Oklahoma State University Athletics
Howell Earns Nicklaus Award as Player of the Year
June 05, 2000 | Cowboy Golf
June 5, 2000
STILLWATER, Okla. - NCAA men's golf champion Charles Howell and three other players from Oklahoma State's national championship team were honored when Ping and the Golf Coaches Association of America announced their 2000 All-America team Sunday.
In addition to first-team All-America honors, Howell won the Jack Nicklaus Award recognizing the national player of the year. He set an NCAA record with his 23-under-par effort at the national tournament last week, winning the title by an astounding eight strokes.
He was joined in receiving All-America plaudits by three teammates. Senior Edward Loar, named to the second team in 1996-97 and 1998-99 and the third team in 1997-98, became OSU's 11th four-time All-American by again receiving second-team status. Sophomore Anders Hultman (third team) and senior Landry Mahan (honorable mention) were named All-Americans for the first times in their careers.
Already OSU's seventh NCAA medalist, Howell becomes the school's second Nicklaus Award winner, Alan Bratton shared the award with Justin Leonard in 1994. The last Cowboy to earn outright player-of-the-year honors was Scott Verplank, who won the Fred Haskins Award in 1986.
The Cowboys placed four players on the All-America teams for the first time since 1997 and the 18th time in the school's history. OSU's national championship was its ninth overall and the third in the past 10 years, during that time, no other school has won the NCAA Tournament twice. This year, Oklahoma State, Georgia and Georgia Tech were the only schools with four All-Americans.
1999-2000 Ping/GCAA All-America teams
FIRST TEAM
Jeremy Anderson, Senior, UNLV
Paul Casey, Junior, Arizona State
Jess Daley, Senior, Northwestern
Luke Donald, Junior, Northwestern
Lucas Glover, Junior, Clemson
David Gossett, Sophomore, Texas
Charles Howell, Junior, Oklahoma State
Matt Kuchar, Senior, Georgia Tech
Bryce Molder, Junior, Georgia Tech
Alex Rocha, Senior, Mississippi State
SECOND TEAM
Ricky Barnes, Freshman, Arizona
Nick Cassini, Junior, Georgia
Ben Curtis, Senior, Kent State
John Engler, Junior, Clemson
Max Harris, Senior, North Carolina
Edward Loar, Senior, Oklahoma State
Martin Maritz, Senior, Tulsa
Andy Miller, Senior, BYU
Andy Sanders, Junior, Houston
Roland Thatcher, Senior, Auburn
THIRD TEAM
Jonathan Byrd, Senior, Clemson
Erik Compton, Freshman, Georgia
Jamie Elson, Sophomore, Augusta State
Derek Gillespie, Senior, Arizona
Anders Hultman, Sophomore, Oklahoma State
Ryan King, Senior, Fresno State
Michael Kirk, Senior, UNLV
Jon Mills, Junior, Kent State
Aaron Pellegrom, Senior, Baylor
Ryan Vermeer, Senior, Kansas
HONORABLE MENTION
Jon Bartlett, Senior, Ole Miss, Michael Beard, Sophomore, Pepperdine, David Bennett, Junior, North Florida, Matt Brost, Sophomore, Texas, Brandon Ditullio, Senior, UCLA, James Driscoll, Senior, Virginia, Carlton Forrester, Senior, Georgia Tech, Kevin Haefner, Sophomore, Auburn, Michael Harris, Senior, Michigan, Reid Hatley, Freshman, Arizona, Brad Hyler, Senior, North Carolina, Matt Jones, Sophomore, Arizona State, Troy Kelly, Sophomore, Washington, Matt Krauss, Sophomore, Duke, Han Lee, Senior, California, Craig Lile, Junior, Arkansas, Landry Mahan, Senior, Oklahoma State, Manuel Merizalde, Sophomore, BYU, Chris Morris, Senior, Houston, Michael Morrison, Senior, Georgia, Carl Petterson, Senior, North Carolina State, Todd Rose, Senior, Fresno State, B.J. Staten, Senior, Houston, Kyle Thompson, Junior, South Carolina, D.J. Trahan, Freshman, Clemson, Bubba Watson, Junior, Georgia, Matt Weibring, Sophomore, Georgia Tech, Chris Wisler, Junior, East Tennessee State.
