Ball State Men’S & Women’S Golf

2016 - 2017 BALL STATE MEN’S & WOMEN’S GOLF

BALLSTATESPORTS.COM • @BALLSTATESPORTS • @BallStateMGolf • @BALLSTATEWGOLF 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK MEDIA NOTES 2016 - 2017 Cardinals BALL STATE UNIVERSITY: 4 Men’s Schedule Location Muncie, IN 47306 Founded 1918 5 Women’s Schedule Enrollment 21,196 6 Men’s Roster Nickname Cardinals 8 Women’s Roster Colors Cardinal and White Facility Deleware Country Club & The Players Club 10 Men’s Coaches Conference Mid-American Conference 12 Women’s Coaches Interim President Terry King Athletics Director Mark Sandy

Courses MEN’S GOLF COACHING STAFF 14 Delaware Country Club & Players Club Head Coach Mike Fleck Alma Mater Ball State, 1993 Career Tournament Wins 17 Tradition Graduate Assistant Coach Tyler Ostrom 17 Remembering Coach EY Alma Mater Ball State 2016 17 The Support WOMEN’S GOLF COACHING STAFF 17 Travel Head Coach Katherine Mowat 18 Championship Titles Alma Mater Louisville, 2001 Career Tournament Wins 15 19 BSU Golf at the NCAAs Assistant Coach Zach Davis 20 Record Book Alma Mater Ball State, 2011 Ball State MEDIA INFORMATION Assistant Director/Golf Contact: Tyson Mathews 23 The University Office Phone: 765-285-8227 25 Board of Trustees E-Mail: [email protected] Associate A.D.: Mike Clark 26 Athletics Assistant Director: Brad Caudill Assistant Director: Paula Haughn Assistant Director: Kelly Barock Broadcast & Multimedia: Joel Godett Graduate Assistant Morgan Young Website: ballstatesports.com Twitter: @ballstatemgolf, @ballstatewgolf, @ballstatesports 2017 CARDINALS

SCHEDULE • ROSTER • COACHING STAFF 2 BALL STATE GOLF MEDIA GUIDE 2016 - 2017 BALLSTATESPORTS.COM • @BALLSTATESPORTS • @BallStateMGolf • @BALLSTATEWGOLF 3 3 2017 SPRING SCHEDULE 2017 SPRING SCHEDULE

MEN’S SPRING SCHEDULE WOMEN’S SPRING SCHEDULE

MONDAY, FEB. 13- TUESDAY, FEB. 14 FRIDAY, APR. 14- SATURDAY, APR. 15 FRIDAY, FEB. 10- SATURDAY, FEB. 11 FRIDAY, MAR. 31- SATURDAY, APR. 1 EARL YESTINGSMEIER EARL YESTINGSMEIER BALL STATE SUNSHINE EKU COLONEL MATCH PLAY MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL CLASSIC Dade City, Fla. | Lake Jovita Country Muncie, Ind. | Delaware Country Club | Port St. Lucie, Fla. | St. Lucie Trail Richmond, Ky. | The University Club Club - South Course | All Day All Day Golf Club | All Day at Arlington | All Day

FRIDAY, MAR. 10- SUNDAY, MAR. 12 SATURDAY, APR. 22- SUNDAY, APR. 23 SATURDAY, APR. 8- SUNDAY, APR. 9 PINEHURST ROBERT KEPLER FRIDAY, FEB. 24- SUNDAY, FEB. 26 INTERCOLLEGIATE INTERCOLLEGIATE INDIANA SPRING Village of Pinehurst, N.C. | Columbus, Ohio | OSU Golf Club-Scarlet RIO VERDE INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL Rio Verde, Ariz. | Rio Verde Pinehurst No. 8. | All Day Course | All Day Bloomington, Ind. | Indiana University Country Club | All Day Golf Course | All Day FRIDAY, MAR. 31- SUNDAY, APR. 2 FRIDAY, APR. 28- SATURDAY, APR. 30 MASON RUDOLPH MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FRIDAY, APR. 21- SUNDAY, APR. 30 CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIPS Nashville, Tenn. | Vanderbilt Legends Nashport, Ohio | The Virtues Golf Club | TUESDAY, MAR. 14- WEDNESDAY, MAR. 15 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE Club | All Day All Day DR. DONNIS THOMPSON CHAMPIONSHIPS Silver Lake, Ohio | Silver Lake Country Club | INVITATIONAL All Day Kailua, Hawaii | Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course | All Day

MONDAY, MAR. 27- TUESDAY, MAR. 28 KINGSMILL INTERCOLLEGIATE Williamsburg, Va. | Kingsmill Resort River Course | All Day

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golfer to win the MAC since 2008 and the first freshman to win the league since 2005. He was the first Ball State player to claim the title since 1997 and just the third ever. Fleck was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year for the 2010-11 season after a year that included a win at the Yestingsmeier and a second-place finish at the MAC Championships. He has had 19 All-MAC selections at Ball State, and the Cardinals’ three in 2012-13 — Merkel on the first team plus Joe Gasser and Alex Stinson on the second team — marked the most for the program since 1982. He also coached Broce, an All-American and the MAC Golfer of the Year, in his first year on the job in 1998-99. In addition to the on-course success, Ball State men’s golfers have been named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars Mike Fleck, who was a member of the Ball on 33 occasions under Fleck’s watch. In 2012- State University men’s golf team from 1988 13, Ball State tied for the most All-America GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH through 1992, was named the third head Scholars in the country with four — Gasser, coach in the program’s history Aug. 20, 1998. Tony Lazzara, Merkel and Stinson. In 2005-06, He replaced Earl Yestingsmeier, who was Ball Ball State was the only school in the nation TYLER OSTROM State’s head coach for the previous 36 years. with five selections -- Brandon Boomsma, The 2015-16 season was Fleck’s 18th Patrick Wilkes-Krier, Wayne Denger, C.D. EXPEREINCE: FIRST YEAR Hockersmith and Andy Skillman. leading the Cardinals. His teams have won 17 ALMA MATER: BALL STATE ‘16 tournament titles, most recently Ball State’s Additionally, Fleck has had 22 Academic All-MAC selections and a pair of CoSIDA own Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational Tyler Ostrom, a four-year letterwinner for in 2016. The Cardinals have won at least one Academic All-Americans (Broce in 1999 and Dan Witt in 2002). In 2012-13, Ball State the Ball State men’s golf team, became a tournament in seven of the past eight years. graduate assistant coach for the program Two of those wins came during a 2012- accounted for four of the seven spots on the Academic All-MAC Team — the most in in August 2016. 13 season that was one of Fleck’s finest in A native of Warsaw, Indiana, Ostrom Muncie. The Cardinals competed in the NCAA league history under the current selection format — with Gasser, Lazzara, Merkel and graduated from Ball State in May 2016 tournament for the first time since 1991 and with a degree in finance and accounting. advanced in a playoff out of the Pullman Stinson. Fleck, who graduated from Ball State in As a player, he was co-medalist at the HEAD COACH Regional to reach the NCAA Nationals for the Butler Spring Invitational as a sophomore first time since 1986. 1993, served as an assistant coach with the Cardinals for the 1993-94 season. He then and finished runner-up at Toledo’s Rocket That year’s team, ranked as high as No. Individual Classic as a senior. 27 in the nation by Golfweek, claimed became the head pro at Hickory Hills Golf Club in Farmland, Ind., for four years before Ostrom was heavily involved with tournament titles at the Firestone Ball State’s Student-Athlete Advisory Invitational and Pinehurst Intercollegiate returning to lead the men’s golf program at his alma mater. Committee and attended the Mid- in addition to runner-up finishes at the American Conference Leadership Pinetree Intercollegiate and the Mid- TOURNAMENT TITLES Symposium as a senior. He was honored MIKE American Match Play. 2016 Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational by the men’s golf program with the Earl The win at Firstone was the second for the 2014 Mid-American Match Play Yestingsmeier Student-Athlete Award in 2013 Pinehurst Intercollegiate Cardinals under Fleck, as the team also won his final season. there in 2006. His teams have won Ball State’s 2012 Firestone Invitational 2012 Mid-American Match Play Ostrom was a standout golfer at own Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational a total of 2011 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Warsaw High School, where he was a seven times. 2009 Dayton Flyer Invitational three-time all-state selection. He won FLECK While 2012-13 marked Ball State’s return 2009 Cardinal Collegiate the 2011 Indiana state championship, 19TH SEASON AS HEAD COACH to the NCAA tournament as a team, Fleck 2006 First Energy Intercollegiate setting the tournament record for ALMA MATER: BALL STATE ‘93 previously coached three individual NCAA 2005 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational lowest round with a 63. Regional participants — Jamie Broce in 1999, 2004 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 2003 Bullock Collegiate Classic Eric Steger in 2011 and Tyler Merkel in 2012. EXPERIENCE 2001 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 1998-Present: Head Men’s Golf Coach at Ball State He added another in 2015 when Johnny Watts qualified for the Ball State-hosted 2000 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational 1994-98: Head Golf Professional at Hickory Hills Golf 1999 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Noblesville Regional by winning the MAC Course in Farmland, Ind. 1999 St. Louis Billiken Invitational Championships. 1999 Morehead State Eagle Classic 1993-94: Assistant Men’s Golf Coach at Ball State Watts became the first non-Kent State 2010-2011: MAC Coach of the Year Led Ball State to the 2013 NCAA Championships 10 10 BALL STATE GOLF MEDIA GUIDE 2016 - 2017 BALLSTATESPORTS.COM • @BALLSTATESPORTS • @BallStateMGolf • @BALLSTATEWGOLF 11 2016 - 2017 WOMEN’S COACHES 2016 - 2017 COACHES

Mowat has tutored Hague (2012, 2013 coach Meghan Bolger. As a team, Ole Miss and 2014), Brittany Kelly (2009, 2010 and registered six top-five finishes in 2003- 2011), Kirsty O’Connor (2008), Kallie Harrison 04. The Lady Rebels placed first in the (2006) and Sundberg (2005) to all-conference Waterlefe Invitational for the school’s first honors, and she has also coached six MAC All- tournament title since the 2001-02 season. Tournament selections. In addition, Mowat helped tutor former Ole Hague (2014) and Kelly (2011) were each Miss golfer Bernadette Luse, who qualified selected to compete as individuals in the for the 2005 LPGA Tour and won the 2008 NCAA Regionals. Golf Channel’s Big Break. “Building this program has been an In her final two collegiate seasons at enjoyable experience,” Mowat says. “To be Louisville, Mowat earned All-Conference able to mentor female student-athletes USA accolades and was named to the at a great place like Ball State has been league’s all-tournament team. She a pleasure. The young women in this captured low-medalist honors at the program know what is necessary to be 2000 conference meet and followed that successful as a student-athlete. We have performance by helping her team qualify a lot of work to do to get where we want for an NCAA Regional in 2001. In addition to be, but we have a strong foundation to playing, Mowat was highly successful of golfers and are looking forward to the in the classroom. In 2001, she was named challenge of winning a Mid-American to the NGCA All-America Scholar Team Conference Championship.” and the ESPN The Magazine Academic Mowat’s student-athletes have also All-America First Team. A 2001 NCAA ASSISTANT COACH HEAD COACH been recognized numerous times for their Woman of the Year nominee, Mowat character and academic excellence. was honored as a Conference USA Sarah Westaway (2014) and O’Connor Postgraduate Scholarship recipient plus (2010) each received the MAC was named to C-USA’s Honor Roll and ZACH KATHERINE Sportswoman of the Year Award, while Louisville’s Dean’s List. Autumn Duke was honored with the Mowat captured first-place honors in Women’s Golf Coaches Association’s Kim the Indiana Women’s Golf Association DAVIS Moore Spirit Award in 2013. Mid-Am Championship in 2006 and again EXPERIENCE: FIRST YEAR Mowat’s teams have had at least three in 2007. She also placed second at the MOWAT Women’s Golf Coaches Association All- 2002 Tennessee Women’s Open in Dixon, ALMA MATER: BALL STATE ‘11 13TH SEASON AS HEAD COACH America Scholars in each of the past nine Tenn. She competed in the 2002 Ontario years, including five in 2005-06, 2006-07 Women’s Amateur and Canadian Women’s Ball State graduate and PGA ALMA MATER: LOUISVILLE ‘01 and 2012-13. The five selections in 2012-13 Amateur, finishing in the Top 20 of both apprentice Zach Davis joined the Katherine Mowat, who was named the were the most by any Division I program. tournaments. Cardinals women’s golf program as an head women’s golf coach at Ball State Ball State has ranked among the top 25 assistant coach in January 2017. nationally three times in the NGCA rankings Davis has worked as an assistant golf University Aug. 2, 2004, completed her TOURNAMENT TITLES 12th season at the helm of the program in of GPAs for women’s college programs. The 2016 Bulldog Florida Invitational pro at The Bridgewater Club in Carmel, 2015-16. Cardinals ranked 21st for 2009-10 and 22nd 2014 Dolores Black Falcon Invitational Indiana, since 2012. He also served Mowat has been named the Mid- for 2005-06 at 3.549 both years. They were 2013 Angola Shootout as the assistant varsity golf coach at American Conference Coach of the Year 21st in 2012-13 at 3.612. 2012 SCU Colby Invitational Brebeuf Jesuit Prep from 2013-16. twice, claiming the honor in 2010 and 2013. “We want student-athletes to have a 2012 The Preview Davis has worked at various golf 2012 Cardinal Classic She has led the Cardinals to 15 great experience while here at Ball State,” courses in both Indiana and California. 2009 The Preview tournament titles during her tenure, Mowat says. “It is important for us to be He also has experience as a certified competitive, but academic success is the 2009 El Diablo Invitational club technician and a tournament including a program record-tying four 2008 Iowa Hawkeye Invitational No. 1 priority. We have a program of young coordinator for the Hamilton County victories during the 2012-13 season. Her 2008 Butler Spring Invitational 2007-08 team also won four tournaments, women who want to do well academically 2008 Tina Barrett Invitational Junior Golf Association. while her 2008-09 squad won three times. and athletically, and we are constantly 2008 Ball State Cardinal Classic A 2011 graduate from Ball State, Davis Mowat has twice guided Ball Sate striving for improvement and excellence in 2007 Tri-State Thunder Invitational earned a bachelor’s degree in audio/ to runner-up finishes at the MAC both areas. The academic support student- 2007 Butler Spring Invitational video production. While he was in Championships -- 2010 and 2012. The athletes receive at Ball State is outstanding, 2006 Butler Spring Invitational Muncie, he worked from 2009-11 as a and we make a conscious effort to recruit pro shop assistant at The Players Club. second-place finish in 2010 was the EXPERIENCE first ever for the Cardinals at the MAC great students who are great golfers.” 2009-10 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Davis graduated from Westfield Championships and came in the same year Mowat came to Ball State as the school’s 2012-13 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year High School outside Indianapolis, Mowat became the program’s first league head coach after spending three seasons where he was a member of a sectional coach of the year. as an assistant coach at the University of 2001-04: Assistant Women’s Golf Coach at University of championship boys’ golf team. Mississippi Ball State’s Jenna Hague won the Mississippi. individual title at the 2012 conference While at Mississippi, the Lady Rebels made back-to-back NCAA Tournament Other: Director of the Mississippi Golf Camps; Golf championships, joining Katie Sundberg Instructor at Mississippi and Stanford Golf Camps; appearances in 2003 and 2004 under the from 2005 as Mowat-coached players to Instructor at the Longest Drive Junior Golf Program through win MAC individual medalist honors. guidance of Mowat and Ole Miss head the Boys and Girls Club of Muncie (2006-present)

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The Ball State men’s and women’s golf teams have playing privileges at Delaware Country Club and The Players Club in Muncie, Ind. Ball State also accesses MD’s Golf Academy in Muncie for indoor and year-round practice. The Academy provides a driving range with heated stalls and an indoor putting surface. DELAWARE COUNTRY CLUB Delaware Country Club (left) is a private course where Ball State alum Tom Harris is the head golf professional. THE PLAYERS CLUB COURSES The Players Club (above) is a public course which plays up to 7,000 yards for collegiate competition. Matt Smith is the PGA professional at The Players Club.

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EARL YESTINGSMEIER GOLF CENTER Ball State is beginning construction in Spring 2017 on the Earl Yestingsmeier Golf Center, which will provide a campus home for the golf programs. The new facility will be approximately 6,400 square feet and feature two indoor hitting bays for four players, a hitting simulator bay, a 2,200 square foot putting and chipping area, locker and restroom facilities for the women’s and men’s golf teams, a meeting/office room, team lounge area and club repair room. TRADITION HONORS • RECORDS • NCAA HISTORY 16 BALL STATE GOLF MEDIA GUIDE 2016 - 2017 BALLSTATESPORTS.COM • @BALLSTATESPORTS • @BallStateMGolf • @BALLSTATEWGOLF 17 TRADITION TRADITION CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES REMEMBERING MEN’S WOMEN’S The men’s golf team has won 17 tournament titles under The women’s golf team has won 15 tournament titles under the the direction of Mike Fleck, including Ball State’s own Earl direction of head coach Katherine Mowat, including a program COACH EY Yestingsmeier Invitational seven times. record-tying four championships in 2012-13. Earl Yestingsmeier, the long-time men’s golf coach and sports information director at Ball State University, passed away in January 2014 at age 80. Yestingsmeier coached the Ball State men’s golf team for 36 years until his retirement in 1998, spending 31 of those years in a dual role as the university’s sports information director. He remained one of Ball State’s biggest fans until his passing. As a coach, Yestingsmeier led the Cardinals to 107 tournament titles and 11 NCAA Tournament appearances. He was enshrined in the Ball State Athletics, Golf Coaches Association and Indiana Golf halls of fame. A four-time conference coach of the year, his teams won six league titles in his career. He guided the Cardinals from their days in the In- diana Collegiate Conference into the Midwestern Conference and eventually into the Mid-American Conference in the 1970s. 2016 BULLDOG FLORIDA Yestingsmeier earned his bachelor’s degree from Ball State in 1955 2016 EARL YESTINGSMEIER and his master’s degree from the university in 1958. He then spent MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS INVITATIONAL CHAPTIONS virtually his entire professional career working for his alma mater. THE SUPPORT GULLION GOLF SCHOLARSHIP JUSTIN CROSS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP This scholarship was created in 1990 by Clarence and Virginia Gullion This scholarship was established in memory of Ball State golfer Justin to financially assist outstanding male golf student-athletes. An award Cross who lost his nearly five-year battle with leukemia in 2005. The is made annually to a deserving student who is a member of the golf golf program sold “Audience of 1” bracelets in Cross’ honor to estab- team. Mr. Gullion and his family are Muncie residents and owners of lish the fund with the assistance of the Cross family and father, Ron. Clancy’s Car Washes, Inc., and Clancy’s Village Bowl, Inc. Mr. Gullion is For more information on the Justin Cross Memorial Scholarship, con- a 1958 graduate of BSU and a golf letterman. tact the BSU men’s golf office at 765.285.8391. 2014 DOLORES BLACK FALCON EARL C. YESTINGMEIER FUND JAMES D. ROSEMA ATHLETIC FUND 2014 MATCH PLAY This fund was established by the Ball State University Alumni Asso- This fund was established in 1994 by Muncie residents James and CHAMPIONS INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS ciation in 1995 and is used to assist the Ball State golf team’s travel Mary Rosema, owners of Rosema Corporation, an interior finishing expenses. The fund is supported by the BSU Alumni Association and company. The Rosema’s created this fund as a means to contribute gifts from private donors. Contributions can be made by contacting to Ball State’s athletic department, and it is used to provide financial the Alumni Association 765.285.1080. assistance to the Ball State golf team. TRAVEL In recent years, the Ball State women’s golf team has traveled to Hawaii, North Carolina, Arizona, Texas, Arkansas and Nevada for tournaments in addition to hosting its own Cardinal Classic and competing in the Midwest. In the last few years, Ball State has played at some of the nation’s top golf courses, including Crooked Stick and the Brickyard Crossing in Indianapolis, Ind. Crooked Stick hosted the Solheim Cup in 2005, while the Brickyard has hosted numerous events, including Senior Tour events and the Mid-American Conference Championships for men and women.

In the past few seasons, the Ball State men’s golf team has played in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition to the golf at some of the nation’s outstanding courses like Pinehurst and Firestone, the golf team has visited Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, 2013 PINEHURST 2012 SCU COLBY N.C., Krzyzewskiville at the Duke University campus and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONS INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS

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• Ball State has had 47 men’s golfers named All-America Scholars by • The Ball State women’s golf team has been recognized two of the the Golf Coaches Association, most recently McCormick Clouser in past three seasons seasons with an NCAA Public Recognition Award 2014-15. The Cardinals have had 11 players earn the honor in the for ranking among the top 10 percent of all women’s programs in past five years alone. the country in Academic Progress Rate.

• The Cardinals have had 41 Academic All-MAC selections over the • The Cardinals have had 47 All-America Scholar selections by the years. The 2012-13 team placed four players on the Academic All-MAC Women’s Golf Coaches Association since 2004. The 2012-13 team Team, marking the most in league history under the current format. had five selections, tying for the most of any team in the country. BSU has had 17 Academic All-MAC selections since 2005. • Ball State had the nation’s top golf scholar-athlete in 1998 with Jamie Broce winning the Ben Hogan Award from the Golf Coaches • Ball State has ranked among the top 25 teams in the country in Association. team GPA three times in the past decade, most recently ranking Left to right: Head coach Mike Fleck, Tyler Merkel, Joe Gasser, Tony Lazzara, McCormick Clouser, Alex Stinson and graduate assistant TJ Carpenter. 21st for the 2012-13 academic year. NCAA NATIONALS NCAA REGIONALS YEAR LOCATION FINISH SCORE YEAR LOCATION FINISH SCORE 2013 Atlanta, Ga. 30th/30 872 2013 Pullman, Wash. T-5th*/14 856 1986 Winston Salem, N.C. 27th/31 908* 1991 Bartlesville, Okla. 17th/21 903 IN THE COMMUNITY 1983 Fresno, Calif. 18th/32 900* 1982 Pinehurst, N.C. T-20th/31 892* (College Division) Ball State student-athletes participate in thousands of hours of 1975 Columbus, Ohio 20th/37 607^ 1968 Beaumont, Texas 5th/20 1221 community service each year. Following is a list of organizations the 1974 San Diego, Calif. 24th/32 612^ 1967 Paducah, Ky. 13th/22 1204 student-athletes, including the golf teams, have assisted in while at 1973 Stillwater, Okla. 16th/35 1211 Ball State: 1972 Cape Coral, Fla. T-14th/35 1223 1971 Tucson, Ariz. T-32nd/37 608^ Muncie Boys and Girls Club 1962 Durham, N.C. T-20th/31 641 Meals on Wheels 1961 West Lafayette, Ind. 19th/28 628 *Advanced in playoff to NCAA Championships. Holiday Caroling Salvation Army’s Adopt-A-Family Ball State has also had seven golfers (five men and two women) selected for NCAA competition since the Regional format was implemented. Fit Kids Clinics United Way Campaign Salvation Army Food Pantry American Cancer Society Altrusa Fashion Show Muncie Mission Read Across America Salvation Army Toys For Tots Special Olympics 2015 | Johnny Watts | 2014 | Jenna Haguel | 2012 | Tyler Merkel | Central Regional 2011 | Brittany Kelly Noblesville Regional Central Regional | Karsten Creek | Univ. of Michigan GC | Central Regional Ball State women’s golf coach Katherine Mowat, along with about 25 Sagamore Club | Noblesville, Ind. Golf Club | Stillwater, Okla. | Ann Arbor, Mich. Warren GC | South Bend, Ind. members of the National Golf Coaches Association, traveled to New Ball State - 2010-11 Seniors Orleans in the summer of 2006 to assist in the construction of a new Brittany Kelly (left) and Rachael Pruett join the Cardinals in home in the Katrina ravaged Upper 9th Ward. The coaches worked supporting Breast Cancer in conjunction with the area Habitat for Humanity. Awareness with the Pink Hats

*Brinker and Broce each advanced out of the Regional round to compete in the NCAA Nationals.

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CATEGORY WINS YEAR PLAYER Tournament Wins (Season) 2 4 times Jenna Hague (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14); Brittany Kelly (2007-08) Tournament Wins (Career) 6 2011-15 Jenna Hague

MEN’S TEAM RECORDS CATEGORY SCORE YEAR TOURNAMENT LOCATION Low 18 Holes (4 counters) 271 2005 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Delaware Country Club Muncie, Ind. Low 36 Holes (4 counters) 546 2005 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Delaware Country Club, Muncie, Ind. Low 54 Holes (4 counters) 824 2005 Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Delaware Country Club, Muncie, Ind. Low 72 Holes (4 counters) 1150 2005 MAC Championships The Medallion Club, Westerville, Ohio MEN’S INDIVIDUAL RECORDS CATEGORY SCORE YEAR PLAYER LOCATION Low Round (18 Holes) 63 2005 Wayne Denger Delaware Country Club, Muncie, Ind. Low 36 Holes 132 2006 Patrick Wilkes-Krier Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio Low 54 Holes 201 2006 Patrick Wilkes-Krier Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio Low 72 Holes 281 1978 Scott Steger Purdue South, West Lafayette, Ind. Low Season Average 71.74 1998-99 Jamie Broce Low Career Average 73.57 1995-99 Jamie Broce

CATEGORY WINS YEAR PLAYER Tournament Wins (Season) 4 Twice Jamie Broce (1998-99); Scott Steger (1977-78) Tournament Wins (Career) 8 1980-84 Brian Tennyson BALL STATE THE UNIVERSITY • BOARD OF TRUSTEES • BALL STATE ATHLETICS 22 BALL STATE GOLF MEDIA GUIDE 2016 - 2017 BALLSTATESPORTS.COM • @BALLSTATESPORTS • @BallStateMGolf • @BALLSTATEWGOLF 23 23 UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Jim Davis Brian Gallagher ’81 Kent C. (Oz) Nelson ’59 Famed Cartoonist and Creator of President CEO, Former CEO of United Parcel Service “Garfield” of United Way of America Chairman, Ball State Bold Campaign THE UNIVERSITY Angela Ahrendts ’81 Doug Jones ’82 Roger Neuenschwander ’73 VP Retail and Online Stores, Actor, Played the Silver Surfer in President of TVSDesign Ball State began as a private normal school in 1899. Eventually the campus and buildings were purchased Apple Inc. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver by the Ball brothers, a group of Muncie industrialists, and given to the state of Indiana in 1918. Surfer Brad Maynard ’96 Blaine Bishop ’93 16-year NFL Punter, The institution was named Ball Teachers College in 1922 and Ball State Teachers College in 1929. The 11-year NFL & 4-Time Pro Bowl J. Wayne Leonard ’73 Member of 2000 NY Giants Super school became a university in 1965 and its 660-acre residential campus now includes more than 60 Player CEO of Entergy Corporation Bowl Team buildings and 300 additional acres of research property. Penny Ralston ’71 Ball State has seven academic colleges and a graduate school with over 150 majors offered, including Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Human Sciences, Florida State business, education, sport administration, telecommunications, exercise science, criminal justice, communication studies, journalism, political science and construction management.

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Mid-American Conference Jacoby Trophy Mid-American Conference Reese Trophy for Overall Excellence in Women’s Sports for Overall Excellence in Men’s Sports 2002-03, 2001-02, 2000-01 1999-00, 1997-98 1997-98, 1992-93, 1989-90, 1988-89

1974-75 Field Hockey Baseball % Women’s Basketball % Men’s Golf Men’s Basketball Men’s Tennis 1998-99 2007-08 1975-76 Field Hockey Soccer Men’s Cross Country BALL STATE RECENT ATHLETIC SUCCESS 1990-91 Women’s Volleyball * Football $ 1976-77 Field Hockey Baseball Women’s Basketball % Football Men’s Tennis 1999-2000 2008-09 1978-79 1991-92 Field Hockey * Football % Football Field Hockey Women’s Volleyball Men’s Basketball $ 1980-81 Men’s Tennis Men’s Basketball *% Women’s Basketball % Men’s Basketball * Men’s Tennis Baseball % 1992-93 Women’s Outdoor Track Softball 1981-82 Women’s Volleyball Baseball % * Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball * 2009-10 Men’s Golf Men’s Tennis 2000-2001 Softball 1983-84 Baseball Field Hockey 1993-94 Men’s Tennis 2010-11 Men’s Tennis Football Women’s Indoor Track Women’s Volleyball Women’s Volleyball Women’s Outdoor Track Men’s Tennis 1984-85 Men’s Tennis * FOOTBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Field Hockey 2001-02 2011-12 2008 MAC West Champions 2008-09, 2015 MAC West Champions Men’s Tennis 1994-95 Men’s Basketball $ Softball 2008 GMAC Bowl 2009 MAC Tournament Champions Field Hockey Women’s Basketball * 1985-86 Men’s Tennis * Football $ 2012-13 2012 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl 2009 NCAA Tournament Field Hockey Women’s Volleyball Gymnastics Softball 2014 Go Daddy Bowl 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 WNIT Men’s Tennis Men’s Tennis Men’s Tennis Men’s Golf 1995-96 Men’s Volleyball Field Hockey 2013-14 1986-87 Women’s Indoor Track 2002-03 Women’s Volleyball% Field Hockey Women’s Outdoor Track Women’s Volleyball Men’s Tennis Men’s Tennis Women’s Basketball *$ Baseball 1996-97 Men’s Tennis Softball 1987-88 Football Baseball % Field Hockey Field Hockey 2014-15 Men’s Cross Country Men’s Tennis * 2003-04 Softball Men’s Tennis Women’s Volleyball * Women’s Cross Country Women’s Basketball% 2004-05 1988-89 1997-98 Men’s Tennis 2015-16 Field Hockey Women’s Volleyball % Baseball % Soccer Men’s Tennis * Field Hockey Men’s Basketball$ Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball % * 2005-06 Women’s Tennis Women’s Indoor Track Men’s Tennis Baseball% 1989-90 Women’s Outdoor Track 2006-07 SOFTBALL MEN’S TENNIS Football Men’s Tennis Soccer 2009, 2010, 2012 & 2013 MAC Champions 2011 MAC Tournament Champions * Co-Champions - Overall % West Division Champions $ Co-Champions - Division 2010, 2015 MAC Tournament Champions 2011 NCAA First Round 2010, 2015 NCAA Championships 2014 MAC Tournament Champions 2014 NCAA First Round

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