Oct. 25, 2006

LAS VEGAS - UNLV sophomore golfer Seung-Su Han has been included on the 2007 Ben Hogan Award watch list, which was announced Wednesday by Colonial Country Club and the Friends of Golf (FOG) in cooperation with the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).

The most prestigious award in men's college golf, the Hogan is presented annually to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or junior college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during the last 12 months.

Returning PING First-Team All-America selections Rhys Davies of East Tennessee State, Texas Tech's Oscar Floren, Billy Horschel of Florida, Coastal Carolina's Dustin Johnson, Chris Kirk of Georgia and Oklahoma State's Pablo Martin and Jonathan Moore highlight the list.

Others on the 23-player watch list include Charlie Beljan of New Mexico, Louisville's Derek Fathauer, Erik Flores of UCLA, Han, Brian Harman of Georgia, SMU's Colt Knost, Bronson La'Cassie of Minnesota, Arizona State's Niklas Lemke, Jamie Lovemark of USC, Stanford's Zack Miller, Alex Prugh of Washington, Wake Forest's Webb Simpson, Kyle Stanley of Clemson, Georgia Tech's Cameron Tringale, Dawie Van Der Walt of Lamar and Kansas' Gary Woodland.

The Hogan Award selection committee will announce 10 semifinalists on April 4 and name three finalists on May 2. The three finalists will attend the Hogan Award banquet on May 22 at Colonial Country Club - the Tuesday prior to the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial - with the recipient announced that evening.

Former UNLV golfer Ryan Moore was the 2005 Hogan Award winner, which marked the first time a UNLV golfer was named the national player of the year. Last season, UNLV's Andres Gonzales was a semifinalist for the award.