Grant Feldman Named All-BIG EAST

NEW YORK – Creighton senior men's golf standout Grant Feldman has earned First Team All-BIG EAST honors, the league announced on Wednesday. The NCAA's Scoreboard Collegiate Rankings were used to determine the individual winners and All-BIG EAST First and Second Teams.

Feldman closed his Bluejay career with 11 straight rounds of par or better and his tie for fourth place at the BIG EAST Championship marked his fifth consecutive top-10 finish. The Austin, Texas native rewrote CU's record books (which date to 2003-04) during his four years at Creighton. He set single-season records in scoring average (70.38) and rounds of par or better (23), while tying the mark for top-five finishes (6) and top-10 finishes (7). Feldman also finishes with CU's career records for scoring average (72.53), top-five finishes (11) and rounds of par or better (54 of 110). He also tied the program record with 15 career top 10 finishes.

Feldman was a two-time BIG EAST weekly award winner, winning the Bluejay Invitational, and logging consecutive runner-up finishes at the UC San Diego and SeattleU Redhawk Invitationals. He was a 2024-25 All-BIG EAST second team selection.

Xavier freshman Cayse Morgan was named BIG EAST Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Morgan is the first BIG EAST men's golfer since 2018 - and only the third player in league history - to earn both major conference awards in the same season.

By a vote of the league's head coaches, Xavier was chosen as the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. Led by head coach Brian Arlinghaus and staff members Tyler Gecko and Eleanor Hudepohl, the Musketeers captured their first-ever BIG EAST Championship on May 4 at the Riverton Pointe Golf and Country Club. Overall, it was Xavier's ninth all-time conference title and the first since 2005.

Morgan tied two conference records en route to capturing medalist honors at the 2026 BIG EAST Championship. The freshman from Cincinnati tallied the lowest 54-hole score to par in 20 years at the BIG EAST Championship. Morgan finished at 14-under with a total score of 202 (68-70-64). He also tied for the lowest round to par in conference championship history, with an 8-under 64. In his first collegiate season, Morgan was a three-time BIG EAST Golfer of the Week honoree and registered a team-best 70.2 adjusted scoring average, according to the NCAA Division I rankings on Scoreboard. In addition to the BIG EAST Championship, Morgan was the medalist in three events during the regular season - at the Peoples Championship in March and back-to-back wins in the fall at the Moraine Intercollegiate and Xavier Invitational.

Marquette's Mason Schmidtke and Mischa Candinas were also first team selections for the Golden Eagles. Schmidtke ranked second on the team in adjusted scoring average (71.3) in 33 total rounds this season. The junior from Sheboygan, Wis. was runner-up at the Bell Bank "Pay It Forward" and fifth at the Bluegrass Collegiate Invite and recorded two top five and three top 10 finishes during the 2025-26 season.

Candinas shined in his first collegiate season, leading Marquette in adjusted scoring average (71.1) in 33 rounds played. He placed third at the 2026 BIG EAST Championship, finishing at 7-under and jumping eight spots on the leaderboard after a final round 68. The newcomer from Geroldswil, Switzerland posted two top 10 finishes during the spring, finishing under par in three of his five starts.

Villanova's Ryan Pamer rounds out the five player all-conference first team. The runner-up at the 2026 BIG EAST Championship, Pamer finished at 10-under par at Riverton Point. An All-BIG EAST second team selection from a season ago, he finished in the top five in each of his last three starts and registered a 71.6 adjusted scoring average in 32 total rounds of play.

Five golfers were selected to the All-BIG EAST Second Team - Marquette's Johan Widal and Vinny Cervantes; Barnes Blake of Georgetown; UConn's Bradley Sawka; and Derek Tabor of Butler.

Widal was a first team all-conference selection a season ago and placed ninth at the 2026 BIG EAST Championship. Cervantes - a second team all-league pick in 2024-25 - logged a win and three top three finishes in 2025-26 and tied for 15th at BIG EAST's.

For the second consecutive season, Georgetown's Barnes Blake was tabbed as an All-BIG EAST second team selection. He recorded a victory and three top three finishes this past season.

UConn's Bradley Sawka tied for sixth at the 2026 BIG EAST Championship, finishing at 5-under for the tournament. He earned a win and five top 10 finishes in 2025-26.

Butler's Derek Tabor was a three-time BIG EAST Golfer of the Week and posted three top three finishes this season. Tabor finished under par in five tournaments during the spring - and on eight occasions overall.

BIG EAST MEN'S GOLF AWARDS
Player of the Year - Cayse Morgan, Xavier
Freshman of the Year - Cayse Morgan, Xavier
Coaching Staff of the Year - Xavier

ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM
Cayse Morgan, Xavier
Grant Feldman, Creighton
Mason Schmidtke, Marquette
Mischa Candinas, Marquette
Ryan Pamer, Villanova

ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM
Johan Widal, Marquette
Barnes Blake, Georgetown
Bradley Sawka, UConn
Vinny Cervantes, Marquette
Derek Tabor, Butler

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