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Jackson Koivun Season 2024-25

Jackson Koivun Season 2024-25

Height5-10
ClassSophomore
HometownChapel Hill, N.C.

HONORS & AWARDS
PING First Team All-American (2025)
PING All-Southeast Region (2025)
SEC Player of the Year (2025)
First Team All-SEC (2025)
Palmer Cup Team USA (2025)
Hogan Award Semifinalist (2025)
Haskins Award Spring Watch List (2025)
95th AAU Sullivan Award Semifinalist (2025)
Ben Hogan Award Watch List (Spring 2025)
Haskins Award Watch List (Fall 2024)
SEC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 18, 2024)
Inverness Intercollegiate Individual Champion (2024)
Haskins Award Fall Watch List (2024)
Golf Channel First Team Preseason All-American (2024-25)
Golfweek First Team Preseason All-American (2024-25)
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
Jack Nicklaus Award Winner (2024)
GCAA All-Freshman Team (2024)
Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award Winner (2024)
PING First Team All-American (2024)
NCAA Championship Individual Runner Up (2024)
Fred Haskins Award Winner (2024)
Jack Nicklaus Award Finalist (2024)
Ben Hogan Award Winner (2024)
SEC Player of the Year (2024)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2024)
First Team All-SEC (2024)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2024)
SwingU DI Player of the Month (April 2024)
Palmer Cup Team USA (2024)
SEC Individual Champion (2024)
Pinehurst Intercollegiate Individual Champion (2024)
Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team (2024)
Fred Haskins Award Final Watch List (2023-24)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 4, Feb. 28, March 6, March 27, April 17) (2023-24 season)
SEC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 13, Oct. 18, Feb. 14)(2023-24 season)
Golfweek's Top-15 Freshmen to Watch (2023)
U.S. Amateur Quarterfinalist (2023)

2024-25 (Sophomore)
Showed no signs of slowing down after a stellar freshman season with yet another remarkable run as a Tiger... named a PING First Team All-American and SEC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season... also named a finalist for every NPOTY Award (Haskins, Hogan, Nicklaus)... finished the season ranked as the No. 3 player in the nation by Clippd... became just the third player to earn their PGA Tour Card through the PGA Tour U Accelerated program... named to Team USA for the Arnold Palmer Cup for the second year in a row... earned three individual wins at the Inverness Intercollegiate, SEC Championship and NCAA Auburn Regional... was the first man to earn low medalist at back-to-back SEC Championships in 49 years... averaged a miniscule 69.00 strokes per round over 38 rounds of competition, a program single-season record... 31 rounds came at par or better, including 19 in the 60s... added 10 top-10 finishes... made a team-best 160 birdies and six eagles... counted all but two of his 38 rounds toward the team score (.947)... earned T8th in stroke play at the East Lake Cup... defeated the reigning NCAA Individual Champion, Georgia Tech's Hiroshi Tai, 2&1 in the anchor match of the East Lake final to secure the Cup for Auburn... concluded the season on a streak of nine consecutive top-10 finishes... shot 8-under to finish T3rd at the General Hackler Championship, leading the Tigers to a team win... followed it up with an 11-under, T4th performance at the Valspar Collegiate... went 13-under to earn runner up at the Mason Rudolph Championship... birdied five of his final six holes to secure historic SEC Individual Championship by one shot at 12-under... bested Luke Potter 4&3 in the SEC Quarterfinals to push Auburn past No. 3 Texas 3-2... also went 12-under at NCAA Auburn Regional to become the program's first regional champion since 1990... pushed the Tigers' to a 27-shot margin of victory in regionals, which was the second-best in NCAA history and the best since 2010... shot 6-under at the NCAA Championship to finish T4th and earn his PGA Tour Card... defeated Virginia's Josh Duangmanee 4&3 in the NCAA Quarterfinals. 

2023-24 (Freshman)
Exploded onto the collegiate scene with one of the best seasons in the history of the sport... named First Team All-SEC and PING First Team All-America... third player in SEC history to earn SEC Freshman of the Year and SEC Player of the Year in the same season... first man in the history of college golf to sweep the Fred Haskins, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson national awards in the same season... broke Auburn's single-season records for scoring average (69.48), subpar rounds (28), top-10 finishes (12), birdies (176) and match play wins (8)... counted 38 of 40 team rounds played... finished top six in 12 of 13 starts... finished top three in eight of 13 starts... picked up a pair of individual wins at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate and SEC Championship... began his career by tying the program record for tournament score with a 17-under second place finish at the Mirabel Maui Jim Intercollegiate... defeated WAGR No. 1 Gordon Sargent on the 20th hole of his match at the SEC Fall Preview to lift the Tigers to a 3-2 victory over No. 7 Vanderbilt... opened the spring with another 17-under at the Amer Ari Invitational, finishing fourth... shot 70-70-69 at Pinehurst No. 2 to capture first medalist honors at Pinehurst Intercollegiate... shot 10-under and finished third at the Mossy Oak Collegiate to help the Tigers sweep first through fifth on the individual leaderboard... cruised to an SEC individual title with a 12-under performance at Sea Island, winning medalist by six strokes and becoming the sixth Auburn man to do so... went 3-0 in match play to lead Auburn to its fifth conference crown and first since 2018... finished runner up at first career NCAA Championship appearance, shooting 71-72-72-71 (-2)... defeated Virginia's Deven Patel 1-UP, Ohio State's Adam Wallin in 21 holes and Florida State's Brett Roberts 5&4 to close the season undefeated in match play and help secure Auburn's first national championship in program history... also named to SEC All-Freshman team and PING All-Region... selected to represent the United States at 2024 Palmer Cup... voted SEC Freshman of the Week five times and SEC Golfer of the Week three times. 

Prior to Auburn
Tabbed as the No. 1 recruit in the class by the AJGA and No. 3 by Golf Channel... won both the 2022 Rolex Tournament of Champions and 2023 Dustin Johnson World Juniors... also finished top 10 at 2022 Wyndham Invitational, 2022 Junior PLAYERS Championship and 2023 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley.

Personal
Born May 23, 2005 in San Jose, California.. parents are Meghan & George Koivun... plans to study business... favorite movie is "Guardians of the Galaxy"... calls pizza his comfort meal... lists the Green Bay Packers as his favorite professional sports team... chose Auburn over Duke, Illinois, North Carolina, Pepperdine, SMU, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest.

Koivun's Career Stats
Year Tournaments Rounds Strokes Average Low 54 Top 10 Finishes
2024-25 13 38 2,622 69.00 (-14) 10
2023-24 13 40 2,779 69.48 (-17) 12
Career 26 78 5,401 69.24 (-17) 22
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Freshman
2023-24

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