Honors & Awards
SEC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 18, 2024)
Inverness Intercollegiate Individual Champion (2024)
Haskins Award Fall Watch List (2024)
Golf Channel First Team Preseason All-American (2024-25)
Golfweek First Team Preseason All-American (2024-25)
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
Jack Nicklaus Award Winner (2024)
GCAA All-Freshman Team (2024)
Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award Winner (2024)
PING First Team All-American (2024)
NCAA Championship Individual Runner Up (2024)
Fred Haskins Award Winner (2024)
Jack Nicklaus Award Finalist (2024)
Ben Hogan Award Winner (2024)
SEC Player of the Year (2024)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2024)
First Team All-SEC (2024)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2024)
SwingU DI Player of the Month (April 2024)
Palmer Cup Team USA (2024)
SEC Individual Champion (2024)
Pinehurst Intercollegiate Individual Champion (2024)
Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team (2024)
Fred Haskins Award Final Watch List (2023-24)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 4, Feb. 28, March 6, March 27, April 17) (2023-24 season)
SEC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 13, Oct. 18, Feb. 14)(2023-24 season)
Golfweek's Top-15 Freshmen to Watch (2023)
U.S. Amateur Quarterfinalist (2023)
Career Highlights
Career Low 18: (-9) Amer Ari Invitational second round (2/9/2024)
Career Low 54: (-17, 2x) last at Amer Ari Invitational (2/8 - 2/10/24)
2023-24 (Freshman)
Exploded onto the collegiate scene with one of the best seasons in the history of the sport... named First Team All-SEC and PING First Team All-America... third player in SEC history to earn SEC Freshman of the Year and SEC Player of the Year in the same season... first man in the history of college golf to sweep the Fred Haskins, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson national awards in the same season... broke Auburn's single-season records for scoring average (69.48), subpar rounds (28), top-10 finishes (12), birdies (176) and match play wins (8)... counted 38 of 40 team rounds played... finished top six in 12 of 13 starts... finished top three in eight of 13 starts... picked up a pair of individual wins at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate and SEC Championship... began his career by tying the program record for tournament score with a 17-under second place finish at the Mirabel Maui Jim Intercollegiate... defeated WAGR No. 1 Gordon Sargent on the 20th hole of his match at the SEC Fall Preview to lift the Tigers to a 3-2 victory over No. 7 Vanderbilt... opened the spring with another 17-under at the Amer Ari Invitational, finishing fourth... shot 70-70-69 at Pinehurst No. 2 to capture first medalist honors at Pinehurst Intercollegiate... shot 10-under and finished third at the Mossy Oak Collegiate to help the Tigers sweep first through fifth on the individual leaderboard... cruised to an SEC individual title with a 12-under performance at Sea Island, winning medalist by six strokes and becoming the sixth Auburn man to do so... went 3-0 in match play to lead Auburn to its fifth conference crown and first since 2018... finished runner up at first career NCAA Championship appearance, shooting 71-72-72-71 (-2)... defeated Virginia's Deven Patel 1-UP, Ohio State's Adam Wallin in 21 holes and Florida State's Brett Roberts 5&4 to close the season undefeated in match play and help secure Auburn's first national championship in program history... also named to SEC All-Freshman team and PING All-Region... selected to represent the United States at 2024 Palmer Cup... voted SEC Freshman of the Week five times and SEC Golfer of the Week three times.
Prior to Auburn
Tabbed as the No. 1 recruit in the class by the AJGA and No. 3 by Golf Channel... won both the 2022 Rolex Tournament of Champions and 2023 Dustin Johnson World Juniors... also finished top 10 at 2022 Wyndham Invitational, 2022 Junior PLAYERS Championship and 2023 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley.
Personal
Born May 23, 2005 in San Jose, California.. parents are Meghan & George Koivun... plans to study business... favorite movie is "Guardians of the Galaxy"... calls pizza his comfort meal... lists the Green Bay Packers as his favorite professional sports team... chose Auburn over Duke, Illinois, North Carolina, Pepperdine, SMU, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest.
| Koivun's Career Stats | ||||||
| Year | Tournaments | Rounds | Strokes | Average | Low 18 | Rounds At/Below Par |
| 2023-24 | 13 | 40 | 2,779 | 69.48 | (-9) | 28 |
| Career | 13 | 40 | 2,779 | 69.48 | (-9) | 28 |