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2014-15 Kansas Men’s Golf DAVID BRYCE GARY BROCK CHASE AUER BROWN DAOUST DROGOSH HANNA Junior (redshirt) Senior (redshirt) Freshman Freshman (redshirt) Sophomore Wichita, Kansas Lincoln, Nebraska Apopka, Florida Windermere, Florida Leawood, Kansas DANIEL SPENCER CONNOR LOGAN BEN HUDSON PAINTON PECK PHILLEY WELLE Freshman Freshman Junior Senior Junior LaGrange, Illinois Aurora, Colorado Ankeny, Iowa Robert Lee, Texas Moorhead, Minnesota JACQUES JAMIE ZACH WILSON BERMEL ZAREMBA Sophomore Head Coach Assistant Coach Minnetonka, Minnesota Third Year Third Year THIS IS KANSAS MEN’S GOLF 1 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location. .Lawrence, Kansas School Founded . 1866 Enrollment . .27,784 Quick Nickname . Jayhawks Colors . Crimson (Pantone 186) and Blue (Pantone 293) Chancellor. Dr. Bernadette Gray-Little (Marywood College, 1966) Director of Athletics . .Dr. Sheahon Zenger (Kansas State, 1988) Facts SUPPORT STAFF COMMUNICATIONS Primary Contact . .Spencer . Scheve Bill Cowgill Associate Director of Sports Medicine Office Phone . 785.864.3417 Debbie Van Saun Senior Associate AD/SWA/Golf Cell Phone . .913.709.4891 Administrator Email . [email protected] COACHING STAFF Sandy Arbuthnot. .Administrative Assistant Sport Supervisor . Chris Theisen Aaron Carbuhn . .Sports Nutritionist Office Phone . 785.864.3474 Head Coach . Jamie Bermel Cell Phone . 785.331.9356 Alma Mater . .Central College, 1986 Sheriece Sadberry . Counseling and Sport Psychologist Email . [email protected] Office Manager . E rin. Penning Assistant Coach . Zach. Zaremba Luke Bradford . Assistant Strength and Office Phone . 785.864.3417 Alma Mater . Wyoming, 2011 Conditioning Coach Email . [email protected] Website . .K UA. thletics com. Social Media . @KUMensGolf. 2014-15 SCHEDULE 2014-15 ROSTER SEPTEMBER Name Class Hometown/Previous School 6-7 Wolverine Intercollegiate Ann Arbor, Mich. David Auer Junior Wichita, Kan./Kapaun Mt. Carmel HS 15-16 Ram Masters Invitational Fort Collins, Colo. Bryce Brown Senior Lincoln, Neb./Southwest HS 28-30 Badger Invitational Madison, Wis. Gary Daoust Freshman Apopka, Fla./Crenshaw School OCTOBER Brock Drogosch Sophomore Windermere, Fla./Windermere Preparatory School 13-14 Sagamore Preview Noblesville, Ind. Chase Hanna Sophomore Leawood, Kan./Shawnee Mission East HS 24-26 Price’s Give ‘Em Five Invitational El Paso, Texas Daniel Hudson Freshman LaGrange, Ill./Lyons Township HS NOVEMBER Spencer Painton Freshman Aurora, Colo./Regis Jesuit HS 7-9 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Lahaina, Hawaii Connor Peck Junior Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny HS FEBRUARY Logan Philley Senior Robert Lee, Texas/Odesa Community College 14 Alumni Match Phoenix, Ariz. Ben Welle Junior Moorhead, Minn./Scottsdale Community College 20-22 Desert Intercollegiate Palm Desert, Calif. Petrus “Jacques” Wilson Sophomore Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka HS MARCH 2-3 Louisiana Classics Invitational Lafayette, La. The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, 19-21 Desert Shootout Phoenix, Ariz. religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual APRIL orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression and 6-7 Old Waverly Collegiate Championship West Point, Miss. genetic information in the University’s programs and activities. The following person has 18-19 Hawkeye Invitational Iowa City, Iowa been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Director of 27-29 Big 12 Conference Championship Tulsa, Okla. the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, [email protected], 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785) 864-6414, 711 TTY. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEET THE JAYHAWKS COACHES/STAFF Alvamar Golf Club . 2 David Auer . 22 Head Coach Jamie Bermel . 33 Jayhawks in the Pros . 4 Bryce Brown . 23 Assistant Coach Zach Zaremba . 35 Academic Support . 6 Gary Daoust . .24 Support Staff . .36 Student Support-KU Leads . .7 Brock Drogosch . 25 All-Time Kansas Head Coaches. .37 Athletic Department Success. 8 Chase Hanna . .26 University Chancellor . 38 KU Athletic Facilities. .10 Daniel Hudson . 27 Director of Athletics . 39 The University of Kansas . 12 Spencer Painton . 28 KANSAS HISTORY Campus Living . 14 Connor Peck . .29 2013-14 Team Recap . .40 Famous Alumni. .15 Logan Philley . .30 GCAA All-American Scholars. .44 Jayhawks in the Community . 16 Ben Welle . .31 Conference Titles and Honors . .45 Kansas City . 17 Petrus “Jacques” Wilson . 32 All-Time Conference Results . 47 The City of Lawrence . 18 NCAA Kansas Championship History . .49 Traditions . 20 Top Performances . 53 All-Time Letterwinners . .54 All-Time Tournament History. .55 2 2014-15 KANSAS MEN’S GOLF ALVAMAR GOLF CLUB • THE CHAMPIONSHIP course was NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S top 75 PUBLIC courses by GOLF DIGEST • THE MEMBERS course was included IN THE “best IN State” rankings by THE kansas GOLF association • RANKED AMONG THE top 75 best PUBLIC courses by USA TODAY Alvamar Golf Club was opened for play May 15, 1968, with the two original nines, In 1991, Alvamar Country Club hosted the Kansas Amateur. Alvamar Golf Club Jayhawk and Quail Creek, joined by the Hidden Valley nine in 1973. The Sunflower annually hosts the Web.com Qualifier and has been the site of the United States nine opened in 1978 and in 1982, the Hidden Valley and Sunflower nines became Golf Associations Women’s Public Links tournament. It was the site of the Big Alvamar Country Club. Eight Conference Men’s Championship for eight consecutive years, and in 1990, the Big Eight Conference Women’s Championship was held at Alvamar and Alvamar was named by developer and one time men’s golf coach Bob Billings won by the Jayhawks. Alvamar Golf Club hosted the inaugural Big 12 Women’s from the contraction of the names of his parents, Alva and Margaretta Billings of Championship in 1997 and has been the site of the KU men’s Kansas Invitational Russell, Kan. In all, Alvamar Golf Club and Country Club encompasses more than and women’s Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational. 3,000 acres of west Lawrence. The 36 holes at Alvamar were designed by Mel Anderson and Bob Dunning and include a public and private clubhouse, driving range and three practice greens. The two courses at Alvamar were the first in the United States to utilize zoysia grass for its fairways and tees. The course currently uses cohansey bent green on both surfaces. THIS IS KANSAS MEN’S GOLF 3 Having been honored as one of the “Best maintained golf courses in the United KNAPHEIDE FAMILY PRACTICE FACILITY States” by Grounds Maintenance Magazine, Alvamar continues to improve its attractive golf venue. At Alvamar Golf Club, the Director of Golf is Eric Magnuson, The Kansas men’s golf program added a new member to the Jayhawk family in while Paul Hooser serves as head professional at Alvamar Country Club. 2008: the state-of-the-art Knapheide Family Practice Facility. Alvamar Country Club is considered one of the finest golf courses in the state. The practice facility includes four heated hitting bays to go along with cutting- Alvamar’s reputation is one of the reasons KU attracts some of the top golfers in edge swing technology. the country. The bays are part of a climate-controlled facility that allows the Kansas golfers In addition to Alvamar’s public and private courses, golf options in Douglas to hit balls out into the driving range at Alvamar Golf Club. County include Lawrence Country Club and Eagle Bend Golf Course. Furthermore, there are more than 20 golf courses within an hour’s drive of campus. The facility is equipped with three smaller bays in addition to the one larger bay. The larger bay features a V1 video system, along with a Trackman radar launch monitoring system. Each smaller bay is equipped to provide two putting holes along with mirror technology that monitors the fundamentals of the golfers. Five different golfers can use the radiant heated facility with three golfers in each of the small bays, along with two golfers utilizing the larger bay, at one time. 4 2014-15 KANSAS MEN’S GOLF JAYHAWKS IN THE PROS AND ALL-AMERICANS RYAN VERMEER (ALL-AMERICAN 1999, 2000) Led KU in scoring average in 1999 (72.80) and 2000 (71.31). The 71.31 scoring average still JOHN SINOVIC (ALL-AMERICAN 1988) stands as the best individual season in KU history. He won a school-record seven individual Recorded six top-10 finishes during his career and never finished outside the top 25. Won titles, including four during his senior year. Vermeer’s name also sits at the top of the KU the 1988 Kansas Invitational and placed second at the Big Eight Tournament as a junior. history books in best single-round (63) and tournament score (202) since 1987. He finished 19th at the 1988 NCAA Championships. Sinovic was the first player in Jayhawk history to compete in the prestigious Hancock-Sun Bowl College All-American Golf Classic. KRIS MARSHALL (ALL-AMERICAN 2002, 2003) Named All-American in back-to-back years in 2002 and 2003, Marshall recorded 17 top-10 finishes during his career and was named All-Big 12 in 2002 and 2003. As a senior, Marshall was the Jayhawks’ top finisher in 10 of 14 events. Marshall was also named Academic All- Big 12 in 2001. CHRIS THOMPSON EGOLF TOUR AND WEB.COM TOUR Thompson recently proved he’s still got it with a win at the Championship at Ballantyne Country Club in March - his third on the tour since the 2010 season. In 2010, he claimed his first eGolf Tour title at the HGM Hotels Classic at Rock Barn, while win No. 2 came at the Columbia Open in May of 2011. At KU, Thompson was a three-time All-Big 12 selection (1997-99) and still holds the Kansas record for lowest round in an NCAA Tournament with a 69 in the second round at the 1998 NCAA Championship. MATT GOGEL PGA TOUR AND PRO GOLF ANALYST Gogel spent seven seasons on the PGA Tour before retiring after the 2007 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, an event where he had his best professional success.