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FRONT SECTION

In the Spotlight �������������������������������������������������������� 2 Big 12 Conference ���������������������������������������������������� 3 Courses �������������������������������������������������������������������� 4 Strength & Conditioning ������������������������������������������ 6 Athletic Training �������������������������������������������������������� 8 Student-Athlete Development ������������������������������ 10 Mountaineer Excellence ���������������������������������������� 12

COACHING STAFF Head Coach Sean Covich ���������������������������������������16 Assistant Coach Jay Woodward ���������������������������� 18 Support Staff ������������������������������������������������������������ 18

SEASON REVIEW

2016-17 Recap �������������������������������������������������������� 34 2016 Big 12 Championship ������������������������������������ 36 2016 The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational �� 38 2016-17 Seaon Statistics �������������������������������������� 39 2016-17 Individual Statistics �������������������������������� 40

RECORD BOOK All-Time Records ���������������������������������������������������� 42 Scoring Records ������������������������������������������������������ 43 Awards and Honors �������������������������������������������������47 Series records vs. Opponents �������������������������������� 46

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PLAYER PROFILES Team Roster �������������������������������������������������������������� 20 Player Profiles ���������������������������������������������������������� 21

SEASON PREVIEW Season Outlook ������������������������������������������������������ 30 Mountaineer Intercollegiate ������������������������������������ 32

President E. Gordon Gee ���������������������������������������� 50 Director of Athletics Shane Lyons ������������������������ 51 Intercollegiate Athletics Staff �������������������������������� 52 WVU Head Coaches ������������������������������������������������ 52 WVU Intercollegiate Athletics 2016-17 �������������������53 Media Guidelines ���������������������������������������������������� 54

CREDITS Managing Editor Joe Swan Editor/Writer Ashley Bailey Page Layout/Design Bob Slater, Provations Group Contributors Lisa Ammons, John Antonik, Grant Dovey, D.J. Jamiel, Nick Davidson, Shannon McNamara, Bryan Messerly, Michael Fragale, Charlie Healy, Mike Montoro, Amy Prunty, Cheryl Wire, Kristin Coldsnow, Samantha Strejeck, Amy Salvatore Contributing Photographers All-Pro Photography by Dale Sparks, Brian Persinger, Steve Prunty, Niesha Shafer, Erin Irwin, WVU Athletic Communications Archives, WVU Photo Services, Sean Covich© 2016 West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution.

The indicia depicted are registered trademarks of West Virginia University. © 2017 West Virginia University Intercollegiate Athletics Reproduction of any material appearing herein is prohibited without approval of the West Virginia University Intercollegiate Athletics.

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Spotlight IN THE

Choosing to become a Mountaineer student-athlete is special.

Without a professional sports team in the state, folks across the state and throughout the region love West Virginia University athletics.

Mountaineers have the unique opportunity to represent themselves, their teammates and their university to news media, alumni, friends, family and the general public.

Your interaction with these groups is also part of your educational process.

If you take advantage of these opportunities, it can have a positive effect, not only on your career as a student-athlete at West Virginia, but also on your life after you have donned the Old Gold and Blue.

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Conference BIG 12

The Big 12 enters its 22nd year in 2017-18 as it continues to promote the strength and success of one of the nation’s premier athletic conferences under the direction of sixth-year commissioner Bob Bowlsby.

TCU and West Virginia joined the league on July 1, 2012 and became the Big 12’s first additions since inception, joining Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech.

With 10 members, the Big 12 remains as the only autonomy conference to determine its champions in all sports directly on the field of play with a full round-robin schedule. The Conference’s hard work ethic and strong values have translated to enormous success in its first 21 years. Since it began competition in 1996-97, the league can boast of 58 NCAA team titles and 645 individual national championships.

The Big 12 has been at the forefront in college athletics reform, specifically with student-athlete welfare issues to include cost of attendance, student-athlete time demands and strengthening its policy for concussion diagnosis and management. In 2014-15, the Big 12 introduced and hosted three “State of Collegiate Athletics” forums to examine the issues facing college athletics. Two were conducted in Washington, D.C and one in New York City. Panelists included respected authorities from intercollegiate athletics, university leadership and sports journalism. The third forum featured a special session comprised of student-athletes. The Big 12 continued the “State of Collegiate Athletics” forums the past three seasons with Dallas serving as the host site for two events and the most recent in Atlanta.

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The Big 12 claimed four national championships in 2016-17 as Oklahoma brought home trophies in women’s gymnastics, men’s golf and softball, while Texas won men’s swimming & diving. West Virginia played for the national championship in soccer while Texas advanced to the volleyball title match for the second-consecutive season. TCU baseball made its fourth-consecutive appearance in the College World Series. Oklahoma football won its 10th Big 12 title to advance to the Sugar Bowl. It marked the Conference’s fifth appearance in a College Football Playoff New Year’s Bowl in the three years of the structure. The Sooners also had two Heisman Trophy finalists, giving the Conference 18 since 1996, and two finalists for the fifth time. Texas’ Courtney Okolo won the Bowerman Award, which is track & field’s equivalent to the Heisman.

The Big 12 lays claim to five Heisman Trophy winners since 1996 and has had a finalist in 13 of its seasons. Twenty-seven major individual awards have been won by Big 12 student-athletes in football over the past eight campaigns. Overall, more than 4,800 student-athletes have earned All-America recognition. West Virginia soccer standout Kadeisha Buchanan earned the Hyundai Young Player Award at the 2015 World Cup while playing for her native Canada, given to the player born in 1995 or later that made the biggest impression in the competition. She followed that up by being named the 2016 Honda Sport Award winner for soccer.

Through its first 21 years, the Big 12 has claimed a team national championship in 17 of the sports it sponsors. The Conference finished the BCS era ranked tied for second with seven appearances in the National Championship Game. The league has finished in the top two of women’s basketball conference RPI in nine of the last 11

years and sent at least 70 percent of its teams to postseason for the eighth-straight season. In men’s basketball, the league has had at least six 20-wins teams for 11 consecutive seasons, including each of the five years since it began competing with 10 squads. The Big 12 has had 27 teams earn NCAA bids over the past four campaigns, a total that ranks second nationally.

The Big 12 and its member institutions are committed to a competitive environment where sportsmanship and fair play take center stage.

Whether on the field, in the classroom, or within the community, the student-athletes, administrators, coaches and game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship.

Nation academic accolades have always been strong in the Big 12. Ty Darlington (Oklahoma) was the recipient of the 2015 William V. Campbell Trophy, known as the Academic Heisman. Gabe Ikard (Oklahoma) was presented the NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award in January 2015. It recognizes former student-athletes for their successes on the fields and courts, in the classroom and in the community. Since 1996, the Big 12 has a total of 11 honorees for this prestigious award. In the last six seasons, 11 student-athletes were recipients of the NCAA Elite 90 Award with Oklahoma State’s Christian Liddell (men’s cross country) and Baylor’s Jimmy Bendeck (men’s tennis) picking up the most recent honors in 2016-17. The accolade showcases individuals who have reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level, while also achieving the highest academic standard among their peers.

In its short history, the Big 12 has over 600 Academic All-America recipients, averaging about 30 each season. Big 12 student-athletes have shown commitment to their studies by earning numerous individual academic recognitions. Twelve times in the past 12 years a league athlete has garnered the top academic honor for their respective sport, including Christina Hillman (Iowa State) for track & field/ cross country in 2016.

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Courses

WVU GOLF HOME

PETE DYE GOLF CLUB BRIDGEPORT, W.VA. ■■ 7,308 yards ■■ Par 72

■■ N o. 60 on Golf Digest’s America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses ■■ No. 13 on Golfweek’s Best Modern Courses

■■ Host of The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational THE PINES COUNTRY CLUB MORGANTOWN, W.VA. ■■ 6,700 yards ■■ Par 72

■■ H ost of LPGA’s Futures Tour and WVGA Championship events NEMACOLIN WOODLANDS RESORT FARMINGTON, PA. MYSTIC ROCK GOLF COURSE ■■ 7,536 yards ■■ Par 72

■■ No. 1 course in Pennsylvania by Golfweek

■■ No. 60 on Golf Digest’s America’s 100 Greatest Courses

■■ No. 16 in the state of Pennsylvania according to Golf Digest SHEPHERD’S ROCK GOLF COURSE ■■ 7,151 yards ■■ Par 72

■■ Opened in July of 2017

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MysticROCK GOLF COURSE

LAKEVIEW GOLF RESORT MORGANTOWN, W.VA. LAKEVIEW GOLF COURSE ■■ 6,760 yards ■■ Par 72

■■ Rated four starts by Golf Digest

■■ “Top 100 Courses in America” by Golf Digest MOUNTAINVIEW GOLF COURSE ■■ 6,447 yards ■■ Par 72

■■ Rated 3 ½ stars by Golf Digest INDOOR FACILITY The Mountaineers’ indoor golf facility is located on the third floor of Evansdale Crossing. The space features a lounge, putting greens with a variety of grasses and a TrackMan golf simulator.

A variety of courses are available on the simulator, which uses radar technology to analyze a golfer’s swing.

The TrackMan tracks the full trajectory of any shot, from six-foot pitches to 400 yard drives, pinpointing the landing position with an accuracy of less than one foot at 100 yards. It also displays the shot’s 3D trajectory together with 26 impact and ball flight parameters in real time and maps the shot’s trajectory in real time and in three dimensions, together with 26 impact and ball flight parameters, including Smash Factor; Spin Rate; Launch Angle; Carry; Ball Speed; Club Speed; Dynamic Loft; Attack Angle; Club Path; and Face Angle.

PeteDYE GOLF CLUB

MysticROCK GOLF COURSE

Shepard’sROCK GOLF COURSE

INDOOR FACILITY

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Conditioning

STRENGTH AND

Lance Sewell enters his first season with the Mountaineers after joining the staff at WVU in the summer of 2017. He works with the baseball and golf programs.

Sewell comes to Morgantown from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he served as a strength and conditioning coach at the University of Tennessee.

In that capacity, he was responsible for designing and implementing injury prevention, speed, strength, power and conditioning programs for the baseball and men’s and women’s tennis programs.

Prior to that, Sewell spent 11 years at the University of Texas, where he served as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Longhorns’ baseball (2004-15) and softball programs (2012-15). In addition, he worked with the football team from 2004-09. Sewell three years (2008-11) as the head strength and conditioning coach for the women’s golf team and also spend one season with the women’s track and field team.

From 2001-04, Sewell was at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida.

He served as the head strength and conditioning coach for the baseball, men’s and women’s cross country and swim teams.

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Sewell was the Director of Conditioning for the Cincinnati Reds from 19972001 after spending a season with the minor league teams from 1997-98.

He spent the 1995 season an intern with the Chicago White Sox minor league team, the Prince William Cannons. Sewell also served as the personal strength and conditioning coach for Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies and Olympic softball player Cat Osterman.

As a graduate assistant at Tennessee from 1995-96, Sewell worked directly with then-quarterback Peyton Manning. He designed baseball-specific programs and assisted with the basketball team.

Sewell earned his M.S. in sports administration from Tennessee as well as a B.S. in health and fitness from Baylor.

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Training

ATHLETIC

Vince Blankenship is in his third year as an assistant athletic trainer and physical therapist at West Virginia, working primarily with the Mountaineer football and golf programs.

Blankenship assists with the day-to-day care, rehabilitation and prevention of athletic injuries for the football program. He also oversees longterm rehabilitation with all other WVU sports on campus and has duties as an instructor in the WVU athletic training education program.

Prior to coming to WVU, he worked with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions and the University of Georgia football programs. While receiving his Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Georgia Regents University, Blankenship worked as a part-time athletic trainer for University Hospital and Georgia Regents University, covering both high school and collegiate sports.

Blankenship earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports

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Athletics Rehabilitation Specialist Georgia, 2009 / Fourth Season

science with an athletic training emphasis at Georgia in 2009, and his doctor of physical therapy at Georgia Regents University in 2013.

He and his wife, Idania, reside in Morgantown.

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The West Virginia athletic training program looks to get its studentathletes back on the field in a timely manner while providing quality health care for its student-athletes and coaches.

The scope of the athletic training services encompass various domains including injury recognition, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, education, and counseling that will enable the athlete to maintain an optimal quality of life beyond the span of athletic competition.

Multiple athletic training rooms are available for student-athletes furnished with the latest in technology and equipment.

The athletic training staff will work in conjunction with the team physicians and athletic administration to assure the studentathletes receive quality care throughout their careers at WVU.

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Development

STUDENT-ATHLETE

StephanieWhite Assistant Athletic Director/Student-Athlete Development Seventh Season | West Virginia, 2002 Stephanie White was elevated to Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development in September 2016. She previously was an associate director of student-athlete academic services, a position she held since November 2013.

She is responsible for the day-to-day academic services for the men’s basketball and women’s soccer programs. White was appointed as an assistant director for student-athlete academic services in August 2010, working with the women’s basketball and men’s soccer teams.

White assists student-athletes in their respective plan of study through coordinating class schedules, offering regularly scheduled advising meetings, arranging for tutors and monitoring study time. With the ultimate goal of graduation for each student-athlete, she also remains familiar with NCAA rules relating to eligibility in order to keep studentathletes compliant and eligible.

Prior to WVU, White was a full time teacher at the Mason County Career Center in Point Pleasant, W.Va., from January 2004-June 2007. She also has experience with WVU as a graduate teaching assistant, student athlete mentor and temporary educational counselor.

White earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from West Virginia University in 2002. She earned her master’s degree in secondary education from WVU in 2003, and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in higher education administration.

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GOLF ACADEMIC HONORS Big 12 Golf All-Academic First Team Chris Williams - 2016, 2017

Big 12 Golf All-Academic Second Team Alan Cooke - 2016, 2017

Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team Tristan Nicholls - 2016 Etienne Papineau - 2017

Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar Chris Williams - 2017

GCAA All-Academic Team 2016-17

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CAMPUS LOCATIONS West Virginia University is a family of distinctive campuses united by a single mission. From the groundbreaking research of our flagship in Morgantown (ranked R1, the highest research category institution) to student-centered focus of WVU-Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVU-Beckley — we are leveraging our talents and resources to create a better future for West Virginia and the world.

The WVU-Beckley campus offers 40+ majors, including one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

WVU-Keyser has one of the lowest tuition rates of all of the nation’s four-year institutions. Offering more than 50 majors, this campus combines the personal attention of a small college with the benefits of a major university.

The WVU System also includes divisions of the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center in Charleston and Martinsburg, as well as 10 experimental farms and four forests throughout the state and WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp.

The WVU Morgantown campus is located in a town named “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Morgantown, population 31,073, was also rated the ninth best college town in America by Business Insider and is within easy traveling distance of Washington, D.C., to the east, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the north, and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, to the northwest. Other recent rankings: Kiplinger.com included Morgantown in their 10 great places to live list; one of “Best Sports Cities” by Sporting News; 5th “Best Small Metro” by Forbes; 12th overall “Hottest Small City” by Inc.; one of “50 Smartest Places to Live” by Kiplinger’s; and the second-ranking “Best College Town for Jobs” by Forbes.

STUDENT PROFILE Fall 2016 enrollment, on WVU campuses statewide, was 31,287, including 28,488 in Morgantown.

WVU System enrollment included: 15,907 West Virginia residents and 15,380 nonresidents 25,149 undergraduates 4,510 graduate and 1,628 professional students ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WVU ranks nationally for prestigious scholarships: 25 Rhodes Scholars, 22 Truman Scholars, 44 Goldwater Scholars, two British Marshall Scholars, five Morris K. Udall Scholars, five USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 22 Boren Scholars, 37 Gilman Scholars, 49 Fulbright Scholars, three Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 28 Critical Language Scholars, one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar, five National Institute of Standards and Technology Fellowships and four National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

MAJOR ACADEMIC DIVISIONS Fourteen colleges and schools offering 341 majors in agriculture, natural resources and design; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts; dentistry; education and human services; engineering and mineral resources; law; media; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; physical activity and sport sciences; and public health. Hundreds of distance education and online classes are available. wvu.edu/academics STUDENT LIVING EXPERIENCE WVU students benefit from a vibrant array of student life programs, including Project 168, an undergraduate curriculum that helps students to enrich every moment on campus; Welcome Week, which launches the academic year with academic, service and recreational activities; WVUp All Night, a weekend package of safe, fun and healthy activities; the Campus Read, which involves first-year students in a common reading experience to promote dialog and critical thinking; an award-winning Student Recreation Center; and the Mountaineer Parents Club, helping families stay connected with their students’ education and life at WVU. Living and Learning Communities are student communities in certain residence halls formed around a theme or specific field of study. Students can live with others who share their academic and social interests. studentlife.wvu.edu SAFETY WVU offers 24-hour campus security protection. Students can download LiveSafe, a free app that is an on-the-go way to connect with authorities. The University also sends urgent news through WVU Alert text messages. alert.wvu.edu STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Students can choose from more than 460 student organizations and participate in an active intramural program and many club sports. studentengagement.wvu.edu ALUMNI Chartered in 1873, the WVU Alumni Association is made up of more than 200,000 graduates worldwide in some 135 nations. alumni.wvu.edu ADMISSIONS Information is available from the Office of Admissions, PO Box 6090, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6090; or call 304-293-2121; email:wvuadmissions@mail.wvu.edu or on the web at admissions.wvu.edu.

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COACHING

Staff

Head Coach Sean Covich ������������������������������������� 16 Assistant Coach Jay Woodward ����������������������������� 18 Support Staff ������������������������������������������������������� 18

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HEAD COACH

SEAN C0vich

4th SEASON / MISSISSIPPI STATE, 2004 Sean Covich was named West Virginia University’s 12th men’s golf coach on May 22, 2014, and has led the Mountaineers through the reintroduction of the sport and into a new era.

Tasked with rebuilding a program from scratch, Covich put together a team that saw success in its return to the link.

In just their second season of varsity competition, the Mountaineers posted their first tournament win in more than 30 years when they claimed the title at the East Carolina Intercollegiate in April of 2017. Vienna native Alan Cooke set a program record with a 206 at the Seminole Intercollegiate in March before tying teammate Max Sear with a record low of 66. WVU set records for lowest team round (277) and 54-hole total (849) at the Seminole Intercollegiate as well.

The team made strides in the classroom as well, earning GCAA All-Academic Team accolades after posting a team GPA of 3.0 or above. Chris Williams became the program’s first GCAA All-Academic Scholar by maintaining a GPA of 3.2 or above and a stroke average of 76 or less.

Williams and Cooke repeated as members of the Big 12 All-Academic Team as well.

Cooke became the first Mountaineer since 1982 to tee off on Sept. 6, 2015, at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational in Verona, New York. The squad finished 10th at the historic tournament, and built momentum from there.

Senior Easton Renwick recorded the team’s first top-10 finish at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational on Sept. 15, 2015, and would go on to add four more top-25 finishes on the season.

After team posting a new-era low of 283 in two rounds at the Joe Feaganes Invite in the fall, WVU capped the regular season with a runner-up finish at rival Penn State’s Rutherford Intercollegiate in April. The squad shot 284-284-285=853 for its lowest 54-hole total of the season.

Cooke set a program record by shooting a 207 for six under par and a runner-up individual finish.

Tristan Nicholls joined Cooke, Sear, Renwick and Williams in representing West Virginia at the team’s first ever Big 12 Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Country Club in Trinity Texas April 29-May 1. Though the Mountaineers finished 10th at the event, Sear finished two spots shy of all-conference honors with a 12th-place finish.

Prior to the team’s trip to Texas, Covich was inducted into the Mississippi Community and Junior College Sports Hall of Fame for his time at Meridian Community College. A native of Meridian, Miss., Covich came to WVU from Mississippi State, where he served as the assistant men’s golf coach the last three seasons. He previously served as the head men’s golf coach at Meridian Community College for five seasons.

At Mississippi State, Covich became the school’s first full-time men’s golf assistant coach in 2011. He helped the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament

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in 2013 and 2014 while improving the school’s national ranking from No. 125 in 2011 to a school-record No. 27 in 2013. The Bulldogs won a school-record four tournament titles in 2012-13, then added two more tournament wins in 2013-14 for the most wins (six) in a two-year span in school history.

The Bulldogs set school records for best team 36 hole score (-25), best team 54 hole score (-38) and season records for most team birdies (497), most team eagles (14) and most team scores of even-par or better (14). In addition, he helped the Bulldogs to the second-lowest team round in school history (274) and the second-lowest team score in relation to par (-14). Covich coached Chad Ramey to All-SEC honors, the first player in school history to be named all-conference three consecutive seasons.

At Meridian Community College, Covich successfully transitioned MCC from a NJCAA Division II program to a NJCAA Division I national power. He led MCC to a NJCAA National Championship Runner-Up finish in just their second season at the Division I level and positioned the Eagles as the No. 1 ranked JUCO team during the 2010-11 season.

At MCC, Covich guided his squad to 18 tournament championships. He produced 15 senior college players, six all-tournament team members at the national championship and guided seven All-Americans. During a back-to-back-to-back NJCAA postseason

run, Covich’s 2010 squad finished runner-up at the NJCAA National Championships. He also coached the school’s first individual national champion in 2010. The Eagles set multiple school records during the Covich era, including most tournament wins in a season (9), lowest team score (274), and lowest team score in relation to par (-14).

Covich earned Coach of the Year honors four times during his span at MCC. In 2007, Covich was awarded with Coach of the Year by the Mississippi Association of Coaches, the National Junior College Association of America (NJCAA) Region 23, and the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC). In 2011, after winning the Golf Coaches Association of America’s District IV Coach of the Year Award, he was named a semifinalist for the Golf Coaches Association of America National Coach of the Year.

Known as an outstanding recruiter, Covich recruited and coached Brandt Garon, a two-time All-American at MCC. The Louisiana native won the Arnold Palmer Award and the NJCAA National Championship in 2010 while under Covich’s guidance. Garon then added the prestigious Jack Nicklaus Award in 2011. Another Covich-product was 2012 NJCAA National Champion Jake Stirling. The Aussie was also a two-time All-American and was recruited to MCC by Covich. T.J. Morgan became the third player recruited by Covich to MCC who finished first at the NJCAA National Championship (t1 in 2013).

At Mississippi State, Covich reeled in the No. 1 ranked junior college golfer in the nation twice, as Joe Sakulpolphaisan (Darton State College) signed with the Bulldogs in 2012 and Tim Walker (Central Alabama Community College) signed with MSU in 2014.

Covich lettered at Meridian Community College from 1998-2000 and was a member of the 1999 NJCAA Region 23 Championship team. He received the Most Dedicated award during the 1998-1999 season. Covich lettered

in varsity golf for Lamar High starting in sixth grade. Covich led the Raiders to an unprecedented four consecutiveMPSA Overall State Championships in 1995-1998. He received the Sportsmanship Award in his junior and senior seasons.

Covich completed his education at Mississippi State, earning his bachelor’s degree in sports communications in 2004 and a master’s degree in sports administration in 2006.

In 2005, Covich was the Tour Director of the Mississippi Junior Golf Association, during that tenure the MJGA experienced record membership and participation. Along with his guidance of the MJGA, Covich conducted 13 junior golf events, including the Mississippi Junior Championship. In addition to those duties, he assisted in operating several Mississippi Golf Association state championships such as the State Amateur, Senior Amateur and State Four-Ball.

He began his golf career under his father, PGA Club Professional Jerry Covich, at Briarwood Country Club in Meridian, Miss. Covich also worked for longtime PGA Club Professional and Robbie Webb Junior Golf Award winner, Jimmy Gamblin, at Northwood Country Club. Working for his father and Gamblin, Covich led junior clinics and camps at Briarwood and Northwood.

Covich has been in a member of the Golf Coaches Association of America since 2006. He was honored with the GCAA Service Award in December of 2015. Covich was selected to serve on the GCAA’s All America Scholar Committee in 2016.

In 205, Covich became Titleist Performance Institute Certified Level I and is currently working towards TPI Golf 2 certification.

Covich and his wife, Kate, have one child, John Keenan. The family resides in Morgantown.

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ASSISTANT COACH

JAYWoodward

PENN STATE 2013 / 1st SEASON

Jay Woodward was elevated to assistant coach in July 2017 after spending the 2016-17 season as the team’s graduate assistant.

Woodward helped the Mountaineers to a record-breaking season in 2016-17 as WVU claimed its first tournament win in more than 30 years at the East Carolina Intercollegiate in April. The Mountaineers set records for lowest team round (277) and 54-hole total (849) at the Seminole Intercollegiate in March. Individually, Alan Cooke lowered his own program record for 54 holes with a 206 at the Seminole Intercollegiate and joined Max Sear in tying the program’s low round of 66 last season.

A four-year member of the golf team at Penn State, Woodward played 73 rounds for the Nittany Lions as a three-year letterwinner. He earned PING All-Region honors in 2011 and was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. In his collegiate career, Woodward placed fourth at the 2013 Colleton River Intercollegiate and registered top-20 finishes at the Inverness Intercollegiate, Minnesota Intercollegiate, Pinehurst Intercollegiate and Baylor Intercollegiate. In 2011, he took ninth at the Big Ten Championships, held at Purdue.

Woodward qualified for the United States Amateur in 2011 at Erin Hills and in 2012 at Cherry Hills. He also participated several other notable amateur events including the MidAtlantic Amateur, Rice Planters, Southeastern Amateur, North & South Amateur and the Northern Amateur.

A native of Bridgeport, West Virginia, Woodward was the 2006 West Virginia Junior Amateur Champion (18 and under) and the 2006 West Virginia Player of the Year. He was a 2009 all-state selection and was also selected as the Exponent Telegram Athlete of the Year that season. In addition, Woodward has posted a pair of top-10 finishes at the West Virginia Amateur in 2011 and 2012.

Woodward earned a degree in business management from Penn State in 2013, earning Dean’s List honors. Jay and his wife, Megan, welcomed a son, Daniel, in the fall of 2016 and reside in Morgantown.

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SteveURYASZ

StephanieWHITE

VinceBLANKENSHIP

LanceSEWELL

AshleyBAILEY

Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director/ Sport Administrator

Assistant Athletic Director, Student-Athlete Development

Athletics Rehabilitation Specialist

Strength & Conditioning

Athletic Communications

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2017-18 ROSTER Name

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Yr.

Hometown/High School (Previous School)

Drew Dewald

6-0

Sr.

Copperas Cove, Texas/Copperas Cove (McLennan CC)

Mark Goetz

6-2

Fr.

Greensburg, Pa./The Kiski School

Philipp Matlari

6-0

So.

Leimen, Germany/Englisches Institut Heidelberg (Columbus State)

Tristan Nicholls

6-1

Jr.

Gold Coast, Queensland,(AUS)/Southport School

Etienne Papineau

5-9

So.

St-Jean-Sur-Richlieu, Quebec (CAN)/Champlain St-Laurence

Logan Perkins

5-10

Fr.

Locust Grove, Ga./Strong Rock Christian

Avery Schneider

6-4

Sr.

New Albany, Ohio/New Albany (Drexel)

Matthew Sharpstene

6-3

Fr.

Charlotte, N.C./T.C. Roberson

Max Sear

5-10

Jr.

Unionville, Ontario (CAN)/Bill Crothers Secondary

Head Coach: Sean Covich (4th season, Mississippi State ’04) Assistant Coach: Jay Woodward (2nd season, Penn State ’13)

2017-18 GOLF TEAM

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DREW SENIOR

6-0 | COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS COPPERAS COVE (McLENNAN CC)

2016-17 (Junior) - West Virginia ■■ Played in four events during his first season at WVU ■■ Carried a 77.90 scoring average ■■ Low round of the season was a 74 at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate (Oct. 10-11) ■■ Also carded his lowest three-round score at the event, shooting 76-74-77=227 ■■ Finished fourth against Penn State (Feb. 4) with a 76 2015-16 (Sophomore) - McLennan Community College ■■ Named to the 2016 PING All-District Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America ■■ Earned All-Southwest Conference First Team honors ■■ Boasted a 69.5 scoring average ■■ Took medalist honors at the 2016 New Mexico Junior College Invitational with scores of 69-71-76

Dewald

Placed fourth at the NJCAA Southwest Championships (72-75-73) ■■ Finished in the top-10 at the NJCAA District Championship ■■ Was fifth at the 2015 Collegiate Amateur Championship (64-71) ■■

2014-15 (Freshman) - McLennan Community College ■■ Helped MCC tie for second at the NJCAA National Tournament ■■ Led the Highlanders to the District 2 Championship ■■ Team runner-up at the Region V Tournament ■■ Carried a scoring average of 73.75 ■■ Also posted top-10 finishes at the 2014 Collegiate Amateur Championship and the 2014 Dodge City Shootout ■■ Shot 70-70 to claim third at the 2014 Paris Jr. College Invitational

High School ■■ Four-time All-District 12-6A and all-area honoree ■■ Four-time team MVP at Copperas Cove HS ■■ Twice earned All-Regions 5-6A accolades ■■ Also played football Personal ■■ Parents are Dustin and Tiffany ■■ Academic all-district and all-state selection ■■ One brother, Dawson

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AVERY SENIOR

6-1 | NEW ALBANY, OHIO NEW ALBANY (DREXEL)

2016-17 (Junior)

Played 15 rounds in five tournaments Carried a scoring average of 76.40 for 4.80 vs. par on the season ■■ Carded a 54-hole low of 71-72-81=224 at the Penn State Rutherford Intercollegiate (April 14-15) ■■ Shot a season-low score of 71 in the first round at Penn State ■■ ■■

2015-16 (Sophomore) ■■ Won WVU Golf’s Academic Achievement Award ■■ Played in 23 rounds in nine tournaments in the Mountaineers’ first season ■■ Averaged a score of 77.00 ■■ Had a pair of top-20 finishes on the season ■■ Shot a season low of 70 in the first round of the Wolfpack Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7)

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Schneider

Tied for 13th with a score of 70-74=144 at the event ■■ Shot a three-round season low of 79-73-75=227 at the Rutherford Intercollegiate (April 16-17) ■■

2014-15 (Freshman) - Drexel ■■ Played in five events for the Dragons ■■ Posted a top-20 finish at the CAA Championships, finishing T-16th with a 225 ■■ Took 13th at the Temple Invitational with a two-round score of 147 ■■ Placed eighth at the Leo Keenan Invitational, carding a 142 ■■ Competed at the U.S. Open Local Qualifier ■■ Took 17th in the Amateur Division of the Ohio Open ■■ Finished ninth at the AJGA ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior

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Finished in the top-25 of the 2014 Ohio Amatuer

High School ■■ Two-time sectional and district champion for New Albany ■■ Also played basketball Personal ■■ Parents are Roger and Kathleen Schneider ■■ Has on brother ■■ Plans to major in biology

TRISTAN

Nicholls JUNIOR

6-1 | GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA SOUTHPORT SCHOOL 2016-17 (Sophomore) ■■ Played 34 rounds in 10 events for the Mountaineers ■■ Carried a scoring average of 75.15 for 3.47 vs. par ■■ Registered four top-30 finishes ■■ Lowest round of the season was a 68 at the Seminole Intercollegiate (March 10-12), marking the third-lowest round of the season for WVU ■■ Also carded a season-low 215 (68-75-72) for one under par at the event ■■ Finished tied for fourth against Penn State (Feb. 4) with a 76 ■■ Placed 14th in WVU’s win at East Carolina with a score of 75-77-74=226 for 10 over par ■■ Led the Mountaineers with a first-round average of 74.17 ■■ Ranked first for West Virginia with 10.71 pars per round

2015-16 (Freshman) ■■ Named to the Big 12 All-Rookie Team ■■ Played 22 rounds in eight events as a freshman ■■ Represented the Mountaineers at the 2016 Big 12 Championship ■■ Carried an average score of 77.00 with one top-10 finish on the season ■■ Finished tied for ninth at the President’s Day Challenge with a score of 73-75=148 ■■ Carded a season-low 54-hole score of 71-74-74=219 for a top-25 finish, helping the Mountaineers take second at the Rutherford Intercollegiate (April 16-17) High School ■■ Ranked as high as No. 3 in the Queensland Junior Golf Rankings in 2012 ■■ Played for Southport School from 2010-15 and was a two-year captain

A member of South Coast Schools U19 team in 2013 and 2014 ■■ Played for the Queensland Junior State Team in 2012 and 2013 ■■ Won the Intercollegiate Challenge and Dave Mullen Cup in 2014 ■■ Claimed the 2013 Fayde Points Challenge ■■ Took 17th at the 2014 Australian Boys’ Amateur Championship (74-73-73-75) ■■ Finished in the top 10 at the Burleigh Cup, Wayne Brady Cup and Gary Player Classic ■■ Registered a top-25 finish at the Greg Norman Junior Masters ■■ Averaged a score of 74.8 in 2013-14 ■■

Personal ■■ Parents are Gavin and Sharon Nicholls

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MAX

JUNIOR

5-10 | UNIONVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA BILL CROTHERS SECONDARY

2016-17 (Junior) ■■ WVU golf’s Player of the Year ■■ Second on the team with a scoring average of 74.09 and 2.41 vs. par ■■ Played 34 rounds in 12 tournaments as a sophomore ■■ Tied the school record with a 66 at the VCU Janney Shootout (Sept. 19-20) ■■ Registered five top-20 finishes on the year ■■ Led WVU to a win at the East Carolina Intercollegiate (April 3-4) ■■ Finished tied for first after 54 holes at ECU, falling on the second hole of the playoff ■■ Tied for seventh at VCU with a score of 71-66-137 ■■ Shot a three-round low of 76-67-73=216 at the Invitational at the Ocean Couse (Sept. 12-13) ■■ Finished tied for 11th at Penn State’s Rutherford Intercollegiate (April 15-16) with a score of 216 for six over 2015-16 (Freshman) ■■ Named WVU golf’s Player of the Year ■■ Played in 35 rounds, competing in all 13 tournaments

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Sear

Led WVU with a 73.63 scoring average Boasted six top-20 finishes on the season, including three top-10 finishes ■■ Carded a season-low round of 67 at the Rutherford Intercollegiate (April 16-17), taking fourth place ■■ Registered four rounds of 69 or better ■■ Was the runner-up at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7) with a score of 68-71=139 ■■ Posted a top-10 finish (T-10th) at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate (Oct. 20-21) ■■ Finished 13th at the Seminole Intercollegiate (March 11-12) with a score of 72-73-69=214 ■■ Narrowly missed all-conference honors with a 12th place finish at the Big 12 Championship (April 29-May 1) ■■ Shot 79-74-71-69=293 to lead WVU at Big 12s ■■ ■■

High School ■■ Top-ranked golfer in Ontario in the class of 2015; ranked fourth overall in Canada ■■ Ranked No. 199 in the world for the class of 2015

Member of the Ontario Provincial Team Two-time high school Provincial Champion Won the All-Ontario Secondary School Championship, the Team Ontario Cup and the U.S. Amateur Junior Qualifier in 2014 ■■ Posted top-five showings at the Ontario Junior Boys’ Match Play Championship and the Williamson Cup ■■ Qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur, Canadian Men’s Amateur, and Canadian Junior Boys’ Championship ■■ In 2013 won the Ontario Junior Championship Qualifier, AJGA Greenhills Qualifier, and All-Ontario Secondary School Championship ■■ Runner-up at Ontario Junior Boys’ Match Play Championship ■■ ■■ ■■

Personal ■■ Parents are Doug and Kris Sear ■■ Sister, Kelsey, plays golf at Ball State

PHILIPP SOPHOMORE

6-0 | LEIMEN, GERMANY ENGLISCHES INSTITUT HEIDELBERG (COLUMBUS STATE)

2016-17 (Freshman) – Columbus State ■■ Named to the All-Peach Belt Conference Second Team ■■ Posted a 73.8 scoring average ■■ Notched a trio of top-10 finishes ■■ Took ninth at the TVA Credit Union Invitational with a score of 72-72-74 ■■ Finished tied for 10th at the Peach Belt Conference Championship (71-70-79) ■■ Also tied for 10th at the UNG Fall Invitational with a score of 69-66-76 ■■ Carded top-25 finishes at the Cougar Invitational Presented by Aflac and the Saint Leo Invitational

Matlari

Prep ■■ Played for former Mountaineer Ted Long with Golf Club Mennheim-Viernheim ■■ Five-time participant in the British Boys’ Championship ■■ Won the 2016 South East of England Links Championship ■■ Finished ninth at the 2016 Evolve Spanish Junior Championship ■■ Also finished in the top 15 at the 2014 Luxembourg International Amateur and the 2016 Belgian Amateur

Personal ■■ Parents are Tomas and Martina ■■ Brother, Alexander, played collegiate golf at Duke ■■ Both parents are former tennis players

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ETIENNE SOPHOMORE

5-9 | ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUEBEC, CANADA CHAMPLAIN ST-LAWRENCE 2016-17 (Freshman) ■■ Winner of WVU golf’s Academic Achievement award ■■ Played 34 rounds in 12 tournaments as a freshman ■■ Fifth on the team with a 75.47 stroke average ■■ Posted three top-10 finishes on the season ■■ Shot a pair of rounds in the 60s ■■ Carded a season-low 218 for two over par at both the Invitational at Kiawah (Sept.

12-13) and the Mountaineer Intercollegiate (Oct. 10-11) ■■ Finished 18th at the VCU Janney Shootout (Sept 19-20) with a score of 69-72=141 ■■ Finished tied for 15th at the Mountaineer Intercollegiate after shooting 71-71-76 ■■ Shot 78-76-76=230 to finish 30th in WVU’s win a the East Carolina Intercollegiate (April 3-4) ■■ Was second on the team in par-3 scoring

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Papineau

Prep ■■ Member of the Canadian National Team from 2014-15 ■■ Ranked as the No. 2 amateur and junior golfer in Quebec in 2015 ■■ Rated the No. 13 amateur in Canada ■■ Two-time Junior Golfer of the Year in Quebec ■■ 2015 Amateur Golfer of the Year in Quebec ■■ Took medalist honors at the Canadian Collegial National Championship, Quebec Amateur Championship, Graham Cooke Junior Invitational, Alexander of Tunis Championship and Quebec Match Play Championship ■■ Finished 12th with a score of 68 at the RBC Canadian Open PGA TOUR Monday Qualifier ■■ Posted a top-20 finish at the 2015 Canadian Junior National Championship ■■ Finished in the top-10 at the 2015 World Junior Championship ■■ Won the Quebec Junior Tour Championship in both 2013 and 2014

Personal ■■ Parents are Luc and Francine ■■ Born Sept. 13

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FRESHMAN

FRESHMAN

6-2 | GREENSBURG, PA. THE KISKI SCHOOL

Prep ■■ Won four medalist titles for The Kiski School in 2016 ■■ 2016 Pennsylvania Independent School Athletic Association (PISAA) State Champion ■■ Runner-up at the 2016 Independent Preparatory School League (IPSL) Championship ■■ Runner-up at the 2016 Keystone Cup Championship ■■ Three-time medalist in 2015 ■■ 2015 IPSL Champion ■■ Runner-up at the 2016 Tri-State PGA Junior Championship ■■ Placed third at the Northern Junior Championship ■■ Posted top-five finishes at the West Penn Junior Amateur and PGA Junior Series ■■ Qualified for the 2015 PGA Junior Championship ■■ Represented the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association (WPGA) at the 2015 Williamson Cup

5-10 | LOCUST GROVE, GA. STRONG ROCK CHRISTIAN

Prep ■■ Ranked in the top-200 nationally in the Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings ■■ No. 110 in the nation for the class of 2017 ■■ Ranked No. 7 in Georgia’s class of 2017 ■■ Shot a 68 to win the 2016 Georgia High School Association State Championship ■■ Carded a 67 to claim the 2016 GHSA Region Championship ■■ Medalist at the 2016 Southeastern Junior Golf Tour Autotrader Invitational ■■ Also was the medalist at a the 2015 AJGA Junior at Chateau Elan ■■ Claimed four Hurricane Junior Golf Tour events Personal ■■ Parents are Tommy and Robyn Davis

Personal ■■ Son of Brian and Carla ■■ Intends to major in business

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Sharpstene MATTHEW

FRESHMAN

6-3 | CHARLOTTE, N.C. T.C. ROBERSON

Prep ■■ Played for Lance Jaynes at T.C. Roberson High in Asheville, North Carolina ■■ Ranked No. 49 in the class of 2017 ■■ Rated amongst the top-100 prep golfers in the nation ■■ ranked as the No. 4 golfer in North Carolina for the class of 2017 ■■ Three-time all-state selection ■■ 2015 Charlotte/Mecklenburg Player of the Year ■■ 2016 Western North Carolina Player of the Year ■■ 2016 4A Regional Medalist ■■ Finished sixth at the 2016 North Carolina 4A State Championship ■■ Qualified for the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur ■■ Finished fourth at the U.S. Junior Amateur in stroke play, advancing to match play Personal ■■ Parents are Jeff Sharpstene and Keri McCormick ■■ Intends to major in sports marketing and management

MatthewSHARPSTENE

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Outlook

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“Alan and Chris, two West Virginia natives, are our two seniors this year and know better than anyone else on this team what it means to represent the Flying WV,” said Sean Covich. “Alan had a great summer, highlighted by winning the State Amateur, which should give him a lot of confidence heading into this season. Chris also played well this summer and is perhaps the best ball striker on the team, he can really move it off the tee with his driver.”

JUNIORS

The Mountaineers’ junior class consists of three veterans and a newcomer as transfer Drew Dewald joins Jon Ransone, Avery Schneider and Tae Wan Lee in this class.

A native of Copperas Cove, Texas, Dewald spent two seasons at McLennan Community College before arriving in Morgantown this fall. He was named to the 2016 PING All-District Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America and earned All-Southwest Conference First Team honors for the Highlanders, helping them to a runner-up finish at the NJCAA National Tournament in 2015.

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The West Virginia University golf team enters its second season in the Big 12 after being reinstated as a varsity sport in 2015-16. After competing in their first-ever Big 12 Championship and hosting the inaugural Mountaineer Intercollegiate, the Mountaineers look forward to building upon the foundation laid last season.

SENIORS

Fitting that a pair of West Virginia natives will lead the squad in its second season of varsity competition, as Parkersburg’s Alan Cooke and Scott Depot’s Chris Williams enter their final campaign in Gold and Blue.

Cooke posted a solid junior season with a trio of top-25 finishes, setting a program record with a three-round score of 207 for second place at Penn State’s Rutherford Intercollegiate. However, it was his offseason that made headlines as he won the 97th West Virginia Amateur by eight strokes to earn a bid to the 2016 Greenbrier Classic.

The event was later canceled due to flooding in the state.

Williams was also a steady presence in 2016 and, along with Cooke, represented the Mountaineers at their firstever Big 12 Championship in Texas. He saw action in 10 tournaments, claiming a top-20 finish at the President’s Day Challenge in Houston, Texas, this past February (T-16th) and won WVU’s opening qualifier to earn a trip to Kiawah Island for the 2016-17 season opener.

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Ransone competed in four events as a sophomore for WVU, registering a top-20 finish at the President’s Day Challenge and finishing five over par at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational in October. He went on to have an impressive summer, advancing to the 2016 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier in Springfield, Ohio.

The winner of the 2016 Academic Achievement Award, Schneider participated in nine tournaments for the Mountaineers after transferring from Drexel. Schneider has a pair of top-20 finishes on his resume, taking 13th at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate in October with a score of 144 for two over par – after self-reporting a violation and taking a penalty. His efforts earned him WVU’s nomination for Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year.

“Our junior class added Drew Dewald, a junior college transfer from the NJCAA national championship team. Drew has a lot of potential, much like Chris, he can bomb it off the tee,” said Covich. “Avery Schneider saw a lot of action for us last season and continues to be one of our hardest workers. Jon Ransone had a solid summer. He showed what he was capable of by taking second at the U.S. Open local qualifier at Pete Dye Golf Club back in May.”

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Tristan Nicholls steadily improved his game throughout his freshman season, qualifying for seven tournaments in addition to representing the Mountaineers at Big 12s.

Nicholls led West Virginia with a ninth-place finish at the President’s Day Challenge last February and was 22nd at the Rutherford Intercollegiate in April.

West Virginia native Cole Hand also qualified for several tournaments in his first season in Morgantown. Hand competed at Ohio State’s Robert Kepler Invitational and WVU’s Mountaineer Intercollegiate, among others.

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SOPHOMORES

The 2016 WVU Player of the Year, Max Sear enters his second season with the Mountaineers after a standout freshman year. Playing in all 13 tournaments, he boasts six top-20 finishes and a pair of top-10 finishes in his rookie season. After tying for second at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate in October, Sear finished tied for 10th at the inaugural Mountaineer Intercollegiate. He also finished just two spots shy of all-conference honors when he took 12th at WVU’s first-ever Big 12 Championship in Texas last May. Sear’s summer play only served to enhance his collegiate career, as he won the U.S. Amateur Qualifier in New York as well as the Ontario Men’s Amateur.

“Max Sear returns as our player of the year last season.

He was without a doubt our MVP and contributed every single round last year. He qualified for the U.S. Amateur, the Porter Cup and the Sunnehanna Amateur this summer,” said Covich. “Cole Hand, a Wheeling native, is also returning as a sophomore. He continues to carry a great attitude and improves each semester, as does Tristan Nicholls. He got better each and every week as a freshman and hopefully will continue on that path.”

FRESHMEN

A pair of rookies join the Mountaineers this fall in Ty Olinger and Etienne Papineau. Though young, both bring a wealth of experience to Morgantown.

A native of Blacksburg, Virginia, Olinger was rated the No. 2 player in the state for the class of 2016. He is a fourtime VIC All-State honoree and was the VIC State Tournament runner-up in 2013 and 2014. This past summer, he won the VGSA Match Play title.

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Papineau, a Canadian National Team member, ranks as the No.2 amateur and junior player in the province of Quebec and the No. 13 amateur in Canada. He was the 2015 Amateur Golfer of the Year in Quebec and took medalist honors at the Canadian Collegial National Championship, Quebec Amateur Championship, Graham Cooke Junior Invitational, Alexander of Tunis Championship and Quebec Match Play Championship.

“I’m excited about what our freshmen class will do,” said Covich. “Etienne Papineau brings a ton of experience and talent to our team, while Ty Olinger was a very accomplished junior golfer out of Blacksburg, Virginia.”

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comprised the scoring squad. Led by Cooke, who became the third WVU player to finish in the top-10 of the event, the Mountaineers shot 14 over par to finish in fourth place.

2016-17 GOLF SEASON IN REVIEW The West Virginia University golf team celebrated a record-breaking year in just its second season of varsity competition. The Mountaineers made strides on the links – highlighted by several record lows and a tournament win – as well as in the classroom with a trio of players honored for their academics.

MOUNTAINEERS SMASH RECORDS IN SEASON OPENER West Virginia opened the 2016-17 season by posting a then-program record at The Invitational at the Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, in September. The team’s first-round score of 284 was the second-best of the new era, while four under par was the lowest team score in relation to par since the team was reintroduced. The Mountaineers finished the tournament in ninth at nine over par with a score of 284-285-304=873, marking the third-best score of the new era.

SEAR ON FIRE Max Sear went bogey-free in the final round of the VCU Janney Shootout at the Country Club of Virginia last October, tying the lowest round in the school record books with a 66. It marked the lowest score by a Mountaineer since the team was reintroduced in 2015. Sear finished the tournament tied for seventh with a score of 71-66=137. His 36-hole total was also the lowest on record for WVU. The Mountaineers finished eighth overall.

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RIVALRY RENEWED Resuming a rivalry that dates back to 1940, West Virginia and Penn State met in head-to-head action in February at Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida. The two teams battled for the Athletic Directors Trophy, a competition that started in 1971 with WVU, PSU, Pitt and Syracuse.

The series was disbanded in 1972 after several of the programs were cut. The Nittany Lions claimed the first two competitions in the 1970s and edged WVU in Orlando in 2017 by a score of 377-386.

MOUNTAINEERS ADD TO THE RECORD BOOK The squad rewrote several program records in March at the Seminole Intercollegiate at Southwood Golf Course in Tallahassee, Florida. The Mountaineers finished with 54-hole team total of 277-286-286=849, marking the program’s lowest tournament score of the new era. The squad finished 15 under par – also the first under-par team score for WVU. Cooke carded a score of 206, lowering his own program record by one stroke, while setting a new record at 10 under par. The Mountaineers took sixth place at the event.

COOKE DOES IT AGAIN Soon after setting a 54-hole record, the senior from Parkersburg, West Virginia, became the second Mountaineer of the season to shoot a school-record 66. Cooke made six birdies and played bogey-free in the final round of the Furman Intercollegiate at the Furman University Golf Club in Greenville, South Carolina, at the end of March. Cooke jumped 50 spots to take 23rd place at one under par.

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WVU TAKES FOURTH AT HOME TOURNAMENT The Mountaineers hosted their second ever home tournament, the Mountaineer Intercollegiate, on Oct. 10-11 at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia. All 10 players competed, though Alan Cooke, Etienne Papineau, Tristan Nicholls, Chris Williams and Sear

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MOUNTAINEERS CLAIM FIRST WIN WVU claimed its first win in more than 30 years at the East Carolina Intercollegiate at Brook Haven Country Club in Greenville, South Carolina, in April. It marked the program’s first win since restarting varsity competition in 2015 and its first under coach Sean Covich. A four-stroke improvement in the final round pushed the Mountaineers from fourth to first place in the final round, as the squad totaled 300-299-296=895 in claiming top team honors. Sear led the way, tying for first at the conclusion of 54 holes before falling on the second hold of the playoff to finish as the runner-up.

COOKE, WILLIAMS LEAD ACADEMIC HONORS Several Mountaineers earned academic honors throughout the season.

Cooke and Williams led the way, representing WVU on the Academic All-Big 12 Golf Team for the second consecutive season. Nicholls, Papineau, Sear, Drew Dewald, Ty Olinger and Avery Schneider joined the pair on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll as well.

AWARD ROUNDUP In addition to the Academic Achievement Award, coach Sean Covich handed out a slew of honors at the team’s annual banquet in May. Sear, who finished with a 74.09 scoring average and five top-20 finishes, was named the WVU Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Nicholls, a sophomore, earned the squad’s first-ever Most Improved Award. In addition, seniors Cooke and Williams were acknowledged at the event.

The Mountaineers won the team title at the 2017 East Carolina Intercollegiate

WVU RETURNS TO BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP West Virginia made its second ever appearance at the Big 12 Championship, which was hosted at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kansas, in late April. Sear, Cooke, Williams, Nicholls and Papineau represented the team, which finished 10th at the event.

Williams posted the best WVU finish at the tournament, closing out his collegiate career. A few months later, the league announced that the 2019 championship would be hosted by the Mountaineers at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

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WOODWARD HERE TO STAY Bridgeport, West Virginia, native Jay Woodward joined the team in the summer of 2016 as a graduate assistant and was elevated to assistant coach in June. He becomes the program’s first-ever fulltime assistant coach. Woodward was a three-year letterwinner for Penn State who was previously named the West Virginia Player of the Year and is a former West Virginia Junior Amateur Champion.

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PAPINEAU EARNS A PAIR OF HONORS The lone freshman in the lineup, Papineau earned a pair of academic honors to conclude the season – an impressive feat for a student-athlete taking classes outside of his native tongue. The Quebec native was awarded WVU golf’s Academic Achievement Award at the team’s postseason banquet. He went on to claim a spot on the 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team as well.

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Senior Chris Williams posted the best finish for the Mountaineers, taking 37th. He carded a trio of birdies in the final round, shooting eight over par. He totaled 83-70-79-78=310 for 30 over par.

Fellow senior Alan Cooke capped his collegiate career, finishing tied for 40th at 34 over par. He carded an 83 in the final round to finish with a 72-hole score of 80-76-7583-314.

At seven over par, Tristan Nicholls had the best round of the day for WVU with a 77. He tied for 45th place with a score of 86-75-79-77=317 for 37 over par.

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On a cold and windy day, the West Virginia University golf team completed its second-ever Big 12 Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kansas, on Wednesday.

The Mountaineers made a 35-stroke improvement between the first and second rounds, but found themselves in hole after the third round. They matched Iowa State in shooting 35 over par in the fourth round and finished 10th overall with a four-round total of 329-294313-315=1251 for 131 over par.

No. 18 Texas edged out No. 2 Oklahoma State by one stroke to take home the team title, shooting 48 over par with a score of 1168. The Cowboys were finished as the runner-up at 49 over par (1169), followed by No. 43 Kansas in third at 52 over par (1172). Chase Hanna of Kansas was the individual medalist at seven over par.

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TristanNICHOLLS

Etienne Papineau shot nine over par on the day, shooting 79. His scorecard showed 80-77-8379=319 for 39 over par in his Big 12 debut.

Papineau finished in 48th place.

Max Sear finished 11 over par on the day with an 81. He totaled 92-73-80-81=326 for 46 over par and finished 50th overall.

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BIG 12 MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Prairie Dunes Country Club / Hutchinson, KS / Prairie Dunes Big 12 / Dates: Apr 24 - Apr 26

1 2 3 4 Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total vs. Par

6 1 T1 1 Texas 313 274 283 298 1168 +48

1 2 T1 2 Oklahoma State 302 286 282 299 1169 +49

2 4 4 3 Kansas 306 288 290 288 1172 +52

5 5 6 4 Texas Tech 309 287 291 296 1183 +63

4 3 3 5 Oklahoma 308 284 289 304 1185 +65

3 6 5 6 Baylor 307 292 287 304 1190 +70

7 7 T8 7 Kansas State 314 291 302 300 1207 +87

8 9 T8 8 TCU 318 298 291 308 1215 +95

9 8 7 9 Iowa State 328 285 293 315 1221 +101 10 10 10 10 West Virginia

329 294 313 315 1251 +131

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THE HEALTH PLAN MOUNTAINEER

Invitational

The West Virginia University golf team will partner with The Health Plan for the Mountaineers’ home tournament in the fall of 2017.

Previously known as the Mountaineer Intercollegiate, West Virginia’s lone home tournament will be known as The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational starting this fall. WVU will host the tournament Oct. 9-10 at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia.

“We are very excited about our relationship with The Health Plan,” WVU Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director Steve Uryasz said. “The partnership between WVU, The Health Plan and their President and CEO, Jim Pennington, exemplifies their commitment to West Virginia University and the state of West Virginia. We look forward to developing one of the premier golf events in the region and appreciate the support of The Health Plan.”

The tournament was first established back in 2015 when the WVU golf team resumed varsity competition for the first time in three decades. Rival Penn State claimed the inaugural team title at nine over par, while Cincinnati’s David Baxter was the individual medalist at five under. In 2016, Arkansas took first at six under par while Patrick Flavin of Miami (OH) was the medalist at six under. West Virginia finished fourth in the team standings in 2016, while three Mountaineers have recorded top-10 finishes in the past two years.

“We are very grateful to Jim Pennington and The Health Plan for supporting this event,” coach Sean Covich said. “Jim has a great passion for the game of golf, WVU athletics and the State of West Virginia. Pete Dye Golf Club is one of the top courses in the nation and with the support of The Health Plan, this event will only continue to get better.”

Pete Dye Golf Club is rated as one of Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest Courses. Most recently, it ranked at No. 11 on Golf Week’s Top 100 Modern Course Rankings.

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2016ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS

2016 MOUNTAINEER INTERCOLLEGIATE Oct. 10-11 | Pete Dye Golf Club | Bridgeport, W.Va. Team Scores 1. Arkansas 290 280 288 2. Mississippi State 295 281 293 3. U.of Akron 293 296 286 4. West Virginia 298 286 294 5. East Carolina 297 285 298 6. James Madison 294 288 300 7. Cincinnati 289 290 307 8. Bowling Green State 298 292 301 9. Miami University(OH) 297 295 301 10. U.of Memphis 303 290 302 Seton HallUniv.

303 297 295 12. Toledo 302 293 304 Arkansas State 302 295 302 14. Marshall 301 307 297

858 869 875 878 880 882 886 891 893 895 895 899 899 905

-6 +5 +11 +14 +16 +18 +22 +27 +29 +31 +31 +35 +35 +41

Individual Medalists 2015 Davis Baxter, Cincinnati 70 2016 Patrick Flavin, Miami (OH) 68

139 210

-5 -6

69 69

x 73

2016 Medalist PatrickFlavin (Miami OH) and WVU coach SeanCovich

Scoring

2016-17 TEAM STATS Date

Tournament

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Score

+/- Finish Teams

Leader

9/12-13 9/19-20 10/10-11 10/24-25 2/4 2/20-21 3/5-6 3/10-12 3/24-26 4/3-4 4/15-16 4/24-26

The Invitational at Kiawah Janney VCU Shootout Mountaineer Intercollegiate Quail Valley Invitational vs. Penn State Mobile Sports Authority Challenge Tiger Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate East Carolina Intercollegiate Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship

284 286 298 291 386 292 295 277 297 300 297 329

+9 -2 +14 +12 +26 +33 +13 -15 +15 +31 +31 +131

M. Sear, T-19 (216) M. Sear, T-7 (137) A. Cooke, T-9 (216) M. Sear, T-35 (217) C. Williams, 3 (74) M. Sear, T-24 (221) C. Williams, T-26 (218) A. Cooke, 4 (206) A. Cooke, T-23 (215) M. Sear, T-2, (222) C. Williams, 10 (218) C. Williams, 37 (310)

INDIVIDUAL STATS

Player Alan Cooke Drew Dewald Cole Hand Tristian Nicholls Ty Olinger Etienne Papineau Jon Ransone Avery Schneider Max Sear Chris Williams

285 288 286 292 - 295 289 286 295 299 290 294

304 - 294 293 - 310 293 286 287 296 296 313

- - - - - - - - - - - 315

873 574 878 876 386 897 877 849 879 895 883 1251

T-9 T-8 4 12 2 13 13 6 14 1 6 10

16 14 14 15 2 15 19 14 21 11 13 10

Events Rounds Strokes Low Avg. vs. Par Wins Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 60s Low 54 Top Finish 12 33 2,304 66 74.03 2.36 0 1 2 1 5 206 4 (FI) 4 10 779 74 77.90 6.20 0 1 0 1 0 227 T-4 (ADT) 2 6 470 73 78.33 6.33 0 0 0 0 0 235 T-66 (MI) 12 34 2,555 68 75.15 3.47 0 1 0 1 1 215 4 (ADT) 1 3 243 77 81.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 243 75 (MI) 12 34 2,336 69 75.47 3.79 0 0 0 2 2 218 T-15 (MI) 3 8 623 74 77.88 6.25 0 0 0 0 0 232 T-28 (USA) 4 12 922 73 76.83 5.08 0 0 0 2 0 225 T-24 (USA) 12 34 2,519 66 74.09 2.41 0 1 2 1 3 216 T-2 (ECI) 11 32 2,382 70 74.44 2.78 0 1 1 0 0 213 3 (ADT)

LOW ROUNDS

TEAM 1. 277 Seminole Intercollegiate (1st) 2. 284 The Invitational at Kiawah (1st) 3. 285 The Invitational at Kiawah (2nd) 4. 286 VCU Janney Shootout (1st) 286 Mountaineer Intercollegiate (2nd) 286 Seminole Intercollegiate (2nd) 286 Seminole Intercollegiate (3rd) 8. 287 Furman Intercollegiate (3rd) 9. 288 VCU Janney Shootout (2nd) 10. 289 Tiger Invitational (2nd) INDIVIDUAL 1. 66 Max Sear (Janney VCU Shootout) 66 Alan Cooke (Furman Intercollegiate) 3. 67 Max Sear (Invite at Kiawah) 4. 68 Alan Cooke (Seminole Intercollegiate) 68 Max Sear (Quail Valley Collegiate) 68 Tristan Nicholls (Seminole Intercollegiate) 7. 69 Alan Cooke (3x) 69 Etienne Papineau (2x) 9. 70 Tristan Nicholls (The Invite at Kiawah) 70 Chris Williams (2x))

LOW 54-HOLE TEAM 1. 849 2. 873 3. 876 4. 877 5. 878 6. 879 7. 883 8. 895 9. 897

SEASON BESTS

Low Individual 18-Hole Score 66 (-7), Max Sear (Janney VCU Shootout) 66 (-6), Alan Cooke (Furman Int.) Low Individual 18-Hole Score to Par -7 (66), Max Sear (Janney VCU Shootout) Low Individual 54-Hole Score 206 (-10), Alan Cooke (Seminole Int.) Low Individual 54-Hole Score to Par -10, Alan Cooke (Seminole Int.) Low Team 18-Hole Score 277 (-11), Seminole Intercollegiate INDIVIDUAL Low Team 18-Hole Score to Par 1. 206 Alan Cooke (Seminole Intercollegiate) -11 (277), Seminole Intercollegiate 2. 213 Chris Williams (Seminole Intercollegiate) Low Team 54-Hole Score 3. 215 Alan Cooke (Furman Intercollegiate) 849 (-15), Seminole Intercollegiat 215 Tristan Nicholls (Seminole Inter.)

Low Team 54-Hole Score to Par 5. 216 Alan Cooke (Mountaineer Intercollegiate) -15, Seminole Intercollegiate 216 Max Sear (Mountaineer Intercollegiate) 7. 217 Max Sear (Quail Valley Collegiate) 217 Max Sear (Seminole Intercollegiate) 9. 218 Etienne Papineau (Invite at Kiawah) 218 Etienne Papineau (Mountaineer Inter.)

218 Chris Williams (Rutherford Inter.)

Seminole Intercollegiate (March) The Invitational at Kiawah (Sept.)

Quail Valley Collegiate (Oct.) Tiger Invitational (March) Mountaineer Intercollegiate (Oct.) Furman Intercollegiate (March) Rutherford Intercollegiate (April) East Carolina Intercollegiate (April) Sports Authority Inter. (Feb.)

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2016-17

Individual Results

ALAN COOKE Janney VCU Shootout Mountaineer Intercollegiate Quail Valley Invitational Athletic Director’s Trophy Mobile Sports Authority Tiger Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate East Carolina Intercollegiate Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship

FINISH T-40/80 T-9/78 T-55/75 12/12 T-62/75 T-39/99 4/81 T-23/127 T-8/67 T-35/75 T-40/50

SCORE TO PAR 73+74=147 +3 74-71-71=216 E 71-73-78=222 +6 84 +12 71-79-80=230 +14 75-71-75=221 +5 69-69-68=206 -10 74-75-66=215 -1 78-71-75=224 +8 77-70-78=225 +12 80-76-75-83=314 +34

DREW DEWALD Mountaineer Intercollegiate Athletic Director’s Trophy USA Individual Tourn.

East Carolina Intercollegiate

FINISH T-48/78 T-4/12 T-24/35 63/67

SCORE TO PAR 76-74-77=227 +11 76 +4 77-79-77=233 +17 78-80-85=243 +27

COLE HAND The Invitational at Kiawah Mountaineer Intercollegiate

FINISH T-82/92 T-66/78

SCORE TO PAR 81-78-76=235 +19 81-73-81=235 +19

TRISTAN NICHOLLS The Invitational at Kiawah Janney VCU Shootout Mountaineer Intercollegiate Quail Valley Invitational Athletic Director’s Trophy Mobile Sports Authority Tiger Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate East Carolina Intercollegiate Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship

FINISH T-49/92 T-49/80 T-29/78 70/75 T-4/12 T-44/75 T-65/99 30/81 T-83/127 T-14/67 T-45/75 T45-50

SCORE TO PAR 70-76-76=222 +6 73-76=149 +5 74-70-78=222 +6 71-79-77=227 +11 76 +4 72-73-79=224 +8 73-79-73=225 +9 68-75-72=215 -1 76-74-75=225 +9 75-77-74=226 +10 76-78-73=227 +14 86-75-79-77=317 +37

TY OLINGER Mountaineer Intercollegiate

FINISH 75/78

ETIENNE PAPINEAU FINISH The Invitational at Kiawah T-33/92 Janney VCU Shootout T-18/80 Mountaineer Intercollegiate T-15/78 Quail Valley Invitational T-48/75 Athletic Director’s Trophy 11/12 Mobile Sports Authority 61/75 Tiger Invitational T-65/99 Seminole Intercollegiate T-50/81 Furman Intercollegiate T-102/127 East Carolina Intercollegiate T-30/67 Rutherford Intercollegiate T-57/75 Big 12 Championship 48/50

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SCORE TO PAR 83-77-83=243 +27 SCORE TO PAR 72-72-74=218 +2 66-72=141 -3 71-71-76=218 +2 74-77-69=220 +4 82 +10 79-76-80=235 +19 79-72-74=225 +9 73-73-74=220 +4 73-80-75=228 +12 78-76-76=231 +15 75-74-81=230 +17 80-77-83-79=319 +39

JON RANSONE Janney VCU Shootout Mountaineer Intercollegiate USA Individual Tournament

FINISH T-69/80 T-61/78 T-28/35

SCORE TO PAR 77-78=155 +11 79-75-78=232 +16 74-81-81=26 +20

AVERY SCHNEIDER Mountaineer Intercollegiate USA Individual Tournament East Carolina Intercollegiate Rutherford Intercollegiate

FINISH T-66/78 T-24/37 T-25/67 T-31/75

SCORE TO PAR 81-74-80=235 +19 82-74-77=233 +20 74-76-79=229 +13 71-72-81=224 +11

MAX SEAR FINISH SCORE TO PAR The Invitational at Kiawah T-19/92 76-67-73=216 E Janney VCU Shootout T-7/80 71-66=137 -7 Mountaineer Intercollegiate T-39/78 78-75-72=225 +9 Quail Valley Invitational T-35/75 75-68-74=217 +1 Athletic Director’s Trophy T-8/12 78 +6 Mobile Sports Authority T-34/75 75-75-72=221 +5 Tiger Invitational T-39/99 75-75-71=221 +5 Seminole Intercollegiate T-34/81 70-73-74=217 +1 Furman Intercollegiate T-55/127 74-73-73=220 +4 East Carolina Intercollegiate T-1*/67 76-75-71=222 +6 Rutherford Intercollegaite T11/75 74-70-75=219 +6 Big 12 Championship 50/50 92-73-80-81=326 +46 CHRIS WILLIAMS The Invitational at Kiawah Mountaineer Intercollegiate Quail Valley Invitational Athletic Director’s Trophy Mobile Sports Authority Tiger Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship

FINISH 79/92 T-29/78 T-61/75 3/12 T-51/75 26/98 T-22/81 T-66/127 10/75 37/50

SCORE TO PAR 73-77-81=231 +15 77-70-75=222 +6 78-74-73=225 +9 74 +2 74-72-79=225 +9 72-71-75=218 +2 70-71-72=213 -3 76-73-73=222 +6 72-76-70=218 +5 83-70-79-78=310 +30

MOUNTAINEER

Records

All-Time Records ���������������������������������������� 42 Scoring Records ������������������������������������������ 43 Awards and Honors ������������������������������������� 47 Series records vs. Opponents ���������������������� 48

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Records

All-Time

Year W-L-T Coach

Captain

Year W-L-T Coach

Captain

1933

4-1-1

Jack Hoblitzell

Jack Hoblitzell

1957

4-8-0

Ira Rodgers

A. Morosco

1934

4-3-0

Bob Lowe

Bob Lowe

1958

5-4-1

Ira Rodgers

Bucky Lane

1935

3-3-1

Sam Aspinall

Sam Aspinall

1959

4-8-0

Ira Rodgers

Adolph Popp

1936

1-3-0

Kirk Jackson

Kirk Jackson

1960

3-5-4

Ira Rodgers

Adolph Popp

1937

1-4-1

Kirk Jackson

Kirk Jackson

1961

7-5-1

Ira Rodgers

Bob King

1938

3-6-0

Tom Graham

Tom Graham

1962

9-2-1

C. Hockenberry

Sid Bennett

1939

4-2-0

Dr. R. Aspinall

Tom Graham

1963

6-4-0

C. Hockenberry

Jim Hess

1940

3-2-0

Dr. R. Aspinall

Tom Graham

1964

6-6-0

C. Hockenberry

None

1941

4-1-0

Dr. R. Aspinall

Woody Wyatt

1965

7-7-0

C. Hockenberry

None

1942

1966

11-4-0

C. Hockenberry

D. Spannauer

1943

1967

6-7-0

C. Hockenberry

Steve Hague

1968

11-2-1

C. Hockenberry

None

1969

14-3-0

C. Hockenberry

Bruce Keagy

1944

No Golf – WW II

1945 1946

6-2-1

Dr. R. Aspinall

Michael Krak

1970

8-2-2

C. Hockenberry

Bruce Keagy

1947

12-0-0

Dr. R. Aspinall

Don Hall

1971

10-6-0

C. Hockenberry

Jack Lynn

1948

8-4-0

Dr. R. Aspinall

Berkeley Davis

1972

12-8-0

C. Hockenberry

None

1949

12-0-0

Ira Rodgers

Robert Coulson

1973

12-7-0

C. Hockenberry

None

1950

8-4-0

Ira Rodgers

T. Prozillo

1974

11-3-0

C. Hockenberry

None

1951

5-4-0

Ira Rodgers

Claude Hills

1975

5-10-0

C. Hockenberry

None

1952

7-5-0

Ira Rodgers

Reggie Spencer

1976

6-11-0

C. Hockenberry

None

1953

8-4-1

Ira Rodgers

Reggie Spencer

1977

11-6-0

C. Hockenberry

None

1954

5-3-2

Ira Rodgers

Bruce Davis

1978

10-0-1

C. Hockenberry

None

1955

7-3-0

Ira Rodgers

“Happy” Hall

1979

4-1-0

Bob Gwynne

None

1956

5-4-0

Ira Rodgers

George Pettit

1980

3-0-0

John Sermon

Richard Wainwright

1974MOUNTAINEERS

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SCORING LOW ROUND

Records

1. Alan Cooke Max Sear Mike Krak Jack Lynn Berk Davis Claude Hillis 7. Easton Renwick Reggie Spencer 9. Tristan Nicholls Jim Goodwin Gary Loring 12. Etienne Papineau Chris Williams Mason Short Armand Coulson Tom Prozillo Stan Nolte Jim Goodwin Dave Stannbauer Dave Lester 21. Avery Schneider George Wisosn James Kuhn Harry Young Bruce Keagy Richard Adams Robert Ault Jim Camella Pat Weaver John Elwood

66 66 66 66 66 66 67 67 68 68 68 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70

Furman Intercollegiate, 2017 Janney VCU Shootout, 2016 Twice (1947,48) vs. Indiana, 1971 vs. Washington & Jefferson, 1948 vs. Maryland, 1949 Joe Feaganes Invite, 2015 vs. Ohio, 1952 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2017 vs. West Liberty, 1963 vs. Pitt, 1963 Quail Valley, 2016 Graeme McDowell, 2015 Quail Valley Intercollegiate, 2015 vs. Duquesne, 1941 vs. Geneva, 1949 vs. Fairmont State, 1962 vs. Fairmont State, 1964 vs. Pitt, 1966 Twice, 1976 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 vs. Pitt, 1963 vs. Indiana, 1966 vs. Indiana, 1968 vs. Indiana, 1968 vs. Indiana, 1968 three times, 1968 vs. LHU, Edinboro, SLU, 1973 vs. California (PA)/Davis Elkins, 1978 James Madison Invitational,1977

36-HOLE TOURNAMENT 1. Max Sear 2. Max Sear 3. Etienne Papineau 4. Avery Schneider 5. Easton Renwick Pat Weaver 7. Dave Lester 8. Tristan Nicholls Easton Renwick Max Sear Dave Lester 12. John Elwood John Elwood 14. Pat Weaver 15. Mike Greer 16. Alan Cooke Cole Hand Mason Short Avery Schneider Chris Williams Terry Dubois 22. Chris Williams Gary Loring Jim Camella Mike Tennant 26. Tae Wan Lee Tristan Nicholls Alan Cooke Max Sear Dan Akerman Bill Field Mike Tennant

=137 Janney VCU Shootout, 2016 68-71=139 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 =141 Janney VCU Shootout, 2016 70-74=144 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 73-72=145 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 72-73=145 Eastern Eight Tourn., 1978 77-72=147 W. Va. Intercollegiate, 1977 73-75=148 President’s Day Challenge, 2016 79-69=148 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 73-75=148 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 77-70=148 W. Va. Intercollegiate, 1979 77-72=149 W. Va. Intercollegiate, 1979 77-72=149 W. Va. Intercollegiate, 1977 72-78=150 Eastern Eight Tourn., 1978 78-73=151 A-10 Championship, 1981 78-74=152 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 78-75=152 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 73-79=152 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 73-79=152 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, 2016 78-77=152 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 77-75=152 NCAA District 2 Tourn.,1982 74-79=153 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 74-79= 153 SoCon Tournament, 1963 76-77= 153 Marshall Invitational, 1974 77-76=153 A-10 Championship, 1980 78-76=154 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 73-79=154 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, 2016 77-77=154 President’s Day Challenge, 2016 78-76=154 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, 2016 79-75=154 A-10 Championship, 1980 xx-xx=154 SoCon Tournament, 1965 82-72=154 NCAA District 2 Tournament, 1982

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT

MaxSEER

1. Alan Cooke Alan Cooke 3. Easton Renwick Max Sear 5. Chris Williams 6. Max Sear 7. Alan Cooke Tristan Nicholls 9. Alan Cooke Alan Cooke Max Sear 12. Max Sear Easton Renwick Mason Short

=206 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2017 70-70-67=207 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2016 71-70-67=208 Joe Feaganes Invite, 2015 70-71-67=208 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2016 =213 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2017 72-73-69=214 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2016 =215 Furman Intercollegiate, 2017 =215 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2017 67-76-73=216 Joe Feaganes Invite, 2015 =216 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2016 =216 Kiawah Invitational, 2016 =217 Quail Valley, 2016 72-72-73=217 Quail Valley Intercollegiate, 2015 72-73-72=217 Joe Feaganes Invite, 2015

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15. Jon Ransone 16. Max Sear Max Sear 18. John Elwood John Elwood Easton Renwick 21. Max Sear Max Sear David Lester 24. Alan Cooke Chris Williams Chris Williams 27. Phil Zambos Phil Zambos Chris Williams Easton Renwick 31. Max Sear Mason Short Chris Williams Chris Williams Tae Wan Lee Terry Dubois John Elwood 38. Tristan Nicholls 39. Dave Lester Avery Schneider 41. John Elwood Robert Clark Tristan Nicholls Jon Ransone 45. David Lester John Elwood Avery Schneider Alan Cooke 49. Pat Weaver Pat Weaver

71-74-73=218 70-73-77=220 74-76-70=220 70-80-71=221 70-80-71=221 77-70-74=221 74-76-72=222 73-77-72=222 72-73-77=222 72-76-75=223 75-69-79=223 73-73-77=223 74-75-75=224 74-75-75=224 72-77-75=224 75-70-79=224 78-75-72=225 78-78-69=225 75-75-75=225 71-76-78=225 79-73-73=225 75-76-74=225 73-80-72=225 77-75-74=226 76-75-76=227 79-73-75=227 80-74-74=228 75-79-74=228 72-79-77=228 76-72-80=228 78-76-75=229 75-77-77=229 74-80-75=229 73-83-74=229 80-75-75=230 77-71-82=230

Joe Feaganes Invite, 2015 Tiger Turning Stone, 2015 Joe Feaganes Invite, 2015 JMU Invitational, 1977 JMU Invitational, 1978 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2016 Quail Valley, 2015 Mason Rudolph, 2016 EKU Invitational, 1976 Mason Rudolph, 2016 Graeme McDowell, 2015 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2016 EKU Classic, 1976 Marshall Invitational,1979 Mason Rudolph, 2016 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2016 Graeme McDowell, 2015 Quail Valley, 2015 Quail Valley, 2015 Old Waverly, 2016 Joe Feaganes Invite, 2015 Marshall Invitational, 1981 EKU Invitational, 1976 Old Waverly, 2016 EKU Invitational, 1976 Rutherford Intercollegiate,2016 Colonel Classic (EKU), 1979 EKU Invitational, 1976 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2016 Tiger Turning Stone, 2015 Penn State Invitational, 1975 Marshall Invitational,1979 Graeme McDowell Invite, 2015 Old Waverly, 2016 Nittany Lion Invite, 1979 Penn State Tournament, 1977

SEASON AVERAGE NAME Max Sear Alan Cooke Max Sear Chris Williams Easton Renwick Tristan Nicholls Alan Cooke Etienne Papineau Dan Ackerman Chris Williams Avery Schneider Dan Ackerman Tristan Nicholls Avery Schneider Dave Lester

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AVG. 73.63 74.03 74.09 74.44 74.87 75.15 75.15 75.47 76.0 76.29 76.40 76.90 77.00 77.00 77.16

ROUNDS 35 33 34 32 31 34 28 34 5 31 15 9 22 23 12

YEAR 2015-16 2016-17 2016-17 2016-17 2015-16 2016-17 2015-16 2016-17 1979-80 2015-16 2016-17 1978-89 2015-16 2015-16 Fall 1976

EastonRENWICK

Dave Lester John Eldwood Rich Wainwright John Elwood Patrick Weaver Dan Ackerman John Elwood John Elwood Mike Tennant Rich Wainwright Scott Wilson Pat Weaver Rich Wainwright Greg Guadino Stan Wiel Pat Weaver Terry Dubois Stan Wiel Greg Guadino David Lester Jeff Rowan Jeff Rowan Jeff Rowan Root Clark Randy Wampler Robert Clark Robert Clark

77.2 77.33 77.70 77.73 77.89 77.92 78.16 78.2 78.30 78.4 78.80 78.80 78.93 79.00 79.10 79.20 79.30 79.30 79.60 79.70 79.73 79.90 80.40 80.41 80.50 80.60 80.60

12 15 10 19 19 13 12 12 13 14 5 12 15 12 10 15 13 14 8 17 19 12 10 12 8 8 19

Fall 1977 1977-78 1979-80 Spring 1977 Spring 1977 1980-81 Fall 1976 Fall 1977 1980-81 1978-79 1979-80 Fall 1977 1977-78 1980-81 1979-80 1977-78 1980-81 1978-79 1978-79 Spring 1977 Spring 1977 1978-79 1979-80 Fall 1976 1979-80, 1978-79 Fall 1977 Spring 1977

Tim Dyer Rich Wainwright Phil Zambos James Rider Scott Wilson William Hyre Richard Wainwright Mark Greer Jeff Rowan Ed Meador Stan Weil Stanley Jones Tom Dyer Jim Rider Jim Rider

80.62 80.62 80.64 80.37 80.80 81.30 81.70 82.00 82.50 82.69 83.20 83.85 85.80 86.3 86.55

8 8 14 8 9 7 17 6 10 13 10 7 5 6 6

1980-81 Fall 1976 1977-78 Spring 1977 1978-79 1979-80, 1978-89 Spring 1977 1908-81 1977-78 1980-81 1977-78 Spring 1977 1980-81 Fall 1977 Fall 1976

36 HOLE-TOURNAMENT Pat Weaver Dave Lester Dave Lester John Elwood John Elwood Pat Weaver Terry Dubois Gary Loring Jim Camella Bill Field Mike Tennant Rick Rodocha John Elwood Rob Clark John Elwood Thomas Prozzillo Reggie Spencer Dave Lester Dave Lester Pat Weaver Pat Weaver Pat Weaver Dave Lester Terry Dubois Stan Jones Jim Hess Ron Rumora Ted Long Rich Wainwright Pat Weaver Jeff Rowan Greg Guadino Mike Tennant Bill Hyre Mark Greer Dan Ackerman John Elwood Richard Wainwright

72-73=145 77-72=147 77-70=148 77-72=149 77-72=149 72-78=150 77-75=152 74-79= 153 76-77= 153 xx-xx=154 82-72=154 xx-xx=155 xx-xx=155 xx-xx=155 77-78=155 xx-xx=156 80-76= 156 80-76=156 xx-xx=156 xx-xx=156 81-75=156 81-75=156 80-76=156 79-78=157 81-76=157 83-75= 158 xx-xx=158 78-81=159 80-79=159 75-85=160 79-82=161 83-78=161 80-82=162 81-81=162 79-84=163 83-81=164 82-83=165 82-84=166

Eastern Eight Tournament West Virginia Intercollegiate West Virginia Intercollegiate West Virginia Intercollegiate West Virginia Intercollegiate Eastern Eight Tournament NCAA District 2 Tournament SoCon Tournament Marshall Invitational SoCon Tournament NCAA District 2 Tournament Marshall Invitational ECAC Golf Championships ECAC Golf Championships Eastern Eight Tournament SoCon Tournament SoCon Tournament West Liberty Tournament ECAC Golf Championships ECAC Golf Championships West Virginia Intercollegiate West Virginia Intercollegiate West Liberty Tournament West Virginia Intercollegiate Eastern Eight Tournament So. Con. Tournament So. Con. Tournament NCAA District 2 Tournament Eastern Eight Tournament West Liberty Tournament Eastern Eight Tournament West Virginia Intercollegiate West Virginia Intercollegiate Eastern Eight Tournament West Virginia Intercollegiate West Virginia Intercollegiate West Liberty Tournament West Liberty Tournament

1978 1977 1979 1979 1977 1978 1982 1963 1974 1965 1982 1975 1976 1976 1978 1951 1953 1976 1976 1976 1979 1977 1976 1981 1978 1963 1963 1982 1978 1976 1978 1981 1981 1978 1981 1981 1976 1976

Robert Clark Robert Clark Robert Clark Ed Meador Richard Wainwright Richard Wainwright Patrick Weaver John Elwood Stan Wiel Phil Zambos Greg Guadino

84-82=166 84-82=166 86-81=167 81-87=168 87-81=168 87-82=169 86-84=170 86-85=171 86-85=171 83-89=172 87-91=178

West Virginia Intercollegiate West Virginia Intercollegiate West Liberty Tournament West Virginia Intercollegiate Coastal Carolina Golf Classic West Virginia Intercollegiate Coastal Carolina Golf Classic Coastal Carolina Golf Classic Coastal Carolina Golf Classic Coastal Carolina Golf Classic Coastal Carolina Golf Classic

1979 1977 1976 1981 1978 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978

James Madison Invitational James Madison Invitational Eastern Kentucky Invitational Eastern Kentucky Invitational Colonel Classic (EKU) Marshall Invitational Marshall Invitational Eastern Kentucky Invitational Colonel Classic (EKU) Eastern Kentucky Invitational Penn State Invitational Marshall Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Penn State Tournament Eastern Kentucky Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Penn State Tournament Penn State Tournament Marshall Invitational Marshall Invitational James Madison Invitational Marshall Invitational Marshall Invitational Marshall Invitational Marshall Invitational Eastern Kentucky Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Marshall Invitational Eastern Kentucky Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Penn State Invitational Marshall Invitational Eastern Kentucky Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Colonel Classic (EKU) Marshall Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Marshall Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational

1977 1978 1976 1976 1979 1979 1981 1976 1979 1976 1975 1979 1979 1977 1976 1979 1977 1977 1980 1981 1978 1977 1977 1978 1981 1976 1980 1979 1976 1979 1980 1975 1981 1976 1976 1976 1979 1980 1981 1981 1977 1981

54 HOLE-TOURNAMENT John Elwood John Elwood David Lester John Elwood Phil Zambos Phil Zambos Terry Dubois Dave Lester John Elwood Robert Clark David Lester John Elwood Pat Weaver Pat Weaver Pat Weaver John Elwood John Elwood Bob Clark Stain Weil Dan Ackerman T. Olson John Elwood Pat Weaver John Elwood Mike Tennant Pat Weaver Dan Ackerman Pat Weaver Rohanna Robert Clark Jeff Rowan David Kaiser Greg Guadino Jim Flink Dave Lester Jim Flink Stan Jones Richard Wainwright Dan Ackerman Greg Guadino Robert Clark Mike Tennant

70-80-71=221 70-80-71= 221 72-73-77=222 73-80-72=225 74-75-75=224 74-75-75=224 75-76-74=225 76-75-76=227 80-74-74=228 75-79-74=228 78-76-75= 229 75-77-77=229 80-75-75=230 77-71-82=230 82-71-78=231 82-76-76=231 81-76-74=231 77-71-83=231 77-76-78=231 75-76-80=231 74-80-78=232 74-78-82=232 81-76-75=232 77-76-80=233 80-75-79=234 77-79-78=234 80-82-72=234 77-78-80=235 78-78-79=235 235 76-79-80=235 76-78-81= 235 75-76-84=235 75-77-84=236 79-79-79=237 77-78-82=237 75-81-81=237 76-79-82=237 83-76-78=237 81-75-81=237 77-78-82=237 78-77-83=238

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Jim Rider Richard Wainwright Phil Zambos Rich Wainwright Richard Wainwright Jim Rider Richard Wainwright Pat Weaver Bill Hyre Phil Zambos Dave Lester Rich Wainwright Ed Meador Greg Carudino Stan Wiel Bill Hyre Jeff Rowan Stan Jones Stan Jones Tom Dyer Jeff Rowan Neils Christiansen Rich Wainwright Jeff Rowan Stan Wiel Rich Wainwright Dave Lester Dave Lester Hank Seidel Pat Weaver Rich Wainwright Scott Wilson Richard Wainwright Scott Wilson Randy Wampler Greg Rohanna

80-77-82=239 Penn State Tournament 79-80-80=239 Penn State Tournament 82-78-79=239 Nittany Lion Invitational 78-81-80=239 Marshall Invitational 239 Nittany Lion Invitational 239 Nittany Lion Invitational 81-80-79=240 79-78-83=240 Nittany Lion Invitational 78-81-81=240 Nittany Lion Invitational 76-83-81=240 Marshall Invitational 82-78-80=240 Marshall Invitational 79-81-80=240 Nittany Lion Invitational 79-81-80=240 Marshall Invitational 80-79-81=240 Nittany Lion Invitational 79-80-82=241 Nittany Lion Invitational 80-84-78=242 Marshall Invitational 78-84-80=242 Marshall Invitational 79-81-82=242 Nittany Lion Invitational 81-81-80=242 Marshall Invitational 82-83-77=242 Nittany Lion Invitational 80-82-81=243 Marshall Invitational 78-84-84=244 Nittany Lion Invitational 80-84-81=245 Marshall Invitational 80-87-78=245 James Madison Invitational 86-81-78=245 Marshall Invitational 82-84-79=245 Nittany Lion Invitational 81-82-82=245 Penn State Tournament 245 Nittany Lion Invitational 81-78-87=246 Nittany Lion Invitational 82-85=79=246 Marshall Invitational 79-82-86=247 James Madison Invitational 79-88-81-248 James Madison Invitational 85-82-81=248 Marshall Invitational 86-81-83=250 Nittany Lion Invitational 80-88-84=252 Marshall Invitational 81-89-82=252 Nittany Lion Invitational

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1977 1977 1979 1978 1979 1979

Stan Jones Jeff Rowan Ed Meador Terry Dubois Bill Hyre Shipman

1976 1979 1978 1977 1979 1981 1980 1980 1980 1980 1979 1979 1981 1977 1976 1979 1977 1979 1980 1977 1979 1976 1978 1977 1977 1977 1980 1980 1976

SEASON AVERAGE Name Dan Ackerman Dan Ackerman Dave Lester Dave Lester John Eldwood Rich Wainwright John Elwood Patrick Weaver Dan Ackerman John Elwood John Elwood Mike Tennant Rich Wainwright Scott Wilson Pat Weaver Rich Wainwright Greg Guadino Stan Wiel Pat Weaver Terry Dubois Stan Wiel Greg Guadino David Lester Jeff Rowan Jeff Rowan Jeff Rowan Root Clark Randy Wampler Robert Clark Robert Clark Tim Dyer Rich Wainwright Phil Zambos James Rider Scott Wilson William Hyre Richard Wainwright Mark Greer Jeff Rowan Ed Meador Stan Weil Stanley Jones Tom Dyer Jim Rider Jim Rider

83-90-81=254 83-83-89=255 90-82-84=256 75-82-83=256 86-89-81=256 87-84-87=258

James Madison Invitational Marshall Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational James Madison Invitational Eastern Kentucky Invitational

Avg. Rounds 76.0 5 76.90 9 77.16 12 77.2 12 77.33 15 77.70 10 77.73 19 77.89 19 77.92 13 78.16 12 78.2 12 78.30 13 78.4 14 78.80 5 78.80 12 78.93 15 79.00 12 79.10 10 79.20 15 79.30 13 79.30 14 79.60 8 79.70 17 79.73 19 79.90 12 80.40 10 80.41 12 80.50 8 80.60 8 80.60 19 80.62 8 80.62 8 80.64 14 80.37 8 80.80 9 81.30 7 81.70 17 82.00 6 82.50 10 82.69 13 83.20 10 83.85 7 85.80 5 86.3 6 86.55 6

1977 1978 1981 1981 1977 1976

Year 1979-80 1978-89 Fall 1976 Fall 1977 1977-78 1979-80 Spring 1977 Spring 1977 1980-81 Fall 1976 Fall 1977 1980-81 1978-79 1979-80 Fall 1977 1977-78 1980-81 1979-80 1977-78 1980-81 1978-79 1978-79 Spring 1977 Spring 1977 1978-79 1979-80 Fall 1976 1979-80, 1978-79 Fall 1977 Spring 1977 1980-81 Fall 1976 1977-78 Spring 1977 1978-79 1979-80, 1978-89 Spring 1977 1908-81 1977-78 1980-81 1977-78 Spring 1977 1980-81 Fall 1977 Fall 1976

Honors

AWARDS &

AMATEUR/PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT WINS Alan Cooke (2015-17) 2016 West Virginia Amateur

COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT WINS Team 2017 East Carolina Intercollegiate

AWARDS & HONORS Big 12 All-Academic Team Alan Cooke 2016, 2017 Chris Williams 2016, 2017 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team Tristan Nicholls 2016 Etienne Papineau 2017

AlanCOOKE

Cole Hand (2015-16) 2014 West Virginia Junior Etienne Papineau (2016-present) 2015 Quebec Amateur 2015 Quebec Match Play 2015 Canadian Collegial National Championship Easton Renwick (2014-16) 2015 West Penn Amateur 2017 West Penn Open Championship Chris Williams (2015-17) 2017 Coca-Cola Shootout

EtiennePAPINEAU

GCAA All-Academic Scholar Chris Williams 2017 GCAA All-Academic Team 2017 WVU Golf MVP 2016 Max Sear 2017 Max Sear WVU Golf Most Improved 2017 Tristan Nicholls WVU Academic Award 2016 Avery Schneider 2017 Etienne Papineau

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Opponents

Series Records vs.

Opponent

L

T

Series Began

Opponent

W

L

T

Series Began

American

1 0 0

1968

Muskingum

1 0 0

1976

Baldwin-Wallace

1 0 0

1961

Navy

0 1 0

1951

Baltimore

2 0 0

1977

Northern Illinois

0 1 0

1965

Bowling Green

0 1 0

1977

Ohio

8 21 1

1951

Bucknell

1 0 0

1969

Penn State

2

1940

18 3 0

1947

Pitt

Carnegie-Melon

9 2 1

1933

Quantico

1 0 0

1950

Catholic

2 0 0

1971

Richmond

7 1 0

1952

Clarion

3 3 1

1968

Robert Morris

1 0 0

1977

Davidson

0 2 0

1957

St. Vincent

1 0 0

1972

Davis & Elkins

3

1934

Salem

1 0 0

1972

California (Pa.)

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W

0

0

20

0

38 26 6

1933

Duquesne

16 1 1

1933

Steubenville

1 0 0

1969

Edinboro

3 1 0

1971

Slippery Rock

5

1946

Fairmont State

4 0 2

1934

Virginia

0 2 0

1952

Frostburg State

2 0 0

1972

VMI

4 7 0

1954

Furman

0 1 0

1957

Virginia Tech

0 16 10

1959

Geneva

9 0 0

1947

Washington & Jefferson 16

8

0

1934

Georgetown

2 2 0

1948

Washington & Lee

6

1

1952

George Washington 15 4 3

1950

Waynesburg

18 2 0

1936

Glenville State

4 1 0

1972

West Liberty State

20

1962

Hampden Sydney

0 1 0

1976

Westminster

12 4 1

1946

Indiana Univ. (Pa.)

6

1964

Case Western

4 0 0

1949

Juniata

6 0 0

1956

West Virginia Wesleyan

5

1947

Lock Haven

1 0 0

1973

Wheeling

7 0 0

1965

Mansfield State

1 0 0

1975

William & Mary

4

1952

Maryland

2 4 0

1948

Youngstown State

4 0 0

1955

Mercyhurst

1 0 0

1977

Non Intercollegiate

5 3 0

--

Miami (OH)

0 0 1

1967

Totals

GOLF

18

2

1

5

3

0

8

1

0

0

0

290 178 21

GENERAL

Information

President E. Gordon Gee ������������������������������������������ 50 Director of Athletics Shane Lyons ���������������������������� 51 Intercollegiate Athletics Staff ���������������������������������� 52 WVU Head Coaches ������������������������������������������������ 52 WVU Intercollegiate Athletics 2016-17 ����������������������� 53 Media Guidelines ���������������������������������������������������� 54 Athletic Facilities ���������������������������������������������������� 55

PRESIDENT

E. GORDON Gee, Dr. E. Gordon Gee is one of America’s most prominent higher education leaders, having served as president of some of the most prestigious public and private universities for more than three decades.

When he returned to lead West Virginia University in 2014 as the institution’s 24th president, it was a homecoming of sorts. He was first named WVU president in 1981 at age 36 – at the time, among the youngest persons to ever serve as a university president.

He led WVU until 1985 when he went on to presidencies at the University of Colorado (1985-90), Brown University (1998-2000) and Vanderbilt University (2001-07). He served as president of The Ohio State University from 1990-97 and again from 2007-13.

On his return to the Morgantown campus, he said, “This is not a job to me; it is a calling.” His leadership style bears that out as he works tirelessly to advance the University’s land-grant mission and open doors to the American dream.

In his latest address to the University community, he noted that for 150 years, the institution has been a polar star guiding West Virginians toward a brighter tomorrow. He said, “That is why, in this milestone year, we recommit our University to living the values that drive our work. Serving our students and our state is not just our duty — it is our passion.”

Gee has built a special relationship with the students as well as the state’s citizens, making it a point to visit students where they live, learn and socialize -- and visiting all 55 West Virginia counties during his inaugural year -- and at least half in subsequent years.

Born in Vernal, Utah, Gee graduated from the University of Utah with an honors degree in history and earned his J.D. and Ed.D. degrees from Columbia University. He clerked under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this role, he worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger on administrative and legal problems of the Court and federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and was granted full professorship in 1978.

One year later, he became dean of the WVU College of Law, and, in 1981, was named WVU’s 19th president.

Gee has served on several education-governance organizations and committees, including the Big 12 Conference Council of Presidents, the Business Higher Education Forum and the American Association of Universities. He was chair of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Higher Education Attainment and served as co-chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Energy Advisory Committee. In 2009, King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia invited him to join its international advisory board. In 2009, Time magazine named him one of the top 10 university presidents in the United States.

Gee is serving as chair of the Big 12 Board of Directors Executive Committee for the 2017-18 year. Active in many national professional and service organizations, he is on the executive committee of the National 4-H Council Board of Trustees and serves on the board of directors of the American Council on Education, the nation’s largest higher education organization, as well as on the board of trustees of the Royal University for Women in Bahrain, with which WVU has a long-standing academic partnership. A recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, he is an executive board member of Boy Scouts of America. He has also served on the boards for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Limited Brands.

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In 2011, Gee began serving as secretary on the Board of Directors of Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio. In 2011-12, Governor John Kasich asked him to chair the Ohio Higher Education Capital Funding Collaborative and the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission. In December 2012, he began serving on the Columbus Education Commission.

Gee has received many honorary degrees, awards, fellowships and recognitions. He is a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest science organization.

In 1994, Gee received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah, as well as from Teachers College of Columbia University. In 2013, he received the ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award and the Outstanding Academic Leader of the Year Award on behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

He is the co-author of 11 books, including Law, Policy and Higher Education, published in 2012. He has also authored many papers and articles on law and education.

In the summer of 2016, Gee announced his engagement to Laurie Erickson, leader of the Erickson Foundation. Gee’s daughter, Rebekah, is Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. In addition to that role, she is a practicing gynecologist and Gratis Faculty at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Dr. Rebekah Gee is married to David Patrón and they have five children.

TheGEE FAMILY Front from left: Nathan, Elly and Ben Patrón.

Back from left: Rebekah Gee, Eva Patrón, E. Gordon Gee, Elizabeth Patrón and David Patrón

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

SHANE Lyons

The 2017-18 season is Shane Lyons’ third full year as director of athletics at West Virginia University. If the next year is anything like the previous two, the Mountaineer athletics story will be full of positive results and continued success.

In year two, Lyons put the finishing touches, to rave reviews, on $23 million in renovations to the WVU Coliseum, while $50 million in renovations and fan enhancements to Milan Puskar Stadium finished in August 2017.

Lyons is always on the go, focusing his energy daily on the betterment of more than 500 student-athletes. His open lines of communications have made him a popular role model for WVU athletes, and his honest, fair and caring approach has energized an athletic department that turned in record results in 2017.

Under Lyons’ leadership, 2017 was one of the best in WVU history. Six teams were nationally ranked, football turned in a 10-win season, women’s soccer played for the national championship and had the Hermann Trophy winner, men’s basketball reached the Sweet 16, women’s basketball won the Big 12 championship and rifle won its 19th national championship. Overall, the Mountaineers registered in 24 All-Americans, 104 all-conference performers, 20 academic award winners, 121 academic all-conference selections, 10 Olympians, one Olympic gold medalist and two silver medalists.

Overseeing 18 varsity sports, a self-sustaining department budget of more than $90 million and more than 200 employees, Lyons’ tireless efforts in the coming year will be geared toward getting started on a new $45 million aquatic and track center in Morgantown, and a continued focus, on the growth and cultivation of the more than $23 million in fundraising efforts brought in by the Mountaineer Athletic Club. He will also direct phase two of the Coliseum renovations, which will bring the building up to ADA seating code, and for the first-time ever, Milan Puskar Stadium will have two video boards to improve in fan entertainment and information.

While some outside observers may think that he is a behind-the-scenes guy, the people who count will tell you that Lyons is a results-oriented leader who has his finger on the pulse and is a positive influence on the entire department.

His work with WVU President E. Gordon Gee’s senior leadership team, as well as the Big 12 Conference and other national committees has brought additional respect and positive exposure to his department and the University. He currently serves on the Big 12 Administration Committee, Finance and Budget Committee and the Game Management and Officiating Subcommittee. Also in 2017-18, Lyons will chair the overall athletic directors committee for the Big 12.

Lyons came to West Virginia after spending three years as the deputy director of athletics and chief operating officer at Alabama where he worked closely on day-to-day strategic leadership and direction of the Crimson Tide Athletic program.

During his time at Alabama, his responsibilities included oversight of a $120 million budget, management of the day-to-day operations of the department and oversight of the Crimson Tide’s 21 sports teams. In addition, he played a pivotal role in a historic renegotiation of Alabama’s multimedia rights agreement that started in 2014 and was involved in several significant capital projects totaling more than $85 million.

The Crimson Tide won seven national titles in five different sports during his time there – two in football, two in men’s golf, one in women’s golf, one in gymnastics and one in softball. He also played a critical role in the hiring of four Alabama head coaches.

Prior to joining the Alabama staff in November 2011, Lyons spent 10 years as an associate commissioner at the Atlantic Coast Conference. At the ACC, Lyons focused on conference-wide compliance and academic initiatives, providing direct assistance to the conference’s presidents, chancellors and athletics directors in matters dealing with NCAA regulatory matters.

In addition, he served as the ACC’s human resource manager and was responsible for the administration, negotiation and mediation of the employee benefits program and managing the conference’s organizational policies and procedures. He was part of the senior administrative team for ACC events,

including the football championship game, the men’s basketball tournament and men’s and women’s NCAA basketball events.

Prior to working at the ACC, Lyons served as associate athletics director for compliance at Big 12 member Texas Tech from 1998 to 2001. During that time, Lyons assumed responsibility for the leadership, administration and implementation of a comprehensive NCAA compliance program with emphasis toward rules education and extensive monitoring systems. He also served as oversight administrator for several of the Red Raiders’ athletic teams and had financial and operational supervision of the strength and conditioning, nutritional and sports medicine units.

Before joining Texas Tech, Lyons worked at the NCAA for almost 10 years as a senior membership services representative, where he was responsible for the oversight and coordination of the 25 membership service representatives.

Lyons began his career in college athletics in July 1988 as assistant commissioner of the Big South Conference. With the Big South, he was in charge of conference-wide compliance and championships.

A native of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and a graduate of Parkersburg High, Lyons was a standout basketball player for the Big Reds. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sport management from WVU in 1987 and 1988, respectively.

Lyons, the University’s 12th athletic director, and his wife, Emily, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have two children: Cameron and Brooke.

Through the Years 1988-89 Big South Conference

(Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Championships)

1989-98 NCAA (Senior Membership Services Representative) 1998-2001 Texas Tech (Associate Athletic Director – Compliance) 2001-11 Atlantic Coast Conference

(Associate Commissioner – Compliance and Governance)

2011-15 Alabama (Deputy Director of Athletics) 2015-present West Virginia (Director of Athletics and Associate Vice President)

National Committee Appointments

1995-97 Legislative Review Committee

2004-06 Division I Academics/Eligibility Compliance Cabinet 2004-08 Division I Interpretations Committee

2006-08 Division I Management Council 2008-11 Division I Legislative Council

2010-11 2015-18 2015-18 2017-18

(Chair 2 years)

(Chair 2 years)

(Chair 1 year)

Division I Communications and Coordination Committee Big 12 Administration, Finance and Budget Committee Big 12 Game Management and Officiating Subcommittee Big 12 Athletic Directors Council

(Chair)

The Lyons Family: Cameron, Brooke; Emily and Shane

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Keli Zinn Deputy Director of Athletics

Steve Uryasz Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director

Simon Dover Senior Associate Athletic Director/Business Operations/CFO

Michael Fragale Senior Associate Athletic Director/ Communications

Terri Howes Senior Associate Athletic Director/Sport Administration/SWA

Ben Murray Senior Associate Athletic Director/ MAC Executive Director

Matt Wells Senior Associate Athletic Director/ External Affairs

Greg Featherston Associate Athletic Director/ Governance & Compliance

April Messerly Associate Athletic Director/ Facilities & Operations

Zach Eckert Assistant Athletic Director/ Facilities & Operations

Bryan Messerly Assistant Athletic Director/ Communications

Sam Morrone Assistant Athletic Director/ Business Operations

Preston Wages Assistant Athletic Director/ Compliance

Stephanie White Assistant Athletic Director/ Student-Athlete Development

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

Head Coaches

Nathaniel Zinn Assistant Athletic Director/ Marketing

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Jason Butts Gymnastics

Mike Carey Women’s Basketball

Sean Cleary Cross Country/Track

Sean Covich Golf

Jon Hammond Rifle

Sammie Henson Wrestling

Dana Holgorsen Football

Bob Huggins Men’s Basketball

Nikki Izzo-Brown Women’s Soccer

Jimmy King Rowing

Marlon LeBlanc Men’s Soccer

Miha Lisac Tennis

Randy Mazey Baseball

Vic Riggs Swimming and Diving

Reed Sunahara Volleyball

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2016-17

CoSIDA Academic All-Americans FIRST TEAM

• Jack Elliott, Men’s Soccer • Elizabeth Gratz, Rifle

SECOND TEAM

• Carly Black, Women’s Soccer • Amy Cashin, Track and Field/Cross Country • Jillian Forsey, Track and Field/Cross Country • Ginny Thrasher, Rifle

THIRD TEAM

• Amelie Currat, Women’s Swimming & Diving • Bianca St. Georges

All-Americans FIRST TEAM

• Milica Babic, Rifle, NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle • Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA All-America, Senior CLASS Award • Elizabeth Gratz, Rifle, NRA All-America Air Rifle, NRA All-America Smallbore • Ashley Lawrence, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA All-America • Jean-Pierre Lucas, Rifle, NRA All-America Smallbore • Tyler Orlosky, Football, Senior CLASS Award All-America • Morgan Phillips, Rifle, NRA All-America Smallbore • Ginny Thrasher, Rifle, NRA All-America Air Rifle, NRA All-America Smallbore, CRCA All-America

SECOND TEAM

• Michaela Abam, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA All-America • Milica Babic, Rifle, NRA All-America Second Team Smallbore, CRCA All-America • Jackson Cramer, Baseball, Senior CLASS Award All-America • Rasul Douglas, Football, Associated Press All-America, CBSSports.com All-America, Football • Writers of America Association All-America, Phil Steele All-America, Pro Football Focus • All-America, USA Today All-America, Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America • Elizabeth Gratz, Rifle, CRCA All-America • Kirah Koshinski, Gymnastics, NACGC/W Regular Season All-America • Ashley Lawrence, Women’s Soccer, Senior CLASS Award All-America • Jean-Pierre Lucas, Rifle, CRCA All-America • Zaakira Muhammad, Gymnastics, NCAA Championships All-America • Tyler Orlosky Football, Associated Press All-America, CBSSports.com All-America, Football • Writers of America Association All-America, Phil Steele All-America, SI.com All-America, USA Today All-America

THIRD TEAM

• Amy Cashin, Track & Field (Outdoor), 3,000m Steeplechase • Rasul Douglas, Football, SBNation All-America • Shamoya McNeil, Track & Field (Outdoor), Triple Jump • Tyler Orlosky, Football, Athlon Sports All-America • Braden Zarbnisky, Baseball, NCBWA All-America

FOURTH TEAM

• Tyler Orlosky, Football, SBNation All-America

HONORABLE MENTION

• Rasul Douglas, Football, FOXSports All-America • Tyler Orlosky, Football, FOXSports All-America • Morgan Phillips, Rifle, CRCA All-America Honorable Mention • Jean-Pierre Lucas, Rifle, NRA All-America Honorable Mention Air Rifle • Tynice Martin, Women’s Basketball, Associated Press All-America, WBCA All-America

Conference Major Awards

• Michaela Abam, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Year • Milica Babic, Rifle, GARC Outstanding Rookie • Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player • Morgan Car, Women’s Swimming & Diving, Big 12 Women’s Co-Newcomer of the Year • Jevon Carter, Men’s Basketball, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year • Justin Crawford, Football, Newcomer of the Year, Coaches, ESPN.com • Ashley Lawrence, Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player • Tynice Martin, Women’s Basketball, Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player • Tarik Phillip, Men’s Basketball, Sixth Man Award • Ginny Thrasher, Rifle, GARC Shooter of the Year

National Awards and Recognition

• Nathan Adrian, Men’s Basketball, Reese’s NABC Division I All-Stars • Milica Babic, Rifle, CRCA Freshman of the Year • Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, espnW National Player of the Year, Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy, Honda Sports Award, Senior CLASS Award Finalist, TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Year, ESPY nomination as top women’s college athlete • Jevon Carter, Men’s Basketball, NABC Defensive Player of the Year, Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year, Allstate NABC Good Works Team nominee • Jackson Cramer, Baseball, Senior CLASS Award Finalist • Skyler Howard, Football, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist, Senior CLASS Award Candidate • Ashley Lawrence, Women’s Soccer, Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy Semifinalist, Senior CLASS Award Finalist • Lanay Montgomery, Women’s Basketball, Allstate WBCA Good Works Team nominee, Senior CLASS Award Candidate • Tyler Orlosky, Football, Rimington Trophy Finalist, Senior CLASS Award Finalist • Ginny Thrasher, Rifle, 87th AAU James E. Sullivan Award Finalist; CRCA Rifle Athlete of the Year, 2016 USA Shooting Athlete of the Year • Braden Zarbnisky, Baseball, John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Finalist

NCAA Team Qualifiers

• Baseball, Winston-Salem Regional Final • Cross Country, 4th at Mid-Atlantic Regionals • Men’s Basketball, NCAA Sweet 16 • Women’s Basketball, NCAA Second Round • Women’s Soccer, National Runner-Up

NCAA Individual Qualifiers

• Amy Cashin, Women’s Track & Field, 3,000m Steeplechase (Outdoor) • Dylan Cottrell, Wrestling, 165 pounds • Maggie Drazba, Cross Country • Jillian Forsey, Cross Country • Shamoya McNeil, Women’s Track & Field, Triple Jump (Outdoor) • Zaakira Muhammad, Gymnastics • Jacob A. Smith, Wrestling, 197 pounds (did not compete due to injury)

94 All-Conference Selections

• 154 Academic All-Conference Selections • Four Team Academic Award Winners (Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Cross Country and Women’s Swimming and Diving) • 517 Student-Athletes were named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • 512 Student-Athletes were named to the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

Baseball: 36-26/12-12 Big 12; T-4th place Big 12; NCAA Winston-Salem Regional Final Cross Country: 3rd place at Big 12 Championship; 4th place at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional; 2 NCAA qualifiers Men’s Basketball: 28-9/12-6 Big 12; T-2nd place Big 12; NCAA West Regional Semifinal Women’s Basketball: 24-11/8-10 Big 12; 6th place Big 12; Big 12 Tournament Champions; NCAA Second Round Football: 10-3/7-2 Big 12; T-2nd place Big 12; Russell Athletic Bowl Golf: 10th at Big 12 Gymnastics: 13-10/3-3 Big 12; 3rd place Big 12; 3rd place NCAA Morgantown Regional; 1 NCAA Qualifier Rowing: 5th place at Big 12 Championship Rifle: 12-0/8-0 GARC; GARC Regular-Season & Postseason Champions; NCAA Champions Men’s Soccer: 8-7-1/1-4 MAC; 6th place MAC Women’s Soccer: 23-2-2/8-0 Big 12; Big 12 Regular-Season & Tournament Champions; NCAA National Runner-Up Men’s Swimming and Diving: 5-4/1-0 Big 12; 2nd place Big 12 Women’s Swimming and Diving: 5-6/1-1 Big 12; 4th place Big 12 Women’s Tennis: 4-16/0-9 Big 12; 10th place Big 12 Women’s Track and Field: Indoor-10th Big 12; Outdoor-10th Big 12; 2 NCAA Qualifiers Volleyball: 12-18/3-13 Big 12; 8th place Big 12 Wrestling: 4-12/1-3 Big 12; 6th place at Big 12 Championship; 2 NCAA Qualifiers _____________________________________ NCAA Team Champions Rifle NCAA Team Runner-Up Women’s Soccer Individual NCAA Champions Milica Babic, Air Rifle Morgan Phillips, Smallbore Team Conference Champions Rifle, Regular Season and Tournament Women’s Basketball, Tournament Women’s Soccer, Regular Season and Tournament WVUGolf

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Athletic Information The West Virginia University athletic communication office is located on the second floor of the WVU Coliseum in room 217.

Mailing Address Athletic Communications Office West Virginia University

WVA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

CONTACT INFORMATION

MichaelFRAGALE

BryanMESSERLY

JohnANTONIK

Senior Associate Athletic Director/ Communications

Assistant Athletic Director/Communications

Director of Digital Media

MikeMONTORO

JoeSWAN

KristinCOLDSNOW

Director of Football Communications

Director of Athletic Publications

Multimedia Specialist

GrantDOVEY

AshleyBAILEY

ShannonMcNAMARA

CharlieHEALY

Digital Media Manager

Associate Director of Athletic Communications

Associate Director of Athletic Communications

Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

AmySALVATORE

LisaAMMONS

CherylWIRE

LisaAMMONS

Business Manager

Operations Coordinator

Business Manager

P.O. Box 0877 Morgantown, WV 26507-0877 Overnight Shipping Address WVU Athletic Communications 3450 Monongahela Blvd., Room 217 Morgantown, WV 26506 Phone Information Office: 304-293-2821 Fax: 304-293-4105 Press Box: 304-293-6480 Golf Contact Ashley Bailey

Associate Director of Athletic Communications

Associate Director of Athletic Communications Ashley.bailey@mail.wvu.edu

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GOLF

JoeMITCHIN

ChrisPHARIS

Graduate Assistant

Graduate Assistant