ORLANDO – Jakob Stavang Stubhaug, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) individual national champion, has signed with the UCF men's golf program ahead of the Knights' inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference, head coach Bryce Wallor announced on Wednesday.
"We felt extremely honored when a player of Jakob's ability and someone with his resume reached out to us and expressed his interest in coming to play for UCF," said Wallor. "Not only was Jakob the 2022 NAIA Individual National Champion, but he also won the prestigious Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award in that same year. In 2022, Jakob was also a part of a team that won the NAIA National Team Championship, when you couple that with winning golf tournaments on the junior and amateur level in his home country of Norway, we feel this bodes very well for the depth of his playing ability.
"We are excited to have Jakob join our golf program this fall."
Jakob Stavang Stubhaug
Hometown: Floro, Norway
Previous College: Keiser University
High School: Flora Videregaaende Skole
- 2023 World Amateur Golf Ranking: 685
- 2023 NAIA Individual National Ranking: 9th
- 2023 10th place finish at the St Andrews Links Trophy with scores of 70-68-74-65
- 2023 Won the Roadrunner Classic with scores of 71-70-70
- 2023 Won the Keiser Cup with scores of 69-70-70
- 2023 Led his Keiser team with two tournament victories and six top-five finishes
- 2023 NAIA collegiate scoring average of 71.64
- 2022 NAIA Arnold Palmer National Individual Champion with scores of 66-67-71-72
- 2022 Won the Titan Winter Invitational with scores of 67-71-72
- 2022 Had two tournament victories with 10 top-10 finishes out of 12 tournaments
- 2022 NAIA collegiate scoring average of 71.56
- Awards:
- 2023 All-American First team
- 2023 Ping All-South Region selection
- 2023 All-Sun Conference selection
- 2022 NAIA Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year award winner
- 2022 Mickelson Outstanding Freshman award winner
- 2022 All-American First team
- 2022 Ping All-South Region selection
- 2022 All-Sun Conference selection
Stubhaug will be a junior for the Knights during the 2023-24 season and joins a stellar recruiting class, which includes December signees Garret Ebbert, Marc Keller and Hans Risvaer.
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