the highest ranked newcomer is tabbed as the Newcomer of the Year.
2015 All-Big 12 Men's Golf Team
1. BEAU HOSSLER, TEXAS
2. Kyle Jones, Baylor
3. Clement Sordet, Texas Tech
4. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, TEXAS (Newcomer of the Year)
5. GAVIN HALL, TEXAS
6. Michael Gellerman, Oklahoma
7. Jordan Niebrugge, Oklahoma State
8. Kristoffer Ventura, Oklahoma State
9. DOUG GHIM, TEXAS
10. Grant Hirschman, Oklahoma
Coach of the Year: JOHN FIELDS, TEXAS
Texas All-Time Conference Coach of the Year honors
John Fields (2013-14)
John Fields (2012-13)
John Fields (2002-03)
John Fields (2001-02)
John Fields (2000-01)
Jimmy Clayton (1993-94)
Jimmy Clayton (1991-92)
Jimmy Clayton (1989-90)
Jimmy Clayton (1988-89)
Texas All-Time Conference Player of the Year honors
Brandon Stone (2011-12)
Jordan Spieth (2010-11)
Dylan Frittelli (2008-09)
Jason Hartwick (2002-03)
David Gossett (1997-98)
