WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For the second straight season, Purdue men's golfer Herman Sekne has earned All-America recognition, garnering Honorable Mention honors from PING and the Golf Coaches Association of America, the organization announced today.
A year ago, Sekne was named a third-team honoree, becoming Purdue's first All-American since 2002 (Lee Williamson). He is the first Purdue golfer since Shiv Kapur (2002, 2004) to earn All-America distinction twice, and only the eighth Boilermaker to do so.
The 2024 Big Ten Golfer of the Year and Les Bolstad Award winner, Sekne had perhaps the finest career of any Boilermaker golfer in school history. A three-time, first-team All-Big Ten honoree, Sekne set career school records in stroke average (71.42) and rounds in the 60s (36). He finished his career with 19, top-10 finishes (in just 39 events) and a school-record four tournament victories. He was in the top five, 14 times.
On the season charts, he ranks first (2022-23), third (2023-24) and fourth (2021-22) on the stroke average list, while ranking second (2022-23) and fifth (2023-24) on the top-10 finishes list. He owned 59 rounds (112 total rounds played) of under par or better.
Sekne's individual titles came in the Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate (Oct. 2021), Purdue Fall Invitational (Oct. 2021), the Boilermaker Invitational (April 2023) and the Windon Memorial Classic (Sept. 2023).
Sekne owns the school record for lowest 18-hole round (62 at the Big Ten Championships, 2023) and 54-hole tournament (197 at the Windon Memorial Classic, 2023). He has four of the nine-best, 18-hole scores in school history (64 or lower) and four of the seven-best, 54-hole tournament scores (202 or better).
A year ago, Sekne was named a third-team honoree, becoming Purdue's first All-American since 2002 (Lee Williamson). He is the first Purdue golfer since Shiv Kapur (2002, 2004) to earn All-America distinction twice, and only the eighth Boilermaker to do so.
The 2024 Big Ten Golfer of the Year and Les Bolstad Award winner, Sekne had perhaps the finest career of any Boilermaker golfer in school history. A three-time, first-team All-Big Ten honoree, Sekne set career school records in stroke average (71.42) and rounds in the 60s (36). He finished his career with 19, top-10 finishes (in just 39 events) and a school-record four tournament victories. He was in the top five, 14 times.
On the season charts, he ranks first (2022-23), third (2023-24) and fourth (2021-22) on the stroke average list, while ranking second (2022-23) and fifth (2023-24) on the top-10 finishes list. He owned 59 rounds (112 total rounds played) of under par or better.
Sekne's individual titles came in the Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate (Oct. 2021), Purdue Fall Invitational (Oct. 2021), the Boilermaker Invitational (April 2023) and the Windon Memorial Classic (Sept. 2023).
Sekne owns the school record for lowest 18-hole round (62 at the Big Ten Championships, 2023) and 54-hole tournament (197 at the Windon Memorial Classic, 2023). He has four of the nine-best, 18-hole scores in school history (64 or lower) and four of the seven-best, 54-hole tournament scores (202 or better).