FARMVILLE, Va. – Justin LaRue was the top golfer in the Big South this season, and he was named a Golfweek 2025 Men's College Golf All-America Honorable Mention, Golfweek announced today.
LaRue, who was the Big South Golfer of the Year for a second straight season, finished his Longwood golf career as one of the best golfer in team history.
He became the first golfer since Tim White was a GCAA Division III All-American in 1980.
LaRue led the Big South throughout the season, posting seven top 10 finishes, a league-best, in addition to leading the way with a 69.54 scoring average as the only golfer to average below a 70 on the season.
In addition, he had the two lowest 54-hole rounds in the league, and those also doubled as the lowest rounds in team history. He was a medalist four times and was the only golfer in the league to medal more than once. In addition, he helped Longwood win four tournaments.
He tied for the lowest single round in the league, and he had two of the five lowest rounds on the season in the league.
LaRue also finished in the top 250 of the national golf rankings for a second straight season. He is the career leader in stroke average in Longwood men's golf history.
He fired an incredible 69-69-63—201 (-12) at the Elon Phoenix Invitational to win the event, and he followed it up with a 71-64-67—202 (-11) to win the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate one week later.
First team
Josele Ballester, Sr., Arizona State
Luke Clanton, Jr., Florida State
David Ford, Sr., North Carolina
Ben James, Jr., Virginia
Jackson Koivun, So., Auburn
Michael La Sasso, Jr., Ole Miss
Phichaksn Maichon, Sr., Texas A&M
Sebastian Moss, Sr., Louisville
Preston Stout, So., Oklahoma State
Brendan Valdes, Sr., Auburn
Second team
Carson Bacha, Sr., Auburn
Daniel Bennett, Fr., Texas
Ethan Fang, So., Oklahoma State
Josiah Gilbert, So., Auburn
Ian Gilligan, Sr., Florida
Algot Kleen, Sr., LSU
Jacob Modleski, So., Notre Dame
Tommy Morrison, Jr., Texas
Jase Summy, Jr., Oklahoma
Jackson Van Paris, Sr., Vanderbilt
Third team
Buck Brumlow, Sr., Georgia
Pablo Ereno, Sr., UCLA
Caden Fioroni, Sr., UNLV
Drew Goodman, Sr., Oklahoma
Dane Huddleston, So., Utah Valley
Christiaan Maas, Jr., Texas
Luke Poulter, So., Florida
Arni Sveinsson, Fr., LSU
Kieron van Wyk, Sr., College of Charleston
Connor Williams, So., Arizona State
Honorable mention
Jackson Buchanan, Illinois
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Tom Fischer, Ole Miss
Charlie Forster, Long Beach State
Frankie Harris, South Carolina
Justin Hastings, San Diego State
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Filip Jakubcik, Arizona
Justin LaRue, Longwood
Eric Lee, Oklahoma State
Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State
Omar Morales, UCLA
Jake Peacock, USF
Brantley Scott, Troy
Lance Simpson, Tennessee
Hunter Thomson, Michigan
Jack Turner, Florida
Tyler Weaver, Florida State
Wells Williams, Vanderbilt
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Since 1999, Golfweek has selected All-Americans in addition to Players and Coaches of the Year in men's and women's college golf. The tradition of honoring the best in college golf continues this year.
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