STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford’s Maverick McNealy was named the Pac-12 Conference Men’s Golfer of the Year and Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray was tabbed Pac-12 Coach of the Year in a voting by the conference’s men's golf coaches.
In addition, the All-Pac-12 Men’s Golf Team selected by the coaches was announced. McNealy and David Boote were named to the first team and Franklin Huang earned honorable mention status. Brandon Wu found a spot on the All-Freshman Team.
McNealy, who hails from Portola Valley, California, repeats as the Golfer of the Year and is the fifth different Stanford golfer to earn the honor (Tiger Woods - 1995, 1996; Joel Kribel - 1999; Rob Grube - 2006; Patrick Rodgers - 2014). He is one of six players in Pac-12 history to have won back-to-back Player of the Year honors joining USC’s Scott Simpson (1976-77), Arizona State’s Phil Mickelson (1990-92), Woods (1995-96), Arizona State’s Alejandro Canizares (2005-06) and Washington’s Nick Taylor (2009-10).
A finalist for the Hogan Award given annually to the nation’s top collegiate golfer, McNealy currently leads the nation in stroke average (69.19). According to the World Amateur Golf Rankings, he is the second-ranked amateur in the world and the top-ranked United States amateur. McNealy has posted four victories on the season, including the Western Intercollegiate where he shot a tournament-record 194 (66-64-64). It was the lowest 54-hole total ever shot by a Stanford golfer.
McNealy’s 10 career victories trail only Woods (11 - 1994-96) and Rodgers (11 - 2011-14) for most in school history.
Ray earned his second Pac-12 Coach of the Year honor in three seasons. He joins Wally Goodwin as the only other Stanford coach to win the award twice. In his 12th year as head coach, he has guided the Cardinal to its third consecutive Pac-12 title.
Currently ranked fourth by Golfweek, Stanford has produced seven top-five finishes this season under Ray, including victories in the last two tournaments -- the Western Intercollegiate and the Pac-12 Championships.
Pac-12 Player of the Year
Maverick McNealy - Stanford
Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
Collin Morikawa - California
Pac-12 Coach of the Year
Conrad Ray - Stanford
All-Pac-12 First Team
Maverick McNealy - Stanford
David Boote - Stanford
Rico Hoey - USC
KK Limbhasut - California
Collin Morikawa - California
Corey Pereira - Washington
Jon Rahm - Arizona State
Aaron Wise - Oregon
All-Pac-12 Second Team
Shotaro Ban - California
Sean Crocker - USC
Jarod du Toit - Arizona State
Jonathan Garrick - UCLA
Jeremy Paul - Colorado
Max Rottluff - Arizona State
Jonathan Sanders - Washington
Jonah Texeira - USC
All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
Franklin Huang - Stanford
Sebastian Crampton - California
Frank Garber - Washington
Jordan Gumberg - Arizona
Zach Foushee - Oregon
Andrew Levitt - USC
All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
Brandon Wu - Stanford
Cole Madey - UCLA
Collin Morikawa - California
Justin Suh - USC
Carl Yuan - Washington