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TABLE OF CONTENTS MOUNTAINEER GOLF

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Managing Editor: Joe Swan

A New Era of WVU Golf Big 12 Conference WVU Golf Academic Honors Campus Life

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2021-22 COACHING STAFF Coach Sean Covich Assistant Coach Clay Bounds Support Staff

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2021-22 PLAYER PROFILES 2020-21 Roster 16 Mark Goetz 18 Logan Perkins 20 Kurtis Grant 22 Trent Tipton 24 Jackson Davenport 26 Olivier Ménard 28 Will Stakel 30 Newcomers 32

2020-21 SEASON REVIEW 2020-21 Season Review 2020-21 Results and Statistics 2020-21 Senior Recap

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RECORD BOOK All-Time Coaching Records All-Time Scoring Records All-Time Conference Results Series Records All-Time Results All-Time Honors and Awards Mountaineer Invitational

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY President Dr. E. Gordon Gee Director of Athletics Shane Lyons Athletics Senior Staff/Head Coaches Athletic Facilities WVU Athletics Communications

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The Gopher Invitational Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Match Play Championship Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate Florida Gators Invitational Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate Schenkel Invitational The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate Mason Rudolph Championship Big 12 Championship NCAA Regional Championship NCAA Championship

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A NEW ERA OF WEST VIRGINIA GOLF

74 YEARS IN THE MAKING

1947

The new era of WVU golf begins as players arrive on campus for the first time since the program was cut in the early 1980s.

AUGUST 2014

SEPTEMBER 2015

Alan Cooke becomes the first Mountaineer golfer in more than three decades to tee off as the team restarts varsity competition at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational.

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West Virginia competes at its first-ever Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Country Club in Trinity, Texas.

Then-freshman Max Sear just misses a top-10 finish.

West Virginia starts the season with another win, this time taking top team honors at the Janney VCU Shootout.

APRIL 2016

SEPTEMBER 2017

APRIL 2017 The Mountaineers claim their first team win, taking the title at the East Carolina Invitational

Sharpstene shoots a then-program low round of 64 to lead the Mountaineers to another win at the Martin Downs Collegiate in Palm City, Florida.

FEBRUARY 2018

NOVEMBER 2017 Freshman Matthew Sharpstene becomes the first Mountaineer to ever win Big 12 Golfer of the Month after his play at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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West Virginia qualifies for its first NCAA appearance since 1947.

The Mountaineers place sixth at the NCAA Louisville Regional.

NOVEMBER 2018

MAY 2019

OCTOBER 2018 Sear becomes the first Mountaineer in more than 30 decades to win a tournament, claiming medalist honors at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational in Bridgeport. WVU takes the team title at its home event, hosted at Pete Dye Golf Club.

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MAY 2021

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West Virginia caps the fall season at No. 37 in the Golfstat rankings.

The Mountaineers record a new team 54-hole low round and total versus par at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with a 273-273-280=826 for 26-underpar, besting the previous records of 835 (Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018-19) and -22 (Janney VCU Shootout, 2017-18).

Mark Goetz became WVU’s first-ever individual qualifier for the NCAA Regional Championship. He finished second, just missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship. After the season, he became the first WVU golfer to earn All-America honors.

APRIL 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019

FEBRUARY 2020

The Mountaineers host their first-ever Big 12 Championship at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Etienne Papineau earns the first record of the season with a program-best 54-hole total of 203 at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational; he shaves three strokes off the previous record of 206, which was set in 2017. WVU earns its first top-25 ranking. .

Logan Perkins earns a new 18-hole record low score at the Florida Gators Invitational in February with a 62, besting the previous record of 64, which was set in 2018.

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BIG 12 CONFERENCE The Big 12 welcomes in 2021-22 fresh off its 25th anniversary as one of the nation’s premier athletic conferences under the direction of 10-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 25 years. Since it began competition in 1996-97, the league can boast of 69 NCAA team titles and over 700 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 with Dallas serving as the host site for three events and one staged in Atlanta.

The award-winning Big 12 Champions for Life, an initiative of the Conference, begins its seventh year in 2021-22. It features current and former student-athletes, selected by league institutions, in a series of public service announcements highlighting the positive impact an athletics scholarship has had on their lives leading to stories of personal growth and success.

The Big 12 claimed five team national championships in 2020-21, the third-most in an academic year in Conference history, and tallied five NCAA runner-up finishes. Baylor won its first and the Conference’s second

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title in men’s basketball while Texas men’s swimming & diving captured its and the Big 12’s ninth national crown since 2000. Texas women’s tennis and rowing captured the Big 12’s first national championships in those sports. Oklahoma softball won its and the Big 12’s fifth Women’s College World Series since 2000. Additionally, 17 individual national champions were added in 2020-21. NCAA runner-up finishes included Oklahoma women’s gymnastics, Texas volleyball, Baylor men’s tennis, Oklahoma State women’s golf and Oklahoma men’s golf.

The Big 12 was the only autonomy conference to go undefeated in 2020 bowl games with a 5-0 finish (a sixth game was canceled due to COVID-19). It marked the first perfect bowl record in Big 12 history.

Oklahoma and Iowa State played in CFP New Year’s Six Bowls to give the Big 12 two teams in the postseason structure for the fifth season in its seven years. The Big 12 has made 12 appearances in a CFP News Year’s Bowl in the seven years of the structure. From 2017-19, the Sooners made three straight CFP semifinal appearances and has made four since 2015.

The Big 12 sponsors 23 sports. Men’s squads include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, swimming & diving, tennis and wrestling. Women’s teams are fielded in basketball, cross country, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.

Big 12 institutions create a league that encompasses five states and nearly 38 million people. Nearly 5,000 student-athletes from across the United States and around the World compete annually in the sports sponsored by the Conference.

The Conference currently conducts postseason championships for 22 of its 23 sports with the Football Championship Game returning in 2017 after a six-year absence. Each championship helps to determine teams and/ or individuals that will represent the Conference in national postseason competition.

The Conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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ACADEMIC HONORS

GCAA All-Academic Team 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 GCAA Srixon/Cleveland Golf AllAmerica Scholar Trent Tipton 2021 Kurtis Grant 2020, 2021 Philipp Matlari 2019, 2020 Etienne Papineau 2019, 2020, 2021 Max Sear 2018, 2019 Chris Williams 2017

Academic All-Big 12 First Team Trent Tipton 2021 Mark Goetz 2020 Kurtis Grant 2020, 2021 Logan Perkins 2020 Philipp Matlari 2019, 2020 Tristan Nicholls 2019 Etienne Papineau 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Drew Dewald 2018 Avery Schneider 2018 Max Sear 2018, 2019 Chris Williams 2016, 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team Mark Goetz 2021 Matthew Sharpstene 2019, 2020 Mark Goetz 2019 Tristan Nicholls 2018 Alan Cooke 2016, 2017 Mason Short 2016

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Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team Will Stakel Nico Lang Trent Tipton Kurtis Grant Logan Perkins Etienne Papineau Tristan Nicholls

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West Virginia going first is in our blood

It's in our sweat and it's in our nature. So we will go above. We will go beyond.

And when everyone goes back, Mountaineers #GoFirst

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Mountaineer Golf CHARACTER Public, land-grant institution, founded in 1867.

RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity, as described by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

ACCREDITATION WVU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

Many programs hold specialized accreditation.

GOVERNANCE The WVU Board of Governors is the University’s governing body. The Higher Education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities.

E. Gordon Gee is WVU’s 24th president.

CAMPUS LOCATIONS AND FACILITIES The WVU System 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 the studentcentered focus of WVU Potomac State College in Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley, we are leveraging our talents and resources to create a better future for West Virginia and the world.

The WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley offers more than 35 majors, including one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

WVU Potomac State College in Keyser has one of the lowest tuition rates of all the nation’s four-year institutions. Offering more than 65 majors, this campus combines the personal attention of a small college with the benefits of a major university.

The WVU System also includes WVU Health Sciences locations in Charleston and Martinsburg, as well as seven farms and five forests throughout the state and WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp.

The WVU Morgantown campus is in a town named “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Morgantown, population 30,855, 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 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; one of “50 Smartest Places to Live” by Kiplinger’s; and the second-ranking “Best College Town for Jobs” by Forbes.

STUDENT PROFILE Fall 2020 WVU System enrollment was 29,000+: • WVU Potomac State College – 1,193 • WVU Tech – 1,645 • Morgantown campus – 26,269

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WVU recipients of prestigious scholarships include 25 Rhodes Scholars, 25 Truman Scholars, 46 Goldwater Scholars, 3 George C. Marshall (British) Scholars, 6 Morris K. Udall Scholars, 5 USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 28 Boren Scholars, 72 Gilman Scholars, 68 Fulbright Scholars, 3 Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 35 Critical Language Scholars, one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar and 27 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

FACULTY AND STAFF PROFILE Excellent faculty — 19 of whom have been named Carnegie Foundation Professors of the Year — guide and mentor students.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Fourteen Morgantown colleges and schools offer 359 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; public health. Hundreds of distance education and online classes are available.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Students can choose from among 450+ student organizations or participate in an active intramural program or a variety of club sports.

ADMISSION AND APPLICATION TIMELINE Our test-optional policy means that students can apply for undergraduate admission without an ACT or SAT score. However, we do encourage that students submit scores if available and offer the option to submit after receiving a decision. WVU superscores and offers multiple options for submitting test scores.

In place of test scores, emphasis is placed on the following for test-optional applicants: cumulative and core GPA, meeting academic requirements, rigor of high school curriculum, college preparatory coursework and intended major. Students have until May 1, whether applying regular admission or test optional, to submit updated academic credentials, including test scores and transcripts, for merit eligibility.

Applications are processed beginning Aug. 15 for admission the following fall. WVU has a rolling admissions policy, and there is no official application deadline.

For graduate admission, each graduate program sets its own admissions requirements and deadlines.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AID In 2019-2020, WVU Morgantown disbursed more than $113 million in scholarships. The average award was $13,677.

TUITION Annual undergraduate tuition and fee rates for 2021-22 are $9,144 for in-state students and $25,824 for out-ofstate students.

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COACHING Head Coach Sean Covich

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Assistant Coch Clay Bounds

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Support Staff

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Mountaineer Golf West Virginia put a tally in the win column after topping the leaderboard at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club. Covich led the Mountaineers to its second victory of the season in a head-to-head matchup against Connecticut to open the spring portion of the season.

2019-20 proved to be another record-breaking year for West Virginia, as the team combined to break four different records throughout the season.

Etienne Papineau earned the first record of the season with a program-best 54-hole total of 203 at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational. Logan Perkins also earned a new 18-hole record low score at the Florida Gators Invitational with a 62 to finish second overall in the tournament.

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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.

Despite the abbreviated 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Covich and the Mountaineers managed to make great strides in just the program’s seventh year since being reinstated.

In 2020-21, Mark Goetz became WVU’s first-ever individual qualifier for the NCAA Regional Championship. He finished second, just missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship. After the season, he became the first WVU golfer to earn All-America honors.

The Mountaineers finished the 2020-21 season on a strong note. For the third year in a row, West Virginia won the Mountaineer Invitational with Goetz being the only golfer in the field to shoot under par (-12). WVU’s four-day total at the Big 12 Championship tied WVU’s best 72-hole total at the championship, including a 283 in the third round, one shot off its best round in a Big 12 event. Also in the spring, WVU shot a 10-under-par 278 at the Seminole Intercollegiate, the eighth-best round in school history and posted the lowest team score in the three years of competing at the Gators Invitational.

Building upon momentum from the team’s first NCAA appearance since 1947 the previous season, Covich’s Mountaineers earned the program’s first-ever top-25 ranking in 2019-20, coming in at No. 25 in the first Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll of the season.

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As a team, the Mountaineers recorded a new team 54-hole low round and total versus par at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with a 273-273280=826 for 26-under par. This bested the previous records of 835 and 22-under. The 2019-20 season was cut short in March due to COVID-19.

With the help of freshman Kurtis Grant, the 201819 season started off in a big way, as Grant posted a 206 in the Old Town Club Collegiate, tying the program record on his way to an 11th-place finish.

Soon after, senior Max Sear became the first Mountaineer in more than 35 years to earn medalist honors when he finished atop the team leaderboard at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club. His first-place finish led the Mountaineers to the team title for the first time ever at their home event.

The inaugural Big 12 Match Play Championship was up next for WVU. The Mountaineers put up a tough battle and came away with a win over Iowa State and a tie with Kansas. The Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, which West Virginia joined UCF in hosting, and the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic wrapped up fall play as the Mountaineers finished with a program-best No. 37 ranking via Golfstat.

Spring trips down south included a third-place finish at the Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Florida, and a fourth-place finish at the Irish Creek Collegiate in Kannapolis, North Carolina. In an annual tradition, the Mountaineers wrapped up play at rival Penn State’s Rutherford Intercollegiate, taking home third place.

At the end of April, West Virginia welcomed the league’s nine other programs to The Old White TPC in White Sulphur Springs as the Mountaineers played host to the 2019 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship at The Greenbrier Resort. Despite a soggy start, sophomore Matthew Sharpstene led the way for WVU with a 13th-place finish at the historic resort.

History was then made on May 1, 2019. The team gathered at the WVU Coliseum at 9 p.m. to await its fate as the top-50 national ranking all but guaranteed the Mountaineers a spot in an NCAA Regional. The team didn’t have to wait long, as

WVUSPORTS.COM “West Virginia” showed up in the first regional announced. The No. 8-seeded Mountaineers would join Big 12 foes Oklahoma State, Baylor and Iowa State at the University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky. It marked the program’s first NCAA appearance since 1947.

One week shy of the fifth anniversary of his hiring, Covich led West Virginia to its first NCAA appearance in 72 seasons. Sharpstene, Sear, Etienne Papineau, Logan Perkins and Philipp Matlari represented West Virginia in Louisville, along with alternate Mark Goetz. The Mountaineers found themselves in contention for a national championship bid early on, as they finished the first day in fifth place after Perkins led the way at one-under-par. The team slipped to eighth on the second day but rallied in the third round. After bouncing in and out of the top five throughout the day, WVU finished just two strokes out of contention, taking sixth place at the regional.

Though the season ended, the historical repercussions did not. Sharpstene became the first Mountaineer on record to earn Division I PING Midwest All-Region team accolades in May. Three more Mountaineers were honored in July as Sear, Papineau and Matlari were named to the GCAA Scholar All-America Teams for their play on the course and work in the classroom. Additionally, West Virginia earned team academic honors for the third straight season.

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

The 2017-18 season ended with the program’s first-ever top-100 ranking for the Mountaineers, as they finished the season at No. 90 out of 300 NCAA Division I Programs.

Covich’s Mountaineers started the season off with a bang, taking the team title at the Janney VCU Shootout to open the year. They added another team win in the spring, finishing first at the Martin Downs Collegiate in February. WVU registered team runner-up finishes at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, the Furman Intercollegiate and the Rutherford Intercollegiate. The squad capped the season with a ninth-place finish at the 2018 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship – a program best – and its second straight GCAA All-Academic Team award.

Individually, the Mountaineers excelled on the course and in the classroom. Max Sear set a program record with his 73.03 scoring average on the season and became the program’s second-ever GCAA Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar. He was joined by five teammates in earning Academic All-Big 12 honors. Freshman Matthew Sharpstene became the program’s first-ever Big 12 Golfer of the Month in November and went on to set a program low round after carding eight birdies to shoot a 64 at Martin Downs in February.

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Mountaineer Golf In just their second season of varsity competition in 2016-17, 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.

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).

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 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.

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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.

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.

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 consecutive MPSA 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 2005, 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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against Connecticut in February to open the spring season.

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» ASSISTANT COACH » THIRD SEASON » MISSISSIPPI STATE, 2013 Clay Bounds joined the Mountaineer program as an assistant coach on July 1, 2019.

In Bounds’ second season at WVU in 2020-21, Mark Goetz became WVU’s first-ever individual qualifier for the NCAA Regional Championship. He finished second, just missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship. After the season, he became the first WVU golfer to earn All-America honors.

The Mountaineers finished the 2020-21 season on a strong note. For the third year in a row, West Virginia won the Mountaineer Invitational with Goetz being the only golfer in the field to shoot under par (-12). WVU’s four-day total at the Big 12 Championship tied WVU’s best 72hole total at the championship, including a 283 in the third round, one shot off its best round in a Big 12 event. Also in the spring, WVU shot a 10-under-par 278 at the Seminole Intercollegiate, the eighth-best round in school history and posted the lowest team score in the three years of competing at the Gators Invitational.

Although his first campaign as a member of WVU’s coaching staff was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bounds helped the Mountaineers make strides in 2019-20. WVU opened the season in a big way, achieving the program’s first-ever top-25 ranking. The Mountaineers also recorded a pair of victories, first at their home tournament – The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational – in October, and second in a head-to-head matchup WVUGolf

He also helped coach WVU to four program records throughout the year, despite the shortened season. Etienne Papineau earned the first record with a program-best 54-hole total of 203 at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational, before Logan Perkins earned a new 18-hole record low score at the Florida Gators Invitational.

Perkins shot a 62 to finish second overall in the tournament. As a team, the Mountaineers recorded a new 54-hole low round and total versus par at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with an 826 total for 26-under par.

Bounds arrived in Morgantown in the summer of 2019 having spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach at Rice. During his tenure with the Owls, Bounds helped guide the squad to team titles at the 2018 Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate and the 2017 Jim West Intercollegiate, in addition to runner-up finishes at the 2018 Bob Sutton Invitational and 2016 Lone Star Invitational. The Owls jumped 60 spots in the Golfstat rankings, peaking at No. 86 in 2018 as they advanced to match play at the 2018 Conference USA Championships.

While at Rice, Bounds coached a trio of NCAA regional qualifiers in Jake Benson (2019), Mitchell Meissner (2018) and Mario Carmona (2018).

Benson claimed medalist honors at the 2019 C-USA Championship, while Meissner was the 2016 Lone Star Invitational medalist.

Prior to his arrival in Houston, Bounds spent the 2012-13 season as a student assistant at Mississippi State, helping the Bulldogs to four tournament titles and a pair of runner-up finishes.

Bounds started his playing career at Meridian Community College, earning a trio of all-tournament honors as well as a designation on the MCC All-Academic Team. A two-time team captain and the 2008 Outstanding Freshman of the Year, he transferred to Birmingham Southern College, before capping his playing career at Mississippi State. He played 15 rounds for the Bulldogs, qualifying for the 2012 SEC Championship.

A native of Meridian, Mississippi, Bounds earned a degree in accounting from Mississippi State.

He resides in Morgantown with his wife, Jessica, and children, Chisolm, Indiana and Ryder.

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STAFF STEVE URYASZ

BRYAN MESSERLY

Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director/Sports Administrator

GRAHAM REGER Director of Business Operations

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Associate Athletics Director/ Communications

Assistant Athletics Director/Student-Athlete Development

NOLAN HARVATH Strength & Conditioning

CONOR MCNAMARA Equipment Manager

2021 PROFILES PLAYER 2021-22 Roster

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Mark Goetz

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Kurtis Grant

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Trent Tipton

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Jackson Davenport

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Olivier Ménard

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ROSTER

Name Jackson Davenport Todd Duncan Mark Goetz Kurtis Grant Max Green Olivier Menard Logan Perkins Will Stakel Trent Tipton

Ht 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-4

Yr. So. Fr. 5th Year Sr. Fr. So. 5th Year So. Jr.

Hometown/High School (Previous School) Austin, Texas/West Lake Daniels, W.Va./Shady Spring Greensburg, Pa./The Kiski School Herndon, Va./South Lakes Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Christian Academy Salaberry de Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada/Cegep Andre-Laurendeau Locust Grove, Ga./Strong Rock Christian Peachtree Corners, Ga./Wesleyan Orient, Ohio/Bishop Hartley

Head Coach: Sean Covich (8th season, Mississippi State ’04) Assistant Coach: Clay Bounds (3rd season, Mississippi State ’13)

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Jackson DAVENPORT

Todd DUNCAN

Mark GOETZ

Kurtis GRANT

Max GREEN

Olivier MÉNARD

Logan PERKINS

Will STAKEL

Trent TIPTON

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MARK GOETZ

FIFTH YEAR SENIOR • 6-2 GREENSBURG, PA. KISKI SCHOOL @GOETZ2080

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2020-21 (SENIOR) • Was the stroke-play medalist out of 312 golfers at the 121st U.S. Amateur at Oakmont Country Club, shooting 8-under-par • Became the first WVU golfer in school history to earn All-America honors when he was named an Honorable Mention by Golfweek • Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America • Finished second at the NCAA Golf Regional, nearly missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship, with rounds of 74-66-68=208 to finish 8-under-par • Became WVU’s first NCAA individual qualifier in school history • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • WVU Golf Most Outstanding Player • Won his first collegiate title by shooting 12-under-par in the Mountaineer Invitational • His 12-under-par total was the lowest in school history (in relation to par) and was the only golfer under par in the field at the Mountaineer Invitational • His final round 65 in the Mountaineer Invitational tied for the fourthlowest round in school history • His 204 (70-69-65) in the Mountaineer Invitational was the second-lowest, 54-hole total in school history • Finished with the fifth-best, 72-hole score in a Big 12 Championship by a WVU player (298) • Recorded a 68 in the final round at the Big 12 Championship, the third-best round by a WVU player in the Big 12 Championship • Finished tied for 10th at The Hootie at Bulls Bay with rounds of 72-7368=213 to finish 3-under-par • Recorded a sixth-place finish at The Seminole Intercollegiate with rounds of 72-67-71=210 to finish 6-under-par • Picked up three victories at the Big 12 Match Play Championship • Top 25 finish at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational • Had 14 rounds of par or better • Recorded seven rebounds in the 60s, including a career-best 65 at the Mountaineer Invitational • Average score was 71.36 for the season

• Posted a 73.36 scoring average through eight tournaments for the Mountaineers • Finished in a tie for second place at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, notching a threeround total of 71-74-70=215 for one-under par • His finish at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational also marked a career-best tournament finish • Set a season-low 54-hole total of 207 (69-68-70) at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, finishing in a tie for 25th place

2019-20 (JUNIOR) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Posted three top-25 finishes on the season • Appeared in the lineup on seven occasions and played as an individual once • Shot a season-best 67 in the first round at the Old Town Club Collegiate

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

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE) • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team • Selected as the alternate for the 2019 NCAA Louisville Regional • Carried a 73.73 scoring average through five tournaments for the Mountaineers • Appeared in the lineup on three occasions and played as an individual twice • Posted a top-10 finish at the Musketeers Classic, tying for ninth place with a score of 217 for four-over par (74-72-71) • Twice shot a season-low round of 69 at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic • Finished with a season-low 54-hole total of 210 (69-69-72) at Ka’anapali, finishing three-under par • Also carded a 69 in the first round of the Old Town Club Collegiate (69-75-71=215) 2017-18 (FRESHMAN) • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Played 31 rounds in 10 tournaments as a true freshman, including the 2018 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship • Registered three top-20 finishes and a career-low 66 • Led WVU to the team title at the Martin Downs Collegiate, finishing third with a career-low 73-66-71=201 • Tied the then-WVU program record with a 66 in the second round • Collected his second top-10 finish at the Irish Creek Collegiate, taking fourth with a score of 214 (71-70-73) • Used an 18th-place finish (75-71-72=218) to help the Mountaineers finish second at the Rutherford Intercollegiate

WVUSPORTS.COM • 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 PERSONAL • Son of Brian and Carla • Birthday is Aug. 10 • Majoring in business • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

CAREER STATS Season Tourn.

Rounds Avg. Low Best Finish 2020-21 8 25.0 71.36 65 1st 2019-20 8 22.0 73.36 67 T-2nd 2018-19 5 15.0 73.73 69 T-9th 2017-18 10 31.0 74.06 66 T-3rd Career 31 73.12 73.12 65 1st

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LOGAN PERKINS

FIFTH YEAR SENIOR • 5-10 LOCUST GROVE, GA. STRONG ROCK CHRISTIAN HS @LIL_PERK44 @LIL_PERK45

2020-21 (SENIOR) • Posted the third-lowest, 72-hole score by a WVU player at a Big 12 Championship event (296) • Big 12 Championship lineup • Picked up a win in the Big 12 Match Play Championship • Played 22 rounds in seven tournaments • Carded four rounds at or below par throughout the season • Appeared in the starting lineup all season • Best finish was a 21st place finish at the Mountaineer Invitational • Shot a season-low 69 in the second round of the Seminole Intercollegiate 2019-20 (JUNIOR) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Player of the Year • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (9/30/19) • Played 22 rounds in eight tournaments • Paced the Mountaineers with a 71.77 scoring average through eight appearances • Posted four top-10 finishes on the season • Carded nine rounds at or below par throughout the season • Appeared in the lineup on six occasions and competed as an individual twice • Set a new 18-hole program record-low with a 62 at the Florida Gators Invitational, also marking a new career-best 18-hole score • Finished in second place at the Florida Gators Invitational with a 54-hole total of 72-62-71=205 for 5-under par • Also finished in second place while competing as an individual at the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic, posting a three-round total of 69-64-75=208 for 5-under par • His second-round score of 64 at the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic tied the 18hole program record at the time • Opened the season with a top-10 finish at the Pioneer Creek Collegiate, where he competed as an individual and finished eighth with a score of 67-72-73=212 (-4) 2018-19 (SOPHOMORE) • Played 29 rounds in 10 tournaments • Produced a scoring average of 73.10 • Had five top-25 finishes on the season • In the lineup for the Big 12 Championship and the NCAA Louisville Regional • Finished tied for 13th with scores of 7272=144 at the Patriot Intercollegiate.

• Tied for 16th at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational with a threeround score of 75-75-75=225.

• Carded a season-low 69 in the first round of the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic (69=72-74=215) • Shot a season-low 214 at The Hootie at Bull’s Bay, finishing T-16th (72-71-71) • Finished T-23rd at the Rutherford Intercollegiate (74-72-73) • Shot 74-70-78 in his first-ever Big 12 Championship • Picked up a top-25 finish at the NCAA Louisville Regional with a score of 70-74-71=215 2017-18 (FRESHMAN) • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Played 16 rounds in six tournaments as a true freshman • Boasted a scoring average of 74.75 for 3.13 vs. par • Recorded three rounds of 69 or better and one top-10 finish • Made his debut at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, shooting 80-72-69=221 • Shot 225, including a 69 in the third round, at the Martin Downs Collegiate to help WVU take home the team title • Posted a career-low 69=73-74=216 to place eighth at the Irish Creek Collegiate 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 • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Birthday is April 5 • Received a bachelor’s degree in business & economics in 2021 • Pursuing a master’s degree in business administration

CAREER STATS Season Tourn.

Rounds Avg. Low Best Finish 2020-21 7 22.0 74.32 69 T-21st 2019-20 8 22.0 71.77 62 2nd 2018-19 10 29.0 73.10 69 T-13th 2017-18 6 16.0 74.75 69 T-8th Career 31 89.0 73.37 62 2nd

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KURTIS GRANT SENIOR • 6-0 HERNDON, VA. SOUTH LAKES HS

2020-21 (JUNIOR) • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Academic Achievement Award • Tied for 13th at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 74-76-74=224 • Top 25 finish at the George Hannon Intercollegiate with rounds of 69-74-74=217 • Picked up two victories at the Big 12 Match Play Championship • Competed in six tournaments • Posted par or better in four rounds • Shot three rounds in the 60s • Matched his career best with a 68 at the Florida Gators Invitational 2019-20 (SOPHOMORE) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar • WVU Golf Academic Achievement Award • Posted a top-20 finish in five of the six tournaments in which he competed • Competed in six tournaments, playing 15 rounds • Appeared in the Mountaineer lineup on two occasions and competed as an individual four times throughout the season • Opened the season at the Pioneer Creek Collegiate, competing as an individual and finishing tied for 17th with a threeround total of 75-72-70=217 • One of four Mountaineers to compete at the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic, tying for 14th place with scores of 72-73-73=218 for five-over par • Also competed as an individual at the Musketeers Classic and Trojan Invitational, where he finished T-38th (74-76-73=223) and T-13th (75-76=151), respectively • Shot a season-best 69 in the final round of the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, carding a three-round total of 79-7269=220 for a 13th-place finish • Recorded a top-10 finish in the Mountaineers’ head-to-head matchup against Connecticut, tying for ninth place with a 79 2018-19 (FRESHMAN) • Appeared in seven tournaments, playing 21 rounds • Posted a 74.00 scoring average with a low round of 68

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• Registered three rounds in the 60s • Was a member of the lineup on four occasions • Recorded a pair of top-15 finishes in his first season • Tied the program record with a three-round score of 69-69-68=206, tying for 12th place at the Old Town Club Collegiate • Finished tied for 11th at the Georgia Southern Individual Collegiate with a three-round score of 72-74-70=216 • Shot 71-71-79=221 at the Seminole Intercollegiate PREP • Claimed medalist honors at the Virginia State Junior Championship at the Federal Club (69-74-69) • Also the medalist at the Mid-Atlantic Junior Invitational at Parkersburg Country Club (73-73) • Won the Virginia 6A Regional Championship (68-67) in 201 • Went undefeated at the 2016 Virginias vs. Carolinas Junior Match Play at 3-0 • Runner-up at the 2016 Virginia 6A State Championship (76-71) • Finished second at the PGA Junior Series at Westbrook Country Club (72-71-69) • won the HJGT Junior at Viniterra with rounds of 74-71 in 2017 • Runner-up at the Mid-Atlantic Junior PGA (72-71) in 2017 • Three-time High School Liberty Conference Champion (2015, 2016 2017) • Earned Washington Post First Team All-Met Golf honors in 2017 • First-team all-state honoree in 2016 and 2017 • Posted a pair of top-five finishes at AJGA events, taking fourth at the 2016 AJGA Junior at Cattail Creek (74-68-71) and tying for fifth at the 2015 AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational at Pumpkin Ridge (72-69-74) • Placed fifth at the 2017 Virginia 6A State Championship (73-71) PERSONAL • Parents are Donald and Joy • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Birthday is Oct. 3 • Majoring in business

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Rounds Avg. Low Best Finish 2020-21 6 18.0 73.89 68 T-13th 2019-20 6 15.0 73.87 69 T-9th 2018-19 7 21.0 74.00 68 T-11th Career 19 54.0 73.93 68 T-9th WVUGolf

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TRENT TIPTON JUNIOR • 6-4 ORIENT, OHIO BISHOP HARTLEY HS

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2020-21 (SOPHOMORE) • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Most Improved Award • Big 12 Championship lineup • Competed in every tournament during the spring season • Top 30 finish at the Mountaineer Invitational • Tied for 12th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay with rounds of 71-72-71=214 to finish 2-under-par • Posted seven rounds of par of better • Shot a season-best 69 in the second round of the Florida Gators Invitational 2019-20 (FRESHMAN) • Competed in three events in his first collegiate season • Appeared in the Mountaineers’ lineup once and competed twice as an individual • Shot a career-best 73 at the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic, making his Mountaineer debut • Finished the NKU Fall Collegiate Classic tied for 59th after shooting 73-80-81=234

• Competed at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, notching scores of 8375-78=236 for 20-over par • Collected the top finish of his rookie season at the Trojan Invitational, carding a two-round total of 79-78=157 PREP • Ranked as the No. 41 junior golfer (class of 2019) by Golfweek • Ranked at No. 73 by Junior Golf Scoreboard • Won the 2016 PGA Junior Series at Kearney Hill (68-70-67) • Qualified for the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur after winning the Qualifier at Browns Run (66) • Finished as the runner-up at the 2018 AJGA Justin Thomas Junior Championship (72-68-70) and the 2016 AJGA Junior All-Star at The Virtues (71-70) • Was third at both the 2017 and 2016 Hudson Junior Invitational and was fifth at the 2017 AJGA Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior

• Finished in the top 10 of the 2017 the Memorial Junior Championship (eight place) and the 2018 North & South Junior Championship at Pinehurst (ninth place) • Posted top-20 finishes at the 2017 North & South Junior Championship at Pinehurst (16th place), the 2017 Ohio Amateur (18th) and the 2016 Ohio Amateur (20th) • Was the runner-up at the 2016 Ohio High School State Championship and placed third at the event in 2017 • Competed in the Western Junior Championship (2018), U.S. Junior Championship (2017) and the Junior PGA Championship (2016-17) PERSONAL • Parents are Gary and Jenny • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll • Birthday is Jan. 4 • Majoring in finance

CAREER STATS Season Tourn.

Rounds Avg. Low Best Finish 2020-21 6 19.0 73.95 69 T-12th 2019-20 3 8.0 78.38 73 T-26th Career 9 27.0 75.26 69 T-12th

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JACKSON DAVENPORT SOPHOMORE • 6-4 AUSTIN, TEXAS WEST LAKE HIGH

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2020-21 (FRESHMAN) • Big 12 Championship lineup • Shot a 68 at the Big 12 Championship in the third round, marking the third-best round by a WVU player in the Big 12 Championship • Tied for seventh at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 74-76-71=221 • Recorded a tie in the Big 12 Match Play Championship against TCU • Played in all seven tournaments in his first season • Had four rounds of par or better, including one round in the 60s • Finished at 2-over-par in the Florida Gators Invitational with rounds of 71-70-71=212 PREP • Ranked as the No. 91 player in the class of 2020 per the Junior Golf Scoreboard • Posted a pair of runner-up finishes on the Legends Junior Tour in 2019, shooting 10-under-par at the Bluebonnet Championship (68-66) and finishing one-under at the George Hannon Invitational (74-69) • Added another top-10 finish on the Legends Junior Tour, shooting even-par to place eighth at the James A. Ragan Invitational in 2019 • Posted a score of 10-under-par to finish as the runner-up at the Texas 6A Regional Championship (69-65) in 2018 • Helped West Lake High win the 2018 Texas 6A State Championship • Picked up a top-five finish at the 2018 AJGA Hale Irwin Championship and a top-25 finish at the 2019 AJGA Under Armour Jordan Spieth Championship • Served as a team captain for West Lake • Named a 2019 academic all-district honoree PERSONAL • Son of Dan and Payton Davenport • Older brother, Reid, plays golf at Vanderbilt • Birthday is Oct. 4 • Majoring in sport management CAREER STATS Season Tourn.

Rounds Avg. Low Best Finish 2020-21 7 22.0 74.86 69 T-7th Career 7 22.0 74.86 69 T-7th

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OLIVIER MENARD

SOPHOMORE • 6-0 SALABERRY DE VALLEYFIELD, QUEBEC, CANADA CEGEP ANDRE-LAURENDEAU @OIL_MENARD88

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WVUSPORTS.COM 2020-21 (FRESHMAN) • Played in two tournaments during his freshman season • Competed in the Big 12 Match Play Championship in the fall season • Finished 42nd at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 76-84-73=233 • Placed tied for 46th in the Colonial Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 76-75-78-229 PREP • Played out of Whitlock Golf & Country Club • Boasts wins at the 2018 Quebec Junior Open Championship (7368) and the 2017 Quebec Match Play Championship (6-0) • Finished runner-up at the Canadian Junior Championship (70-7271-71) and Quebec Match Play Championship (5-1) in 2018 • Was a 2019 member of Team Canada (Junior) and the Quebec Amateur Team • A two-time selection for All-Canadian Athlete for CCAA • Posted third-place finishes at the 2018 PING CCAA National Championship and the Alexander Tunis Championship • Took fourth at the 2018 CN Future Links Quebec Championship • Notched fifth-place finishes at the 2018 Quebec U25 Amateur Championship, the 2018 Quebec Men’s Amateur Championship and the 2019 CCAA National Championship • Competed in the 2019 Memorial Amateur Championship (seventh place), 2019 Duke of Kent Championship (11th place), 2019 Quebec Men’s Amateur Championship (12th place), 2019 Glencoe Invitational (18th place) and 2018 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship (48th place) PERSONAL • Son of Patricia Quirion and Sylvain Ménard • Birthday is Dec. 8 • Majoring in business • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll CAREER STATS Season Tourn.

Rounds Avg. Low Best Finish 2020-21 2 6.0 77.00 73 T-42nd Career 2 6.0 77.00 73 T-42nd

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Player Profiles 2020-21 (FRESHMAN) • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Competed as an individual at The Hootie at Bulls Bay, finishing with rounds of 80-77-82=239 • Was in the lineup for the Big 12 Match Play Championship • Finished tied for 55th at the Mountaineer Invitational with rounds of 81-79-76=236 • First collegiate event was the Colonial Collegiate Invitational and shot rounds of 84-78-81=243

WILL STAKEL

SOPHOMORE • 6-3 PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. WESLEYAN HIGH @WILL.STAKEL

PREP • Wesleyan High’s all-time individual scoring leader, playing as part of the Atlanta Athletic Club • Ranks as the No. 16 prospect in Georgia’s class of 2020 via Junior Golf Scoreboard • Posted wins at the Cambridge Cup (seven-under-par) and the Georgia High School Regional Championship (four-under-par) • Was the medalist at the 2018 HJGT Atlanta Fall Open (75-67) and the runner-up at the 2017 Donald Ross Junior Championship (74-71) • Notched top-10 finishes at the 2018 North & South Junior Championship (sixth place), 2019 SJGT Blake Hadden Memorial Junior (ninth place), 2019 AJGA Dominican Junior Open (10th place) and 2019 Carolinas-Georgia Junior Championship (10th place) • Posted top-25 finishes at the 2018 Southern Junior Championship (16th place) and 2019 AJGA Rome Junior Classic (25th place) • Earned first-team honors for all-state Georgia and all-Gwinnett County in 2019 • Was a third-team all-state Georgia honoree in 2017 • Represented Team Georgia in the 2018 Georgia vs. South Carolina matches PERSONAL • Son of John and Courtney Stakel • Birthday is Nov. 28 • Majoring in finance • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll CAREER STATS Season Tourn.

Rounds Avg. Low Best Finish 2020-21 3 9.0 79.78 76 T-55th Career 3 9.0 79.78 76 T-55th

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NEWCOMERS TODD DUNCAN FRESHMAN • 6-1 DANIELS, W.VA. SHADY SPRING HS

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FRESHMAN • 6-1 HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. HILTON HEAD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

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PREP • Two-time West Virginia Golf Association Boys Player of the Year (2019 & 2020) • Two-time West Virginia Junior Amateur champion (2019 & 2020), the first West Virginia player to win back-to-back honors since 1988 • Represented Team Virginias in the 2020 Carolinas-Virginias matches • Represented West Virginia in the Mid-Atlantic Cup • Was invited to participate in the 2020 National High School Invitational at Pinehurst Resort • Has won numerous golf events during his career: the 2020 West Virginia Junior Matchplay Championship at Parkersburg Country Club going 4-0, dominating his matches 7&6, 3&2, 7&6, and 4&3 … the 2020 Mountaineer State Golf Classic at Glade Springs Resort Cobb Course with rounds of 70-66-73 … the 2020 WVGA Junior Amateur at Glade Springs Resort Cobb Course with rounds of 68-69 … the 2020 West Virginia High School AA State Championship at Oglebay Resort Jones Course with rounds of 77-78 … the 2019 WVGA Junior Amateur at The Raven at Snowshoe Mountain with rounds of 73-76 … the 2019 West Virginia High School AA State Championship at Oglebay Resort Jones Course with rounds of 72-75 • Finished in sixth place AJGA Junior at Penn State with rounds of 71-68-73 • Placed in the Top 20 (16th) 2020 West Virginia Open Championship at Glade Springs Resort Cobb Course with rounds of 73-76-71 • Finished in the Top 20 (19th) 2020 West Virginia Amateur Championship at The Greenbrier Resort with rounds of 71-72-74-72 PERSONAL • Son of Mike and Kellie Duncan • Birthday is June 18 • Majoring in sport management

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PREP • Named the South Carolina Junior Golf Association 2020 Boys Player of the Year • Named the Carolinas Golf Association 2020 Junior Boys Player of the Year • Rans No. 56 in the country by Golfweek National Junior Boys ranking • Two-time South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) All-State selection (2018 & 2019) • Represented Team Carolina in the Carolina vs. Georgia Junior Championship • Was selected as a member of the American Junior Golf Association Leadership Links – Carolina Cup Green Played on the Hilton Head Christian Academy varsity golf team for the past seven years, serving as team captain in 2019-20 and 2020-21 • Has placed at numerous events: won the Low Country Invitational at Chechessee Creek Club with a round of 70 … runner-up at the Creed Boys Junior Invitational at Camden Country Club with rounds of 67-73 … runner-up at the Grant Bennett Junior Invitational at Florence Country Club with rounds of 65-70-72 … third place at the Harvey Brock Orange Jacket Invitational at The Club at Brookstone with rounds of 69-75 … third place at the Carolinas Boys Junior Championship at Florence Country Club with rounds of 67-69-68 … third place at the Carolinian Amateur at Keith Hills Golf Club with rounds of 72-72-70 … third place at the Sea Pines Junior Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links with rounds of 72-74 … third place at the SCISA State Championship at Hackler Golf Club with rounds of 68-71 PERSONAL • Son of Jason and Dana Green • Birthday is April 25 • Majoring in business

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TEAM • GCAA All-Academic team for fifth consecutive year • Mark Goetz became first WVU golfer to earn All-America honors • Finished ninth at the Big 12 Championship • Shot a 72-hole total of 1187 at the Big 12 Championship, tying WVU’s best 72hole total in the Big 12 Championship • Round of 283 in the Big 12 Championship Third Round was just one shot off its best round in a Big 12 Championship event • Ended the regular season with the 27th-best strength of schedule out of 291 Division I teams • Mark Goetz became WVU’s first individual NCAA qualifier in school history • Won the Mountaineer Invitational for the third-consecutive season, while Mark Goetz became the second WVU golfer to win the individual title at the Mountaineer Invitational • Finished in seventh place at The Hootie at Bulls Bay and 10th place at the Seminole Intercollegiate • Shot a 10-under-par 278 at the Seminole Intercollegiate, the eighthbest round in school history

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• Posted the lowest team score in the three years of competing at the Gators Invitational • Team played an abbreviated schedule due to COVID-19 • The Mountaineer Invitational was postponed to the spring due to COVID-19 JACKSON DAVENPORT • Big 12 Championship lineup • Shot a 68 at the Big 12 Championship in the third round, the third-best round by a WVU player in the Big 12 Championship • Tied for seventh at the Mountaineer Invitational • Recorded a tie in the Big 12 Match Play Championship against TCU MARK GOETZ • Became the first WVU golfer in school history to earn All-America honors (Honorable Mention by Golfweek) • Division I PING All-Midwest Region Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America • Finished second at NCAA Golf Regional, nearly missing a spot in the NCAA Golf Championship • Became WVU’s first NCAA individual qualifier in school history • Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

• WVU Golf Most Outstanding Player • Won his first collegiate title by shooting 12-under-par in the Mountaineer Invitational • His 12-under-par total was the lowest in school history (in relation to par) and was the only golfer under par at the Mountaineer Invitational • His final round 65 in the Mountaineer Invitational tied for the fourthlowest round in school history • His 204 (70-69-65) in the Mountaineer Invitational was the second-lowest, 54-hole total in school history • Finished with the fifth-best, 72-hole score in a Big 12 Championship by a WVU player (298) • Recorded a 68 in the final round at the Big 12 Championship, the third-best round by a WVU player in the Big 12 Championship • Big 12 Championship lineup • Finished tied for 10th at The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Recorded a sixth-place finish at the Seminole Intercollegiate • Picked up three victories at the Big 12 Match Play Championship • Top 25 finish at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational

WVUSPORTS.COM KURTIS GRANT • GCAA Division I All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Academic Achievement Award • Tied for 13th at the Mountaineer Invitational • Top 25 finish at the George Hannon Intercollegiate • Picked up two victories at the Big 12 Match Play Championship OLIVIER MÉNARD • Competed in the Big 12 Match Play Championship • Competed in the Mountaineer Invitational and the Colonial Collegiate Invitational ETIENNE PAPINEAU

• GCAA Division I All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Championship lineup • Top 25 finish in his season debut at the Mountaineer Invitational • Missed the majority of the season with knee surgery in his fifth year as a Mountaineer LOGAN PERKINS • Posted the third-lowest, 72-hole score by a WVU player at a Big 12 Championship event (296) • Big 12 Championship lineup • Picked up a win in the Big 12 Match Play Championship WILL STAKEL • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team • Competed as an individual at The Hootie at Bulls Bay • Was in the lineup for the Big 12 Match Play Championship TRENT TIPTON • GCAA Division I All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Most Improved Award • Big 12 Championship lineup • Top 30 finish at the Mountaineer Invitational • Finished tied for 12th at The Hootie at Bulls Bay

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TEAM STATS Date 9/28-29 2/12-14 2/19-21 3/15-16 3/28-30 4/12-13 A/26-28

Tournament Colonial Collegiate Invitational Gators Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate George Hannon Intercollegiate Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship

1st 295 280 300 287 291 293 311

2nd 298 281 278 295 288 299 303

3rd 4th 300 287 300 295 287 281 283 290

Score 893 848 878 877 866 873 1187

+/- Finish Teams +53 9th 10 +8 18th 21 +14 10th 14 +25 T-9th 13 +2 T-7th 16 +9 1st 13 +67 9th 10

LOW ROUNDS

SEASON BESTS

TEAM 1. 278 2. 280 3. 281 281 5. 283 6. 287 287 287 9. 288 10. 290

LOW INDIVIDUAL 18-HOLE SCORE 65, Mark Goetz (Mountaineer Invite) LOW INDIVIDUAL 18-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -7, Mark Goetz (Mountaineer Invite) LOW INDIVIDUAL 54-HOLE SCORE 204, Mark Goetz (Mountaineer Invite) LOW INDIVIDUAL 54-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -12, Mark Goetz (Mountaineer Invite)

Seminole Intercollegiate (2nd) Gators Invitational (1st) Gators Invitational (2nd) Mountaineer Invite (3rd) Big 12 Championship (3rd) Hootie at Bulls Bay (3rd) Gators Invitational (3rd) George Hannon (1st) Hootie at Bulls Bay (2nd) Big 12 Championship (4th)

INDIVIDUAL 1. 65 Mark Goetz (Mountaineer Invite) 2. 66 Mark Goetz (NCAA Regional) 3. 67 Mark Goetz (Seminole) 4. 68 Mark Goetz (Hootie at Bulls Bay) 68 Mark Goetz (Big 12 Championship) 68 Mark Goetz (NCAA Regional) 68 Kurtis Grant (Gators) 8. 69 Kurtis Grant (Seminole) 69 Kurtis Grant (George Hannon) 69 Mark Goetz (Mountaineer Invite) 69 Logan Perkins (Seminole) 69 Trent Tipton (Gators) 69 Jackson Davenport (Big 12 Champ.)

INDIVIDUAL 1. 204 Mark Goetz (Mountaineer Invite) 2. 208 Mark Goetz (NCAA Regional) 3. 210 Mark Goetz (Seminole) 4. 212 Mark Goetz (Gators) 212 Jackson Davenport (Gators) 6. 213 Mark Goetz (Hootie at Bulls Bay) 213 Logan Perkins (Gators) 8. 214 Trent Tipton (Gators) 214 Trent Tipton (Hootie at Bulls Bay) 10. 217 Mark Goetz (Colonial) 217 Kurtis Grant (George Hannon) ETIENNE PAPINEAU

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Leader M. Goetz (22nd) J. Davenport/M. Goetz (71st) M. Goetz (T-6th) K. Grant (T-24th) M. Goetz (T-10th) M. Goetz (1st) L. Perkins (T-35th)

LOW TEAM 18-HOLE SCORE 278, Seminole Intercollegiate LOW TEAM 18-HOLE SCORE TO PAR -10, Seminole Intercollegiate LOW TEAM 54-HOLE SCORE 848, Florida Gators Invitational LOW TEAM 54-HOLE SCORE TO PAR +2, Hootie at Bulls Bay

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JACKSON DAVENPORT Colonial Collegiate Gators Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate George Hannon Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship

LOGAN PERKINS

FINISH T48-60 T71-119 T64-84 T42-75 T88-96 T7-81 49-50

SCORE 72-76-82=230 71-70-71=212 77-73-77=227 71-75-75=221 80-77-75=232 74-76-71=221 82-75-69-78=304

TO PAR +20 +2 +11 +8 +16 +5 +24

MARK GOETZ FINISH SCORE TO PAR Colonial Collegiate 22-60 72-75-70=217 +7 Gators Invitational T71-119 70-70-72=212 +2 Seminole Intercollegiate T6-84 72-67-71=210 -6 George Hannon T47-75 78-72-72=222 +9 Hootie at Bulls Bay T10-96 72-73-68=213 -3 Mountaineer Invitational 1-81 70-69-65=204 -12 Big 12 Championship T42-50 81-75-74-68=298 +18 NCAA Regional 2-72 74-66-68=208 -8 KURTIS GRANT Colonial Collegiate Gators Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate George Hannon Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational

FINISH T31-60 T111-119 T49-84 T24-75 T53-96 T13-81

SCORE 76-72-74=222 68-74-80=222 74-69-81=224 69-74-74=217 77-70-74=221 74-76-74=224

TO PAR +12 +12 +8 +4 +5 +8

OLIVIER MÉNARD Colonial Collegiate Mountaineer Invitational

FINISH T46-60 T42-81

SCORE 76-75-78=229 76-84-73=233

TO PAR +19 +17

ETIENNE PAPINEAU Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship

FINISH T25-81 T45-50

SCORE 75-80-73=228 73-77-72-79=301

TO PAR +12 +21

LOGAN PERKINS Colonial Collegiate Gators Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate George Hannon Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship

FINISH T48-60 T77-119 T64-84 T59-75 T33-96 T21-81 T35-50

SCORE 75-77-78=230 71-72-70-213 78-69-80=227 76-75-74=225 71-73-74=218 76-78-72=226 75-76-71-74=296

TO PAR +20 +3 +11 +12 +2 +10 +16

WILL STAKEL Colonial Collegiate Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational

FINISH 60-60 T93-96 T55-81

SCORE 84-78-81=243 80-77-82=239 81-79-76=236

TO PAR +33 +23 +20

TRENT TIPTON Gators Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate George Hannon Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship

FINISH T83-119 T39-84 T54-75 T12-96 T29-81 48-50

SCORE 71-69-74=214 77-73-72=222 71-74-79=224 71-72-71=214 75-78-76=229 83-78-71-70=302

TO PAR +4 +6 +11 -2 +13 +22

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ETIENNE PAPINEAU

5-9 • ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHLIEU, QUEBEC, CANADA • CHAMPLAIN ST-LAURENCE 2020-21 (FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar • Missed most of the season with knee surgery • Top 25 finish in his season debut at the Mountaineer Invitational • Big 12 Championship lineup 2019-20 (SENIOR) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (9-30-2019) • Posted a pair of top-10 finishes on the season • Set a new 54-hole program record-low with a 203 at the Old Town Club Collegiate, finishing in sixth place overall, which was his best finish of the season • Also earned a new career-best with a 65 at the Old Town Club Collegiate • Finished the season with a 73.41 stroke average • Played 21 rounds in seven tournaments • Finished in a tie for seventh place at the Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, notching a three-round total of 75-69-72=216 • Carded a score of 78-70-72=220 at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational to finish tied for 33rd • Tied for 46th place at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with scores of 69-69-73=211 • Shot 73-75-75=223 at the Florida Gators Invitational • Finished T-30th with a three-round total of 76-73-74=223 at the Seminole Intercollegiate 2018-19 (JUNIOR) • Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • WVU Golf Most Improved • Played 33 rounds across 11 tournaments • Was in the lineup for the Big 12 Championship and NCAA Louisville Regional • Ranked third on the team with a scoring average of 72.09 • Had five rounds in the 60s with a low of 66 • Posted three top-10 finishes on the year • Twice shot a 54-hole low of 211, finishing tied for 29th at the Old Town Club Collegiate and

taking 15th place at the Gator Invitational • Tied for fourth place and helped WVU take home top team honors at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, shooting 72-75-68=215 • Finished T-6th with a score of 66-7374=213 at the Seminole Intercollegiate • Shot 71-72-71=214 at the Irish Creek Collegiate • Finished ninth with a three-round total of 7371-69=213 at the Rutherford Intercollegiate • Carded a score of 73-71-72=216 to finish T-28th at the Big 12 Championship • Shot 73-74-73=220 at the NCAA Louisville Regional 2017-18 (SOPHOMORE) • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Played 35 rounds in 12 tournaments, including the 2018 Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship • Carried a 73.31 scoring average for 1.80 vs. par, ranking third on the team • Registered four top-25 finishes on the year • Posted five rounds of 69 or better, including a season-low 68 • Helped WVU win the Janney VCU Shootout with a 19th-place finish, shooting 74-71-69=214 • Individual runner-up at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational (Oct. 9-10) with a season-low score of 211 (69-71-71), helping West Virginia take second at the event • Shot a career-low 68 in the first round of the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic (Nov. 1-2) • Led WVU to a runner-up finish at the Furman Intercollegiate, taking third with a 71-69-72=212 • Also posted a top-10 finish in WVU’s runner-up showing at the Rutherford Intercollegiate, shooting 69-71-74=214 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 at the East Carolina Intercollegiate (April 3-4) • Was second on the team in par-3 scoring 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 • Birthday is Sept. 13 • Dean’s List • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

CAREER STATS Season Tourn.

Rounds Avg. Low Best Finish 2020-21 2 7.0 75.57 72 T-25th 2019-20 7 21.0 72.33 65 6th 2018-19 11 33.0 72.09 66 T-4th 2017-18 12 35.0 73.31 68 2nd 2016-17 12 34.0 75.47 69 11th Career 44 130.0 73.53 65 2nd

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COACHING RECORDS

YEAR W-L-T 1933 4-1-1 1934 4-3-0 1935 3-3-1 1936 1-3-0 1937 1-4-1 1938 3-6-0 1939 4-2-0 1940 3-2-0 1941 4-1-0 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 6-2-1 1947 12-0-0 1948 8-4-0 1949 12-0-0 1950 8-4-0

COACH Jack Hoblitzell Bob Lowe Sam Aspinall Kirk Jackson Kirk Jackson Tom Graham Dr. R. Aspinall Dr. R. Aspinall Dr. R. Aspinall

No Golf – WW II Dr. R. Aspinall Dr. R. Aspinall Dr. R. Aspinall Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers

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CAPTAIN Jack Hoblitzell Bob Lowe Sam Aspinall Kirk Jackson Kirk Jackson Tom Graham Tom Graham Tom Graham Woody Wyatt

Michael Krak Don Hall Berkeley Davis Robert Coulson T. Prozillo

YEAR W-L-T 1951 5-4-0 1952 7-5-0 1953 8-4-1 1954 5-3-2 1955 7-3-0 1956 5-4-0 1957 4-8-0 1958 5-4-1 1959 4-8-0 1960 3-5-4 1961 7-5-1 1962 9-2-1 1963 6-4-0 1964 6-6-0 1965 7-7-0 1966 11-4-0 1967 6-7-0 1968 11-2-1

COACH Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers Ira Rodgers C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry C. Hockenberry

CAPTAIN Claude Hills Reggie Spencer Reggie Spencer Bruce Davis “Happy” Hall George Pettit A. Morosco Bucky Lane Adolph Popp Adolph Popp Bob King Sid Bennett Jim Hess None None D. Spannauer Steve Hague None

YEAR W-L-T 1969 14-3-0 1970 8-2-2 1971 10-6-0 1972 12-8-0 1973 12-7-0 1974 11-3-0 1975 5-10-0 1976 6-11-0 1977 11-6-0 1978 10-0-1 1979 4-1-0 1980 3-0-0 2016 0-0-0 2017 0-1-0 2018 0-1-0 2019 1-3-1 2020 3-2-1 2021 0-4-0

COACH CAPTAIN C. Hockenberry Bruce Keagy C. Hockenberry Bruce Keagy C. Hockenberry Jack Lynn C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None C. Hockenberry None Bob Gwynne None John Sermon Richard Wainwright Sean Covich Easton Renwick Sean Covich None Sean Covich None Sean Covich Max Sear Sean Covich Phillip Matlari Sean Covich Etienne Papineau

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LOW ROUND 1. Logan Perkins 2. Matthew Sharpstene 3. Mark Goetz

Etienne Papineau

Matthew Sharpstene 6. Mark Goetz

Matthew Sharpstene

Max Sear

Alan Cooke

Avery Schneider

Mike Krak

Jack Lynn

Berk Davis

Claude Hillis 15. Mark Goetz

Nico Lang

Matthew Sharpstene

Easton Renwick

Reggie Spencer 20. Mark Goetz

Philipp Matlari

Kurtis Grant

Etienne Papineau

Philipp Matlari

Tristan Nicholls

Jim Goodwin

Gary Loring 28. Mark Goetz

Kurtis Grant

Logan Perkins

Trent Tipton

Jackson Davenport

Etienne Papineau

Chris Williams

Mason Short

Armand Coulson

Tom Prozillo

Stan Nolte

Jim Goodwin

Dave Stannbauer

Dave Lester 42. Mark Goetz

Logan Perkins

Kurtis Grant

Trent Tipton

Jackson Davenport

Avery Schneider

George Wisosn

James Kuhn

Harry Young

Bruce Keagy

Richard Adams

Robert Ault

62 Florida Gators Invitational, 2020 64 Martin Downs Collegiate, 2018 65 Mountaineer Invitational, 2020 65 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019 65 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018 66 NCAA Regional, 2021* 66 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2019 66 Travistock Collegiate Invitational, 2018* 66 Furman Intercollegiate, 2017 66 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2017 66 Twice (1947,48) 66 vs. Indiana, 1971 66 vs. Washington & Jefferson, 1948 66 vs. Maryland, 1949 67 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2021* 67 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2019 67 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2019* 67 Joe Feaganes Invite, 2015 67 vs. Ohio, 1952 68 NCAA Regional, 2021* 68 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019 68 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2018 68 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2017 68 Janney VCU Shootout, 2017 68 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2017 68 vs. West Liberty, 1963 68 vs. Pitt, 1963 69 Mountaineer Invitational, 2020 69 Health Plan Mountaineer Inv., 2019 69 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2019* 69 Florida Gators Invitational, 2021 69 Big 12 Championship, 2021 69 Quail Valley, 2016 69 Graeme McDowell, 2015 69 Quail Valley Intercollegiate, 2015 69 vs. Duquesne, 1941 69 vs. Geneva, 1949 69 vs. Fairmont State, 1962 69 vs. Fairmont State, 1964 69 vs. Pitt, 1966 69 Twice, 1976 70 Mountaineer Invitational, 2020* 70 Florida Gators Invitational, 2021 70 Hootie at Bulls Bay, 2021 70 Big 12 Championship, 2021 70 Florida Gators Invitational, 2021 70 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 70 vs. Pitt, 1963 70 vs. Indiana, 1966 70 vs. Indiana, 1968 70 vs. Indiana, 1968 70 vs. Indiana, 1968 70 three times, 1968

LOGAN PERKINS

Jim Camella Pat Weaver John Elwood

70 70 70

vs. LHU, Edinboro, SLU, 1973 vs. California (PA)/Davis Elkins, 1978 James Madison Invitational,1977

71-66=137 68-71=139 69-72=141 72-72=144 70-74=144 73-72=145 72-73=145 77-72=147 73-75=148 79-69=148 73-75=148 77-70=148 77-72=149 77-72=149 72-78=150

Janney VCU Shootout, 2016 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 Janney VCU Shootout, 2016 Patriot Intercollegiate, 2018 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 Eastern Eight Tourn., 1978 W. Va. Intercollegiate, 1977 President’s Day Challenge, 2016 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 W. Va. Intercollegiate, 1979 W. Va. Intercollegiate, 1979 W. Va. Intercollegiate, 1977 Eastern Eight Tourn., 1978

*Shot multiple times, most recent

36-HOLE TOURNAMENT 1. Max Sear 2. Max Sear 3. Etienne Papineau 4. Logan Perkins

Avery Schneider 6. Easton Renwick

Pat Weaver 8. Dave Lester 9. Tristan Nicholls

Easton Renwick

Max Sear

Dave Lester 13. John Elwood

John Elwood 15. Pat Weaver

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Mike Greer 18. Tristan Nicholls

Avery Schneider

Alan Cooke

Cole Hand

Mason Short

Chris Williams

Terry Dubois 25. Chris Williams

Gary Loring

Jim Camella

Mike Tennant 29. Tristan Nicholls

Alan Cooke

Max Sear

Tae Wan Lee

Dan Akerman

Bill Field

Mike Tennant

75-76=151 78-73=151 73-79=152 73-79=152 78-74=152 78-75=152 73-79=152 78-77=152 77-75=152 74-79=153 74-79= 153 76-77= 153 77-76=153 73-79=154 77-77=154 78-76=154 78-76=154 79-75=154 xx-xx=154 82-72=154

Trojan Invitational, 2019 A-10 Championship, 1981 Robert Kepler Invitational, 2016 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, 2016 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 Wolfpack Intercollegiate, 2015 NCAA District 2 Tourn.,1982 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 SoCon Tournament, 1963 Marshall Invitational, 1974 A-10 Championship, 1980 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, 2016 President’s Day Challenge, 2016 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, 2016 Mountaineer Intercollegiate, 2015 A-10 Championship, 1980 SoCon Tournament, 1965 NCAA District 2 Tournament, 1982

54-HOLE TOURNAMENT 1. Etienne Papineau 2. Mark Goetz 3. Logan Perkins 4. Nico Lang

Kurtis Grant

Matthew Sharpstene

Alan Cooke 8. Mark Goetz

Max Sear

Alan Cooke 11. Mark Goetz

Logan Perkins

Matthew Sharpstene

Matthew Sharpstene

Max Sear

Easton Renwick 17. Matthew Sharpstene

Nico Lang

Max Sear

Matthew Sharpstene 21. Mark Goetz

Matthew Sharpstene

Max Sear

Max Sear

Max Sear

Mark Goetz

Mark Goetz

Matthew Sharpstene

Philipp Matlari 30. Etienne Papineau

Matthew Sharpstene

Matthew Sharpstene

Philipp Matlari

Etienne Papineau

Mark Goetz

Max Sear

Etienne Papineau

Max Sear

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70-68-65=203 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019 70-69-65=204 Mountaineer Invitational, 2021 72-62-71=205 Florida Gators Invitational, 2020 67-69-70=206 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2019 69-69-68=206 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2018 65-68-73=206 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018 69-69-68=206 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2017 69-68-70=207 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2019 68-71-68=207 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018 70-70-67=207 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2016 74-66-68=208 NCAA Regional, 2021 69-64-75=208 NKU Fall Collegiate Classic, 2019 67-69-72=208 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019 68-73-67=208 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2019 70-71-67=208 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2016 71-70-67=208 Joe Feaganes Invite, 2015 69-71-69=209 Irish Creek Collegiate, 2019 70-68-71=209 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019 67-70-72=209 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2018 74-71-64=209 Martin Downs Collegiate, 2018 72-67-71=210 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2021 73-71-66=210 Big 12 Championship, 2019 66-73-71=210 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, 2019 70-68-72=210 Martin Downs Collegiate, 2018 69-72-69=210 THP Mountaineer Invite, 2018 73-66-71=210 Martin Downs Collegiate, 2018 69-69-72=210 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2018 67-72-71=210 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2017 70-68-72=210 Janney VCU Shootout, 2017 69-70-72=211 Florida Gators Invite, 2019 72-72-66=211 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2019 72-69-70=211 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational, 2019 70-68-73=211 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019 69-69-73=211 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2019 67-71-73=211 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2019 72-69-70=211 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2018 71-72-68=211 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2018 73-66-72-211 Janney VCU Shootout, 2017 69-71-71=211 THP Mountaineer Invite, 2017 71-70-71=212 Florida Gators Invitational, 2021

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Mark Goetz Etienne Papineau Matthew Sharpstene Tristan Nicholls Mark Goetz Logan Perkins Philipp Matlari Etienne Papineau Etienne Papineau Matthew Sharpstene Max Sear Chris Williams Trent Tipton Trent Tipton Philipp Matlari Philipp Matlari Logan Perkins Matthew Sharpstene Max Sear Etienne Papineau Philipp Matlari Etienne Papineau Max Sear Max Sear Matthew Sharpstene Etienne Papineau Mark Goetz Avery Schneider

70-70-72=212 71-69-72=212 70-73-69=212 69-73-70=212 72-73-68=213 71-72-70=213 73-71-69=213 66-73-74=213 73-71-69=213 69-69-75=213 71-70-72=213 70-71-72=213 71-69-74=214 71-72-71=214 69-68-77=214 73-72-69=214 72-71-71=214 76-71-67=214 73-71-73=214 71-72-71=214 71-72-71=214 69-71-74=214 72-73-69=214 71-71-72=214 74-70-70=214 74-71-69=214 71-70-73=214 74-73-68=214

Florida Gators Invitational, 2021 Furman Intercollegiate, 2018 Old Town Club Collegiate, 2018 Janney VCU Shootout, 2017 Hootie at Bulls Bay, 2021 Florida Gators Invitational, 2021 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2020 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2019 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2019 Hootie at Bulls Bay, 2019 Furman Intercollegiate, 2018 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2017 Florida Gators Invitational, 2021 Hootie at Bulls Bay, 2021 Musketeers Classic, 2019 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic, 2019 Hootie at Bulls Bay, 2019 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2019 Florida Gators Invite, 2019 Irish Creek Collegiate, 2019 Irish Creek Collegiate, 2019 Rutherford Intercollegiate, 2018 Seminole Intercollegiate, 2016 Tavistock Collegiate Invite, 2017 Janney VCU Shootout, 2017 Janney VCU Shootout, 2017 Irish Creek Collegiate, 2018 Martin Downs Collegiate, 2018

SEASON AVERAGE Name Matthew Sharpstene Mark Goetz Max Sear Logan Perkins Nico Lang Etienne Papineau Philipp Matlari Etienne Papineau Matthew Sharpstene Max Sear Matthew Sharpstene Logan Perkins Etienne Papineau Mark Goetz Max Sear Mark Goetz Kurtis Grant Kurtis Grant Trent Tipton Kurtis Grant Alan Cooke Philipp Matlari Mark Goetz Max Sear Logan Perkins Avery Schneider Chris Williams Philipp Matlari Logan Perkins Jackson Davenport Easton Renwick

Avg. 70.73 71.36 71.76 71.77 71.81 72.09 72.14 72.33 72.45 73.03 73.09 73.10 73.31 73.36 73.63 73.73 73.87 73.89 73.95 74.00 74.03 74.04 74.06 74.09 74.32 74.36 74.44 74.63 74.75 74.86 74.87

Rounds 33 25 33 22 16 33 22 21 22 35 35 29 35 22 35 15 15 18 19 21 33 23 31 34 22 22 32 16 16 22 31

Year 2018-19 2020-21 2018-19 2019-20* 2019-20* 2018-19 2019-20* 2019-20* 2019-20* 2017-18 2017-18 2018-19 2017-18 2019-20* 2015-16 2018-19 2019-20* 2020-21 2020-21 2018-19 2016-17 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 2020-21 2017-18 2016-17 2017-18 2017-18 2020-21 2015-16

WVUSPORTS.COM Drew Dewald Tristan Nicholls Tristan Nicholls Alan Cooke Etienne Papineau Etienne Papineau Dan Ackerman Chris Williams Avery Schneider Dan Ackerman Olivier Ménard Tristan Nicholls Avery Schneider Tristan Nicholls Dave Lester Dave Lester John Eldwood Rich Wainwright John Elwood Patrick Weaver Dan Ackerman John Elwood John Elwood Mike Tennant Trent Tipton Rich Wainwright Scott Wilson Pat Weaver Rich Wainwright Greg Guadino Stan Wiel Pat Weaver Terry Dubois Stan Wiel Greg Guadino David Lester Jeff Rowan Will Stakel 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

75.00 75.05 75.15 75.15 75.47 75.57 76.0 76.29 76.40 76.90 77.00 77.00 77.00 77.09 77.16 77.2 77.33 77.70 77.73 77.89 77.92 78.16 78.2 78.30 78.38 78.4 78.80 78.80 78.93 79.00 79.10 79.20 79.30 79.30 79.60 79.70 79.73 79.78 79.90 80.40 80.41 80.50 80.60 80.60 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

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6 2017-18 28 2017-18 34 2016-17 28 2015-16 34 2016-17 7 2020-21 5 1979-80 31 2015-16 15 2016-17 9 1978-89 6 2020-21 22 2015-16 23 2015-16 11 2018-19 12 Fall 1976 12 Fall 1977 15 1977-78 10 1979-80 19 Spring 1977 19 Spring 1977 13 1980-81 12 Fall 1976 12 Fall 1977 13 1980-81 8 2019-20* 14 1978-79 5 1979-80 12 Fall 1977 15 1977-78 12 1980-81 10 1979-80 15 1977-78 13 1980-81 14 1978-79 8 1978-79 17 Spring 1977 19 Spring 1977 9 2020-21 12 1978-79 10 1979-80 12 Fall 1976 8 1979-80, 1978-79 8 Fall 1977 19 Spring 1977 8 1980-81 8 Fall 1976 14 1977-78 8 Spring 1977 9 1978-79 7 1979-80, 1978-89 17 Spring 1977 6 1908-81 10 1977-78 13 1980-81 10 1977-78 7 Spring 1977 5 1980-81 6 Fall 1977 6 Fall 1976 PHILIPP MATLARI

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271 2.

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276 8.

277

277 10. 278

278

278

Tournament Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Old Town Club Collegiate Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Janney VCU Shootout Old Town Club Collegiate Martin Downs Collegiate The Health Plan Mountaineer Invite Seminole Intercollegiate Seminole Intercollegiate Martin Downs Collegiate Florida Gators Invitational

Round 1st 1st/2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st

Season 2018-19 2019-20 2019-20 2017-18 2017-18 2018-19 2017-18 2017-18 2016-17 2020-21 2017-18 2018-19

Round 2nd 1st 3rd 1st/2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd

Season 2017-18 2018-19 2017-18 2019-20 2017-18 2016-17 2020-21 2017-18 2017-18 2019-20 2017-18 2018-19

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3.

4.

7.

10.

To Par -13 -13 -12 -11 -11 -11 -10 -10 -10 -7 -7 -7

Score 274 271 276 273 277 277 278 274 278 273 281 281

Tournament Janney VCU Shootout Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Martin Downs Collegiate Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic The Health Plan Mountaineer Invite Seminole Intercollegiate Seminole Intercollegiate Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Martin Downs Collegiate Old Town Club Collegiate Janney VCU Shootout The Health Plan Mountaineer Invite

TEAM LOW 54-HOLE TOTAL – TOP 10 Rank 1.

2.

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5.

6.

7.

9.

10.

Score Tournament 826 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic 828 Old Town Club Collegiate 835 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic 837 Old Town Club Collegiate 842 Janney VCU Shootout 848 Florida Gators Invitational 849 Seminole Intercollegiate 849 Irish Creek Collegiate 851 Martin Downs Collegiate 853 Rutherford Intercollegiate

Season 2019-20 2019-20 2018-19 2018-19 2017-18 2020-21 2016-17 2018-19 2017-18 2015-16

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To Par -26 -22 -15 -13 -12 E +1 +1 +2 +2

Score 826 842 849 851 828 864 853 865 866 866

Tournament Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Janney VCU Shootout Seminole Intercollegiate Martin Downs Collegiate Old Town Club Collegiate Health Plan Mountaineer Invite Rutherford Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate Hootie at Bulls Bay Health Plan Mountaineer Invite

Season 2019-20 2017-18 2016-17 2017-18 2019-20 2019-20 2017-18 2017-18 2020-21 2017-18

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ALL-TIME BIG 12 TEAM RESULTS

SEASON-BY-SEASON BIG 12 RESULTS

Season Place Score to Par Location 2020-21 9th 311-303-283-290 +67 Prairie Dunes Country Club //

Hutchinson, Kan. 2019-20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2018-19 10th 293-282-289=864 +24 The Greenbrier //

White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. 2017-18 9th 303-288-297-299=1187 +67 Southern Hills Country Club //

Tulsa, Okla.

2016-17 10th 329-294-313-315=1251 +131 Prairie Dunes Country Club //

Hutchinson, Kan. 2015-16 10th 311-314-289-291=1205 +53 Whispering Pines County Club //

Trinity, Texas

2020-21 // Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan. Team Finish: 9th // Team Scoring: 311-303-283-290=1187 // +67 Logan Perkins 75-76-71-74=296 +16 Mark Goetz 81-75-74-68=298 +18 Etienne Papineau 73-77-72-79=301 +21 Trent Tipton 83-78-71-70=302 +22 Jackson Davenport 82-75-69-78=304 +24

TOP-10 72-HOLE SCORING Name Matthew Sharpstene Max Sear Logan Perkins Mark Goetz Mark Goetz Etienne Papineau Etienne Papineau Trent Tipton Jackson Davenport Alan Cooke

Score 73-67-72-75=287 79-74-71-69=293 75-76-71-74=296 77-77-72-71=297 81-75-74-68=298 73-77-72-79=301 76-72-77-76=301 83-78-71-70=302 82-75-69-78=304 79-84-70-73=306

to Par +7 +5 +16 +17 +18 +21 +21 +22 +24 +18

Place T-11th T-12th T-35th T-36th T-42nd T-45th T-41st 48th 49th 42nd

Season 2017-18 2015-16 2020-21 2017-18 2020-21 2020-21 2017-18 2020-21 2020-21 2015-16

to Par 73-71-66=210 79-74-71-69=293 73-71-72=216 73-67-72-75=287 73-70-77=220 74-70-78=222 75-76-71-74=296 77-77-72-71=297 78-75-74=227 81-75-74-68=298 79-84-70-73=306

Place T-13th T-12th T-28th T-11th T-39th T-42nd T-35th T-36th T-48th T-42nd 42nd

Season 2018-19* 2015-16 2018-19* 2017-18 2018-19* 2018-19* 2020-21 2017-18 2018-19* 2020-21 2015-16

TOP-10 SCORING TO PAR Name Matthew Sharpstene Max Sear Etienne Papineau Matthew Sharpstene Max Sear Logan Perkins Logan Perkins Mark Goetz Philipp Matlari Mark Goetz Alan Cooke

Score E +5 +6 +7 +10 +12 +16 +17 +17 +18 +18

*Event shortened to 54 holes due to weather

T-35th T-42nd T-45th 48th 49th

2019-20 // Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

2018-19 // The Greenbrier // White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Team Finish: 10th // Team Scoring: 293-282-289=864 // +24 Matthew Sharpstene 73-71-66=210 E Etienne Papineau 73-71-72=216 +6 Max Sear 73-70-77=220 +10 Logan Perkins 74-70-78=222 +12 Philipp Matlari 78-75-74=227 +17

T-13th T-28th T-39th T-42nd T-48th

2017-18 // Southern Hills Country Club // Tulsa, Okla.

Team Finish: 9th // Team Scoring: 303-288-297-299=1187 // +67 Matthew Sharpstene 73-67-72-75=287 +7 Mark Goetz 77-77-72-71=297 +17 Etienne Papineau 76-72-77-76=301 +21 Avery Schneider 77-73-76-81=307 +27 Max Sear 81- 76-79-77=313 +33

T-11th T-36th T-41st T-45th 49th

2016-17 // Prairie Dunes Country Club // Hutchinson, Kan. Team Finish: 10th // 329-294-313-315=1251 // +131 Chris Williams 83-70-79-78=310 +30 Alan Cooke 80-76-75-83=314 +34 Tristan Nicholls 86-75-79-77=317 +37 Etienne Papineau 80-77-83-79=319 +38 Max Sear 92-73-80-81=326 +46

37th T-40th T-45th 48th 50th

2015-16 // Whispering Pines Country Club // Trinity, Texas Team Finish: 10th // 311-314-289-291=1205 // +53 Max Sear 79-74-71-69=293 +5 Alan Cooke 79-84-70-73=306 +18 Chris Williams 83-77-74-76=310 +22 Easton Renwick 77-79-75-79=310 +22 Tristan Nicholls 76-91-74-73=314 +26

T-12th 42nd T-45th T-45th 48th

ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RESULTS Season Score 1981 775 1980 811 1979 783 1978 776

Place 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd

Course Rutgers University Golf Course Hickory Ridge Country Club // Amherst, Mass.

Rutgers University Golf Course Penn State Blue Course // State College, Pa.

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Name Pat Weaver Mark Greer Terry Dubois Mike Tennant Dan Ackerman Stan Jones Mike Tennant Rich Wainwright

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RECORDS

OPPONENT American Baldwin-Wallace Baltimore Baylor Bowling Green Bucknell California (Pa.) Carnegie-Melon Catholic Clarion Connecticut Davidson Davis & Elkins Duquesne Edinboro Fairmont State Frostburg State Furman Geneva Georgetown George Washington Glenville State Hampden Sydney Indiana Univ. (Pa.) Iowa State Juniata Kansas Lock Haven Mansfield State Maryland Mercyhurst Miami (OH) Muskingum

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W L T SERIES BEGAN 1 0 0 1968 1 0 0 1961 2 0 0 1977 0 1 0 2020 0 1 0 1977 1 0 0 1969 18 3 0 1947 9 2 1 1933 2 0 0 1971 3 3 1 1968 1 0 0 2020 0 2 0 1957 3 0 0 1934 16 1 1 1933 3 1 0 1971 4 0 2 1934 2 0 0 1972 0 1 0 1957 9 0 0 1947 2 2 0 1948 15 4 3 1950 4 1 0 1972 0 1 0 1976 6 18 2 1964 2 1 0 2019 6 0 0 1956 0 0 1 2018 1 0 0 1973 1 0 0 1975 2 4 0 1948 1 0 0 1977 0 0 1 1967 1 0 0 1976

OPPONENT Navy Northern Illinois Ohio Oklahoma Oklahoma State Penn State Pitt Quantico Richmond Robert Morris St. Vincent Salem Steubenville Slippery Rock TCU Texas Texas Tech Virginia VMI Virginia Tech Washington & Jefferson Washington & Lee Waynesburg West Liberty State Westminster Case Western West Virginia Wesleyan Wheeling William & Mary Youngstown State Non Intercollegiate TOTALS

W L T SERIES BEGAN 0 1 0 1951 0 1 0 1965 8 21 1 1951 0 1 0 2020 0 1 2 2019 2 22 0 1940 38 26 6 1933 1 0 0 1950 7 1 0 1952 1 0 0 1977 1 0 0 1972 1 0 0 1972 1 0 0 1969 5 5 1 1946 1 2 0 2019 0 1 0 2019 0 2 0 2019 0 2 0 1952 4 7 0 1954 0 16 10 1959 16 8 0 1934 1 6 1 1952 18 2 0 1936 20 3 0 1962 12 4 1 1946 4 0 0 1949 5 0 0 1947 7 0 0 1965 4 8 0 1952 4 0 0 1955 5 3 0 -294 189 23

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1975-76 vs. California (Pa.) vs. Pitt

W, 389-396

1976-77 Youngstown Invitational 8th Madison 9th West Liberty Invitational 5th Alegheny College 4th ECAC Qualifier 5th vs. Virginia Tech L, 396-389 vs. California (Pa.) L, 396-395 Marshall Invitational 12th vs. Slippery Rock W, 378-380 vs. West Liberty W, 378-423 vs. Pitt W, 378-389 West Virginia Intercollegiate 3rd vs. Ohio University L, 392-377 vs. Bowling Green L, 392-370 vs. Youngstown State W, 403-406 vs. Mercyhurst W, 403-408 vs. Baldwin-Wallace W, 403-440 vs. Ohio University W, 530-545 vs. Pitt W, 530-571 vs. Glenville W, 530-551 vs. California (Pa.) L, 396-377 vs. Indiana (Pa.) L, 396-378 vs. West Liberty W, 396-415 Indiana (Pa.) Invitational 5th vs. Robert Morris W, 367-394 Nittany Lion Invitational 4th 1977-78 South Carolina Classic vs. California vs. Davis & Elkins Marshall Invitational West Virginia Intercollegiate vs. Ohio University vs. Indiana University (Pa.) vs. West Liberty vs. Glenville vs. Youngstown State vs. Davis & Elkins vs. Ohio University Indiana University (Pa.) Invite California (Pa.) Tournament Nittany Lion Invitational

12th W, 369-375 W, 369-431 15th 1st W, 387-396 T, 387-387 W, 387-422 W, 395-404 W, 395-406 W, 395-411 W, 465-467 5th 4th 4th

1978-79 Coastal Carolina Golf Classic Marshall Classic Colonial Classic West Virginia Univ. Invite West Liberty Invitational Indiana University Invitational California State invitational Nittany Lion Golf Classic vs. Ohio University vs. California (Pa.) vs. Clarion * vs. Pitt * vs. Duquesne*

18th 12th 4th 3rd 2nd 7th 7th 8th W, 540-549 W, 786-795 L, 389-375 W, 389-410 W, 389-428

* At Pitt Quad Match

1979-1980 vs. California (Pa.) Marshall Classic vs. West Liberty vs. Davis & Elkins Colonial Classic Ohio University Glenville State West Liberty Invitational Champion Lakes Invitational California State Invitational vs. Duquesne Nittany Lion Invitational Indiana Invitational 1980-81 Glenville Invitational W. Va. Intercollegiate Marshall Invitational West Liberty Invitational California Invitational Nittany Lion Invitational Indiana University West Virginia Quad

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L, 555-552 W, 555-589 6th 2nd 6th ?

11th 5th 4th 4th 8th 2nd 7th 9th 5th 1st

2015-16 Tiger Turning Stone Invitational Joe Feaganes Marshall Invite Shoal Creek Invitational Wolfpack Intercollegiate Mountaineer Intercollegiate Quail Valley Intercollegiate President’s Day Challenge Seminole Intercollegiate Mason Rudolph Championship Old Waverly Collegiate Championship Robert Kepler Invitational Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship

10th 13th 12th 6th 10th 11th 3rd 14th T-11th 14th 15th 2nd 10th

2016-17 The Invitational at The Ocean Course Janney VCU Shootout Primland Collegiate Invitational Mountaineer Intercollegiate Quail Valley Intercollegiate vs. Penn State Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate Tiger Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate East Carolina Intercollegiate Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship

T-9th T-8th 4th 4th 12th L, 386-377 13th 13th 6th 15th 1st 6th 10th

2017-18 The Invitational at the Ocean Course Janney VCU Shootout THP Mountaineer Invitational Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic vs. Penn State Martin Downs Collegiate Seminole Intercollegiate The Hayt Invitational Furman Intercollegiate Irish Creek Collegiate Ruthford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship

Canceled 1st 2nd 16th T-14th L, 378-363 1st 9th T-14th 2nd 6th 2nd 9th

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2018-19 VCU Invitational Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational THP Mountaineer Invitational vs. Oklahoma State * vs. Texas Tech * vs. Kansas * vs. TCU * vs. Iowa State * Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic vs. Penn State Suntrust Gator Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate The Hootie at Bull’s Bay Irish Creek Collegiate Rutherford Intercollegiate Big 12 Championship NCAA Louisville Regional * Big 12 Fall Series

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Canceled 8th 1st L, 1-4-1 L, 1-4-1 T, 3-3 L, 1-4 W, 4-2 T-7th T-8th Canceled 8th 3rd 9th 6th 3rd 10th 6th

2019-20 Gopher Invitational Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational THP Mountaineer Invitational vs. Texas * vs. Texas Tech* vs. TCU * vs. Iowa State * vs. Oklahoma State * Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic vs. Connecticut Florida Gators Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate The Hootie at Bulls Bay ^ Irish Creek Collegiate ^ Rutherford Intercollegiate ^ Big 12 Championship ^ * Big 12 Fall Series ^ Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

5th T-3rd 1st L, 1-4-1 L, 1-4-1 W, 2-1-3 W, 4-1-1 T, 3-3 15th 7th W, 295-305 6th T-7th

2020-21 Colonial Collegiate Invitational vs. Oklahoma * vs. TCU * vs. Iowa State * vs. Baylor * Florida Gators Invitational Seminole Intercollegiate George Hannon Intercollegiate The Hootie at Bulls Bay Mountaineer Invitational Big 12 Championship

9th L, 1-5 L, 2-3-1 L, 2-4 L, 2-4 18th T-10th T-9th T-7th 1st 9th

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TEAM WINS 2017 2017 2018 2018 2019 2020 2020

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MEDALISTS 2018 2021

Max Sear Mark Goetz

THP Mountaineer Invitational Mountaineer Invitational

TEAM AWARDS 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team GCAA All-Academic Team

AMATEUR/PROFESSIONAL WINS Alan Cooke (2015-17) 2016

West Virginia Amateur

Mark Goetz (2018-present) 2020 West Penn Open Championship 2021 U.S. Amateur Stroke-Play Medalist Cole Hand (2015-16) 2014

West Virginia Junior

Etienne Papineau (2016-21) 2015 Quebec Amateur 2015 Quebec Match Play 2015 Canadian Collegial National Championship 2016 Futures Pro 2017 U25 Men’s Championship 2018 Glencoe Invitational 2018 Golf Quebec Match Play Championship 2019 Quebec Match Play Championship 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship (Hamilton, N.Y.) Easton Renwick (2014-16) 2015 West Penn Amateur 2017 West Penn Open Championship Max Sear (2015-19) 2016 Chris Williams (2015-17) 2017

Ontario Men’s Amateur Coca-Cola Shootout

BIG 12 GOLFER OF THE MONTH Matthew Sharpstene

2017

BIG 12 ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM First Team Chris Williams

2016

Chris Williams Drew Dewald Etienne Papineau Avery Schneider Max Sear Philipp Matlari Tristan Nicholls Etienne Papineau Max Sear Mark Goetz Kurtis Grant Philipp Matlari Etienne Papineau Logan Perkins Kurtis Grant Etienne Papineau Trent Tipton

2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021

Second Team Alan Cooke Mason Short Alan Cooke Tristan Nicholls Mark Goetz Matthew Sharpstene Matthew Sharpstene Mark Goetz

2016 2016 2017 2018 2019 2019 2020 2021

2019 2020 2021

Matthew Sharpstene Logan Perkins Mark Goetz

Most Improved 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Tristan Nicholls Avery Schneider Etienne Papineau Mark Goetz Trent Tipton

Academic Achievement Award 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Avery Schneider Etienne Papineau Philipp Matlari Philipp Matlari Kurtis Grant Kurtis Grant

HISTORICAL HONORS Atlantic 10 Championship Medalists Pat Weaver

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Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team Terry Dubois Mike Tennant Dan Ackerman Mark Greer

1979 1980 1980 1981

BIG 12 ACADEMIC ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Tristan Nicholls Etienne Papineau Logan Perkins Kurtis Grant Nico Lang Trent Tipton Will Stakel

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2020 2021

GCAA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR Chris Williams Max Sear Philipp Matlari Etienne Papineau Max Sear Philipp Matlari Etienne Papineau Kurtis Grant Kurtis Grant Etienne Papineau Trent Tipton

2017 2018 2019 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021

WVU GOLF TEAM AWARDS Team MVP 2016 2017 2018

Max Sear Max Sear Max Sear

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MOUNTAINEER INVITATIONAL

PETE DYE GOLF CLUB • BRIDGEPORT, W.VA. The Mountaineer Intercollegiate made its debut at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia, in October 2015 as West Virginia resumed varsity competition for the first time in three decades. In 2017, the event was renamed The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational. The 2020 version, now known as the Mountaineer Invitational, was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic and was held in April 2021. This year, the Mountaineer Invitational will be held Oct. 4-5.

TEAM CHAMPIONS 2020 West Virginia 2019 West Virginia 2018 West Virginia 2017 Bowling Green 2016 Arkansas 2015 Penn State

293-299-281=873 294-284-286=864 289-296-281=866 290-287-287=864 290-280-288=858 294-291=585

+9 E +2 E -6 +9

INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS 2020 Mark Goetz West Virginia 2019 Kevin Scherr Youngstown State 2018 Max Sear West Virginia 2017 Alex Weiss Marshall 2016 Patrick Flavin Miami (Ohio) 2015 Davis Baxter Cincinnati

70-69-65=204 70-72-71=213 69-72-69=210 71-70-67=208 68-69-73=210 70-69=139

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2021 INFORMATION GENERAL

President Dr. E. Gordon Gee

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Director of Athletics Shane Lyons

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Athletics Senior Staff/Head Coaches

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

E. GORDON GEE, J.D., ED.D

Dr. E. Gordon Gee is one of America’s most prominent higher education leaders, having helmed universities for more than three decades. In 2009, Time magazine named him one of the top 10 university presidents in the United States. Recently, the website Great Value Colleges named him the nation’s top university president.

was named West Virginia University president.

He served in that role until 1985.

In 2014, Gee returned to West Virginia University, where his career as a university president began. His leadership goals include putting students first, advancing the university’s research agenda, partnering with West Virginia communities and making sure that 1.8 million West Virginians know in their hearts and minds that West Virginia University is their university.

Gee has been a member of 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, Gee was invited to join the International Advisory Board of King Adbulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, and he currently serves on the Board of the Royal University for Women in Bahrain.

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 West Virginia University College of Law, and, in 1980,

He went on to lead the University of Colorado (1985-1990), Brown University (1998-2000) and Vanderbilt University (2001-2007). He served as president of The Ohio State University from 1990 to 1997 and again from 2007 to 2013.

Active in many national professional and service organizations during his tenures, he has served on the boards for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. and Limited Brands. In 2011, Gee was appointed to serve as secretary on the Board of Directors of Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio. In 2011-2012, he was asked by Governor Kasich to chair both the Ohio Higher Education Capital Funding Collaborative and the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission. In March 2015, he was elected to the board of directors of the American Council on Education, the nation’s largest higher education organization. And he served as chair of the Big 12 Board of Directors Executive Committee for the 2017-18 year. Gee presently serves on the council of presidents for the Southern University Research Association.

The Gee Family - Front from left: Nathan, Elly and Ben Patrón. Back from left: Rebekah Gee, Eva Patrón, E. Gordon Gee, Elizabeth Patrón and David Patrón.

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Mentoring and inspiring youth is one of Gee’s

E. Gordon Gee and Fiancée Laurie Erickson

highest priorities. He serves on the National Executive Board for Boy Scouts of America and on the Board of Trustees for the National 4-H Council. Through his leadership, West Virginia University has created a Youth Development Initiative office to expand its partnering relationships with Boy Scouts, 4-H and similar organizations.

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 received the Outstanding Academic Leader of the Year Award on behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This year, Boy Scouts of America gave him the Silver Buffalo Award, Scouting’s top honor for adult volunteers. Gee is the co-author of over a dozen books, including his two most recent, “Leading Colleges and Universities” and “Land-Grant Universities for the Future.”

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.

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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS/ASSOCIATE VP

SHANE LYONS

In his seventh year as the director of athletics at West Virginia University, Shane Lyons’ vison for the athletic program is crystal clear and working. It’s a vision that focuses on the betterment of more than 500 student-athletes and the dayto-day needs that will help them succeed in the classroom and in competition.

His open lines of communications have made him a popular role model for WVU athletes and coaches. His honest, fair and caring approach has energized an entire department, which has led to great success on and off the field. Whether it’s regularly scheduled meetings with the student-athletes or his open-door office policy, Lyons has his finger on the pulse of his student-athletes, coaches and staff.

He devotes endless energy to his Climbing Higher facilities master plan that will keep West Virginia a strong Power 5 institution and position his department for growth and continued success. Lyons’ Climbing Higher facilities master plan isn’t about keeping up with the Joneses, it’s about taking what his department has, improving it and making it complete for the student-athlete. It’s an aggressive $100 million fundraising campaign centered on one of his core values, which is enhancing the student-athlete experience.

From training, nutrition, medical and competitiveness, Lyons’ vision is for future success, building winning programs and growing WVU’s strong reputation across the country.

He is about results, and he has already left a great deal of accomplishments in his rear-view mirror.

In 2019, West Virginia recorded its highest APR score ever at 985 and again finished higher than the national average.

The overall athletics department GPA was its highest at 3.26 with 13 teams over a 3.0 GPA for the year. Lyons commissioned and announced an Economic Impact study that showed Mountaineer Athletics produced more than $300 million to the state’s economy and more than $78 million to the local economy. And with the local economy in mind, Lyons’s department will assist with the formal opening of a new $45 million aquatic and track facility that will not only benefit WVU’s swimming and diving program, but also local high schools and the entire community.

Among the Mountaineer highlights in the 2019 campaign were 43 All-Americans, 81 All-Conference performers, three conference championships, 159 Academic All-Conference selections, seven teams to the NCAA postseason, a fourthplace finish for the Heisman Trophy and 22 professional draft picks among all sports.

In addition, Lyons’ department hosted for the first time in history both the NCAA Rifle Championships and the Big 12 golf championship as well as the NCAA baseball regionals for the first time since 1955. In total, WVU athletics hosted more than 160 events during the 2018-19 season.

From 2015-18, he spearheaded and finished more than $100 million in fan enhancements to Milan Puskar Stadium and the WVU Coliseum, completed a second phase Coliseum renovations, bringing the arena up to current ADA seating code, and for the first-time ever, introduced a second video board to Milan Puskar Stadium to provide information and improve fan entertainment.

Overseeing 18 varsity sports, a self-sustaining department budget of more than $93 million and 250 employees, under Lyons’ leadership, WVU athletics has implemented a Clinical and Sport Psychology unit with a full-time director and professional interns, added specialized learning assistants to the Student-Athlete Development unit and entered into a

partnership with WVU Medicine’s Neuroscience Department to assist in the training and recovery of student-athletes, all emphasizing his overall commitment to the well-being and performance of Mountaineer student-athletes.

Ask him and he’ll tell you it’s not his department, but West Virginia’s department, and he can tell you his vision to improve it not only for the coming year, but for three, five, seven and 10 years down the road. He cares, and the proof lies in what he has already accomplished in four years. The director hates to be last, and he rolls up his sleeves every day to make sure WVU is not last in anything.

Additionally, 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. In 2018, he chaired the overall athletic directors committee for the Big 12, was named again to the NCAA Division I Council and will serve as chair of the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee. He is also a member of the college football competition committee and locally serves on the board of directors for Mylan Park in Morgantown.

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 moni-

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The Lyons Family – Brooke, Shane, Emily, Cameron and the family dog Zoey. toring 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 rules and interpretations for the 25 membership service representatives and was the staff liaison to various NCAA standing committees.

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. Cameron is a member of the football team at Akron and Brooke attends Morgantown High School.

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