Baton Rouge, La. – LSU males’s golf senior Garrett Barber was named the Louisiana Participant of the 12 months for the third consecutive season on Friday by the Louisiana Sports activities Writers Affiliation.

Barber was one in all 5 gamers to be acknowledged by the LSWA. Barber was joined on the primary staff by Michael Sanders and Cohen Trolio, who was named Freshman of the 12 months, whereas Nicholas Arcement and Drew Doyle earned spots on the second staff. Head coach Chuck Winstead was named Coach of the 12 months.

5 gamers had been chosen for the primary and second groups based mostly on voting from nominations submitted by the varsity media relations workplaces within the state that play the game. Within the voting, faculties couldn’t vote for gamers from their respective faculties.

Barber collected his third straight LSWA Participant of the 12 months honor following his most profitable season but in his collegiate profession. In 33 rounds of play, Barber scored a career-low common of 71.15 strokes and shot 21 rounds at or beneath par whereas grabbing a team-high 122 birdies. He led the staff in Prime 5 finishes with 4 on the 12 months and contributed to LSU choosing up two tournaments wins within the season along with his scores counted in all three rounds of every. Most just lately, he was named to the 2022 PING Southeast All-Area Group.

Trolio was named Freshman of the 12 months and earned a spot on the primary staff after a profitable first 12 months at LSU. His 71.30 stroke common ranked second on the staff and solely trailed Barber within the staff’s birdie rankings with 115 in 33 rounds. He shot 21 rounds at or beneath par and had all three of his rounds depend in direction of LSU’s two event wins within the season. His All-Louisiana honors be a part of an inventory of recognitions that features spots on the SEC All-Freshman staff and the PING Southeast All-Area Group.

The 2 specialty winners had been joined by Sanders on the primary staff. The senior from Davidson, North Carolina secured the primary medalist honor of his profession with a 9-under 207 on the Turning Stone Invitational to focus on his season. Sanders grabbed 4 Prime 10 finishes within the season, three of which had been fifth place or larger, and led the Tigers with seven eagles on the 12 months.

Arcement and Doyle had been named to the second staff after the pair loved stellar sophomore seasons. Arcement earned the primary medalist honor of his profession with a 13-under 203 on the San Diego Traditional and led the Tigers in pars with 385 in 33 rounds of play. Doyle additionally earned his first medalist honor with a 6-under 210 at The Hayt and grabbed three Prime 5 finishes within the spring. Each gamers had been named SEC Participant of the Week because of their medalist honor.

Winstead rounds out the group as he was named Males’s Coach of the 12 months. He earned Coach of the 12 months honors after main LSU to a pair of event titles and the semifinals of the SEC Championships. The Ruston, La., native led LSU to wins on the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate and the San Diego Traditional whereas guiding three completely different golfers to medalist honors for the primary time for the reason that 2016-17 season.

2022 LSWA MEN’S COLLEGE GOLF TEAMS 

MEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Garrett Barber, LSU
MEN’S FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR – Cohen Trolio, LSU
MEN’S NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR – Jacob Agerschou, ULM
MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR – Chuck Winstead, LSU 

MEN’S FIRST TEAM
Garrett Barber, LSU – 71.15 stroke common; PING Southeast All-Area staff
Peter Hinnant, Louisiana – 72.60 stroke common; first-team All-Solar Belt Convention
Sam Murphy, Louisiana Tech – 71.63 stroke common; NCAA Regional participant
Michael Sanders, LSU – 71.48 stroke common
Cohen Trolio, LSU – 71.30 stroke common; SEC All-Freshman Group

MEN’S SECOND TEAM
Jacob Agerschou, ULM – 73.46 stroke common
Nicholas Arcement, LSU – 71.85 stroke common; San Diego Traditional Medalist
Drew Doyle, LSU – 72.33 stroke common; The Hayt Medalist
Ryan O’Neil, Nicholls – 73.33 stroke common; first-team All-Southland Convention
Eli Ortego, Louisiana – 72.97 stroke common; SBC Freshman of the 12 months

HONORABLE MENTION
Logan Kuehn, Southeastern; Richard Polan, Centenary