IRVINE, Calif. – Academy of Art’s Julius Kreutzer was voted by the PacWest coaches as the conference’s Golfer of the Year to lead the All-PacWest Team, which includes PacWest Freshman of the Year Keita Okada from Hawai`i Pacific. Academy of Art head coach Andy Moren is the PacWest Coach of the Year after leading his team to the conference title.
 
During the regular season, Kreutzer won three individual titles at the Bay Area Invitational, Nighthawks Invitational and Sonoma State Invitational. He won three Golfer of the Week awards this season, including one for his runner-up finish at the Pioneer Shootout. Kreutzer also helped his team finish in the top-3 at all events this season, including two team titles during the regular season.
 
Then at the PacWest Championships, Kreutzer continued his impressive season by finishing in second place overall while leading the Urban Knights to the PacWest title. Kreutzer shot an even-par 70 in the opening round and then shot 1-under-par 69 in each of the next two rounds to finish just one shot behind first place.
 
Okada was dominant during the month of April, winning three titles that month. He started the month by winning the Hawai`i Challenge with a score of 2-under-par 138 to help the Sharks to a second-place team finish. The following week, Okada won the Hawai`i Triangular and this time he led his team to the title as well. Okada won the event by six shots with a 3-under-par 141. The freshman then won the PacWest Championships with a 3-under-par 107. His second-round score of 2-under-par 68 was tied for the best round in the tournament.
 
Moren led Academy of Art to its first PacWest title in program history, earning a trip to the NCAA West Regional. Along with Kreutzer, Matthew Watkins and Gabriel Manotoc both finished in the top 10 of the event to help the Urban Knights come from behind in one of the closest PacWest Championships in conference history. The Urban Knights won with a score of 21-over-par 861. Academy of Art also won titles at the Bay Area Invitational and the Sonoma State Invitational and never finished worse than third place all season.
 
Watkins and Manotoc are both third-time All-PacWest selections after they helped the Urban Knights to the conference title. Dominican’s Matt Fry and Holy Names’ Aniceto Mandanas each received their second All-PacWest recognition. The Urban Knights had a total of four All-PacWest selections, while Holy Names had a league-best total of six. Hawai`i Hilo and Hawai`i Pacific each had two honorees. Luke Dugger from Holy Names and Dustin Franko from Hawai`i Hilo joined Kreutzer, Okada and Watkins among the first-team honorees.
 

2021 PACWEST MEN’S GOLF AWARDS
Golfer of the Year	Freshman of the Year	Coach of the Year
Julius Kreutzer Academy of Art	Keita Okada Hawai`i Pacific	Andy Moren Academy of Art

 

2021 ALL-PACWEST MEN’S GOLF
Name	School	Yr.	Hometown/High School
FIRST TEAM
Luke Dugger	Holy Names	Sr.	Davis, Calif./Davis
Dustin Franko	Hawai`i Hilo	Jr.	Delta, B.C./Douglas
Julius Kreutzer	Academy of Art	Jr.	Timmendorfer Strand, Germany/New Mexico CC
Keita Okada	Hawai`i Pacific	Fr.	Tokyo, Japan/IMG Academy
Matthew Watkins **	Academy of Art	Jr.	Novato, Calif./Novato
SECOND TEAM
Blas Ayesa	Holy Names	Fr.	Mar Del Plata, Argentina/Instituto San Alberto
Matt Fry *	Dominican	GS	Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills
Otto Homruen	Academy of Art	Sr.	Hua Hin, Thailand, Barton CC
Gabriel Manotoc **	Academy of Art	Sr.	Santa Rosa, Philippines/Acacia Waldorf
Hoshi Yadav	Holy Names	So.	Dubai, UAE/Emirates International
THIRD TEAM
Ryan Lu	Holy Names	Jr.	San Leandro, Calif./Moreau Catholic
Aniceto Mandanas *	Holy Names	Jr.	Muntinlupa, Philippines/De La Salle Santiago Zobel
Andrew Otani	Hawai`i Hilo	So.	Honolulu/Iolani
Juan Diego Sanchez	Holy Names	Sr.	Guadalajara, Mexico/Liceo Del Valle
Ryan Torres	Hawai`i Pacific	Sr.	San Jose, Calif./San Jose

*Previous All-PacWest selection