CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Six members of the Fighting Illini men's golf team were recognized Wednesday when the Big Ten Conference announce its annual postseason awards.
Four Illini – senior Ryan Voois, juniors Max Herendeen and Dane Huddleston, and sophomore Trey Marrion – earned All-Big Ten first team honors, while sophomore Freddie Turnell was named to the All-Big Ten second team and junior Ethan Wilson was recognized for the second time as the Fighting Illini's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree.
Illinois' five all-conference selections led the Big Ten and matched the Fighting Illini program record set in 2023. Herendeen, Marrion, and Voois were all unanimous selections.
Herendeen earns his third straight unanimous selection to the All-Big Ten first team. He is No. 51 nationally in the NCAA Division I men's golf rankings, the top spot on the Illinois team and second in the Big Ten this season. He has posted a career-low scoring average (70.67), on pace for the program's all-time Top 10, and his career average of 70.83 is currently No. 2 in program history behind three-time B1G Player of the Year Adrien Dumont de Chassart's school record (70.82). A four-time collegiate winner, Herendeen captured medalist honors at the 2026 Duck Invitational in March and is coming off a T3 finish to earn All-Championship Team honors at the Big Ten Championship last weekend. Entering NCAA Regionals, Herendeen leads the Fighting Illini with 21 rounds of par or better, 14 rounds in the 60s, and five top-five finishes this season.
Voois is now a three-time All-Big Ten selection after earning second team honors in 2024, followed by back-to-back first team nods the last two seasons. The senior is coming off an All-Championship Team performance with his T3 finish last weekend at the Big Ten Championship and is currently No. 64 in the NCAA Division I men's golf rankings. He leads the Illini with a career-low season stroke average of 70.30 – more than a stroke better than his previous career best and on pace for the No. 4 mark in program history. Voois picked up his second career victory in a stellar performance at the Hal Williams Collegiate in February. During his run to the title, he tied the second-lowest single-round score (63) and 54-hole tournament score (195) in program history. Entering NCAA Regionals, Voois has posted a team-leading 18 rounds under par this season with 14 rounds in the 60s. In addition to his win, Voois has posted top-15 finishes in five of the Illini's seven of the Illini's 11 tournaments.
Huddleston, in his first year with the Illini after two seasons at Utah Valley, earns his first All-Big Ten honor. He joined Voois as the only Illini to compete in the scoring lineup in all 11 tournaments. On the season, he posted five top-10 finishes and closed as the Illini lineup's top finisher twice, at the Pauma Valley Invitational and the Hoosier Collegiate. Overall, he has carded 20 of 33 rounds at par or better on the season, and has notched 11 rounds in the 60s. Huddleston's best finish of the season was a T4 in the Illini's win at the Hal Williams Collegiate where he posted season-best scores for a single round (66) and 54-hole tournament (201).
Marrion, who earned a spot on the five-man Big Ten All-Freshman Team last year, secures his first All-Big Ten selection as a sophomore. On the season, he has posted the Fighting Illini's second-lowest stroke average (70.72) and is coming off a career-low round of 65 (-5) in the finale of the Big Ten Championship after missing Round 2 due to illness. In 10 events, Marrion posted 20 rounds at par or better with eight rounds in the 60s and recorded seven top-20 finishes including a trio of top-fives.
Turnell, joined the Illini for his sophomore season as a transfer from Little Rock, and earns his first All-Big Ten selection. He played in a 11 tournament, including nine in the Illini lineup, and secured a win as an individual competitor in the regular-season finale at the Hoosier Collegiate in mid-April. Turnell ranked fifth on the team with a season stroke average of 70.94, posting par or better in 19 of his 33 rounds with eight rounds in the 60s. Turnell recorded a season-low round of 64 (-7) at the Pauma Valley Invitational, and his season-best tournament total (207) came last fall at the Moraine Intercollegiate.
Wilson was recognized as the Illini's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award for the second straight season. He played in eight events overall, including three in the Illini lineup. A native of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, Wilson has posted a season career-low stroke average of 72.29 with five top-25 finishes. He recorded his best finish of the season, a tie for fifth, as an individual competitor at the Pauma Valley Invitational. Wilson shot par or better in 10 of 24 rounds with five rounds in the 60s.
2026 BIG TEN MEN'S GOLF POSTSEASON AWARDS
- Big Ten Golfer of the Year: Jaden Dumdumaya, USC
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year: Josh Kim, UCLA*
- Big Ten Coach of the Year: Armen Kirakossian, UCLA
ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS
First Team
- Max Herendeen, Illinois*
- Dane Huddleston, Illinois
- Trey Marrion, Illinois*
- Ryan Voois, Illinois*
- Rudy Sautron, Nebraska
- Daniel Svärd, Northwestern*
- Josh Kim, UCLA*
- Baylor Larrabee, UCLA*
- Jack Buchanan, USC*
- Jaden Dumdumaya, USC
Second Team
- Freddie Turnell, Illinois
- Ryan Shellberg, Iowa
- Emil Riegger, Maryland
- Chun-Ta Wu, Minnesota
- Rowan Sullivan, Northwestern
- Aiden Krafft, Oregon
- Sam Easterbrook, Purdue
- Jacob Goode, Washington
- Emil Borrestuen Herstad, Washington
- Finn Koelle, Washington
All-Freshman Team
- Sebastian Desoisa, Oregon
- Lucas Politano, Rutgers*
- Josh Kim, UCLA*
- Tyler Loree, UCLA*
- Emil Borrestuen Herstad, Washington*
* Denotes unanimous selection
Sportsmanship Award Honorees
- Ethan Wilson, Illiinois
- Caleb Schnarr, Indiana
- Chance Rinkol, Iowa
- Griffin Barke, Maryland
- Nilay Naik, Michigan
- Jack Wetzel, Minnesota
- Ashton McCulloch, Michigan State
- James Ackerman, Nebraska
- Jeremy Chen, Northwestern
- Topher Reed, Ohio State
- Ramil Saelim, Oregon
- Tim Peters, Penn State
- Kentaro Nanayama, Purdue
- Luke Koenig, Rutgers
- Matt Yamin, UCLA
- Jaden Dumdumaya, USC
- Grady Millar, Washington
- Spencer Turtz, Wisconsin
