Trahan Wins Nicklaus Award

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Clemson, SC-Clemson junior D.J. Trahan won the Jack Nicklaus Award

Monday as the top player in college golf for the 2001-02 academic

year. The Award is presented by the Golf Coaches Association of

America and is voted on by college coaches. Trahan was also named to

the Association's Ping All-America first-team. Teammate Gregg Jones,

a sophomore, was named a second-team All-American.

It is the second national award for Trahan in the last month. In

May, he won the Ben Hogan Award as the top amateur player in college

golf. The Hogan Award takes into account amateur tournaments in

addition to college events, while the Nicklaus Award considers only

the performance in college tournaments.

Both Trahan and Jones led the Tigers to a third-place finish at the

NCAA Tournament in Columbus, OH last weekend. Trahan finished eighth

overall with a 281 score, while Jones was 17th with a 283 score.

Trahan ranked second in the final Sagarin rankings, while Jones

finished 12th in the final rankings.

Trahan finished the year with a 70.33 stroke average, an all-time

Clemson single season record and the eighth lowest stroke average in

NCAA history. He set Clemson season marks for wins (three), top 10

finishes (10), under-par rounds (27), rounds in he 60s (16) and

rounds at par or better (34). He won the NCAA East Regional

Championship in May.

Jones finished the year with a 71.81 stroke average, eighth best in

Clemson history for a season. He had 10 rounds in the 60s and four

top 10 finishes, including a second place finish at the Augusta State

Invitational when he fired a 13-under-par 203 to tie a Clemson record

for low 54 hole score vs. par on a par 72 hole course. Jones

finished 11th at the ACC Tournament and 13th at the NCAA East

Regional.

Ping All-America Team

First-Team


Player   	Year	School   	Hometown


Bill Haas	So.	Wake Forest	Greer, SC


Ryan Hybl	So.	Georgia 	Colbert, GA


Hunter Mahan	So. 	Oklahoma St.	McKinney, TX


Troy Matteson	Jr.	Georgia Tech	Austin, TX


Graeme McDowell	Jr.	UAB     	Portrush, Northern Ireland


D.J. Trahan	Jr.	Clemson 	Inman, SC


Camilo Villegas	So	Florida  	Medellin, Colombia


Nick Watney	Jr.	Fresno St.	Dixon, CA


Lee Williamson	Sr.	Purdue  	Crawfordsville, IN


Oliver Wilson	Jr.	Augusta St.	Mansfield, England


Second Team


Player          	School


Dustin Bray     	North Carolina


Brendon de Jonge	Virginia Tech


Kevin Haefner   	Auburn


Gregg Jones     	Clemson


John Klauk      	Texas


Brock Mackenzie 	Washington


Kris Mikkelsen  	Georgia Tech


David Skinns    	Tennessee


Brandt Snedeker 	Vanderbilt


Kevin Stadler   	Southern Cal

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