SAN FRANCISCO – Cal's National Player of the Year candidate Collin Morikawa added to a long list of prestigious honors Tuesday when he was named the Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Year as selected by the league's coaches. Morikawa, who won Pac-12 individual medalist honors for the first time last week, becomes only the second player in Cal history to win the conference's top play honor following Michael Kim's selection in 2013.

"It's truly an honor to be named the Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Year," Morikawa said. "This conference is one of the strongest each and every year and to have the opportunity to go up against competitive teams and players year round is exactly what college athletics is about. It's been one of my goals to earn this award and to finally make it happen in my senior year is special. I wouldn't be here without all the tremendous support from my coaches, team and family."

Morikawa also became the first Cal player to ever earn first-team All-Pac-12 honors in each of his four seasons and was joined on the first team for the first time by Sebastian Crampton, who followed up his second-team selection in 2017-18 after being an honorable mention pick in 2014-15 and 2015-16.

KK Limbhasut was a second-team choice after being a first-teamer in 2015-16 and 2017-18, as well as an honorable mention selection in 2014-15.

James Song rounded out Cal's conference honorees by being named to the Pac-12's All-Freshman Team.

The Golden Bears will learn where they will play next in NCAA Regional action May 13-15 when the announcement is made live May 1 on GOLF Channel's Golf Central. The top five teams from each of six NCAA Regionals will advance to play in the 30-team field May 24-29 at the NCAA Championships hosted by Arkansas.

Below are notes on each of Cal's 2018-19 All-Pac-12 selections with extended bios available by clicking on their names.
 
Collin Morikawa, 5-9, 170, Sr., 3L, La Cañada Flintridge, CA (La Cañada HS)

• 2018-19 National Player of the Year candidate, Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Year, Byron Nelson Award finalist, Ben Hogan Award semifinalist, Haskins Award watch list and first-team All-Pac-12
• Also a team captain, shared Cal's prestigious Ed Arnold Coaches Award and the Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Month for September of 2018
• Has five career victories and two in 2018-19 with the other this season at The Farms Invitational to open up the 2019 spring schedule
• Has finished tied for seventh or better in all 10 of his stroke-play events in 2018-19
• Has streaks of 16 straight top-10 and 23 consecutive top-20 finishes dating back to his 2017-18 and 2016-17 seasons, respectively
• Second in the nation in 2018-19 with a 68.39 stroke average that is within 0.03 of national leader Matthew Wolff of Oklahoma State and 0.29 better than the all-time single-season NCAA record of 68.68 he established as a 2017-18 junior
• Nation's second-ranked collegiate golfer according to Golfstat and third by Golfweek/Sagarin in 2018-19
• Currently ranks second in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking and third in the World Amateur Golf Ranking

Sebastian Crampton, 6-0, 175, Sr., 3L, Pacific Grove, CA (Stevenson HS)

• Earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors for the first time and shared Cal's prestigious Ed Arnold Coaches Award in 2018-19
• Won for the second time in his career and first time outright at the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational to end the 2018 fall schedule among four finishes in the top four in 2018-19
• Has posted a 70.87 stroke average in 2018-19 that is second on the team and 0.16 better than his previous career best of 71.03 in 2017-18
• Named Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Month for the first time in his career in November of 2018 after winning the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational

KK Limbhasut, 6-0, 175, Sr., 3L, Pacific Grove, CA (Stevenson HS)

• Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors and shared Cal's prestigious Ed Arnold Coaches Award in 2018-19
• Has posted a 71.42 stroke average in 2018-19 that is third on the team
• Has finished tied for 16th or better in five of his six spring events including a season-best tied for third-place finish at The Farms Invitational to open the 2019 spring schedule

James Song, 5-10, 165, Fr., HS, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (Torrey Pines HS)

• Earned a spot on the Pac-12's All-Freshman Team and was Cal's Newcomer of the Year in 2018-19
• Has posted a 72.46 stroke average in 2018-19 that is fourth on the team
• Has three top 20 finishes that came in three consecutive events at the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational, The Farms Invitational and the Southwestern Invitational with his 11th place showing at The Farms Invitational his career best