It means something different to be put on the top of your sport by a vote from your peers. That’s the beauty of the Haskins and ANNIKA Awards. After a shortened college golf season, both awards will still be presented to the top men’s and women’s college players.
Players, coaches, sports information directors and golf media were eligible to vote for the awards. After the voting period, three finalists remain on each side.
Haskins finalists include Vanderbilt senior John Augenstein, Pepperdine senior Sahith Theegala and Georgia junior Davis Thompson.
ANNIKA finalists are Arizona freshman Vivian Hou, LSU freshman Ingrid Lindblad and Furman senior Natalie Srinivasan.
Hou was a collective 17 under in 16 competitive rounds while classmate Lindblad won two times in an abbreviated season. Srinivasan’s season included three individual titles and ended with a runner-up at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.
As for the men, Theegala finished an abbreviated season as the top-ranked college player in both the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings and the Golfstat individual rankings. Augenstein notched a victory at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate and had two other top-five finishes, including a runner-up showing at the Nike Golf Collegiate. Thompson, meanwhile, won the Jim Rivers Invitational in the fall for one of four top-10 finishes on the season.
Award winners will be announced May 8.