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Moore Named Haskins Award Winner
Former UNLV golfer earns national collegiate player of the year recognition for third time this year.
July 21, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ga. - Former UNLV men's golfer Ryan Moore, the program's most decorated player, has been selected as the winner of the 35th Fred Haskins Award, which is presented annually to honor the outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States. The award is named in memory of the late Fred Haskins, former golf teaching professional at the Country Club of Columbus and its selection is based upon a national poll of golf writers, golf coaches and collegiate golfers conducted by the Haskins Commission. Moore's college career has been unparalleled both in terms of his senior year accomplishments as well as his sustained performance while competing for UNLV. In his senior year, he competed in nine college events, winning three times and finishing third three other times. In fact, he never finished lower than sixth place in any of the nine events he played in. Moore also capped his final year with a fifth-place finish at the 2005 NCAA Championship, a title he won in 2004. His 28-round scoring average was 69.29 for 2004-05 and his career average in 136 rounds was 70.76. He also placed 13th in the 2005 Masters, earning him a return trip to Augusta in 2006. He set a new standard in amateur golf in 2004 by winning five major amateur championships. He captured the U.S. Amateur, the NCAA, the U.S. Amateur Public Links, the Western Amateur and the Sahalee Players Championships to become the first golfer to ever win all five events in the same year. While being selected by his peers, coaches and writers as the 2005 Haskins Award winner, Moore also earned distinction as the Ben Hogan Award winner and the Nicklaus Award winner, both presented to the nation's top collegiate golfer as well. Past Fred Haskins Award Winners Ben Crenshaw Texas 1971 Ben Crenshaw Texas 1972 Ben Crenshaw Texas 1972 Curtis Strange Wake Forest 1974 Jay Haas Wake Forest 1975 Phil Hancock Florida 1976 Scott Simpson So. California 1977 Lindy Miller Oklahoma State 1978 Bobby Clampett BYU 1979 Bobby Clampett BYU 1980 Bob Tway Oklahoma State 1981 Willie Wood Oklahoma State 1982 Brad Faxon Furman 1983 John Inman North Carolina 1984 Sam Randolph So. California 1985 Scott Verplank Oklahoma State 1986 Billy Mayfair Arizona State 1987 Bob Estes Texas 1988 Robert Gamez Arizona 1989 Phil Mickelson Arizona State 1990 Phil Mickelson Arizona State 1991 Phil Mickelson Arizona State 1992 David Duval Georgia Tech 1993 Justin Leonard Texas 1994 Stewart Cink Georgia Tech 1995 Tiger Woods Stanford 1996 Brad Elder Texas 1997 Matt Kuchar Georgia Tech 1998 Luke Donald Northwestern 1999 Charles Howell Oklahoma State 2000 Bryce Molder Georgia Tech 2001 Graeme McDowell Ala.-Birmingham 2002 Hunter Mahan Oklahoma State 2003 Bill Haas Wake Forest 2004 Ryan Moore UNLV 2005
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