ROBBY SHELTON TOM LOVELADY SOPHOMORE JUNIOR MEROPI PANAGIOTOU JUNIOR JAY SEAWELL HEAD COACH INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS INTRODUCTION Location: . Tuscaloosa, Ala . Quick Facts & Media Policies . 1 Enrollment: . 36,155 Rosters & Schedule . 2 Founded: . .. April 12, 1831 Opponents . 3 Conference: . Southeastern (Western Division) Colors: . Crimson (PMS 201) & White 2014-15 Preview . 4-5 Nickname: . Crimson Tide INTRODUCTION Home Course: . Ol’ Colony Golf Course COACHING STAFF President: . Dr . Judy Bonner Head Coach Jay Seawell . 6-8 Athletics Director: . Bill Battle Men’s Golf Support Staff . 8 Deputy Director of Athletics . Shane Lyons Assistant Coach Jon Howell . 9 Executive Associate AD/Chief Financial Officer: . Finus Gaston University President Dr . Judy Bonner . 10 Senior Associate Athletics Director for Support Services (men’s golf): . Kevin Almond Top-Ranked University . 11 Bill Battle . 12 MEDIA INFORMATION On Campus . 13 ALABAMA ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS about the Crimson Tide men’s golf program, select MEET THE CRIMSON TIDE The Alabama Athletic Communications Office is that area from the main menu . Information on the Player Bios . 14-21 located on the ground level of Coleman Coliseum web includes statistics, results, biographies and other in room 170 . historical information . - Lettermen . 14-19 Dru Love . 14 MEDIA SERVICES TELEVISION Tom Lovelady . 15-16 Members of the media can obtain updated statistics The University of Alabama, through the Crimson Tide and daily tournament results for the Crimson Tide Gavin Moynihan . 17 Sports Network (CTSN), offers a weekly 15-minute men’s golf team during their season via e-mail and at satellite feed consisting of interviews with coaches Robby Prater . 18 Alabama’s official athletics website at www .rolltide . and athletes, taped video highlights and narrated tape Robby Shelton . 19-20 com . The Athletics Communications office will also package from September through May . Occasionally - Newcomers/Redshirts . 20-21 provide the media with rosters and tee times for the men’s golf team will be featured in this package . Jonathan Hardee . 20 any event the Tide is scheduled to host . Credentials Please call the media relations office for more details . are usually not needed to cover an Alabama-hosted Tyler Hitchner . 21 During the season, the golf team’s progress will men’s golf event, but notification of your intent to be covered each week on “The Crimson Tide This William Sellers . 21 cover is needed by the Athletics Communications Week,” a 30-minute regional sports show . Steven Setterstrom . 21 Department . INTERVIEWS YEAR IN REVIEW SOCIAL MEDIA Head coach Jay Seawell and his team are available You can follow the Alabama men’s golf team through for interviews and can be reached through the 2013-14 in Review . 22-24 social media on a variety of platforms . The men’s Alabama Athletics Communications Office, due to golf official Facebook page is AlabamaMGolf . the extensive time the golf coaching staff spends ACADEMICS Updates on the team can also be found on Twitter outside on the course . Team practice sessions rotate Academic Success . 25-27 @AlabamaMGolf and via Instagram at AlabamaMGolf . times and locations daily, depending on upcoming You can follow all Alabama athletics on Facebook events and areas of practice emphasis . Golf interview FACILITIES at AlabamaAthletics and on Twitter and Instagram requests should be made at least 24 hours in advance . @UA_Athletics . The Jerry Pate Center . 28-29 All golf interviews must be arranged through Aaron Jordan in the Athletics Communications office at Ol’ Colony/North River/Indian Hills . .30 SEC DIGITAL NETWORK 205-348-5401 . The SEC now offers access to free licensed game RECORDS AND HISTORY highlights and other newsworthy event video, FACILITIES 2013 NCAA Championship . 31 including select live streams, through the SEC Affiliate As part of the Crimson Tradition Fund facility upgrades, Network . This annual program is exclusively available Alabama’s home golf course — Ol’ Colony — has 2014 NCAA Championship . 32 to the accredited media and covers all teams and all some recent renovations that serve to turn the course Coaching Records . 33 sports for both men’s and women’s teams . Video is into the Tide’s real home with new green complexes National Award Winners . .34 delivered through a customizable digital video player and added length . The Alabama golf program is All-Americans . 35 immediately after televised games/events conclude . housed in the Jerry Pate Golf Center (2004), the Tide’s Participating news affiliates can select individual clips Amateur Golf Honors . 36-37 private practice facility and clubhouse that includes to insert directly into online stories . Television stations coaches’ offices, a fully furnished locker room and a The Professional Ranks . 38-39 also have access to an FTP account to run content team room . The Pate Center also provides Alabama Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate . .40-41 on-air . The SEC Affiliate Network is managed through golfers a myriad of chipping and putting greens, SEC History & Championships . 42-44 XOS Digital . To join, please request a participation target greens and a full driving range . Ol’ Colony, a NCAA Championships History . 45-47 form from the program’s director, Anna Marie Neri, at course designed by former UA men’s golf standout aneri@xosdigital .com or at 407-670-5049 . Jerry Pate, serves as the team’s home course . In Records . 48-53 addition to its “home” course, the Alabama men’s Year-by-Year Results . 54-61 INTERNET golf team benefits from the opportunity of being All-Time Letterwinners . 62-64 Information about the University of Alabama’s athletics able to access several golf courses in the Tuscaloosa can be found on the online at the Crimson Tide official area for practice, including NorthRiver Yacht Club and athletics site: www .rolltide .com . For information Indian Hills Country Club . CREDITS The 2014-15 University of Alabama men’s golf media guide was produced by the staff of the UA Athletics Communications Office . The publication was written and edited by Josh Maxson and Aaron Jordan . Cover design by Erin Hill in Crimson Tide Productions . Photography by UA Athletics Director of Photography Kent Gidley, assistant director Amelia Brackin, the USGA and Robert Matre . Special thanks to the Crimson Tide coaching staff, Crimson Tide Productions, the staff of the SEC office and Pete LaFleur . Copyright 2014 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama . “Roll Tide”, “Crimson Tide,” “Bama” and the primary and secondary logos are registered trademarks of The University of Alabama . ROLLTIDE.COM 1 INTRODUCTION TEAM INFORMATION 2013-14 Record: . 150-6-2 ( .956) INTRODUCTION 2013-14 Best Finish: . 1st - 2013 Olympia Fields/Illini Invitaitional, +9 (281-277-291 – 849) . 1st - 2013 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, -11 (274-278-277 – 829) . 1st - 2013 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational, -26 (280-272-286 – 838) . 1st - 2013 Gifford Collegiate, -4 (275-276-285 – 836) . 1st - 2014 Puerto Rico Classic, -45 (273-272-274 – 819) . 1st - 2014 Mason Rudolph Championship, -5 (281-294-272 – 847) . 1st - 2014 SEC Championship, -34 (272-266-268 – 806) . 1st - 2014 NCAA Auburn Regional, -11 (287-284-282 – 853) 2014 SEC Finish: . 1st, -34 (272-266-268 – 806) 2014 NCAA Regional Finish: . 1st, -11 (287-284-282 – 853) 2014 NCAA Championship Finish (Stroke Play): . t2nd, -4 (274-278-284 – 836) 2014 NCAA Championship Finish (Match Play): . 1st - defeated SMU, 3-2-0; defeated LSU, 4-1-0; defeated Oklahoma State, 4-1-0 2013-14 Low Team Score: . 806, -34 – 2014 SEC Championship, -34 (272-266-268 – 806) 2013-14 Low Team Round: . 266 (-22) – 2014 SEC Championship (second round) Low Individual 18 Holes: . 61 (-9), Bobby Wyatt – 2014 SEC Championship (second round) 54 Holes: . 192 (-18), Bobby Wyatt – 2014 SEC Championship Lettermen . Returning: 4/Lost: 3 2014 GOLF HONORS PING All-Americans . Bobby Wyatt (1st team), Robby Shelton (2nd team), Trey Mullinax (second team), Cory Whitsett (honorable mention) Golfweek All-Americans . Bobby Wyatt (1st team), Robby Shelton (1st team), Trey Mullinax (second team), Cory Whitsett (honorable mention) Dave William National Coach of the Year . Jay Seawell Phil Mickelson National Freshman of the Year . Robby Shelton Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American . Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars . Trey Mullinax, Bobby Wyatt, Cory Whitsett H . Boyd McWhorter Award . Cory Whitsett Bryant Award . Cory Whitsett SEC Player of the Year . Robby Shelton SEC Coach of the Year . Jay Seawell SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year . Cory Whitsett All-Nicklaus Team . Robby Shelton and Bobby Wyatt First-Team All-SEC . Trey Mullinax, Robby Shelton, Cory Whitsett, Bobby Wyatt COACHING STAFF Head Coach: . Jay Seawell Alma Mater: . South Carolina, 1988 Years at Alabama/Overall: . 13th/23rd Office Phone: . (205) 348-0383 E-Mail Address: . jseawell@ia .ua .edu Assistant: . Jon Howell Alma Mater: . Mississippi State, 2010 Years at Alabama: . 1st Office Phone: . (205) 348-0383 E-Mail Address: . jhowell@ia .ua .edu 2014-15 ALABAMA MEN’S GOLF ROSTER Name Class Exp. Ht. Career Avg. Hometown (High School/Previous School) Jonathan Hardee Fr . HS 6-1 n/a Greer, S .C . (Riverside) Tyler Hitchner Fr . HS 5-11 n/a Tuscaloosa, Ala . (Home Schooled) Dru Love So . RS 6-5 n/a St . Simons Island, Ga . (Frederica Academy) Tom Lovelady Jr . 2L 5-11 73 .05 Birmingham, Ala . (Mountain Brook) Gavin Moynihan So . 1L 5-8 72 .89 Dublin, Ireland (Malahid Community School) Robby Prater So . 1L 5-8 74 .17 Birmingham, Ala . (Spain Park) William Sellers So . RS 6-3 n/a Montgomery, Ala . (Montgomery Academy) Steve Setterstrom Fr . HS 5-8 n/a Mobile, Ala . (McGill-Toolen) Robby Shelton So . 1L 5-11 70 .14 Wilmer, Ala . (St . Paul’s Episcopal School) LETTERMEN LOST: 3 Player Exp. Hometown Career Stroke Avg. Trey Mullinax 4L Birmingham, Ala . 72 .84 Cory Whitsett 4L Houston, Texas 71 .34 Bobby Wyatt 4L Mobile, Ala .