PARTRIDGE, CROCKETT NAMED TO 2021 ALL-NICKLAUS TEAM
2021 All-Nicklaus Team |
| Ludvig Åberg, Texas Tech Alberto Avila, Erskine Andrew Beckler, Washburn Cecil Belisle, South Mountain Sam Bennett, Texas A&M Dan Bradbury, Lincoln Memorial Lucas Cena, Keiser Eugenio Chacarra, Oklahoma State Pierceson Coody, Texas Harry Crockett, Hutchinson Peter Fountain, North Carolina Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida Noah Goodwin, SMU Ryan Hall, South Carolina Will Hocker, Webster James Mishoe, Guilford James Morgan, Kirkwood John Pak, Florida State Ben Partridge, Hutchinson Dawson Peters, South Carolina Beaufort Turk Pettit, Clemson Ruan Pretorius, Point Davis Thompson, Georgia Rob Wuethrich, Illinois Wesleyan |
Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The 2021 national champion Hutchinson Community College men's golf team had another first in program history on Friday with the naming of two players to the 2021 All-Nicklaus Team.
Ben Partridge and Harry Crockett were the first two Blue Dragon player ever named to the All-Nicklaus team, which is compiled by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Partridge and Crockett are part of an elite 24-man team comprised of players from all three NCAA levels, NJCAA Division I and Division II and the NAIA.
The All-Nicklaus Team recognizes the outstanding play for the 2021 collegiate season.
Partridge and Crockett definitely had outstanding seasons in their first year in the Blue Dragon program.
Both were part of Hutchinson's first NJCAA Team national championship, which it won in May in Lubbock, Texas. Both were finalists for the Nicklaus Player of the Year Award and the Mickelson Most Outstanding Freshman of the Year. Both were Hutchinson's first two NJCAA first-team All-Americans in program history.
After clinching the team national title, the Blue Dragon duo freshmen played each other in a four-hole playoff to decide the 2021 NJCAA Individual national champion – won by Partridge with a birdie putt on the fourth hole.
Partridge – The Nicklaus Award and Mickelson Award winner – had a season stroke average of 71.2 over 29 rounds played over the combined fall and spring seasons. Over the final three tournaments in 2021 – the KJCCC Championship, District III/Region VI and the NJCAA Championship – Partridge averaged 70.8 strokes per round with 7 of 10 rounds shot under par.
In addition to winning the NJCAA Individual title, Partridge won the NJCAA National Preview, also at The Rawls Course in Lubbock – site of the 2021 national championships. He was Jayhawk Conference regular-season co-champion with teammate Charlie Crockett.
Partridge had two tournament titles, six Top-3 finishes and placed in the Top 10 in 9 of 10 total tournaments this season.
Crockett earned two individual tournament championships this season – the District III/Region VI crown and at Jayhawk Conference No. 2. Crockett also had five Top-3 performances and eight Top-10 finishes in 2020-21.
Crockett had a season-stroke average of 71.6 for the season with 17 rounds under par. Over the final three tournaments of 2021, Crockett shot an average of 70.1.
Crockett placed third in the 2021 Jayhawk Conference regular-season standings.
The All-Nicklaus Team was created in 2008, and is not only named for history's greatest player, Jack Nicklaus, but also to pay tribute to his long-time support of collegiate and amateur golf. Nicklaus, a Big Ten and NCAA Champion at Ohio State University, helped inspire and create the Jack Nicklaus Award in 1988 and it is now presented to the National Player of the year in NCAA Divisions I, II and III, as well as NAIA and NJCAA. Award recipients have combined for over 200 victories worldwide and claimed 23 major championships.