After a stellar season that included etching his name into a growing lore of Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Michael Mjaaseth has been named to the All-Freshman national team, according to an announcement by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Mjaaseth finished his freshman campaign with a stroke average of 70.72 and was the fifth ranked freshman in the country, according to Golfstat. Since the GCAA began awarding the honor in 2009, Mjaaseth is the fourth Sun Devil recognized.
SUN DEVIL MEN'S GOLF FRESHMAN ALL-TEAM HONORES
Michael Mjaaseth, 2023
Preston Summerhays, 2022
Josele Ballester, 2022
Jon Rahm, 2013
Overall, Mjaaseth played in 39 rounds, firing 16 in the 60s and 23 of those at par or better. He fired 66 or better on three occasions, including a 4-under card in the third round of the 2023 National Championships, pacing ASU in their rise from T21 after day one to a match play top eight finish after four days.
He was also named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year by the league office. He was the sixth Sun Devil to win the award since its inception in 1999 and the fourth consecutive ASU men's golfer to achieve the honor. No school in the conference has ever had consecutive winners of the Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year honor before the Sun Devils' current run of four straight from 2019-23.
He took his lone win at the Maui Jim Individual on Sept. 9-10, 2022, tying for first, after missing ASU's qualifying while he was securing a ninth-place finish at the World Amateur Championship in Paris, France.
Mjaaseth finished his freshman campaign with a stroke average of 70.72 and was the fifth ranked freshman in the country, according to Golfstat. Since the GCAA began awarding the honor in 2009, Mjaaseth is the fourth Sun Devil recognized.
SUN DEVIL MEN'S GOLF FRESHMAN ALL-TEAM HONORES
Michael Mjaaseth, 2023
Preston Summerhays, 2022
Josele Ballester, 2022
Jon Rahm, 2013
Overall, Mjaaseth played in 39 rounds, firing 16 in the 60s and 23 of those at par or better. He fired 66 or better on three occasions, including a 4-under card in the third round of the 2023 National Championships, pacing ASU in their rise from T21 after day one to a match play top eight finish after four days.
He was also named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year by the league office. He was the sixth Sun Devil to win the award since its inception in 1999 and the fourth consecutive ASU men's golfer to achieve the honor. No school in the conference has ever had consecutive winners of the Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year honor before the Sun Devils' current run of four straight from 2019-23.
He took his lone win at the Maui Jim Individual on Sept. 9-10, 2022, tying for first, after missing ASU's qualifying while he was securing a ninth-place finish at the World Amateur Championship in Paris, France.