MALIBU, California – For the second day in a row, senior Sahith Theegala of the Pepperdine men's golf team was named one of the three finalists for a national player of the year honor. Today's announcement for the Fred Haskins Award was made live on the Golf Channel.
 
On Tuesday, Theegala was named a finalist for the Ben Hogan Award.
 
Theegala and John Augenstein of Vanderbilt are finalists for both awards. Davis Thompson of Georgia is the third finalist for the Haskins Award. The winner will be announced on May 8 on the Golf Channel.
 
Theegala (Chino Hills, Calif./Diamond Bar HS) helped the Waves reach their first-ever #1 regular-season ranking in program history this season. Pepperdine ended the shortened season ranked #1 in the Bushnell/Golfweek coaches poll and by Golfstat.
 
Theegala, a fifth-year senior, was the top-ranked player in the nation by both Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin when the season ended. In eight tournaments this season, he won twice and posted a school-record 69.04 scoring average. He had six top-10s and was in the top-20 at all eight events. Seventeen of his 24 rounds were below-par. Theegala holds Pepperdine career records for scoring average (70.61) and below-par rounds (74) and is tied for the #1 spot in top-20 finishes (36) and wins (four). He's a two-time All-American, a three-time All-WCC honoree and a four-time All-West Region selection.