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Fantinelli & Palmer Earn Ivy Men's Golf Major Awards
April 24, 2024 | Men's Golf
A pair of Princeton men's golfers have been named recipients of the Ivy League's two major yearly awards as Riccardo Fantinelli has been named Player of the Year and Charlie Palmer has been selected Rookie of the Year as voted on by the Ivy head coaches.
Fantinelli has made history for Princeton Men's Golf by becoming the first Tiger to be voted Ivy League Player Of The Year since the award was first presented in 2009. He is the fourth Ivy golfer overall and first Tiger to have earned Ivy League Player of the Year and Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors in a career. A sophomore, Fantinelli was the Ivy League's Rookie of the Year last season.
Also a first-team All-Ivy selection after finishing fifth at the 2024 Ivy League Championship this past weekend, Fantinelli has three Top-10s and Five Top-15s in seven tournaments this season including a win at the Princeton Invitational in April. His scoring average for the season is 70.9 over his 21 rounds of play.
Charlie Palmer is the fifth Tiger to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Year since the award was first presented in 2009. A Princeton men's golfer has now been named Ivy League Rookie of the Year each of the last four seasons it has been presented -- Palmer joining Riccardo Fantinelli (2023), William Huang (2022) and Max Ting (2019) as recent selections with Quinn Prchal (2013) the other Tiger named top rookie.
A consistent presence in the scoring group for Princeton all season, Palmer opened his collegiate career with a 10th place finish at the USF Howard Intercollegiate where he shot a -6 and was 12th at the Golden Horseshoe to help Princeton win the team title at that event.
In addition to the honors for Fantinelli and Palmer, William Huang was named both first-team All-Ivy and Academic All-Ivy. Huang was second at the Ivy League Championship, finishing -8 last weekend to earn his first-team All-Ivy honor. He is now three-for-three in earning All-Ivy honors, with first team (2023) and second team (2022) finishes also to his credit. He is the 40th Ivy League men's golfer -- and 10th Tigers -- to earn at least three All-Ivy awards in his career.
Fantinelli has made history for Princeton Men's Golf by becoming the first Tiger to be voted Ivy League Player Of The Year since the award was first presented in 2009. He is the fourth Ivy golfer overall and first Tiger to have earned Ivy League Player of the Year and Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors in a career. A sophomore, Fantinelli was the Ivy League's Rookie of the Year last season.
Also a first-team All-Ivy selection after finishing fifth at the 2024 Ivy League Championship this past weekend, Fantinelli has three Top-10s and Five Top-15s in seven tournaments this season including a win at the Princeton Invitational in April. His scoring average for the season is 70.9 over his 21 rounds of play.
Charlie Palmer is the fifth Tiger to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Year since the award was first presented in 2009. A Princeton men's golfer has now been named Ivy League Rookie of the Year each of the last four seasons it has been presented -- Palmer joining Riccardo Fantinelli (2023), William Huang (2022) and Max Ting (2019) as recent selections with Quinn Prchal (2013) the other Tiger named top rookie.
A consistent presence in the scoring group for Princeton all season, Palmer opened his collegiate career with a 10th place finish at the USF Howard Intercollegiate where he shot a -6 and was 12th at the Golden Horseshoe to help Princeton win the team title at that event.
In addition to the honors for Fantinelli and Palmer, William Huang was named both first-team All-Ivy and Academic All-Ivy. Huang was second at the Ivy League Championship, finishing -8 last weekend to earn his first-team All-Ivy honor. He is now three-for-three in earning All-Ivy honors, with first team (2023) and second team (2022) finishes also to his credit. He is the 40th Ivy League men's golfer -- and 10th Tigers -- to earn at least three All-Ivy awards in his career.
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