With the conference tournament set to tee off on Sunday, the Peach Belt Conference has announced the 2025-26 men's golf All-Conference teams. Post season awards are nominated and voted for by the league’s coaches. Coaches are not permitted to vote for their own players. Georgia Southwestern's Jordan Jones and USC Beaufort’s Octavio Laurent share Co-Player of the Year honors as Laurent also claims PBC Freshman of the Year. Georgia Southwestern’s Darcy Donaldson and Columbus State’s Lee McCoy share Coach of the Year honors. USC Beaufort’s Christofer Hammarreceives the Elite 18 Award, given to the player participating in the championship with the highest cumulative GPA.
 
PBC Co-Player of the Year
Jordan Jones, Georgia Southwestern
Sophomore

• The sophomore from Auckland, New Zealand is currently ranked #5 in the southeast region and #19 nationally
• Jones played in nine events this season, securing one victory, four top ten finishes and six top 25 finishes
• Jones has completed 13 rounds at par or better and is entering the PBC Championship with a 71.1 adjusted scoring average across 26 rounds
• Jones is the third overall and second consecutive Georgia Southwestern men’s golfer to be named Player of the Year joining Felipe Gomez (2025) and Vincent Norman (2020)

 
PBC Co-Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year
Octavio Laurent, USC Beaufort
Freshman

• The freshman from Bordeaux, France is currently ranked #3 in the southeast region and #17 nationally
• Laurent played in nine events this season, securing two runner-up finishes, six top ten finishes and eight top 25 finishes
• Laurent has completed 16 rounds at par or better and is entering the PBC Championship with a 70.4 adjusted scoring average across 26 rounds
• Laurent is the first USC Beaufort men’s golfer to be named PBC Player of the Year and the second consecutive USC Beaufort men’s golfer to be named Freshman of the Year joining Erik Rengardt (2025)

 
PBC Co-Coach of the Year
Darcy Donaldson, Georgia Southwestern
14^th Season

• This is Donaldson’s second PBC Coach of the Year award and his first since 2020
• Led the Hurricanes to two wins, six top three finishes and top eight finishes in all nine events this season with a 283.3 adjusted scoring average
• Georgia Southwestern is currently ranked #2 in the region and #6 in the nation by Scoreboard, and was ranked #1 in the latest NCAA Southeast Region rankings
• Donaldson is just the second Georgia Southwestern coach to be named Coach of the Year, with this year’s honor being the third time a GSW coach has received the award

 
PBC Co-Coach of the Year
Lee McCoy, Columbus State
3^rd Season

• This is McCoy’s first PBC Coach of the Year award since becoming Head Coach in 2023
• Led the Cougars to two second place finishes and six top six finishes this season with a 286.0 adjusted scoring average
• Columbus State is currently ranked #4 in the region and #10 in the nation by Scoreboard, and was ranked #4 in the latest NCAA Southeast Region rankings
• McCoy is just the third Columbus State coach to be named Coach of the Year, and the first since the 2006-07 season 

 
Elite 18 Award
Christofer Hammar, USC Beaufort
Senior

• The PBC Elite 18 Award is presented at each of the PBC's 18 championships to the student-athlete competing with the highest cumulative GPA. Hammar entered the spring semester with a 4.0 GPA
• Hammar competed in nine tournaments for the Sand Sharks this season
• Played 26 rounds, with an adjusted scoring average of 73.8
• Hammar is the first Sand Shark to receive the PBC Elite 18 Award for men’s golf

 
PBC Men’s Golf First Team All-Conference
Bernard Meyer, Columbus State
Jordan Jones, Georgia Southwestern
Sam Brown, Georgia Southwestern
Hunter Smith, North Georgia
Octavio Laurent, USC Beaufort
 
PBC Men’s Golf Second Team All-Conference
Sacha Corlouer, Georgia Southwestern
Edward Rahm, Lander
Colby Bennett, North Georgia
Mitchell McNeill, USCA
Ian Williams, USCA
 
Co-Player of the Year: Jordan Jones, Georgia Southwestern
Co-Player of the Year: Octavio Laurent, USC Beaufort
Freshman of the Year: Octavio Laurent, USC Beaufort
Co-Coach of the Year: Lee McCoy, Columbus State
Co-Coach of the Year: Darcy Donaldson, Georgia Southwestern
Elite 18 Award: Christofer Hammar, USC Beaufort