Tom Watson Named All-Louisiana Second Team

NEW ORLEANS - After a sterling season on the course, University of New Orleans senior golfer Tom Watson was named second-team All-Louisiana by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association on Wednesday afternoon.

Watson played in all 11 tournaments and all 33 rounds for the Privateers this season, posting a team-leading stroke average of 72.636 — a top-eight single-season average in school history. The senior finished the year with 12 rounds under par, including seven rounds in the 60s. He also made 101 birdies and five eagles.

His best finish and lowest 54-hole score came at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate in March, when he shot 208 and finished third. Watson also finished eighth at the Southland Championship with a 218. His low round of the season was 65, shot in the opening round of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate - part of back-to-back rounds below 70.

He completed his two-year career on the Lakefront having played 54 rounds across 18 tournaments and posting a 73.278 career scoring average, the fourth-best career average in school history among golfers with 40 or more rounds. He recorded six top-20 finishes, four top-10 finishes and one third-place finish, all this season.

Watson became the 22nd All-Louisiana selection in program history and the first since Kyle Bennett and Matt Weber were honored following the 2023-24 season.

He is joined on the second team by Louis Anceaux (ULM), Noah McWilliams (LSU), Aubrey Snell (Centenary), and Arni Sveinsson (LSU). The first team is Malagan Potgieter (UL) Jay Mendell (LSU), Matty Dodd-Berry (LSU), Davis Marsh (SLU) and Dan Hayes (LS). Potgieter was named the Louisiana Player of the Year, Hayes the Freshman of the Year and LSU's Jake Amos the Coach of the Year.

HEAD COACH JEFF LORIO
"Tom is very deserving of this honor. He's worked tirelessly on his game and really showed great results this Spring. He was a great leader for this team and a tremendous representative of this University. I cannot be prouder of Tom and his accomplishments during his tenure in New Orleans."

ALL-LOUISIANA PRIVATEER GOLFERS
1986-1987      Randy Frank (1)             One Team Chosen
1991-1992      Jamie Lavigne (2)          1st Team
1998-1999      Casey Crain (1)              2nd Team
1999-2000      Casey Crain (2)              1st Team
1999-2000      Chip Zahn (1 )                 2nd Team
2005-2006      Kenji Murayama (1)        1st  Team
2006-2007      Jose Toledo (1)               1st  Team
2006-2007      Jason Kuperman (1)       2nd  Team
2007-2008      Jose Toledo (2)               1st  Team
2007-2008      Hector Arias (1)               2nd  Team
2008-2009      Ken Looper (1)                1st  Team
2008-2009     Adam Cornelson (1)         2nd  Team
2008-2009      Jose Toledo (3)                2nd  Team
2009-2010      Oscar Zetterwall (1)         1st  Team
2009-2010      Ken Looper (2)                 2nd  Team
2019-2020      Grayson Gilbert (1)           1st Team
2019-2020      Florian Moosmeier (1)      2nd Team
2020-2021      Florian Moosmeier (2)      2nd Team
2022-2023      Ryan Fulton (1)                 2nd Team
2023-2024      Kyle Bennett (1)                2nd Team
2023-2024      Matt Weber (1)                  2nd Team
2025-2026      Tom Watson (1)                 2nd Team

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