Ben James on Haskins Award Spring Watch List

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Haskins Foundation announced the 2024-2025 Haskins Award presented by Stifel First Spring Watch List on Monday (March 10) and it featured UVA junior Ben James. A total of 20 collegiate golfers were included on the spring watch list, including four from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

James was on the fall version of the Haskins Award Watch List and remains on the first version of the list in 2025. The Milford, Conn. native is fresh off a third-place finish at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas. The field featured nine teams ranked in the top-25 of the Clippd Scoreboard rankings. Including the first two rounds of The Hayt in Jacksonville, James has posted a score of par or better in 19 of his 21 rounds this spring.

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.