Riccardo Fantinelli

  • Award
    Player of the Year
  • Week Of
    5/4/2024
  • Sport
    Men's Golf
  • School
    Princeton
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Rome, Italy
  • High School
    Reeds School Cobham (U.K.)
Riccardo Fantinelli of Princeton earns an Ivy League major award for the second-straight season as he was also named Rookie of the Year a year ago. Fantinelli posted a 70.9 adjusted scoring average this season after capturing three top-10 finishes and one tournament win. Fantinelli won the Princeton Invitational after rounds of 72-70-65, topping the field of 75 players. Fantinelli also had a solid showing at The Prestige, finishing in 15th out of a field of 120 players. The sophomore also went on to put together his second-straight All-Ivy first team showing at the Ivy League Championship, finishing in fifth place after rounds of 70-71-68 (-4). Fantinelli is the first Ivy League Player of the Year for Princeton since the award was first presented in 2009.