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2015-16 Women’s Golf Founded in 1842, Ohio Wesleyan Ohio Wesleyan employs 146 full- is a national university with a major time faculty. Nearly 100 percent of international presence. Accredited by Ohio Wesleyan in Brief the tenure-track faculty hold a Ph.D. the North Central Association of Col- or equivalent or are completing work leges and Schools, OWU is a member of LOCATION >> Delaware, Ohio 43015 toward the degree. The student-faculty the Great Lakes Colleges Association, a ratio is 11:1. consortium of 13 leading independent FOUNDED >> 1842 Ohio Wesleyan currently enrolls institutions in Indiana, Michigan, and about 1750 students, almost equally ENROLLMENT 1675 Ohio. >> men and women, from nearly every Ohio Wesleyan has been named NICKNAME >> Battling Bishops state and more than 40 countries. The to the President’s Higher Education multicultural enrollment total of ap- COLORS Red and Black Community Service Honor Roll — the >> proximately 16 percent includes U.S. highest federal recognition a school can PRESIDENT >> Dr. Rock Jones multicultural students and interna- achieve for service learning and civic tional students. engagement — for 6 consecutive years. HOME COURSES >> Oakhaven Golf Club, Diversity, creativity, leadership, Ohio Wesleyan confers the Bach- Mill Creek Golf Club, and service are emphasized through- Glenross Golf Club, elor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and out the co-curriculum. Students are Safari Golf Club Bachelor of Music degrees. The Univer- active in nearly 100 clubs and orga- sity also offers combined-degree (3-2) AFFILIATION >> NCAA Division III nizations, as well as departmental programs in engineering, interdisci- student boards, academic honoraries, plinary and applied science, medical CONFERENCE >> North Coast Athletic music and theatre productions, frater- technology, optometry, and physical WEBSITE >> www.owu.edu nities and sororities, and an extensive therapy. Degree programs are offered intramural sports program. More than through 24 academic departments and 85 percent of the students are involved several interdisciplinary programs. Dis- extend classroom experiences in par- in community service projects. Ohio tinctive features of the academic pro- ticular courses. Competitive Theory- Wesleyan fields 23 varsity athletic gram include the Arneson Institute for to-Practice Grants, funded by the Uni- teams that compete in the North Coast Practical Politics and Public Affairs; the versity, allow students to participate in Athletic Conference. Woltemade Center for Economics, Busi- independent research, internships, and Ohio Wesleyan comprises a 200- ness and Entrepreneurship; the Sagan cultural immersion throughout the acre campus and 2 wilderness pre- National Colloquium, a 4-year Honors world. The University’s unique Course serves. Eleven of the University’s 61 Program; and extensive opportunities Connections provide opportunities buildings are entered in the National for independent research, internships, for students to study topics of inter- Register of Historic Places. Nearly all and off-campus study. est over a protracted period of time as students live on campus in a variety of Ohio Wesleyan’s Travel-Learning they selected a variety of interdisci- residential facilities. options include international travel- plinary courses from several academic learning courses led by faculty to divisions. DIRECTORYBattling Bishops ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT >> (740) 368-3725 Head Coach >> Jana Shipley Athletics Director >> Roger Ingles Office Phone>> (740) 368-3765 Office Phone>> (740) 368-3738 E-mail >> [email protected] Athletic Trainer >> Todd Miller Office Manager>> Tracey Coleman OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Sports Information Director >> Mark Beckenbach Office Phone>> (740) 368-3340 Home Phone >> (614) 798-9989 E-mail >> [email protected] Home Page >> http://www.battlingbishops.com 2015-16 PRINCIPAL MEDIA OUTLETS CONTENTS PRESS Principal Media Outlets // Ben Stroup and Gary Henery, The Delaware Gazette 1 40 N. Sandusky St., Suite 202 Memo to the Media // 1 Delaware, OH 43015 Why Battling Bishops? // (740) 363-1161 x319/372 1 2015-16 Outlook // 2 Mark Znidar, The Columbus Dispatch Head Coach Jana Shipley // 3 Ohio Wesleyan Women’s Golf Women’s Ohio Wesleyan 34 S. 3rd St. Columbus, OH 43216 Player Profiles // 4-7 (614) 461-5234 2015-16 Bishop Roster // 7 Lee Cochran, This Week Publications 2014-15 Results and Statistics // 8 7801 N. Central Drive 2014-15 NCAC Standings // Lewis Center, OH 43035 9 (740) 888-6054 2014-15 NCAC Individual Leaders // 9 About the NCAC // TELEVISION 10 Jerod Smalley, WCMH-TV (Ch.4/NBC) Bishop Women’s Golf Year-by-Year // 11 3165 Olentangy River Rd. Laura Bump Invitational // Columbus, OH 43202 11 (614) 263-5555 Bishop Records // 11 All-Conference Bishops // Clay Hall, WSYX-TV (Ch.6/ABC) 12 1261 Dublin Rd. All-Time Bishop Letterwomen // 12 Columbus, OH 43215 Home Courses of the Bishops // (614) 481-6650 inside back cover Athletic Facilities // inside back cover Paul Spohn, WBNS-TV (Ch.10/CBS) 2015-16 Schedule // 770 Twin Rivers Dr. outside back cover Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 460-3962 MEMO TO THE MEDIA The 2015-16 Ohio Wesleyan women’s golf media guide has been prepared by Ohio Wesleyan’s Office of University Communications to assist you with your coverage this year. The guide was published March 17, 2016, with information available at that date. Additional and updated information, WHY BATTLING BISHOPS? statistics and photos are available at all times to accredited The nickname “The Battling Bishops” dates to 1925; news sources from the Sports Information Office. before then Ohio Wesleyan University’s teams were simply known as “The Red and Black,” or sometimes as “The Method- ists.” Ohio Wesleyan is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, and long has produced many of its bishops. CREDITS By April, 1925, according to that issue of the Alumni Magazine, the present name had finally been derived. “Ohio The 2015-16 Ohio Wesleyan women’s golf media guide sports writers have been at a loss,” the magazine reported. was published by Doug Thompson. Photographs by Sara “There are countless colleges throughout the country claim- Blake, Rachael Carter, Kelli Venable, and Bruce Heflin and ing red and black as their colors, and 14 Methodist colleges in courtesy, Ohio Wesleyan Sports Photography Archives. Ohio alone.” Pi Delta Epsilon journalism fraternity therefore sponsored a contest, and the winning nickname, “The Bat- tling Bishops,” was “placed before the sports writers of the state as the teams’ official title.” Senior Harold Thomas of Lima submitted the winning entry. The new nickname must have provided inspiration. The 1925 football team, under George Gauthier, “The Little Giant,” went 7-1-1. Its only loss came to Ohio State by a 10-3 score, and On the cover: Amy Greenwood (Sara Blake photo) it tied Syracuse, 3-3, en route to winning Ohio Conference and Big Six championships. 1 With a trio of top-25 finishers make up ground.” in the NCAC standings last year, in last year’s North Coast Athletic Senior Amy Greenwood fin- checking in at 25th. Her average of Conference standings back from ished 20th in the NCAC standings 95.05 strokes per round was ninth last year’s team, Ohio Wesleyan last season, her second consecutive on the team. women’s golf coach Jana Shipley top-20 finish in the conference. She The final 2 spots are up for looks for the Battling Bishops to ranked third on the team with an grabs between a pair of returning improve in the NCAC standings. average of 88.47 strokes per round letterwinners and a pair of new- “I think we’re stronger than last year. comers. we’ve ever been,” Shipley said. “I Senior Ashley Saylor placed Sophomore Emily Blaner played think our top 3 are capable of shoot- 23rd in the conference standings in in all 20 rounds last season and ing in the 70s, and we’d like to fin- 2014-15. Saylor was fourth on the compiled a 94.25 average, good for ish in the top 4 (of the conference). team with an average of 92.95. seventh on the team. We’re in the toughest conference Junior Caroline Hamilton was Freshman Ana Borish, who set in NCAA Division III, so it’s hard to the Bishops’ third top-25 finisher a tournament record with a round 2015-16 BISHOP OUTLOOK BISHOP 2015-16 of 71 during her high school career, looks to make the Bishop lineup, as does freshman Liz Knowlton, who helped her high school team win a pair of league championships. Senior Macie Maisel and junior Julia Snyder are slated to return for the spring season and give the Bishops additional depth. The Bishops open the season at the Denison Fall Invitational before hosting the OWU Fall Invitational on Sept. 12-13 at Safari Golf Club. The fall portion of the schedule continues with trips to Madonna (Mich.) and Wooster before wrap- ping up with the Wittenberg Pat Clouse Invitational. The spring season commences with the Taylor Made-adidas In- tercollegiate tournament in Dataw Island, S.C. The Ohio Valley Invitational will be the Bishops’ first northern test of the spring. Ohio Wesleyan will host the sixth annual Laura Bump Invita- tional on April 9-10 at Mill Creek Golf Club, followed by the Wooster Spring Invitational in the Bishops’ final pre-conference tune-up. The North Coast Athletic Conference championship will be hosted by Hiram and Wooster. Ohio Wesleyan Women’s Golf Women’s Ohio Wesleyan Ashley Saylor 2 2015-16 2015-16 Ohio Wesleyan Women’s Golf Women’s Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops Coach Jana Shipley Shipley took over the newly- track & field team from 1980-85, formed Battling Bishop women’s leading the Bishops to the first golf team in June, 2010, and guided North Coast Athletic Conference in- the Bishops to a sixth-place finish door track & field championship in in the inaugural NCAC champion- 1985 as well as multiple state titles ship in the sport.