Stephen Franken Named to Ben Hogan Award Watch List
2/13/2019 10:34:00 AM | Men's Golf
Franken has a 69.33 scoring average this season
RALEIGH, NC – NC State men's golfer Stephen Franken has been named to the 2019 Ben Hogan Award watch list, according to a joint announcement made by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
The Ben Hogan Award presented by Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) is given annually to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during a 12-month period from June to May.
This year's list of 10 semifinalists will be unveiled on Wednesday, April 17. On Thursday, May 2, that group will be pared down to three finalists. The finalists will attend a black-tie dinner at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday, May 20, prior to the start of the PGA TOUR's Charles Schwab Challenge, where the winner will be crowned.
The Ben Hogan Award Selection Committee, which votes during each stage of the process, is comprised of leaders in collegiate, amateur and professional golf.
The Ben Hogan Trophy was first issued in 1990 and also included academic achievement in its original list of standards.
Franken, the reigning ACC Player of the Year, currently has a 69.33 scoring average in 15 rounds of play this season. In five tournaments as a senior, the Raleigh native has finished in the top-10 four times and in the top-five three times. Franken has recorded the Pack's low 54-hole score in four of five tournaments this year.
The two-time All-ACC honoree opened the spring season with a fourth place finish at the Sea Best Invitational.
Franken and his teammates return to action on Sunday, Feb. 17 when it begins play in the Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Grande, PR.
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