UCLA senior Omar Morales has been named to the Haskins Award 2024-25 Fall Watch List, annually presented to the top male U.S. collegiate golfer, as voted on by college golfers, coaches and members of the golf media.
 
Morales joins a list of 25 top collegiate golfers on the Haskins Award's fall watch list, as announced on Tuesday morning the Haskins Foundation.
 
The UCLA men's golf program has produced two previous Haskins Award winners, since the award's inception in 1971. Kevin Chappell won the Haskins Award in 2008, while Patrick Cantlay earned the prestigious honor in 2011.
 
Morales was a third-team GCAA All-America selection as a junior in 2023-24, having been selected a first-team All-Pac-12 selection. In addition, he earned Golfweek Honorable Mention All-America honors. He concluded the season as the 27th-ranked golfer and second Latin American and Mexican in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
 
Earlier this summer, Morales competed in this second consecutive U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst Village, N.C. He missed the cut at +7 (73-74) and finished seventh among 16 amateurs in the field. Morales had won his U.S. Open Qualifying Round at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, going birdie-birdie on his final two holes to secure the spot in the U.S. Open's field of 156.
 
UCLA concluded the 2023-24 season with a seventh-place team finish at the NCAA Stanford Regional, hosted at Stanford Golf Course. Morales finished as the Bruins' top performer on the third and final day of competition, finishing 4-under 66. He concluded the three-day NCAA Regional having shot 4-under, tied for 14th place (69-71-66).
 
The UCLA men's golf program will open its fall 2024 schedule with a return to the Husky Invitational, taking place from Sept. 23-24 at Aldarra Golf Club in Sammamish, Wash.