SAMMAMISH, Wash. – Stanford's Henry Shimp was named the 2021-22 Pac-12 Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Conference office announced Monday ahead of the Pac-12 Championships. The award, which is presented in each of the 24 sports the Pac-12 sponsors, was established to honor collegiate student-athletes that are standouts both academically and in their sports discipline.
The sixth-year, graduate student from Charlotte, N.C., carried a 3.65 undergraduate grade-point average in science, technology and society, and currently owns a 3.39 GPA in Stanford's management science and engineering master's program.
Shimp owns a 72.0 scoring average with three top-20 finishes through nine events so far this season. For his career, he holds a 72.5 scoring average with eight top 20s and four top 10s including a runner-up finish at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships en route to earning Second Team All-Pac-12 honors.
During his junior season in 2018-19, Shimp helped the Cardinal to the team title at the Pac-12 Championships and also provided the clinching point in Stanford's 3-2 victory over Texas in the NCAA Championship match.
Off the course, Shimp is a three-time GCAA All-America Scholar (2019-21), has twice earned Pac-12 All-Academic Team recognition (2018 Second Team, 2019 First Team) and twice been a member of the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021). He is the league-leading fourth recipient of the honor from the Cardinal men's golf program.
In order to be eligible for the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, student-athletes must be a senior (in athletics eligibility) on track to receive a degree, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, participate in at least 50 percent of the scheduled contests in the sport and have a minimum one year in residence at the institution. Each Pac-12 institution may nominate one individual per sport, and the winners are selected by a committee of Pac-12 staff members at the conclusion of each sport's regular season. The athletics accomplishments of the nominees are a consideration in voting for the award.
A Scholar-Athlete of the Year will be named in each of the Pac-12's 24 sponsored sports: baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, beach volleyball, men's cross country, women's cross country, football, men's golf, women's golf, women's gymnastics, women's lacrosse, men's rowing, women's rowing, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, men's swimming & diving, women's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's track & field, women's track & field, women's volleyball, and wrestling. The award was first established during the 2007-08 academic year.
Pac-12 Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2021-22 - Henry Shimp, Stanford
2020-21 - David Laskin, Arizona
2019-20 - No award
2018-19 - Justin Suh, USC
2017-18 - John Souza, Colorado
2016-17 - Maverick McNealy, Stanford
2015-16 - Jonathan Sanders, Washington
2014-15 - Alex McMahon, Arizona
2013-14 - Brandon Hagy, California
2012-13 - Andrew Yun, Stanford
2011-12 - Jonnie Motomochi, Oregon State
2010-11 - Jake Dukeminier, Oregon
2009-10 - Knut Borsheim, Arizona State
2008-09 - Alex Williams, Oregon State
2007-08 - Rob Grube, Stanford
Shimp Named 2022 Scholar Athlete of the Year
Shimp Named 2022 Scholar Athlete of the Year
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