OwlSports.com • 1 • 2018-19 Temple Golf 2018-19 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS 2018 FALL SCHEDULE UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location .......................................Philadelphia, Pa. Date Opponent Location Enrollment ....................................................40,000 9/15/2018 Cornell Invitational Ithaca, N.Y. Founded ............................................................1884 9/16/2018 Cornell Invitational Ithaca, N.Y. President .......................................Richard Englert 9/24/2018 River Run Collegiate Davidson, N.C. Athletic Director ...........................Dr. Patrick Kraft 9/25/2018 River Run Collegiate Davidson, N.C. Affiliation ...................................NCAA Division I-A 10/1/2018 Firestone Invitational Akron, Ohio Conference .............................. American Athletic 10/2/2018 Firestone Invitational Akron, Ohio Nickname ......................................................... Owls 10/8/2018 Bucknell Invitational Lewisburg, Pa. Colors .........................................Cherry and White 10/9/2018 Bucknell Invitational Lewisburg, Pa. University Website ................... www.temple.edu 10/15/2018 Phoenix Invitational Burlington, N.C. Athletics Website ................www.owlsports.com 10/16/2018 Phoenix Invitational Burlington, N.C. 11/10/2018 City 6 Galloway Township, N.J. TEAM INFORMATION Returnees ................................................................ 9 2019 SPRING SCHEDULE Lost ............................................................................ 2 Date Opponent Location Newcomers ..............................................................3 2/25/2019 Wexford Plantation Inter. Hilton Head, S.C. 2/26/2019 Wexford Plantation Inter. Hilton Head, S.C. 3/11/2019 Cleveland Golf Palmetto Inter. Aiken, S.C. COACHING STAFF 3/12/2019 Cleveland Golf Palmetto Inter. Aiken, S.C. Head Coach ........................................ Brian Quinn 3/24/2019 Golden Horseshoe Inter. Williamsburg, Va. Assistant Coach ............................. Matt Teesdale 3/25/2019 Golden Horseshoe Inter. Williamsburg, Va. Email ............................. [email protected] 3/26/2019 Golden Horseshoe Inter. Williamsburg, Va. 4/6/2019 Princeton Invitational Springdale, N.J. 4/7/2019 Princeton Invitational Springdale, N.J. COMMUNICATIONS 4/15/2019 Explorer Invitational Glenside, Pa. Sr. Assoc. AD/Strat. Comm ...... Larry Dougherty Asst. AD, Football ...................................Rich Burg 4/21/2019 AAC Championships Palm Harbor, Fla. Director, Strat. Comm ......................Karen Angell 4/22/2019 AAC Championships Palm Harbor, Fla. Director, Strat. Comm ...................Lauren Ferrett 4/23/2019 AAC Championships Palm Harbor, Fla. Asst. AD/ Creative Services .........Kelli Sheesley Graduate Extern ..................... Michael Antonellis Graduate Extern......................... Marisa Brisbane Graduate Extern................................. Lexi Walters Golf Contact ................................ Larry Dougherty Email [email protected] Office Phone ...................................215-204-2588 TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts/Roster .............................................2-3 Coaching Staff .................................................... 5-6 Player Profiles ...................................................8-12 2017-18 Statistics/Results ..............................14-17 History .............................................................. 19-22 Record Book ...................................................24-25 American Athletic Conference...................26-27 Under Armour® is the official outfitter of Temple Athletics. About the University .....................................29-33 The originators of performance apparel, Under Armour has transitioned athletes into moisture-wicking apparel since CREDITS: The 2018-19 Men’s Golf Media Guide 1996. Under Armour products are sold worldwide and worn was written and edited by Larry Dougherty. Layout by athletes at all levels, from youth to professional, on play- and cover design by Kelli Sheesley. Published by ing fields around the globe. the Temple University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. GREATNESS • 2 • DOESN’T QUIT. OwlSports.com TEMPLE MEN’S GOLF 2018-2019 ROSTER Name Year Height Weight Hometown Last School Dawson Anders So. 6-3 170 Telford, Pa. Souderton Area John Barone R-Sr. 6-1 175 Dunmore, Pa. Dunmore Anthony Barr Fr. 6-1 190 Harleysville, Pa. Souderton Area Buddy Hansen Fr. 5-11 160 Blue Bell, Pa. La Salle College HS Matthew Kristick So. 6-5 210 Berlin, Md. Stephen Decatur Gary McCabe. Sr. 5-10 185 Collegeville, Pa. La Salle College HS Conor McGrath Fr. 6-1 180 Huntingdon Valley, Pa. Academy of the New Church Liam McGrath So. 6-2 160 Huntingdon Valley, Pa. Academy of the New Church Erik Reisner R-Jr. 5-8 150 Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Harriton Sam Soeth Sr. 6-2 175 Newtown Square, Pa. Marple Newtown Aaron Tobin Jr. 6-0 225 Tampa, Fla. Plant Trey Wren Sr. 6-3 175 Suffolk, Va. Nansemond-Suffolk Academy Head Coach: Brian Quinn Assistant Coach: Matt Teesdale • 3 • 2018-19 Temple Golf COACHES & STAFF GREATNESS • 4 • Pages 5-6 DOESN’T QUIT. OwlSports.com Head Coach BRIAN QUINN 12th Season Temple ‘90 Brian Quinn, a four- also win its second tournament under Quinn, taking the year letterwinner at 2011 URI Spring Invitational. Temple (1987-90) and a He has also improved the team’s scheduling as the professional golfer for Owls have played in the prestigious Adams Cup of 16 years, is in his 12th Newport, one of the top falls tournaments in the North- season as head golf east, and the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate at Ohio State. coach at TU. Quinn won A talented recruiter, Quinn brought in Brandon 17 professional tourna- Matthews to the fold in the fall of 2012 and the fresh- ments and played on man from DuPont, Pa, quickly etched his name in the the Asian PGA, South Temple record books. Matthews would earn all-Atlantic African PGA and South 10 Conference, Rookie of the Year and a spot as an American PGA Tours. He owns The 1912 Club, home of alternate at the U.S. Open in his phenomenal year. He the Temple Owls and also is the director of instruction at also advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur the BQ Golf Academy in Conshohocken, Pa. Championship, Quinn, who has guided the Temple to seven tour- In 2013-14, Matthews would continue to improve nament titles prior to the 2018-19 season, has quickly his game, earning First Team All-American Athletic returned the Owls to a program to be reckoned with at Conference honors as well as an at-large selection to the conference and regional level. the NCAA Championship field. Matthews, who tied for In his first fall campaign (2007), Quinn directed Tem- fourth in The American Championship, compiled a 71.5 ple to a pair of second place finishes at the Bucknell stroke average for the season. He had eight Top 5 fin- Invitational and Mount St. Mary’s. Other highlights from ishes over 12 events with a win at the Barnabas Health the 2007-08 campaign included the program’s first-ev- Intercollegiate. Matthews went on to set the Temple er CoSIDA Academic All-American and Cleveland Golf record for stroke average in 2014-15, winning four All-America Scholar. Three players won a combined individual titles en route to a 70.9 average for his 33 seven Atlantic 10 weekly awards, including a total of rounds. He tied school record for career individual titles five Rookie of the Week honors from Sasha Bozic and (8) and was honorable mention All-American en route to Andrew Mason. his second straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Quinn followed up that success in 2008-09 by lead- The Owls would continue their success following ing the Owls to their first tournament win since 2005 Matthews graduation, winning tournaments in 2016-17 with a first place showing at the 15-team Big 5 Invitation- as well as 2017-18. al. The Owls also placed fourth in The McLaughlin and Quinn played four seasons under Temple Hall of sixth in ODU/Seascape Invitational. In the spring, Quinn Fame head coach John MacDonald, earning All-Atlantic guided his Owls to their best place at the A-10 Cham- 10 honors as a senior in 1990. He helped the Owls to pionships since 2002, finishing fourth. Two TU golfers, the NCAA Tournament in 1987 and to a pair of NCAA Andrew Mason and Eric Plisko, earned all-conference East Regionals in 1989 and 1990. The team also won the honors, marking the first time that two Temple players ECAC Championship and was second at A-10s in 1990. received that accolade since 2003. Plisko and Kevin The Northborough, Mass. native won 17 professional Busteed would later be named to the PING all-region tournaments, including the Greater Portland Open with team. a course-record 11-under par 61, a record that still stands After the fall of 2008, Temple was ranked as high today at the Riverside Golf Course. He was forced to as it had been since 2003-04 in the GolfStat rankings, retire from playing after a back injury in 2004. He then thanks to Quinn’s tutelage. founded the BQ Golf Academy in Conshohocken, PA In the spring of 2008, Quinn’s charges fired their where he is the director of instruction. best 54-hole score at the Atlantic 10 Championship Quinn is on the board of directors for the AM8 Foun- since 2002 (877, +13) to finish 7th. The score was 18 dation of fellow Temple Owl Aaron McKie and the First strokes better than Owls recorded in 2007. Tee of Philadelphia. Mason, who finished his career as a three-time all-A-10 performer, would lead the Owls to another