NORMAN, Okla. – Cal's National Player of the Year candidate Collin Morikawa has been named a semifinalist for the 2019 Division I Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol.

Finalists will be announced May 23 and the recipients of the Nicklaus Award on May 30 with the honor being presented by Jack Nicklaus at a ceremony during the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. The five recipients of the honor – one each from the NCAA Division I, II and III levels, as well as the NAIA and NJCAA – will compete in the Barbasol Shootout for an exemption into the PGA TOUR's Barbasol Championship held June 18-21. The Barbasol Shootout is scheduled to take place June 1 at The Ohio State University Golf Club's Scarlet Course.

Below are notes on Morikawa with an extended bio available by clicking on his name.
 
Collin Morikawa, 5-9, 170, Sr., 3L, La Cañada Flintridge, CA (La Cañada HS)

• A National Player of the Year candidate who has a long list of 2018-19 collegiate honors including his selections as a Ben Hogan Award finalist and Byron Nelson Award finalist, a Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist, a member of the Haskins Award watch list and the Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Year
• Has five collegiate victories including a pair in 2018-19 at the Pac-12 Championships and The Farms Invitational
• Has finished tied for seventh or better in each of his first 10 stroke-play events in 2018-19
• Has current streaks of 16 straight top-10 and 23 consecutive top-20 finishes dating back to his 2017-18 junior and 2016-17 sophomore seasons, respectively
• Second in the nation in 2018-19 heading into NCAA Regional play 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
• Currently the nation's second-ranked collegiate golfer according to Golfstat and third by Golfweek/Sagarin