2015 UNA GOLF QUICK FACTS Location ..................................................Florence, Alabama 35632-0001 Founded ............................................................................................ 1830 Enrollment ........................................................................................ 7,300 Interim President ............................................................Dr. John Thornell Athletic Director ...................................................................... Mark Linder Nickname...........................................................................................Lions Colors .............................................................................. Purple and Gold Conference ............................................................................... Gulf South National Affiliation ............................................................NCAA Division II Home Course ..................... Turtle PointRobert Trent Jones of the Shoals 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009 Coach ................................................................................. Jason Vaughn NCAA Division II Alma Mater .............................................................North Alabama (2003) Years at UNA ....................................................................Second Season South Region Office Phone ......................................................................(256) 765-4397 CHAMPIONS 2014 Spring Record.......................................................................89-42-2 2014 Gulf South Conference Finish ............................................ Tied 2nd South.Southeast Super Regional Finish....................................... Tied 6th NCAA Division II National Finish .......................................................... 9th CONTENTS 2014 Fall Record ..........................................................................53-16-2 The University..............................2 Sports Information Director.....................................................Jeff Hodges President Cale & Board ...............3 Office Phone ......................................................................(256) 765-4595 Home Phone......................................................................(256) 766-7572 Roster and Schedule ...................4 Fax Number .......................................................................(256) 765-4659 Head Coach Jason Vaughn .........5 SID email .......................................................sportsinformation@una.edu 2015 Lion Golfers ...................6-11 Assistant SID ..................................................................Shane Herrmann 2014 Season Review............12-13 Office Phone ......................................................................(256) 765-4895 Email..................................................................... [email protected] 2014 Fall Results ..................14-15 UNA Web Site ..............................................................www.roarlions.com All-time UNA Honors.............16-21 Championship Teams ...........22-23 National Tournaments ...........24-25 Lettermen .............................26-27 All-Time Results ...................28-32 Gulf South Conference ..............33 CREDITS The 2015 University of North Alabama golf brochure was compiled and edited by UNA sports information director Jeff Hodges. Photos by UNA photographer Shannon Wells and Joe Romans. It is the policy of the University of North Alabama to afford equal opportunities in education and in employment to qualified persons regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, or sex, in accord with applicable parts of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The coordinators for nondiscrimination policies are: for students, the Dean of Student Affairs, Bibb Graves Hall or telephone 256-765-4235; for employees, the Director of Human Resources, Bibb Graves Hall or telephone 256-765-4291. 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA The University of North Alabama, established in 1830 as LaGrange College, became in 1872 the first state teachers college south of the Ohio River. UNA has developed into a regional university providing quality educational opportunities for students from the three- state region of Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The Gourman Report, which ranks the nation’s universities, selected UNA as one of the better schools in Alabama. Of the 26 Alabama schools rated, UNA ranked first behind Alabama’s five doctoral degree-granting institutions. Using the Gourman criteria, North Alabama, if located in any of the other 53 U.S. territories or states, would rank first in five states, second in 12, third in 13, fourth in 10 and fifth in one. The Gourman scores ranked North Alabama established at North Alabama to serve Species Research Center personnel first among Gulf South Conference its constituency. Operated by faculty are conducting research on several schools. and staff, they give undergraduate and endangered species in the region. The North Alabama’s academic role has graduate students excellent opportunities Wellness Research and Service Center expanded through the years. Bachelor’s for research and public services. researches areas of wellness, exercise degrees are offered in majors in various They include the Occupational programs, nutrition, stress management, areas of arts and sciences, business, and Environmental Health Laboratory. health education counseling and education and nursing. Its scientific research has attracted environmental support. Preprofessional preparation for medicine, national and international attention in the North Alabama works closely with dentistry, optomery, podiatry, pharmacy, health field. The Geographic Research various southern universities and many law, agriculture and forestry, engineering, Center, in cooperation with the National local, state and federal agencies on a veterinary medicine, medical technology Geographic Society, has increased the myriad of projects and activities. and other allied health professions is profile of geography in the state and has Supporting the faculty are the offered. Various master’s degrees are opened doors for students to partake extensive resources of the Collier Library offered in the education and business in maping and demographics research system, a federal records depository. It fields. for various governmental agencies. is computerized and tied into various North Alabama is the first major Science faculty and students teach and library loan research networks. university to offer a four-year degree study marine biology-related courses North Alabama students excel program in commercial music. Majors at Dauphin Island Sealab near Mobile, in academics, student activities and have interned in record industry offices Alabama. athletics. Often they are recognized in Nashville, Memphis, New York, Los North Alabama also houses the nationally for their achievements in Angeles, London, and nearby Muscle northwest Alabama Education Research specific areas. Shoals. UNA is one of 11 schools nation and Inservice Center, which provides North Alabama’s alumni are equally wide offering an undergraduate degree inservice training for elementary and successful. Among them are a Pultizer in industrial hygiene. Foreign language, secondary educators in a six-county Prize winner for literature, two Alabama nursing and science students also have region. North Alabama has the only state governors, a Texas governor, numerous opportunities to study abroad. university-operated kindergarten and U.S. Congressmen, thousands of Numerous faculty and staff members grammar school, which afford education educators, and special assistant to the hold positions of distinction in various students a professional development President of the United States. national, regional and state professional laboratory experience in teaching. organizations. Many have written books Serving a nine-County region, the and/or published articles in newspaper, Small Business Development Center magazines and professional journals. provides information, counseling and The Journal of Legal Economics is assistance to small businesses or published on campus. to people planning to start small Various centers have been businesses. The Rare and Endangered 2 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT & BOARD Interim President Dr. John Thornell Dr. John Thornell assumed the duties of interim president at the University of North Alabama on July 1, 2014. Thornell came to Florence in 2009 as vice president for academic affairs and provost at UNA. Thornell has served as vice president for academic affairs and professor of history at North Carolina Wesleyan University in Rocky Mount since 2007. He had previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss., where he also served as interim president in 2003. UNA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Martin R. Abroms Joel R. Anderson Lisa Ceci Rodney L. Howard Libby Watts Jordan Florence, Alabama Florence, Alabama Huntsville, Ala. Muscle Shoals, Ala. Florence, Ala. Marcus Maples Steve Pierce Simpson Russell William A. Trapp Birmingham, Ala. Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. 3 2015 LION ROSTER AND SCHEDULE 2015 NORTH ALABAMA SPRING SCHEDULE Feb. 23-24 Pirate Invitational hosted by Armstrong Atlantic University Savannah, Georgia