T ABLE OF C ON T EN T S Introduction Meet the Roadrunners UTSA Golf Courses _________________________ 2-3 Head Coach John Knauer _________________32-33 Lone Star Invitational _________________________4 Director of Golf Development Bill Rogers ________34 UTSA Oak Hills Invitational ____________________5 Assistant Coach Ian Parnaby __________________35 Roster ______________________________________6 Nicko Dodd _____________________________36-37 Schedule ____________________________________7 Mitchell Griffin ___________________________38-39 Taylor Koser _____________________________40-41 This Is UTSA Xabier Basañez __________________________42-43 San Antonio _______________________________ 8-9 Ryan Werre _____________________________44-45 UTSA ___________________________________10-11 Martin Board _______________________________46 Campus Life _____________________________12-13 Reed Stegall ________________________________47 Campus Recreation _______________________14-15 Stanton Tondre ______________________________48 Dr. Ricardo Romo ___________________________16 Lynn Hickey ________________________________17 History & Records Academic Services _______________________18-19 2011 Fall Review ________________________50-51 Career Services __________________________20-21 2010-11 Season Review __________________52-55 Athletic Medicine ___________________________22 Conference/NCAA History ________________56-57 Strength & Conditioning ______________________23 All-Time Team Championships _________________58 UTSA Spirit ______________________________24-25 Year-by-Year Results _______________________59-67 Host Institution ______________________________26 Team/Individual Records _____________________68 Building Champions _________________________27 UTSA Oak Hills Invitational Records ____________69 A New Home _______________________________28 Lone Star Invitational Records _________________70 Step Up UTSA ______________________________29 All-Time Letterwinners ________________________71 NCAA Compliance __________________________30 Roadrunners in the Pros ______________________72 C REDI T S The 2011-12 UTSA Men’s Golf Guide was designed, written and edited by Assistant AD/Athletics Communications Kyle Stephens with assistance from head coach John Knauer and Athletics Communications Intern Nathan Sinclair and student assistant Ryan Brown. Photography Bryan Bullon, Elizabeth Dalton, Patrick Dunn, Jeff Huehn, Mark McClendon, Dave Taylor, San Antonio Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort, supporting golf courses. UTSA G OLF C O U RSES Briggs Ranch Golf Club Oak Hills Country Club 7,206 Yards • Par 72 6,765 Yards • Par 71 The home of the UTSA golf teams, Briggs Ranch Golf Club Nestled within 200 acres of majestic oak trees and rolling hills is ranked by Golfweek as the best residential golf course in within San Antonio’s Medical Center, Oak Hills Country Club is Texas and sixth in the U.S. This Tom Fazio signature course one of the most storied and respected courses in the country. A.W. offers every player a challenge, yet may be their best golf Tillinghast’s trademark style is evident with tree-lined fairways, experience ever. Fazio has enhanced the natural terrain, bunker-protected greens and contoured putting surfaces. Oak creating a course that seems to be in continuous motion. UTSA Hills has hosted 24 PGA Tour events and has been the home of hosts the Lone Star Invitational at Briggs Ranch each October. the Champions Tour AT&T Championship since 2002. The UTSA Oak Hills Invitational is held here each February. TPC SAN ANTONIO The Club at Sonterra AT&T Oaks Course: 7,522 Yards • Par 72 Canyon Creek Course: 6,359 Yards • Par 72 AT&T Canyons Course: 7,406 Yards • Par 72 North Course: 7,070 Yards • Par 72 TPC San Antonio opened in January 2010 with 36 holes of Located on the edge of the beautiful Texas Hill Country, the golf designed by two of golf’s most innovative architects: Pete Club at Sonterra is home to a pair of gorgeous and grandiose Dye and Greg Norman. Situated on 2,800 rolling acres at courses. The North Course is built on fairly flat terrain and the base of the beautiful Texas Hill Country, both the AT&T features wide fairways lined by many large oak trees that can Canyons Course by Pete Dye and AT&T Oaks Course by Greg affect shots. The Canyon Creek Course requires good aim and Norman were built with the infrastructure to be host venues is highlighted by numerous elavation changes, sand bunkers for PGA Tour tournaments. and fast, sloping greens. 2 2011-12 UTSA R OU A D R N NE R S M EN ’ S G OLF UTSA G OLF C O U RSES Dominion Country Club San Antonio Country Club 6,937 Yards • Par 72 6,833 Yards • Par 72 Set among rolling ranchland and majestic live oaks, Dominion Designed in 1907 by Alex Findlay, the exclusive San Country Club incorporates 25 acres of man-made lakes Antonio Country Club features narrow, tree-lined fairways created to enhance the area’s natural beauty. The course and small greens on a challenging, yet traditional layout. employs a unique tee-off system, labeled the “4-Tee Challenge Water hazards come into play on a few holes and numerous System” by course designer Bill Johnston. Four separate and strategically-placed sand bunkers will test each player’s strategically-located tees on each hole both challenge and shot-making ability. reward players of varying skills. The Dominion hosted a Champions Tour event for 17 years and serves as the home course for the Futures Tour’s Texas Hill Country Classic. Hill Country Golf Club La Cantera Golf Club The Oaks: 3,438 Yards • Par 36 Resort Course: 7,021 Yards • Par 72 The Creeks: 3,429 Yards • Par 36 Palmer Course: 6,926 Yards • Par 71 The Lakes: 3,502 Yards • Par 36 Situated atop one of the highest points in San Antonio and across Loop The Hill Country Golf Club meets all the standards of a truly great 1604 from the UTSA campus, La Cantera Golf Club showcases two golf San Antonio golf resort course. The course is a beautiful, breathtaking courses. Designed by Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf, the dramatic and balanced 27-hole facility designed by the nationally Resort Course hosted the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open from 1995- acclaimed golf course architectural firm, Arthur Hills and 2009 and was named one of the top 10 public access courses by Golf Associates. Set on 200 acres, it features a wide-ranging terrain Magazine. Pristinely perched on the edge of the Texas Hill Country, with rolling meadows, steep hillsides, wooded ravines and tree- the Arnold Palmer-designed Palmer Course, offers spectacular scenery. shaded plateaus, as well as the tranquil threat of lakes and ponds. 2011-12 UTSA R OU A D R N NE R S M EN ’ S G OLF 3 L ONE S TAR I NVI TAT IONAL OCT. 16-18, 2011 BRIGGS RANCH GOLF CLUB 7,258 Yards • Par 72 2011 LONE STAR INVITATIONAL FINAL RESULTS Team Standings 12 _ Stephen F. Austin _______ 297-296-302—895 (+31) 1 __ New Mexico ____________ 274-286-301—861 (-3) 13 _ Southern Miss __________ 296-293-317—906 (+42) 2 __ Texas A&M _____________ 288-276-305—869 (+5) 14 _ Weber State ___________ 290-292-326—908 (+44) ____ North Texas ____________ 286-281-302—869 (+5) 15 _ UTEP _________________ 305-300-327—932 (+68) 4 __ Texas State _____________ 284-292-294—870 (+6) 5 __ Baylor _________________ 283-287-302—872 (+8) Individual Top Five 6 __ Arizona _______________ 281-288-311—880 (+16) 1 __ Jeff Wibawa, Rice ____________70-67-72—209 (-7) 7 __ UT Arlington ___________ 292-288-303—883 (+19) 2 __ Joakim Mikkelsen, Baylor ______66-69-75—210 (-6) 8 __ Houston _______________ 279-293-312—884 (+20) 3 __ John Catlin, New Mexico ______64-70-78—212 (-4) 9 __ UTSA _________________ 292-291-304—887 (+23) 4 __ Carlos Ortiz, North Texas _____72-69-74—215 (-1) 10 _ Sam Houston State _____ 289-292-312—893 (+29) ____ Roman Robledo, Houston ______66-67-82—215 (-1) 11 _ Rice __________________ 292-292-310—894 (+30) ____ Stuart Smallwood, Texas State __69-74-72—215 (-1) 4 2011-12 UTSA R OU A D R N NE R S M EN ’ S G OLF UTSA O AK H ILLS I NVI TAT IONAL FEB. 13-14, 2012 OAK HILLS COUNTRY CLUB 6,765 Yards • Par 71 2011 OAK HILLS INVITATIONAL FINAL RESULTS Team Standings 13 _ Kansas State ___________ 306-291-300—897 (+45) 1 __ Texas Tech ______________273-277-287—837 (-15) 14 _ Rice __________________ 293-303-303—899 (+47) 2 __ Oklahoma _______________ 281-283-285—849 (-3) 15 _ Illinois State ___________ 305-294-306—905 (+53) 3 __ North Texas _____________ 276-282-292—850 (-2) 16 _ Air Force ______________ 297-297-314—908 (+56) 4 __ Tulsa __________________ 277-287-291—855 (+3) 17 _ Sam Houston State _____ 302-303-308—913 (+61) 5 __ Baylor ________________ 296-287-294—877 (+25) ____ Louisiana-Lafayette ______ 292-287-298—877 (+25) Individual Top Five 7 __ Iowa State _____________ 297-292-291—880 (+28) 1 __ Nils Floren, Texas Tech ________69-71-68—208 (-5) ____ Wichita State __________ 288-293-299—880 (+28) 2 __ Ben Klaus, Oklahoma _________70-66-73—209 (-4) ____ Southeastern Louisiana __ 293-288-299—880 (+28) 3 __ Philipp Fendt, UL-Lafayette _____69-67-74—210 (-3) 10 _ Texas State ____________ 296-282-304—882 (+30) ____ Andrew Noto, UL-Lafayette ____72-70-68—210 (-3) 11 _ Stephen F. Austin _______ 297-290-299—886 (+34) ____ Tyler Weworski, Texas Tech ____67-67-76—210 (-3) 12 _ UTSA _________________ 292-294-310—896 (+44) 2011-12 UTSA R OU A D R N NE R S M EN ’ S G OLF 5 2011-12 R OS T ER Name Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown/Previous School(s) Xabier Basañez 6-0 185 So.-1L Caracas, Venezuela/Lycee Franco Costaricien Martin Board 6-0 205 Fr.-RS Midland, Texas/Midland HS Nicko