NORMAN, Okla. – Arizona State's Armen Kirakossian, Zach Barlow of Illinois, North Carolina's Matt Clark, Debbie Dove of Keiser, UCLA's Andrew Larkin and Chris Wilson of Kansas have been named finalists for the 2019 Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award presented by TaylorMade Golf Company as selected by the GCAA. The Strickland Award is presented to the NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA or NJCAA assistant coach that, among other things, has excelled in working with their student-athletes both on the course and in the classroom.
Kirakossian is in his second season at Arizona State after serving two years as assistant at Pepperdine. This season the Sun Devils have posted four team victories - all in the spring - af-ter posting three team wins in Kirakossian's rst campaign. While at Pepperdine he helped the Waves to their best nish at the NCAA Championships and best end-of-season ranking since 2004. Prior to his stint at Pepperdine Kirakossian was the head coach at his alma mater, Texas Pan American.
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? 13 of 24 rounds in the 60s
? 22 of 24 rounds of par or better
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The Strickland Award recipient will be announced May 7. TaylorMade Golf Company has sponsored the Strickland Award since its inception in 2003.