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Men’s Golf Collects Four Big Ten Conference Postseason Honors
5/1/2025 1:00:00 PM | Men's Golf
ROSEMONT, Ill. (May 1, 2025) – The Northwestern Men's Golf team received four Big Ten Conference postseason awards, the Conference announced on Thursday. Senior Cameron Adam and junior Daniel Svärd (unanimous selection) were named to the All-Big Ten First Team, sophomore Niall Shiels-Donegan captured All-Big Ten Second Team recognition and sophomore Jeremy Chen received the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
Both Adam and Svärd won individual titles this season. In late October, Adam, raced out of the gate in the opening round of The Clerico with a three-under-par 67 before posting back-to-back even-par 70s on the way to securing his first career collegiate victory with a three-under 207 (67-70-70). Svärd, a two-time Big Ten Conference individual champion, was crowned co-champion of The Goodwin in Stanford, California, close to one month ago. Svärd tied for first on the leaderboard at 5-under (67-70-68=205) with four other golfers.
Shiels-Donegan's (-2; 71-69-71=211) best showing this season came in mid-April at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial where he shot at or below par all three rounds and tied for sixth on the leaderboard, only three strokes behind the winner. He also excelled at The Prestige in La Quinta, Calif., shooting a seven-under-par 64 in his final round – the best round by a Wildcat this season.
Chen was named Northwestern's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award, which is given to student-athletes with distinguished sportsmanship, ethical behavior, academic standing, and good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
The Wildcats will travel to the Tallahassee Regional for the NCAA Men's Golf Championships. Six 54-hole NCAA Regional tournaments will be conducted May 12-14.
2025 BIG TEN MEN'S GOLF ALL-CONFERENCE AND INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS
Big Ten Golfer of the Year: PABLO EREÑO, UCLA
Big Ten Freshman of the Year: Baylor Larrabee, UCLA
Big Ten Coach of the Year: Armen Kirakossian, UCLA
ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS
First Team
JACKSON BUCHANAN, ILLINOIS
MAX HERENDEEN, ILLINOIS
Ryan Voois, Illinois
HUNTER THOMSON, MICHIGAN
Cameron Adam, Northwestern
DANIEL SVÄRD, NORTHWESTERN
GREYSON LEACH, OREGON
SAM EASTERBROOK, PURDUE
PABLO EREÑO, UCLA
OMAR MORALES, UCLA
Second Team
Clay Merchent, Indiana
Emil Riegger, Maryland
Caleb Bond, Michigan State
Niall Shiels-Donegan, Northwestern
Eric Doyle, Oregon
Aiden Krafft, Oregon
Kent Hsiao, Purdue
Kyle An, UCLA
Baylor Larrabee, UCLA
Gavin Aurilia, USC
All-Freshman Team
Jake Birdwell, Illinois
Trey Marrion, Illinois
Ramil Saelim, Oregon
Baylor Larrabee, UCLA
Jack Buchanan, USC
Note: Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS
Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Ethan Wilson, Illinois
Nick Piesen, Indiana
Chance Rinkol, Iowa
Florian Huerlimann, Maryland
Ben Hoagland, Michigan
Lorenzo Pinili, Michigan State
Jack Wetzel, Minnesota
James Ackerman, Nebraska
Jeremy Chen, Northwestern
Joe Wilson IV, Ohio State
Ramil Saelim, Oregon
Andres Barraza, Penn State
Nels Surtani, Purdue
Weston Jones, Rutgers
Pablo Ereño, UCLA
Jaden Dumdumaya, USC
Drew Warford, Washington
Spencer Turtz, Wisconsin
Both Adam and Svärd won individual titles this season. In late October, Adam, raced out of the gate in the opening round of The Clerico with a three-under-par 67 before posting back-to-back even-par 70s on the way to securing his first career collegiate victory with a three-under 207 (67-70-70). Svärd, a two-time Big Ten Conference individual champion, was crowned co-champion of The Goodwin in Stanford, California, close to one month ago. Svärd tied for first on the leaderboard at 5-under (67-70-68=205) with four other golfers.
Shiels-Donegan's (-2; 71-69-71=211) best showing this season came in mid-April at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial where he shot at or below par all three rounds and tied for sixth on the leaderboard, only three strokes behind the winner. He also excelled at The Prestige in La Quinta, Calif., shooting a seven-under-par 64 in his final round – the best round by a Wildcat this season.
Chen was named Northwestern's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award, which is given to student-athletes with distinguished sportsmanship, ethical behavior, academic standing, and good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
The Wildcats will travel to the Tallahassee Regional for the NCAA Men's Golf Championships. Six 54-hole NCAA Regional tournaments will be conducted May 12-14.
2025 BIG TEN MEN'S GOLF ALL-CONFERENCE AND INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS
Big Ten Golfer of the Year: PABLO EREÑO, UCLA
Big Ten Freshman of the Year: Baylor Larrabee, UCLA
Big Ten Coach of the Year: Armen Kirakossian, UCLA
ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS
First Team
JACKSON BUCHANAN, ILLINOIS
MAX HERENDEEN, ILLINOIS
Ryan Voois, Illinois
HUNTER THOMSON, MICHIGAN
Cameron Adam, Northwestern
DANIEL SVÄRD, NORTHWESTERN
GREYSON LEACH, OREGON
SAM EASTERBROOK, PURDUE
PABLO EREÑO, UCLA
OMAR MORALES, UCLA
Second Team
Clay Merchent, Indiana
Emil Riegger, Maryland
Caleb Bond, Michigan State
Niall Shiels-Donegan, Northwestern
Eric Doyle, Oregon
Aiden Krafft, Oregon
Kent Hsiao, Purdue
Kyle An, UCLA
Baylor Larrabee, UCLA
Gavin Aurilia, USC
All-Freshman Team
Jake Birdwell, Illinois
Trey Marrion, Illinois
Ramil Saelim, Oregon
Baylor Larrabee, UCLA
Jack Buchanan, USC
Note: Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS
Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Ethan Wilson, Illinois
Nick Piesen, Indiana
Chance Rinkol, Iowa
Florian Huerlimann, Maryland
Ben Hoagland, Michigan
Lorenzo Pinili, Michigan State
Jack Wetzel, Minnesota
James Ackerman, Nebraska
Jeremy Chen, Northwestern
Joe Wilson IV, Ohio State
Ramil Saelim, Oregon
Andres Barraza, Penn State
Nels Surtani, Purdue
Weston Jones, Rutgers
Pablo Ereño, UCLA
Jaden Dumdumaya, USC
Drew Warford, Washington
Spencer Turtz, Wisconsin
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