Simpson Named to 2025-26 Haskins Award Preseason Watchrecord

COLUMBUS, Ga.  –Tennessee males’s golfer Lance Simpson was named to the Haskins Award offered by Stifel Preseason Watch List, The Haskins Foundation introduced Wednesday. 

Simpson, who’s presently the No. 22 newbie on the planet, is coming off a stable summer time. 

The Knoxville native began his summer time marketing campaign on the U.S. Open as one in every of 15 amateurs within the discipline. In simply his second begin of the summer time, Simpson posted a dominant efficiency within the Trans-Mississippi Amateur with a 17-under complete to win by 4 photographs. 

During the 2024-25 season, Simpson earned Golfweek and GCAA All-America honors after main the Vols with 4 top-10 showings and was UT’s highest finisher on the NCAA Championships. 

Additionally, the Knoxville native posted a career-high 24 rounds of par or decrease this season, which marked the third-most in a single season in program historical past.

His greatest outings of the 2024-25 season got here on the Visit Knoxville Collegiate and Fighting Irish Classic the place he was UT’s highest finisher after tying for third. 

Simpson and the remainder of the Vols are set to start their season September fifth on the Visit Knoxville Collegiate in Loudon, Tennessee. 

2025-26 PRESEASON WATCH LIST:

Daniel Bennett, Texas

Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine

Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma

Ethan Fang, Oklahoma State

Josiah Gilbert, Auburn

Frankie Harris, South Carolina

Max Herendeen, Illinois

Filip Jakubcik, Arizona

Ben James, Virginia

Jackson Koivun, Auburn

Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss

Bryan Lee, Virginia

Eric Lee, Oklahoma State

Christiaan Maas, Texas

Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State

Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame

Tommy Morrison, Texas

Luke Poulter, Florida

Lance Simpson, Tennessee

Preston Stout, Oklahoma State

Jase Summy, Oklahoma

Arni Sveinsson, LSU

Tyler Weaver, Florida State

Wells Williams, Vanderbilt