He wasn’t able to compete this spring, but that hasn’t stopped Mason Overstreet from hauling in multiple honors.

The Kingfisher High School graduate was recently announced as the University of Arkansas Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2020.

Overstreet just completed his senior year at Arkansas, but his golf career as a Razorback isn’t over.

The NCAA is allowing an extra year of eligibility for spring sport athletes whose seasons were cut short or eliminated by COVID-19. Overstreet said he intends to take advantage of the waiver and return to play at Arkansas next spring.

The university late last month made Overstreet its nominee for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.

The award has been presented by the Southeastern Conference since 1986 to the league’s top male and female scholar-athletes. The award recipients are chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 14 SEC institutions.

The Southeastern Conference will name the 2020 recipients of the scholarship on May 26.

The SEC provides the league’s male and female McWhorter recipients with a $20,000 post-graduate scholarship.

The 26 remaining male and female finalists for the award will also receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship.

Overstreet carries a cumulative GPA of 3.886 in sport management.

He was named the SEC Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2019 and was also named CoSIDA Academic All-District last year.

Overstreet was named to the SEC Honor Roll in each of his first three years and has made either the Chancellor’s List or Dean’s List every semester at Arkansas.

On the course, Overstreet’s career scoring average of 72.04 ranks second on the school’s all-time list.

He was the 2017 NCAA runner-up as a freshman and earned All-American honorable mention that season. He was named to the 2018 All-Central Region team.

Just before the 2020 season was canceled in March, Overstreet placed seventh in the MacKenzie Tour Qualifying Tournament in Dothan, Ala.

That finish earned Overstreet an exemption for half of the MacKenzie Tour of PGA Canada’s events this season.

Overstreet graduated from KHS in 2016 when he earned Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State status. He became the first KHS male to win a golf championship when he claimed the Class 3A individual title in 2015.

He also won the Class 2A individual title while a freshman at Laverne in 2013. He then led the Tigers to the 2014 Class 2A team state championship prior to moving to Kingfisher.