James Named Semifinalist for DII Jack Nicklaus Award

DURANT, Okla. – For the second-straight season Southeastern's Zach James has been named a semifinalist for the Division II Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol.
 
Division II finalists for the award will be named May 14, with the Nicklaus Award recipients being announced May 30 with the honor presented by Jack Nicklaus at a ceremony during the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club.
 
In addition to receiving the Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award, the five recipients will compete in the Barbasol Shootout for an exemption into the PGA TOUR's Barbasol Championship, held July 18-21, at the Champions at Keene Trace in Lexington, Ky. The Barbasol Shootout will be held Saturday, June 1 at The Ohio State University Golf Club's Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio - the same club where Jack Nicklaus played collegiate golf for the Buckeyes.
 
James, a senior from Whitesboro, Texas, was a finalist for the award a season ago while also earning All-American honors and is a two-time Great American Conference Golfer of the Year and has twice been named Southeastern's Most Outstanding Male Athlete.


Through the 2018-19 season he earned seven GAC Player of the Week awards this season and is ranked fourth nationally heading into the Central/Midwest Super Regional.
 
He has picked up five individual titles in his 11 tournaments this season and has finished in the top two in nine of them.
 
His 69.97 average score over 29 rounds is bolstered by 15 scores in the 60's and 21 rounds at par or better.
 
He is the only GAC golfer to make the semifinalist list and was one of two in the Central region to earn the honor.
 
James and the Savage Storm golf team will continue play at the Central/Midwest Super Regional hosted at the Hot Springs CC in Hot Springs, Ark., playing the final two rounds of the event on May 10.