RAMBLINWRECK.COM / @GT_GOLF 1 GEORGIA TECH TV ROSTER Anders Albertson Bo Andrews Drew Czuchry Michael Hines Jr. • Woodstock, Ga. Sr. • Raleigh, N.C. Sr. • Auburn, Ga. So. • Acworth, Ga. Seth Reeves Ollie Schniederjans Richard Werenski Vincent Whaley Sr. • Duluth, Ga. Jr. • Powder Springs, Ga. Sr. • South Hadley, Mass. Fr. • McKinney, Texas Bruce Heppler Brennan Webb Head Coach Assistant Coach 2 GEORGIA TECH GOLF 2013-14 GEORGIA TECH GOLF INFORMATION GUIDE Quick Facts Offi cial Name Georgia Institute of Technology Location Atlanta, Ga. Founded 1885 Enrollment 21,000 Colors Old Gold and White Nicknames Yellow Jackets, Rambling Wreck Offi cial Athletics Website Ramblinwreck.com Conference Atlantic Coast (ACC) PAGEAGE INDEX President Dr. G.P. “Bud” Peterson 2012-132012-13 Outlook 2 InternationalInternational Competition 3939 Director of Athletics Mike Bobinski 2011-122011-12 Final Statistics 3 LetterwinnersLetterwinners 51 Faculty Athletics Rep. Dr. Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen ACC Championship HistoryHistory 48 NationalNational Collegiate Champions 3636 Head Coach Bruce Heppler (19th year) ACC Championship Teams 6666 NationalNational Honors 3535 Offi ce Phone (404) 894-0961 Administration 1717 NCAANCAA Championship History 4444 Email [email protected] All-AmericansAll-Americans 34 ProfessionalProfessional Golf Champions 3232 Administrative Coordinator Brennan Webb (2nd year) All-America Scholars 2929 Roster/Schedule/MediaRoster/Schedule/Media Information 1 All-Conference Selections 3737 Team Awards 4040 Offi ce Phone (404) 894-4423 Amateur,Amateur, Professional ChChampionsampions 38 Team HistoryHistory At-A-Glance 5522 Email [email protected] CarpetCarpet Capital CollegiateCollegiate 20 Tech’s All-Time Greats 22-3322-33 Golf Offi ce Fax (404) 385-0463 GeorgiaGeorgia Tech Players and Coaches ........................................................................................................ Tech Coaching History 21 Lettermen Returning/Lost 8/1 GolfGolf Facilities ..................................................................................18..................................................................................18 Tournament ChampionsChampions 41 2013 Final Nat’l Rank 4th Golfstat/8th Golfweek HallHall of Fame Inductees 5454 Tournament Information 4 2013 ACC Finish 4th HeadHead22013-140 CoachingCoachin13-1g4 HiHistory GEORGIAGstorEyO RGIA TECHTECH YELLOWYELLOW JACKETSJAC34KETSUnited States Collegiate Championship 1919 2013 NCAA Regional Finish 4th Head-to-HeadHead-to-HeadFFromrom left:left: hhead Underead ccoach Heppleroach BBrucer uce HHeppler,eppler, aassistantssistant ccoachoach BBrennan7788rennan WWebb,Year-by-YearYeareb-by-b, OOllieYearllie ResultsSSchniederjans,chnie derjans, SSetheth RReeves,eeves, AAndersnders 5353 2013 NCAA Finals 2nd stroke play/semifi nals match play Individual/TeamIndividual/TeamAAlbertson,lbertson, VincentVi nRecordscent WWhaley, haley, RRichardichard WWerenskierenski ((inin bback),ack),424 BBo2o AAndrews,ndrews, DDrewrew CCzuchry,zuchry, MMichaelichael HHines.ines. ACC Championships 14 (1985-91-92-93-94-99-2001-02-06-07-09-10-11-12) NCAA Regional Championships Four (1991-98-99-2002) NCAA Top-8 Finishes 16 2013-14 ROSTER Highest NCAA Finish 2nd in 1993, 2000, ‘02, ‘05 Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School) NCAA Championship Appearances 27 (1947-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-98-99- Anders Albertson 5-9 147 Jr. Woodstock, Ga. (Etowah HS) 2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13) Bo Andrews 6-1 165 r-Sr. Raleigh, N.C. (Ravenscroft HS) All-America Honorees 58 Drew Czuchry 6-0 160 Sr. Auburn, Ga. (home schooled) Michael Hines 5-11 145 So. Acworth, Ga. (Kell HS) Media Relations Seth Reeves 6-3 165 r-Sr. Duluth, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge HS) Ollie Schniederjans 6-1 168 Jr. Powder Springs, Ga. (Harrison HS) Golf contact Mike Stamus Vincent Whaley 6-1 195 Fr. McKinney, Texas (McKinney Boyd HS) Stamus’ cell phone 404-218-9723 Richard Werenski 6-1 156 Sr. South Hadley, Mass. (Heritage Academy, Hilton Head, S.C.) E-Mail [email protected] SID offi ce phone 404-894-5445 SID offi ce fax 404-894-1248 Head Coach: Bruce Heppler (Brigham Young, 1985), 19th season Offi cial website www.ramblinwreck.com Associate Head Coach: Brennan Webb (East Tennessee State, 1997), 2nd season Twitter @GT_Golf Facebook www.facebook.com/GT_Golf Schniederjans = SHNYDER-janz Richard Werenski = wear-EN-skee Final 2013 National Rankings Golfstat 4 2013-14 SCHEDULE Golfweek/Sagarin Index 8 (strength of schedule=6) Golf World 8 Sept. 6-8 Carpet Capital Collegiate, Rocky Face, Ga. (The Farm Golf Club) Head-to-Head 137-34-6 Sept. 14-15 Tar Heel Invitational, Chapel Hill, N.C. (Finley Golf Course) vs. Top 100 123-34-6 Oct. 4-6 Brickyard Collegiate, Macon, Ga. (Brickyard at Riverside) vs. Top 50 89-32-6 Oct. 18-20 United States Collegiate Championship, Alpharetta, Ga. (Golf Club of Georgia) vs. Top 25 58-27-5 Feb. 5-7 Amer Ari Invitational, Kohala Coast, Hawaii (Waikoloa Resort - Kings Course) Feb. 23-25 Puerto Rico Classic, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (Westin Rio Mar Resort - River Course) Individuals Golfstat Sagarin Anders Albertson 8 27 Mar. 7-9 Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters, Las Vegas, Nev. (Southern Highlands Golf Club) Bo Andrews 105 131 Mar. 24-25 The Floridian Collegiate, Palm City, Fla. (The Floridian Golf & Yacht Club) Shun Yat Hak 148 137 Apr. 12-13 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University Scarlet Course) Michael Hines -- 316 Apr. 25-27 ACC Championship, New London, N.C. (Old North State Club) Seth Reeves -- 187 May 15-17 NCAA Regionals, sites TBA Ollie Schniederjans 15 29 Richard Werenski -- 423 M. 27-J. 1 NCAA Championship, Hutchinson, Kan. (Prairie Dunes Golf Club) RAMBLINWRECK.COM / @GT_GOLF 3 TECH GOLF NOTEBOOK Six Returnees Make U.S. Amateur Field The loss to the Crimson Tide marked the third the fall PING/Golfweek Preview Invitational and All six Georgia Tech golfers who attempted time that the Yellow Jackets lost to the eventual tied for 13th at the NCAA Championship along with to qualify for the U.S. Amateur in august did so, a national champion. Tech fell by the score of 3-2 two other top-20 performances. feat unprecedented in the history of the program. in the quarterfi nals to Augusta State in 2010 and Seniors Bo Andrews, Seth Reeves and Richard 2011. Heppler Named GCAA East Region Coach Werenski, juniors Anders Albertson and Ollie Schniederjans fi nished tied for eighth in the of the Year stroke-play portion of the championship with a Schniederjans, and sophomore Michael Hines all Georgia Tech head coach Bruce Heppler has advanced out of various sectional qualifi ers. 5-under-par score of 205, and Seth Reeves tied for 13th with a 4-under-par 206. Both players been named East Region Coach of the Year by the Further, Andrews, Reeves and Werenski Golf Coaches Association of America, one of six survived the 36-hole stroke-play portion of the earned automatic All-America recognition for their performance at top-15 fi nishers. coaches across the country so honored. Heppler championship and advanced to match play, where led the Yellow Jackets to their 14th NCAA Champi- Reeves captured a fi rst-round victory by defeating Tech Finishes 4th in Golfstat, 8th in onship appearance this year, fi nishing second in U.S. Walker Cup team member Jordan Niebrugge. the 54-hole stroke-play portion and advancing to It was a fi tting end to a successful summer Golfweek/Sagarin Index the semifi nals of match play. for Tech on the amateur circuit. Reeves won the With two tournament victories and an ap- Tech won two events this year, tying top- Southeastern Amateur for the second time in three pearance in the match play semifi nals at the NCAA ranked California for the title at the PING/Golfweek years, and fi nished 21st or higher in all six of his Championship on its resume, Georgia Tech’s golf Preview Invitational and winning outright the United other events. Andrews was the runner-up at the team fi nished the 2012-13 year ranked No. 4 in States Collegiate Championship, both of which Northeast Amateur and posted top-20 fi nishes in the Golfstat rankings, and No. 8 in the Golfweek/ featured loaded fi elds. three other events. Schniederjans was the runner- Sagarin Performance Index. Heppler joined Yale’s Colin Sheehan, Ala- up at the Dogwood Invitational and had three other It is the 10th time since 2000 that Tech has bama’s Jay Seawell, Illinois’ Mike Small, Missouri’s top-10 fi nishes, while Albertson was the medalist been ranked in the Golfstat top 5 at the end of the Mark Leroux and Cal’s Steve Desimone as regional at his U.S. Amateur qualifi er and has three other spring, and also the 10th time the Yellow Jackets coaches of the year. Desimone was named national fi nishes of 22nd or better. Werenski tied for fi fth at have fi nished in the top 10 of both rankings in the coach of the year by the GCAA. the Southern Amateur and fi nished 36th or better same time span. in four other events. Drew Czuchry tied for 10th Head coach Bruce Heppler’s 18th Tech Tech Fourth in Tallahassee Regional place at the Greystone Invitational. team reached the NCAA Championship fi nals for Georgia Tech fi nished fourth last weekend the 14th time, and produced a top-8 fi nish in the to advance from the NCAA Tallahassee (Fla.) Re- Very Little Turnover from NCAA championship for the 10th time. In the fi ve years gional, which was played at the Golden Eagle Golf that the NCAA has used the current stroke-play/ Semifi nalists and Country Club (6,965 yards, par 72). North match-play format, the Yellow Jackets have ad- Georgia Tech returns seven letterwinners Florida, ranked 19th, No. 6 Washington and No. vanced to match play three times, fi nishing third from last year’s team, including four starters from 14 Florida State fi nished 1-2-3. Oklahoma was the (2010), second (2011) and second (2013) in the the unit that advanced to the NCAA Championship fi fth qualifying team from Tallahassee.