James Featured on Haskins Award Final Fall Watch List

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia junior golfer Ben James was one of 25 collegiate golfers listed on the 2024-2025 Haskins Award presented by Stifel Final Fall Watch List. James was one of 10 finalists for the award as a freshman in the spring of 2023.

James helped the Cavaliers with three, top-three team finishes in the fall including a team victory at the Inverness Intercollegiate. He won the Valero Texas Collegiate on Sept. 22 winning the individual competition in playoff and in the process earned an exemption on the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open.

James turned in three top-10 finishes in four fall tournaments and posted eight rounds in the 60s including a pair of final round 66s in the Inverness Collegiate and the Valero Texas Collegiate. For his spectacular month of September, James was named the ACC Golfer of the Month for the third time in his career.

In December, James and teammate Bryan Lee are one of 16 invitees a Walker Cup practice session in Florida. The golfers will attend a practice session from Dec. 14-16 at McArthur Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida, and The Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Florida. James was a member of the 2023 Walker Cup team that defeated Great Britain and Ireland team at The Old Course at St. Andrews.

2024-2025 Haskins Award Final Fall Watch List 

Josele Ballester, Arizona State
Jackson Buchanan, Illinois
Tiger Christensen, Arizona
Luke Clanton, Florida State
Pablo Ereno, UCLA
Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State
David Ford, North Carolina
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
John Heckel Jr., Army
Ben James, Virginia
Algot Kleen, LSU
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss
Christiaan Maas, Texas
Nick Mason, Kansas State
Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame
Omar Morales, UCLA
Tommy Morrison, Texas
Sebastian Moss, Louisville
Jake Peacock, South Florida
Arni Sveinsson, LSU
Brendan Valdes, Auburn
Jackson Van Paris, Vanderbilt
Kieron van Wyk, College of Charleston
Connor Williams, Arizona State

About the Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel

Beginning in 1971, the Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel is annually given to the top male U.S. collegiate golfer as voted on by only college golfers, coaches and members of the golf media. Past winners of the Haskins Award presented by Stifel have captured 33 major championships and more than 400 professional tournaments around the world. Named in honor of Fred Haskins, the award is managed by the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top male golfer at the end of the season and to match the ANNIKA Award presented by Stifel, which acknowledges the top female Division I collegiate golfer.

Stifel, one of the nation’s leading wealth management and investment banking firms, serves as the presenting sponsor of both the ANNIKA and HaskinsAwards, recognizing annually the most outstanding NCAA Division I female and male college golfers. Stifel also serves as a presenting sponsor for the NCAA Division I Women’s and Men’s Golf Championships on GOLF Channel.