Connor Howe Named Golf ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Greensboro, N.C. – Georgia Tech’s Connor Howe and Florida State’s Frederik Kjettrup have been named the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Co-Scholar Athletes of the Year and headline the sport’s All-ACC Academic Team.

Joining Howe, a May graduate in business administration, on the All-ACC Academic Team are senior Bartley Forrester and freshman Hiroshi Tai, both business administration majors. The selection was the second for Forrester. Howe’s selection as Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year marks is the fifth time a Yellow Jacket golfer has received the honor, with Howe joining James White (2011, 2012), Ollie Schniederjans (2014) and Anders Albertson (2015).

Howe, a staple in the Tech lineup for five years, enjoyed his best year in 2022-23, posting five top-10 finishes to come in No. 33 in the final Golfstat individual ranking and No. 38 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Index. The Ogden, Utah native tied for third place at the ACC Championship and the NCAA Salem Regional, as well as 29th at the NCAA Championship, all career-best finishes for those events.

He was named to the All-ACC team in May, and also earned honorable mention All-America honors from the Golf Coaches Association of America and Golfweek magazine. He finished the spring ranked No. 33 by Golfstat and No. 38 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Index. Howe was named an honorary recipient of an ACC Post-Graduate Scholarship and earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in May. He made his professional debut last weekend on PGA Tour Canada.

Forrester, who also earned his bachelor’s degree in May, and Tai were key cogs in the Yellow Jackets’ run to their 19th all-time ACC championship and runner-up finish at the NCAA Championship. Forrester posted a pair of top-10 finishes in 2022-23, while Tai won twice in the fall and was the individual runner-up at the ACC Championship. Each finished the spring ranked among the top 100 collegiate golfers nationally.

Academic requirements for selection to the team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in 50 percent of their team’s contests and/or the ACC Championships and/or the NCAA Championships during the most recent season.

2023 All-ACC Men’s Golf Academic Team

Name, School, Academic Major

Mac Bredahl, Boston College, MBA Management

Nick Cummings, Boston College, Finance

Muzzy Donohue, Boston College, Finance

Cameron Harlock, Boston College, Finance

Alberto Dominguez, Clemson, Communication

Zack Gordon, Clemson, Athletic Leadership

Thomas Higgins, Clemson, Health Science

Jonathan Nielsen, Clemson, Sport Communication

Andrew Swanson, Clemson, Mathematical Science

Kelly Chinn, Duke, Economics

Daniel Choi, Duke, Undeclared

Ethan Evans, Duke, Undeclared

William Love, Duke, Undeclared

John Peters, Duke, Economics

Luke Sample, Duke, Economics

Ian Siebers, Duke, Economics

Jimmy Zheng, Duke, Economics

Frederik Kjettrup, Florida State, Sport Management

Bartley Forrester, Georgia Tech, Business Administration

Connor Howe, Georgia Tech, Business Administration

Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech, Business Administration

Pierce Grieve, Louisville, Finance

Mads Hansen, Louisville, Business Administration

Sebastian Moss, Louisville, Finance

Andrew Tan, Louisville, Finance

David Ford, North Carolina, Communication Studies

Dylan Menante, North Carolina, Economics

Ethan Choi, NC State, Accounting

Carter Graf, NC State, Business

Maximilian Steinlechner, NC State, Business

Palmer Jackson, Notre Dame, Business Analytics

Angelo Marcon, Notre Dame, Film, Television & Theatre

Owen Mullen, Notre Dame, Business Analytics

Andrew O’Leary, Notre Dame, Masters Non-Profit Admin.

Calen Sanderson, Notre Dame, Finance

Nathan Stevens, Notre Dame Finance

Bryan Lee, Virginia, Arts & Sciences (Undeclared)

George Duangmanee, Virginia, Economics

Pietro Bovari, Virginia, Economics

Daniel Azallion, Virginia Tech, Management

Andrew Brockwell, Virginia Tech, Finance

Charlie Hanson, Virginia Tech, Finance

Cameron Moore, Virginia Tech, BIT & Finance

Kobe Valociek, Virginia Tech, Management

Michael Brennan, Wake Forest, Economics

Mark Power, Wake Forest, Communication

Co-Scholar Athletes of the Year

Frederik Kjettrup, Florida State

Connor Howe, Georgia Tech

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