2010 missouri state men's golf guide

2009-10 BearsMEN’S GOLF

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2009-10 Missouri State Men’s Golf

2009-10 RosterName Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School Matt Cermak** Jr. 5-8 Chicago, Ill./St. Patrick’sJack Courington** Jr. 5-8 Wichita, Kan./SoutheastScott Glenn*** Sr. 5-10 Wichita, Kan./Andover CentralMark Hogan* So. 6-2 Chislehurst, Kent, England/ElthamWill Hogan So. 5-10 Ozark, Mo./OzarkJay McBride*** Sr. 5-11 Lebanon, Mo./LebanonJordan McLaurin* So. 5-11 Ironton, Mo./Arcadia ValleyEric Straub Fr. 6-0 Paducah, Ky./HeathRyan Weinhaus*** Sr. 6-3 Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway Central

Head Coach: Neal Stafford (Missouri ‘02)

* Denotes MSU letters earned

Pronunciation Key

Matt SIR-makJack KUR-ing-tonJordan Mc-LORE-inRyan WINE-house

uu2009-2010 Missouri State Bears (front, l-r): Will Hogan, Jack Courington, Mark Hogan, Eric Straub and Jordan McLaurin; (back, l-r) Jay McBride, Ryan Weinhaus, Coach Neal Stafford, Scott Glenn and Matt Cermak.

2009-10 Bears


Table of Contents2009-10 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFCMissouri State Quick Facts/Golf Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12009 Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Coach Neal Stafford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Player Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10Missouri State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-13Facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Missouri Valley Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162008-09 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBCSchedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BC

Missouri State Quick FactsLocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901 South National Avenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springfield, Missouri 65897Year Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1905Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17,385 (Springfield campus)President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Michael NietzelFaculty Athletics Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Bruce JohnsonDirector of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle MoatsSchool Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maroon & WhiteNickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BearsAffiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division IConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri ValleyUniversity Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.missouristate.eduAthletics Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . .www.missouristatebears.com

Golf InformationHead Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neal Stafford (Missouri ‘02)Golf Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417-836-4863Golf Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417-836-8475E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Conference Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FourthLetterwinners Returning/Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7/0Home Tournament Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . Branson Creek Golf Club

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MSU Information

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uuOn the cover: MSU senior Jay McBride (l) and sophomore Will Hogan.


Neal Stafford thinks his team is picking up steam and hopes that mo-mentum will carry the Missouri State Bears to the post-season this May. The Bears are coming off a fall campaign in which they played their best golf late in tournaments and late into the season. With a veteran squad on his hands, Stafford, in his sixth year directing the program, likes where the Bears are headed as the spring season begins. “Itseemslikewe’vedevelopedintoateamthatfinisheswell,thathasrebounded from a tough round or tough tournament,” Stafford said. “I feel like we got better each week and with each round in a tournament.” The numbers back up Stafford’s assertion as the Bears got progressive-ly better in each round of just about every tournament, averaging nearly 308inopeningroundsand298infinalrounds.Inaddition,theyaveraged304perroundthroughthefirsttwofalltournaments,thenfinishedstrongbyaveraging299inthefinalthreeoutings. The Bears are aiming to maintain the momentum gained from those last threetournaments--arunnerupfinishatOralRobertsandplacinginthetophalfofthefieldatIllinoisStateandAustinPeay. “Withaveterangrouplikewehave,ourformulahastoinvolveconfi-dence and patience,” said Stafford. “We need to not take risks early and be patient, both within rounds and tournaments. If we can continue to do that,that’llputusinagoodspotinApril.” Nobody epitomizes that veteran presence better than senior Jay McBride,whoaveraged74.4inthefallandwasmedalistattheOralRob-ertsShootout. Heearnedall-conferencehonorslastspringbyfinishingfourth at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship and ranks sev-enth on the Bears’ career scoring average chart. “Jay’s had a good career here and, as nice as it was to see him pick up that big win in the fall, I look for him to win some more,” said Stafford. “Throughout his career, he’s gotten better and better at making adjust-ments to his game, both during the season and during a round,” he added. “That’s been a really fun part of watching him come along.” The Bears got a boost in the fall with the transfer of sophomore Will HoganfromMissouri.Afterabitofslowstarttothefall,Hogansettledintopostapairoftop-10finishesandan18thinhisfinalthreetournaments.He averaged 75.1 for the fall, which ranked second behind McBride and waslowfortheBearsinthefinaltwotournaments. “Will’s a tremendous talent who has length and a great short game,” Stafford said. “He’s pretty consistent and solid, but maybe needs to be a littlemorepatientandcontrolhisballflightbetter.” “He’sbeenagreatadditiontoourteam.He’sfromhere,sohasfitinreally well and made a quick adjustment,” he added. The play of senior Scott Glenn will be pivotal to the team’s success, particularly in the absence of last year’s MVC Newcomer of the Year, Jordan McLaurin, who is academically ineligible for the semester. Glenn has been a consistent force throughout his career when healthy, but has been hampered by back injuries the past two seasons. Seem-ingly healthy in the fall, the Wichita native averaged 78.9 in three tourna-ments. “Scott’s a veteran leader who we’ll count on for consistency,” said Stafford. “We need him to provide that for us to do well.” Anothersenior,RyanWeinhaus,earnedaregularspotinthelineupayear ago, but stumbled out of the gate in the fall and averaged just over 78 in three tournaments. “WeneedRyantostepupandplaylikeasenior,”notedStafford.“He’spart of this senior class that came here wanting to win a championship and he has to be a part of it.” Yet another veteran presence is junior Jack Courington, an impact play-erfromhisfirstdayoncampustwoyearago.Heenduredarollercoasterride in the fall, leading the team in its season opener at Nebraska before eventuallymissingacoupleoftripsandthenfinishingwithatop-20finishatAustinPeay.

“Jack’s a guy that should be getting into position to win on the last day of tournaments,” Stafford stated. “He has a chance to be one of the bet-ter players in our league. He’s a good ball striker, hits 80 percent of his fairways and can shoot low scores.” JuniorMattCermakandsophomoreMarkHoganalsofiguretojointhebattle for playing time. Both saw limited action in the fall, but have all the tools to make that next step as regulars in the Bears’ lineup. “Matt’s a hard worker, always working on his game,” said the Bears’ coach. “He’s really a great competitor who relies on his short game and putting, and hopefully that hard work will start to pay off.” Cermak played in a career-high seven tournaments a year ago, includ-ing the season-ending Valley tournament, where he was second on the team by tying for 26th. Hogan has averaged just over 78 in his 14 tournaments rounds since joining the squad and, according to Stafford, has come a long way in his short time at Missouri State. “He’s made a lot of improvement and needs to just keep pushing and keep grinding,” he said. “He’s a tremendous talent who’s just waiting to break out, but he needs to feel like he can do it.” FreshmanEricStraubofPaducah,Ky.,isredshirtingthisseason. TheBears open the spring, as last year, at theRice/Srixon Intercol-legiate and alsowillmake annual trips to South Florida andArkansasState. They’llhost theBransonCreekInvitational,Apr.5-6,andmakefirst-timetripstoLouisianaTechandIowa.TheStateFarm/MissouriVal-leyConferenceChampionshipwillbeatPrairieDunesCountryClubinHutchinson,Kan.,Apr.26-27.

Season Outlook

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uuJunior Jack Courington finished third in scoring average last season and finished strong for the Bears last fall.


SpringfieldnativeNealStaffordisinhissixthseasonatMissouriState after being appointed prior to the spring season in 2005, and he has wasted no time in placing the Bears’ program on solid ground.“We want to get back to competing for Missouri Valley Conference championships and becoming a strong force in the region,” said Stafford.He has made a habit of recruiting dedicated and hard-working play-ers who exemplify the term “student-athlete”, placing an emphasis on their work in the classroom as well as on the golf course.“We are trying to recruit student-athletes who are very dedicated in the classroom, understand their commitment to the community, and want to work hard on the golf course,” Stafford said. “We have put together a group which has these goals in mind, and I’m sure you’ll continue to seeMissouriStateGolfproduceatahighlevel.Ourplayerswillleavehere as better people on and off the course.”Onthecourse, thecurrentBears’ teamhadmixedresults inthefallwhile playing the usual challenging schedule with which Stafford likestotesthisteam.Theirbestfinishwasarunner-upperformanceattheORUShootoutinTulsa,Okla.,contestedattheacclaimedGolfClubofOklahoma. SeniorJayMcBride led theBears therewitharesounding seven-shot victory in the individual race, the second tour-nament title of his career. StaffordguidedtheBearstoarunnerupfinishattheBransonCreekInvitationalinhisfirstsemester,theninhisfirstfullyearin2005-06,MSUenjoyedastellarseason.TheBearsfinishedinthetop10sev-entimes,includingthechampionshipoftheSFACrownClassicandsecond places at the Fairway Club and Branson Creek Invitationals. Theyalsowere in the topfiveat theMissouri Intercollegiate,ASUIndian Classic and the Missouri Valley Conference Championship.In2006-07,MSUalsopostedfour top-fivefinishes--secondat theMissouriIntercollegiate,fourthatNorthTexas,thirdatOralRoberts,and second at Branson Creek. Senior Matt Sullivan earned his second all-conference honor and set the school single-season scoring mark with a 73.47 average.In 2007-08, theBears racked up four top-five finishes, including avictory at their own Branson Creek Invitational and second at the MissouriIntercollegiate.Theyalsocameinfifthatthealways-toughJimColbert Intercollegiate and theUALR/FirstTee Intercollegiate.Individually, McBride paced the team in scoring average, followed closely by Jack Courington, who proved to be one of the league’s top freshmen. MSUfinished fourthat theMissouriValleyConferenceChampion-shiplastseasonwithMcBridepickinguphisfirstall-conferencehon-orwithafourth-placefinish.Inaddition,Stafford’sstrongrecruitingefforts continued to pay off as freshman Jordan McLaurin was named Valley Newcomer of the Year.StaffordwastheClass4-Astatechampionin1997atKickapooHigh

Neal STaFFORd

Head CoachSixth year at MSU & overall

Missouri, 2002

Coach Neal Stafford

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Schoolandwenton toattend theUniversityofMissouri,wherehewas a four-year letterman. He was a member of the Big XII Com-missioner’sHonorRoll in2000-01anda conferenceAll-AcademicSecond Team selection as a senior the following year. While with the Tigers,heearnedtheCharlieDiggsCitizenshipAwardand,aftercom-pleting his eligibility, served as a student assistant coach in 2002. He receivedhisbachelor’sdegreeinParks,RecreationandTourism.Stafford came to Missouri State from Millwood Golf & RacquetClubinSpringfield,wherehehasbeenanassistantprofessionalsinceJanuary, 2003. He continues employment at Millwood in a part-time capacitywhilefocusinghisprimaryeffortsontheBearprogram.AtMillwood, he has served in all capacities of the golf operation, includ-ing golf instruction, tournament management and golf shop merchan-dising.Staffordandhiswife,Sarah,resideinSpringfield.


Fall 2009: Played in three of the team’s five tournaments, compiling a78.89averageinninerounds...Bestfinishwas30thattheORUShootout,shooting 80-80-83--243...Shot 78-73-82--233 to tie for 53rd at Nebraska and 82-75-77--234 to tie for 54th at the Weibring Intercollegiate.2008-09: Hampered by a recurring back injury that forced him to miss eight ofMSU’s 12 tournaments...Shot 80-73--153 and tied for 37th inthe season-opening Fairway Club Invitational at Nebraska, his only out-ingof the fall...Played in thefirst two spring tournaments, carding74-81-79--234 at theRice/Srixon Intercollegiate and 75-79-82--236 at theUSFInvitational...OnlyotherspringtournamentwastheBransonCreekInvitational, where he tied for 34th by shooting 77-81--158. 2007-2008: Oneof theteam’smostconsistentperformers,hewassec-ond for the Bears in scoring average with a 76.0 mark after playing in all four events in the fall, but was slowed by a back injury which forced him to miss two events in the spring, the Missouri Valley Conference Cham-pionshipand theUALRClassic...Finished theyearfifthon the teaminscoringaveragewith77.18...Postedhisfirst top-10finish in the seasonopener, the Missouri Intercollegiate, with 74-77-73--224...Tied for 18th at the Jim Colbert Intercollegiate after recording 79-71-78--228; the 71 was hisbestroundofthefall...Placedsecondontheteamand48thoverallatUT-Arlington,shooting76-72-78--226.2006-07: Enjoyed a stellar freshman year, playing in eight of the Bears’ 11tournamentsandfinishingfourthontheteamwitha76.1scoringaver-age...Started off his collegiate career at North Texas, where he shot 72-77-76--225totiefor43rd...Alsotiedfor34thattheCrownClassic,posting74-77--151...Best tournament was the Branson Creek Invitational as he took 14th place and notched 70-75-78--223; his opening-round 70 was aseason’sbest...Matchedthe223totalthenextweekattheASUIndianClassicwith78-74-71...Shot75-73-83--231toplace30thathisfirstMis-souri Valley Conference meet. Background: Showed improvement every year coming up through the junior ranks even while playing safety forAndover Central’s footballteam...A three-time first team all-state performer in 2003-05...Claimedthe4ARegional titleandwas theWellington InvitationalChampion in2005...Thatsameyear,finishedfourthwithroundsof72-73attheUSGAAmateurqualifying.Personal: ScottGlennwasbornJune6,1987,inWichita,Kansas...MajorisSportsManagement...SonofPhilandMarleneGlenn.

Glenn’s Career Stats Year Rds. Strokes Avg. In 70’s Low 2006-07 23 1750 76.1 21 71 2007-08 22 1698 77.2 18 71 2008-09 10 781 78.1 6 73 Fall 2009 9 710 78.9 4 73 Total 64 4939 77.2 49 71

Scott GleNN

Senior w Wichita, Kan.Andover Central

Player Profiles

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Fall 2009:GotofftoastrongstartinthefirsthalfofhissenioryearwithanoutstandingperformanceattheORUShootoutattheprestigiousGolfClubofOklahoma,notchingaseven-strokevictoryaftershooting75-73-67--215,one-under-parforthetournament...His67inthefinalroundwasa career low and also earned him Missouri Valley Conference Golfer of the Week honors for the second time in his career...His 74.43 scoring aver-ageledtheteamandranked12thintheValley...Openedtheseasonwith76-78-70--224 at Nebraska, then followed with 79-73--152 at the Colbert Intercollegiate justprior tohiswinatORU...Shot77-76-75--228at theWeibringIntercollegiateand76-74-73--223tocloseoutthefallatAustinPeay...Enjoyedhismostconsistentseasonwithall14roundsinthe70’s.2008-09: Led the Bears in scoring average for the second straight season, posting a 76.18 mark in 33 rounds...Earned all-Missouri Valley Confer-encestatusforthefirsttimebyplacingfourthattheleaguetournamentwith78-74-73--225atDalhousieGolfClubinCapeGirardeau,Mo....Alsofinished fourth in the seasonopeneratNebraska, recording72-71--143in the rain-shortened event...Followed that by leading the team and tying for 15th at theColbert Intercollegiate atKansas Statewith 78-76-74--228...Shot 74-73-74--221 to tie for 30th at the Weibring Intercollegiate...Openedthespringbyplacing29thattheRice/SrixonIntercollegiateafterposting 73-74-77--224...Low round of the season came as an opening 68 attheUSFInvitational,wherehefollowedwith76-73fora217totalandtie for 22nd...Was slowed by a knee injury, especially in the spring, when hewasforcedtowithdrawattheUALR/FirstTeeIntercollegiate,butfin-ished strong, leading the Bears at Missouri with 75-77-74--226 for a 28th-place tie and then his all-Valley performance to close the season. 2007-08: Established himself as the Bears’ top player, leading the team witha75.2scoringaverage...Openedtheseasonwithhisfirstcollegiatevictory,firing73-70-71--214atTheClubatPortoCimaforathree-strokemarginat theMissouri Intercollegiate...PickeduphisfirstMVCGolferof theWeekhonor after hiswin...Followed thenextweekbyfinishing27thatKansaswith75-76-75--226...InthefinalfalltournamentatWaterChaseinArlington,Texas,posted70-73thefirstdaybeforeatoughfinaldaydroppedhimto28thplace...Inthespring,tiedforeighthatArkansas-LittleRockwith79-73-73--225andledMSUattheBraveheartClassicbyshooting 81-76-76--233 and tying for 27th...Shot a season-best 68 in the openingroundatArkansasStateandwentontopost74-77for219.2006-07:Madeastellardebutincollegiategolf,settingtheMSUfresh-manscoringaveragerecordwith75.3...Playedinall11events,makinghisdebut at the Missouri Intercollegiate, where he carded 78-80-76--234...Cappedoffthefallwithhisbestfinish,14thplaceattheORUShootoutafterfiring74-73-74--221...Tiedfor22ndatNorthTexasbyposting72-78-71--221enroute tohisfirst top25finish....Placedthirdonthe teamat theKansas Invitational (75-79-74--228)...Hisbest spring tournamentwas the first one, the Ron Smith/USF Invitational, where he shot 69-

Jay McBRIde

Senior w Lebanon, Mo.Lebanon

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73-77--219andtiedfor13th...Wasfirstfortheteamand19thoverallatArkansas-LittleRock,posting71-76-70--217...Alsohad top-25finishesattheASUIndianClassic(69-72-75--216)andValleyChampionship(79-75-75--225).Background: Enjoyed a strong junior career, earning all-state honors three times....Finished sixth at the state tournament as a senior, third as a junior and 13th as a sophomore...Was ranked second among Missouri seniors in 2006 by the National Junior Golf Scoreboard.Personal: JayVernonMcBridewasborn July22,1987, inSpringfield,Missouri,thesonofTimandKathyMcBride...MajoringinMarketing...Has twobrotherswhoplayed college golf,Matt atDrury andMark atMissouri...Enjoys hunting, fishing and video games in his spare time...Lists making an eagle on the 18th hole of the 2005 state tournament as his biggest sports thrill.

McBride’s Career Stats Year Rds. Strokes Avg. In 70’s Low 2006-07 32 2408 75.3 28 69 2007-08 28 2106 75.2 25 68 2008-09 33 2514 76.2 27 68 Fall 2009 14 1042 74.4 14 67 Total 107 8070 75.4 94 67


Fall 2009: PlayedinthreeoftheBears’fivetournaments,averaging78.13in eight rounds...Began the season by shooting 76-79-82--237 to tie for 61st at Nebraska...Shot 79-78--157 for a 33rd-place tie at the Colbert In-tercollegiateandthenclosedoutthefallatAustinPeay,shooting78-76-77--231 to tie for 76th. 2008-09: One of the team’s core players, he saw action in all but onetournament and posted a 77.97 scoring average in 31 rounds, good for fourthontheteam...Bestfinishwasatiefor20that theBransonCreekInvitational,shooting78-77--155,lowfortheteam...AlsolowforMSUattheUALR/FirstTeeIntercollegiateashetiedfor51stwith74-79-77--230...Best 54-hole score cameat theUSF Invitational,wherehewent71-75-73--219totiefor39th...Shot74-78-83--235attheUMBBank/Ti-ger Intercollegiate and tied for 36th at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship with 82-74-81--237...Wrapped up the fall with a tie for 22ndattheUTArlingtonFallClassicasheshot78-73-78--229...Startedofftheseasonbyshooting80-76--156atNebraska,thenfinishedthirdonthe team at the Jim Colbert Intercollegiate with 76-77-91--248...Shot 84-81-79--244attheOralRobertsShootoutand84-75-73--232attheD.A.Weibring Intercollegiate.2007-08: The most improved player on the team from the previous season, he averaged 77.7 in 22 rounds while playing in all but three tournaments...Openedtheyearbyfiring75-73-80--228attheMissouriIntercollegiatefor16thplace...AlsoplayedatKansasandTexas-Arlington,wherehewasthird on the team with 77-76-79--232...In the spring, recorded his best 54-holecollegiatescore,shooting72-74-72--218atArkansasState,wherehetiedfor56th...Alsotiedfor37thattheBransonCreekInvitational,posting74-78--152, and the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, record-ing 75-85-74--234.2006-07: Playedinthreeevents, includingtheseason-openingMissouriIntercollegiate,whereheposted85-75-78--238...AlsocompetedatKan-sas(79-80-82--241)andBransonCreek(79-77-80--236).Background: APlantationsTourAll-Americanfor2004-05whoalsohadthe national low stroke average that year...Finished second at the 2006 Missouri State High School Championship with a second-round 66...Qualifiedforthe2005JuniorWorldChampionship...Afour-timeall-state,all-district,all-metroandall-conferenceperformeratParkwayCentral.Personal: Ryan MatthewWeinhaus was born December 26, 1987, inChesterfield, Missouri...Majoring in Business...Son of Mike and JaneWeinhaus...Asa12-year-old,hewasanationalfinalistinTheGolfChan-nel’sDrive,ChipandPuttcompetitioninOrlando,Florida...FatherservedastheExecutiveDirectoroftheGatewaySectionofthePGAofAmericauntil 2002.

Ryan weINhaUS

Senior w Chesterfield, Mo.Parkway Central

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weinhaus’ Career Stats Year Rds. Strokes Avg. In 70’s Low 2006-07 9 715 79.4 5 75 2007-08 22 1709 77.7 14 72 2008-09 31 2417 77.9 22 71 Fall 2009 8 625 78.1 7 76 Total 70 5466 78.1 48 71


Fall 2009:PlayedattheJimColbertIntercollegiate,whereheshot82-83--165 and tied for 49th.2008-09:ReturnedtoactionfortheBearsaftermissingallofthepreviousseasondue to injury...Heplayed in threeof the team’sfive fall tourna-ments, averaging 85.33 in nine rounds...Played at theColbert Intercol-legiate,whereheplaced56th;theORUShootout,wherehewas58th;andTexas-ArlingtonClassic,wherehetiedfor81st...Wasmuchimprovedinthespring,competinginfourtournaments,includingthefinalthree,asheaveraged78.73...PlacedsecondfortheBearsandtiedfor26thoverallatthe Missouri Valley Conference Championship, shooting 81-78-78--237...Alsoshot237(78-79-80)thepreviousweekattheUMB/TigerIntercolle-giate...Tied for 24th overall and third on the team at the Branson Creek In-vitationalbyrecording80-76--156...OpenedthespringattheRice/SrixonIntercollegiate, where he shot 80-78-78--236...Finished the season with an 81.70 scoring average in 20 rounds.2007-08: Redshirtedduetoinjuryanddidnotcompete.2006-07:Cameonstronginthespring,playinginfiveoftheteam’ssixeventsaftercompetingtwiceinthefall...Averaged74.0inthefinaltwoevents,theASUIndianClassicandMVCChampionship...Postedhislow-est career 54-hole score atASU, 76-71-71--218 and placed 21st at theValley meet with 78-76-72--226; his 72 was the best round by a Bear at thetournament...Tiedfor77thwith81-79-77--237attheRonSmith/USFInvitationalandshot236attheUALR/FirstTeeIntercollegiate....Shot74-77-81--232attheBransonCreekInvitationaltoplace34th...Playedintwofallevents,theKansasInvitationalandORUShootout,compilingascor-ingaverageof81.8...CamebackthefinaltworoundsatORU,shooting74-76afteradifficultopeningroundtocountandhelptheBearstoathirdplace showing.Background: Athree-timeall-conferenceplayerforSt.Patrick’sHigh...WontheCogHillPJGTinLemont,Illinois,inApril,2005andhadfourother top-fivefinishes on thePlantationsTour...Qualified for andmadethe cut at the Junior World Championship in 2005 and 2003...Competed in the prestigious invitation-only Western Junior in Wheaton, Illinois, the summer prior to college.Personal: Matthew Gilmary Cermak was born February 12, 1988, in Chicago, Illinois...SonofPatandCathleenCermak...Majoring inCom-munications.

Cermak’s Career Stats Year Rds. Strokes Avg. In 70’s Low 2006-07 21 1640 78.1 14 71 2007-08 Redshirted 2008-09 20 1634 81.7 9 76 Fall 2009 2 165 82.5 0 82 Total 43 3439 79.9 23 71

Matt CeRMak

Junior w Chicago, Ill.St. Patrick’s

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Fall 2009: Opened the seasonwitha team-best29th-placefinishatNe-braska, where he recorded 80-71-71--222...Finished the fall by posting 79-71-68--218totiefor18thatAustinPeay;final-round68wasacareerbest...Averaged76.11innineroundsashemissedtwotournaments...Shot77-82-86--245attheORUShootout.2008-09: CameintothefallseasonfreshoffqualifyingfortheU.S.Ama-teuratPinehurst,wherehemissedthecutintomatchplay...OneofthreeBears to play in all 12 tournaments, he was third on the team with a 77.50 scoring average...Averaged nearly three strokes better per round in thespring,postinga76.4averagecomparedto79.1 in thefall...Bestfinishwas 24th at the Branson Creek Invitational as he shot 82-74--156...Best 54-holescorecameattheDesertShootout,wherehewaslowfortheBearsand 27th overall with 72-73-69--214...Was second on the squad and 25th overalltoopenthespringattheRice/SrixonIntercollegiate...Finishedtheyear by tying for 33rd at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, shooting83-85-72--240...Openedtheseasonbyshooting73-78--151totie for 31st at Nebraska...Was second for the Bears and 30th overall at the Jim Colbert Intercollegiate after posting 73-81-81--235...Second on the teamand46thoverallatOralRobertswith79-80-79--238...Finishedupthefallbycarding74-79-79--232attheD.A.WeibringIntercollegiateand87-83-81--251atTexas-Arlington.2007-08: Oneof thetopfreshmenintheValley,hemadeanimmediateimpact for the Bears, competing in every event and ranking second on the team with a 75.93 scoring average...Began his collegiate career at the Missouri Intercollegiate, where he placed 33rd after shooting 77-81-78--236...Fallseasonwashighlightedbyan11th-placefinishattheKansasInvitationalwithroundsof74-76-72--222,includingafinalholechip-inontheparfiveeighthatAlvamarforaneagle...Carded79-78-76--233attheJimColbertIntercollegiateandendedthefallwitha78th-placefinishatTexas-Arlington...Opened the springwith an outstanding sixth-placefinishattheCuthbertCupinKiawahIsland,S.C.,shooting70-73--143,butnotchedhisbestcollegiatefinishat theBransonCreekInvitational,whereheshot74-71--145totieforthird...Tiedfor13thathisfirstValleytournamentaftershooting75-76-72--223...FinishedsecondforMSUand41st overall atUCRiversidewith80-81-74--235 and45th atArkansasState after posting 73-73-70--216. Background: OneofthetopjuniorplayersinKansasinhighschool,heposted a 72.9 high school scoring average and a tie for 10th at the Class 6Astatechampionshipasasenior...WontheKansasJuniorGolfAssocia-tionCollegiatePreview, shooting65-69--134 towinby17 shots...Alsocapturedtitlesinthe2005KJGAMatchPlayChampionship,BigIstatequalifier,andtheKJGASouthCentralSectional.Personal:JackA.CouringtonwasbornApril28,1989,inWichita,Kan-sas...Majoring in Business...Son of Mark and Lindy Courington.

Jack COURINGTON

Junior w Wichita, Kan.Southeast

Courington’s Career Stats Year Rds. Strokes Avg. In 70’s Low 2007-08 28 2126 75.9 21 70 2008-09 34 2635 77.5 23 69 Fall 2009 9 685 76.1 6 68 Total 71 5446 76.7 50 68


Fall 2009: PlayedattheD.A.WeibringIntercollegiate,whereheshot76-80-80-236 and tied for 65th.2008-09: Finished third on the team and 52nd overall at the Weibring In-tercollegiate after shooting 75-75-77--227...Saw more action in the spring, competingat theDesertShootout,UALR/FirstTeeandBransonCreek,wherehehadhisbestfinish,atiefor28thwith78-79--157...Carded77-78-75--230attheDesertShootoutforhisbest54-holescore...Had81-83-87--251atUALR.Background: Captain of theKent JuniorTeam in his nativeEngland...Capturednumerousjuniorchampionshipsandhadfiveroundsofthreeun-derparorbetterincompetitionin2007...WontheChartHillsJuniorOpenandHomeGuardTrophyin2008andtheSpringMeetingatSunridgeParkthe previous year.Personal: MarkRichardHoganwasbornJuly6,1990,inSidcup,Kent,England...SonofBrianandDeniseHogan...MajoringinBusiness.

hogan’s Career Stats Year Rds. Strokes Avg. In 70’s Low 2008-09 11 865 78.6 8 75 Fall 2009 3 236 78.7 1 76 Total 14 1101 78.6 9 75

Mark hOGaN

Sophomore w Chislehurst, Kent, EnglandEltham

will hOGaN

Sophomore w Ozark, Mo.Ozark

Fall 2009: MadequiteanimpressioninhisfirstsemesterwiththeBearsaftertrans-ferring from Missouri, ranking second on the team and 18th in the Missouri Valley Conferenceinscoringaveragewitha75.14mark...WaslowforMSUinhisfinaltwo tournaments, tying for eighth at the Weibring Intercollegiate with 73-77-71--221and18thatAustinPeaywith74-71-73--218...BestfinishwasatieforthirdattheORUShootout,wheretheBearsfinishedsecond,aftershooting76-73-75--224attheacclaimedGolfClubofOklahoma...Tiedfor53rdintheseason-openingFair-way Club Invitational, carding 83-74-76--233...Shot 82-74--156 to tie for 29th at therain-shortenedColbertIntercollegiateatKansasState.2008-09: PlayedintheTigers’first10tournaments,includingallsixinthefallandthefirstfourofthespring,averaging75.07in30rounds...Finishedthirdinhisfirstcollegiatetournament,theseason-openingRutherfordIntercollegiate,wherehere-corded 72-70-78--218 ... Best round was a 69 in the second round of the Wolverine Intercollegiateandfinishedthetournamentwitha54-holescoreof217...Lowestthree-roundtotalwasa216attheAustinPeayIntercollegiatewiththreeroundsof72...Openedthespringwith72-72-74--218totiefor34thattheUSFInvitational.2007-08: RedshirtedatMissouri...placedthirdatthe2008MissouriAmateurBackground: Named2006Missouri JuniorPlayerof theYear...Qualified for the2006 U.S. JuniorAmateur Championship...WonMissouri Class 3 High SchoolState Championships in 2006.Personal: William Barry Hogan was born January 26, 1989...Son of Barry and Terri Hogan...Majoring in Exercise and Movement Science.

hogan’s Career Stats Year Rds. Strokes Avg. In 70’s Low 2008-09 30 2252 75.1 23 69 Fall 2009 14 1052 75.1 12 71 Total 44 3304 75.1 35 69

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Player Profiles

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Jordan MclaURIN

Sophomore w Ironton, Mo.Arcadia Valley

Fall 2009: Rankedthirdonthesquadinscoringwitha75.91averagein11rounds...Aftermissingthefirsttournament,notchedtheteam’sbestfinishthe next week at the Colbert Intercollegiate, where he carded 75-75--150 to place 17th overall...Lefthander who placed third on the team in each of thefinalthreetournaments--shot82-73-80--235atORU,79-74-78--231attheWeibringIntercollegiate,and72-75-72--219atAustinPeay.2008-09: Made an immediate impact for the Bears, ranking second on the team with 76.38 scoring average on his way to being named Missouri ValleyConferenceNewcomer of theYear...Posted five sub-par rounds,includingacareer-low67in theopeningroundof theUSFInvitationalandafinal-round69inthesameevent;tiedforseventhinthetournamentafterasecond-round78and214total...Bestfinishand54-holescorewereat the Weibring Intercollegiate, where he tied for sixth with 68-72-72--212...Playedinall12tournamentsandpostedthreeothertop-20finishes--tiesfor18thatNebraska,hisfirstcollegetournament(74-75--149),andTexas-Arlington (75-72-80--227), and a tie for 13th at theRice/SrixonIntercollegiate (75-75-70--220)...Shot 79-79-87--245 at the JimColbertIntercollegiateand80-77-75--232to tiefor27thatOralRoberts...Fired71-74-73--218attheDesertShootouttotiefor46thandwassecondonthe team at Missouri, where he posted 78-79-73--230...Tied for 33rd at the MVC Championship after shooting 81-77-82--240.Background: JoinedtheMSUprogramwithalonglistofstandoutprepperformances...Tied for medalist honors at the Missouri Class 2 State Tournamentasajuniorbeforefinishingsecondasasenior...Tookfourthas a freshman and third as a sophomore at the state meet, giving him four top-fourfinishesinhisstandoutcareer...Wentundefeatedhisjunioryear,winningallsix tournaments inwhichhecompeted...Wonhisfinal tour-nament of 2008before entering college, theAmerican JuniorGolfAs-socation’sDalhousieJuniorChampionship,firing70-67-71--208,topostaseven-shotvictory...Placedfourthatthe2008JohnDeereJuniorClas-sic,posting74-71-73--218...Won theFutureCollegeGolfAssociation’s“Show-Me Shootout” in 2007 after shooting 67-69--136, and finishedseventhattheAJGA’sDavidGossettJuniorClassicthatyear...Alsoatwo-timeparticipantintheinvitation-onlyWesternJuniorAmateur.Personal:JordanMurphyMcLaurinwasbornApril14,1990,inIronton,Missouri...Son of Cord and PamMcLaurin...Majoring in Communica-tions.

Mclaurin’s Career Stats Year Rds. Strokes Avg. In 70’s Low 2008-09 34 2597 76.4 24 67 Fall 2009 11 835 75.9 8 72 Total 45 3432 76.3 32 67

eric Straub

Freshman w Paducah, Ky.Heath

Fall 2009: Didnotcompeteinthefallandplanstoredshirtthisseason.Background: Wastheseventh-ratedseniorinKentuckylastyearaccord-ing to National Junior Golf Scoreboard...Placed 14th at the state highschool tournament and11that theKentucky JuniorAmateur in2008...Wasregionalrunneruphisfinalthreeseasonsandqualifiedforthestatetournament all three years...Finished fourth and seventh, respectively, at the 2006 and ‘07Kentucky JuniorAmateur...Three-sport standoutwhowon theWendy’sHighSchoolHeisman inKentuckyafteralsoearningall-state soccer honors and all-district basketball honors in 2008...Team captain in both sports and was academic all-state in all three sports.Personal:EricCollinsStraubwasbornMay10,1990,inPaducah,Ken-tucky...SonofEarlandKrisStraub...Majorisundecided.

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This is Missouri State

MissionMissouri State University is a public, comprehensive university system with a mission in public affairs, whose purpose is to develop educated persons while achieving five goals: democratizing society, incubating new ideas, imagining Missouri’s future, making Missouri’s future, and modeling ethical and effective behavior. The University’s identity is distinguished by its statewide mission in public affairs, requiring a campus-wide commitment to foster competence and responsibility in the common vocation of citizenship. The academic experience is grounded in a general education curriculum which draws heavily from the liberal arts and sciences. This foundation provides the basis for mastery of disciplinary and professional studies. It also provides essential forums in which students develop the capacity to make well-informed, independent critical judgments about the cultures, values, and institutions in society. The task of developing educated persons obligates the University to expand the store of human understanding through research, scholarship and creative endeavor, and drawing from that store of understanding, to provide service to the communities that support it. In all of its programs, the University uses the most effective methods of discovering and imparting knowledge and the appropriate use of technology in support of these activities. The University functions through a multi-campus system that is integrated to address the needs of its constituents.

uuConstructed in 1908 as the first campus building after the founding of Missouri State University, Carrington Hall (above) houses many of the University’s administrative offices, as well as an auditorium that is used for classes, concerts, films, lectures, and other special events.

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academicsThe University offers more than 150

undergraduate majors in six different academic colleges, 48 graduate programs, as

well as a doctorate in Audiology. MSU also provides pre-professional programs for students planning to enter fields such as dentistry, engineering, journalism, law, medicine, and theology.

Academic CollegesCollege of Arts and LettersCollege of Business AdministrationCollege of EducationCollege of Health and Human ServicesCollege of Humanities and Public AffairsCollege of Natural and Applied Sciences

Honors CollegeThe Honors College provides a program of enhanced, advanced study and recognition for students of unusually strong academic achievement and motivation. The College exists to provide these students with intellectual opportunities beyond those generally found in traditional programs, including smaller and enriched classes and the option to pursue their own research and creative interests.

The Competitive EdgeMissouri State students gain a competitive edge through the state’s largest internship program. Students have the opportunities to experience cutting-edge research and interact with nationally recognized faculty and private-industry partners, paving the way for graduates to succeed at top graduate and professional schools across the nation.

Did You Know...►Missouri State is one of only 81 institutions - and the only school in Missouri - to be honored by The Princeton Review in its book, Colleges with a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement.

►The University offers certificates to recognize students who complete a core of prescribed courses designed to significantly increase competency in a stated discipline area.

►The Springfield campus had 718 full-time instructional faculty in fall 2007, of which 42% were female and 63% were tenured.

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Springfield & the Ozarksacademics

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A Perfect LocationWhile Springfield, Mo., provides the perfect mix of a small town feel with big city opportunities, the city also sits within a day’s drive of several other large metropolitan areas:

Metropolitan Area MilesKansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174Tulsa, Okla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220Little Rock, Ark. . . . . . . . . . .234Memphis, Tenn. . . . . . . . . . .285Dallas, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . .430Chicago, Ill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515

The Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF) is one of the fastest growing regional airports in the U.S. The airport now features six airlines that fly direct to 12 different major hubs.

The Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts is a 2,220 seat multi-purpose performance facility owned and operated by Missouri State University. Since its gala opening in October, 1992, the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts has met and exceeded the expectations of arts enthusiasts. Hammons Hall presents a full season which includes touring Broadway musical productions, single performances covering the gamut of entertainment from classical music to jazz to dance to theatre, children’s shows, and an emerging concert artists recital series. In keeping with Hammons Hall’s mission to serve the student population, university concerts, recitals and lectures are also part of the season’s schedule. Community arts tenants include the Springfield Symphony and Springfield Regional Opera.

Professional SportsProfessional sports have found a home in Springfield, as well. The MSU baseball team shares its home field (Hammons Field-left) with the Springfield Cardinals -- Double-A Minor League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Springfield Cardinals compete in the historic Texas League.

The Springfield Lasers of World TeamTennis play at Coo-per Tennis Complex. Springfield also hosts the Price Cut-ter Charity Championship each summer at Highland Springs Country Club. The Charity Championship is a stop on the PGA’s Nationwide Tour.

uEmployment Review recognized Springfield as one of America’s top 10 places to live and work.uSports Illustrated recognized Springfield as Missouri’s Sports Town USA. uExpansion Management put Springfield among its top 50 metro areas for “Quality of Life.”uSpringfield was a named a top-30 city for women by the Ladies Home Journal.

Missouri State University sits in Springfield, Mo., the hub of the Ozarks region and the third-largest city in Missouri. Known across the region as “The Queen City of the Ozarks,” the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area covers five counties in southwest Missouri with a total population of 390,986. Springfield is located in one of the state’s most scenic areas and one of the country’s fast-growing regions.

Here is just a sampling of the national recognition that Springfield has received in the last five years:


Facilities

The Bears are fortunate to enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship with all of the top courses in Springfield, which also are among the finest in the region. Among the courses where Missouri State practices, also pictured on the back cover, are:

Branson Creek Golf Club (left and background, back cover)uNo. 1 Public Course in MissouriuNo. 59 Public Course in the U.S.uTom Fazio design

Millwood Golf & Racquet Club (from top, back cover)u4 1/2 stars, Golf DigestuSite of 2003 Missouri Women’s Amateur, 2005 Missouri Men’s Amateur

Hickory Hills Country ClubuSite of multiple Missouri Amateur ChampionshipsuHome course of U.S. Open champion Payne Stewart

Highland Springs Country ClubuSite of Nationwide Tour Price Cutter Charity ChampionshipuRobert Trent Jones Jr. design

Rivercut Golf Courseu4 1/2 stars, Golf DigestuTop 5 Public Course in Missouri, Golfweek & Golf Digest

Twin Oaks Country Club (bottom right)uSite of 2002 Missouri Amateur Championship

surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, opthamology, optometry, hand/wrist surgery, otorhinolaryngology, podiatry, radiology and urology. These physicians are available to MSU student-athletes on an immediate referral basis and several visit the Athletic Training room on a weekly basis, providing added convenience for the athlete. MSU Athletics also enjoys around-the-clock Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) access. Athletic Training Services is headquartered in Forsythe Athletics Center and maintains satellite facilities at Hammons Student Center and in the Hammons Field clubhouse. All three are used for therapy plus practice and game preparation and post-event treatment. Each is stocked with state-of-the-art therapy equipment with all rehabilitation done on campus. Included is a Cybex Norm 2,000 Isokinetic Testing Unit and a Dynamic Motion X-ray machine.

Athletic Training The MSU Athletic Training staff has combined for more than 90 years experience in athletic training. Included are Director of Athletic Training Services Ivan Milton, Assistant Director Robin Meeks, athletic trainers Jim Penkalski, Shannon Derricks and Steve Sawchak, and five graduate assistants. All are certified by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association and licensed by the Missouri State Board of Healing Arts. Also included are 14 athletic training students who work with student-athletes with supervision by staff members. A great asset is the involvement of physicians and medical personnel from the community and Missouri State’s Taylor Health and Wellness Center. MSU also receives consulting services from area physicians in a variety of specialties, including cardiology, chiropractic, dentistry, dermatology, internal medicine, general surgery, gynecology, maxiofacial

Physical development of more than 500 student-athletes to increase athletic performance, decrease the chance or severity of injury and enhance sport-specific athletics development are the goals of MSU strength and conditioning. Strength coach Terry Sauerbry and assistant strength coach Carl Christensen supervise the 7,200-square-foot facility in the Plaster Sports Complex that is utilized by all 16 sports. Sauerbry and Christensen guide the student-athletes through programs designed to improve individual skills and overall team performance. The programs integrate all phases of development, including free weights, multi-joint exercises, plyometrics, conditioning, flexibility, speed and nutrition.

The MSU strength and conditioning staff works with coaches and Athletic Training Services to develop programs suited for each sport and its student-athletes. Areas of concern in each partici-pant are identified and a strength program is put in place to address all items with the ultimate goal of improving competitive performance. The Plaster Strength Center, one of the largest of its kind in the Missouri Valley Conference, has eight squat racks, four platforms, four benches and four inclines. There is a full range of dumbbells, a warmup room, and a main room to handle large numbers of athletes from multiple squads.

Strength & Conditioning

Top-Notch Courses

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Missouri Valley Conference

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The Missouri Valley Conference is in its sec-ond centennial as a leader in college athletics and is thenation’s second-oldestNCAADivi-sion I conference. Intheleague’sfirst101seasons,32memberscombined for 27 national championships, while 56Valleystudent-athletescapturedNCAAindi-vidual titles. In addition, Valley student-athletes andcoachesearned50NationalPlayerorCoachof the Year honors in their respective sports. Andtheleaguehadamyriadofstudent-athleteswho collectedAll-America honors and earnednational academic distinction in The Valley’s firstcentury. The Missouri Valley Conference continues to lead by example as one of college athletics’ most progressive conferences. The Valley em-phasizes the importance of the student-athlete and is aggressive in its approach to provide op-portunities for its institutions. Based in St. Louis since 1985, the league is as-sertiveinitsapproachtohostingNCAAbasket-ball championship events, operating a revenue-producing in-house television network, bidding out the right to play host to sport championships and landing title sponsorships for those events. The success of The Valley television package is one of the great stories in the league, in terms of the clearance of the men’s basketball tourna-ment title game on national broadcast television, the excellent national and regional coverage for basketball and other sports, and the effective sale of advertising content to more than 25 com-panies. The MVC Television Network has blos-somed into a revenue-generating vehicle and The Valley’s most visible marketing tool. During the tenure of Doug Elgin, TheVal-ley’s ninth and longest-tenured commissioner, The Valley has been aggressive in hosting NCAAevents. That role came to a climax inApril2005astheconferencecollaboratedwithlocal partners to stage the Men’s Final Four at theEdwardJonesDome. This continuing involvement of the MVC in hostingNCAAeventsrepresentsoneofthemostconcentrated stretches of host opportunities for any university or conference in the 69-year his-tory of the national championship tournament. The 2005 host opportunity was the sixth in eight years for The Valley in St. Louis. The league had previously hosted men’s regionals in 1998, 1999and2004;amen’sfirst/secondroundeventin 2002 and the Women’s Final Four in 2001. The Valley hosted a men’s basketball regional in 2007 and will host a Women’s Final Four in 2009 and a men’s basketball regional in 2010. AndwhiletheMVChasbeenprogressiveinpursuingNCAAevents,ithascontinuedtobeanational leader in the athletic arena. The oldest Division I conference west of theMississippiRiver,TheValleyhashadnumeroussuccessesin its storied history, which includes a myriad of

accomplishments since the turn of the century. Starting in 1995-96, the conference broke new ground by allowing its members to bid for host-ing rights for select team sport championships. By establishing uniform criteria, the conference is able to assist a host institution in a season-long promotional campaign and provide an av-enue for hosts to acquire sponsors and achieve a profitfortheevent. The 2003-04 season was a landmark for the conference as State Farm Insurance and the league came to terms on an agreement that would provide State Farm with title sponsorship of 17 of the league’s 18 championships. Meanwhile, the league has been progressive in other areas, as it has taken its merchandise program in-house, while offering e-commerce solutions for league apparel and for tickets to the men’s basketball championship. The seeds for this vision were planted by eight administrators representing five institu-tions,whometattheMidlandHotelinKansasCity,Mo.,on Jan.12,1907. Thefive schoolswhich formed the Missouri Valley Intercol-legiate Athletic Association were WashingtonUniversityofSt.Louis,and thestateuniversi-ties of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.Two months after the initial meeting, two more schools--DrakeUniversityandIowaStateCol-lege -- were admitted. Inthefallof1907,basketballbecamethefirstcompetitive sport. Today, the MVC sponsors the following sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country and track&field (indoor and outdoor),men’sand women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball. This season, the league will conduct its 98th outdoor track and field championship, its 91sttennis championship, its 55th baseball tourna-ment, and its 71st men’s golf championship. Those programs, plus other current sponsored sportsofcrosscountry(50years),indoortrack(42),soccer(18)andswimminganddiving(15),have helped solidify the Valley as one of the most respected conferences nationally. Athletic accomplishmentson themen’s sideinclude 10 national basketball championships, 16tripstotheNCAAFinalFour,a1989nation-al baseball championship and 19 College World Seriesqualifiers.In2001,MissouriStateadded

Bears in the ValleyTeam Championships Year Score Coach 1993 903 Bruce Hollowell

Individual Medalists Year Player Score 1999 Rohan Allwood 2121993 Rolly Hurst 218

Coach of the Year 1993 Bruce Hollowell1991 Bruce Hollowell

Scholar-athletes 2006 Nick Pyatt2005 David Dupy2004 Julien Duxin, Sandesh Sidhu2003 David Dupy, Julien Duxin2002 Jeff Allen, David Dupy2001 Jeff Allen1999 David Hemstad1995 Robert Garland1994 Brian Perdieu

all-Conference 2009 Jay McBride2007 Matt Sullivan2006 Matt Sullivan2004 Austin Hackett2003 Julien Duxin2002 David Jenkins2000 Rohan Allwood1999 Rohan Allwood1998 Rohan Allwood1996 Dan Dolan1993 Rolly Hurst, Antonio Serrano, Chris Stack1992 Rolly Hurst1991 Jeff Eiserman

Newcomer of the Year 2009 Jordan McLaurin

all-Centennial Team Rohan Allwood

to The Valley women’s accomplishments, as the Lady Bears advanced to the Women’s Basket-ballFinalFourinSt.Louis.Creighton(2004)andMissouriState(2005)haveclaimednationalchampionships(WNIT)inwomen’sbasketball,whileMSUalsohasa1992NCAAWomen’sFi-nalFourappearance,andCreighton(2003)andDrake (1999)havemadesemifinal trips to theWNIT postseason tournament. From its early beginning to its current stand-ing on the map of college athletics, The Valley will continue to be proactive in its approach. League members include Bradley Univer-sity, Creighton University, Drake University,theUniversityofEvansville,IllinoisStateUni-versity,IndianaStateUniversity,MissouriStateUniversity, the University of Northern Iowa,SouthernIllinoisUniversity,andWichitaStateUniversity.Affiliatemen’ssoccermembersin-clude Eastern Illinois University andWesternKentuckyUniversity.


Record BookIndividual School Records

18-hole Score (since 1985) 65 Todd Laney, Fairway Club Invitational, 9/13/0565 Jason Whitesell, SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/14/9865 Jon Rogers, SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/14/9866 David Jenkins, Stevinson Ranch Invitational, 3/25/0267 Jay McBride, ORU Shootout, 9/29/0967 Jordan McLaurin, USF Invitational, 3/6/0967 Damaso Carrera, Jim Colbert Intercollegiate, 9/24/0767 Matt Sullivan, Missouri Intercollegiate, 9/5/0667 Nick Pyatt, Branson Creek Invitational, 4/5/0567 Matt Sullivan, Branson Creek Invitational, 4/5/0467 Jeff Allen, Branson Creek Invitational, 4/8/0267 Rohan Allwood, Shocker Classic, 4/12/99

54-hole Score (since 1985) 208 Damaso Carrera, ASU Indian Classic, 4/08209 Austin Hackett, Hawkeye Intercollegiate, 9/04209 David Jenkins, SMS/Pepsi Invitational, 10/01209 Jon Rogers, SMS Spring Classic, 3/00209 Rohan Allwood, SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/99209 Jason Whitesell, SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/98210 Austin Hackett, SMS Fall Invitational, 10/04211 David Jenkins, SMS/Pepsi Invitational, 10/00212 Jordan McLaurin, D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate, 10/08212 David Hemstad, SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/99212 Rohan Allwood, Missouri Valley Conference Championship, 4/99213 Matt Sullivan, Missouri Intercollegiate, 9/06213 Todd Laney, Fairway Club Invitational, 9/05

Season Scoring average (since 1985) 73.47 Matt Sullivan, 2006-0773.48 David Jenkins, 2001-0273.69 Rohan Allwood, 1999-0073.75 Rohan Allwood, 1998-9974.17 Matt Sullivan, 2005-0674.53 Rolly Hurst, 1991-9274.84 Damaso Carrera, 2006-0774.91 Todd Laney, 2005-0675.21 Jay McBride, 2007-0875.23 Julien Duxin, 2001-0275.25 Jay McBride, 2006-07

Career Scoring average (min. 40 rounds) 74.27 Rohan Allwood, 1997-0074.32 David Jenkins, 2000-0274.92 Matt Sullivan, 2003-0775.00 Austin Hackett, 2003-200475.35 Todd Laney, 2004-0675.39 Rolly Hurst, 1989-9375.42 Jay McBride, 2006-present75.75 Brian Bennett, 2002-0675.88 David Hemstad, 1997-0075.96 Julien Duxin, 2000-04

Team School Records18-hole Score (since 1985) 278 SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/14/98279 Diet Pepsi/Shocker Classic, 4/12/99281 Ron Smith/USF Invitational, 3/6/09281 SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/13/99281 CMSU Heart of America Invitational, 9/8/90282 Fairway Club Invitational, 9/13/05282 SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/14/99283 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate, 9/16/02283 SMS Spring Classic, 3/20/00283 Missouri Valley Conference Championship, 5/6/96285 ASU Indian Classic, 4/08

54-hole Score (since 1985) 848 SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/99857 SEMO/Drury Invitational, 9/98859 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate, 9/02861 ASU Indian Classic, 4/08865 Arkansas State Indian Classic, 4/07870 SMS/Pepsi Invitational, 10/01872 Ron Smith/USF Invitational, 3/09873 Hawkeye Intercollegiate, 9/04874 Branson Creek Invitational, 4/02875 Desert Shootout, 3/09875 SMS Spring Classic, 3/00875 Missouri Valley Conference Championship, 5/96

uuMatt Sullivan is the school single-season recordholder for scoring average, posting a 73.47 mark in 2006-07.

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Date Tournament (Site) MSU Results MSU Place Team Champion (Score)Sept. 8-9 Fairway Club Invitational (Lincoln, Neb.) 299-295--594 T5th of 12 South Dakota State (580)Sept. 22-23 Jim Colbert Intercollegiate (Manhattan, Kan.) 306-313-326--945 8th of 9 Kansas State (883)Sept. 29-30 ORU Shootout (Tulsa, Okla.) 333-315-309--957 11th of 12 Texas State (874)Oct. 12-13 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (Normal, Ill.) 291-295-296--882 7th of 15 Illinois (831)Oct. 27-28 UTA Waterchase Invitational (Arlington, Texas) 319-302-316--937 12th of 16 UT-Arlington (864)Feb. 16-17 Rice/Srixon Intercollegiate (Houston, Texas) 295-302-300--897 10th of 15 Pacific (874)Mar. 6-8 Ron Smith/USF Invitational (Dade City, Fla.) 281-300-291--872 T10th of 23 Fla. So., Texas Tech (858)Mar. 19-21 Desert Shootout (Goodyear, Ariz.) 294-289-292--875 11th of 14 Denver (829)Mar. 30-31 UALR/First Tee Intercollegiate (Little Rock, Ark.) 314-324-323--961 17th of 18 Lamar (879)Apr. 6-7 Branson Creek Invitational (Hollister, Mo.) 321-307--628 9th of 12 Western Illinois (600)Apr. 13-14 UMB Bank/Tiger Intercollegiate (Columbia, Mo.) 300-313-310--923 11th of 14 Kansas State (874)Apr. 27-28 Missouri Valley Conference Championship (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 322-303-304--929 4th of 9 Wichita State (882)

Name Yr. Rds. Strokes Avg. 70s Low Best FinishJay McBride Jr. 33 2514 76.2 27 68 T4th, Fairway Club Invitational; MVC ChampionshipJordan McLaurin Fr. 34 2597 76.4 24 67 T6th, D.A. Weibring IntercollegiateJack Courington So. 34 2635 77.5 23 69 T24th, Branson Creek InvitationalRyan Weinhaus Jr. 31 2417 77.9 22 71 T20th, Branson Creek InvitationalScott Glenn Jr. 10 781 78.1 6 73 T34th, Branson Creek InvitationalMark Hogan Fr. 11 865 78.6 8 75 T28th, Branson Creek InvitationalMatt Cermak So. 20 1634 81.7 9 76 T24th, Branson Creek Invitational

Tournament Summaries

2009 Fall Results/StatisticsDate Tournament (Site) MSU Results MSU Place Team Champion (Score)Sept. 14-15 Fairway Club Invitational (Nebraska City, Neb.) 310-296-299--905 10th of 12 Drake (852)Sept. 21-22 Jim Colbert Intercollegiate (Manhattan, Kan.) 315-300--615 7th of 9 Kansas State (569)Sept. 28-29 ORU Shootout (Tulsa, Okla.) 308-299-305--912 2nd of 12 Texas State (902)Oct. 11-12 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate (Normal, Ill.) 305-302-301--908 6th of 15 Illinois State (873)Oct. 19-20 F&M Bank/APSU Intercollegiate (Clarksville, Tenn.) 300-291-286--877 8th of 17 Eastern Kentucky (859)

Name Yr. Rds. Strokes Avg. 70s Low Best FinishJay McBride Sr. 14 1042 74.4 14 67 1st, ORU ShootoutWill Hogan So. 14 1052 75.1 12 71 T3rd, ORU ShootoutJordan McLaurin So. 11 835 75.9 8 72 17th, Jim Colbert IntercollegiateJack Courington Jr. 9 685 76.1 6 68 T18th, F&M Bank/APSU IntercollegiateRyan Weinhaus Sr. 8 625 78.1 7 76 T33rd, Jim Colbert IntercollegiateMark Hogan So. 3 236 78.7 1 76 T65th, D.A. Weibring IntercollegiateScott Glenn Sr. 9 710 78.9 4 73 T38th, ORU ShootoutMatt Cermak Jr. 2 165 82.5 0 82 T49th, Jim Colbert Intercollegiate

Fairway Club InvitationalJay McBride 72-71—143 T4Jordan McLaurin 74-75—149 T18Jack Courington 73-78—151 T31Scott Glenn 80-73—153 T37Ryan Weinhaus 80-76—156 T47

Jim Colbert IntercollegiateJay McBride 78-76-74—228 T15Jack Courington 73-81-81—235 T30Ryan Weinhaus 76-77-91—244 T48Jordan McLaurin 79-79-87—245 T49Matt Cermak 95-81-84—260 56

ORU ShootoutJordan McLaurin 80-77-75--232 T27Jack Courington 79-80-79—238 46Ryan Weinhaus 84-81-79—244 53Jay McBride 90-79-76—245 T54Matt Cermak 96-79-83—258 58

D.A. Weibring InvitationalJordan McLaurin 68-72-72—212 T6Jay McBride 74-73-74—221 T30Mark Hogan 75-75-77—227 52Jack Courington 74-79-79—232 T67Ryan Weinhaus 84-75-73—232 T67

UTA Waterchase InvitationalJordan McLaurin 75-72-80—227 T18Ryan Weinhaus 78-73-78—229 T22Jay McBride 81-74-79—234 T49Matt Cermak 85-86-79—250 T81Jack Courington 87-83-81—251 83

Rice/Srixon IntercollegiateJordan McLaurin 75-75-70—220 T13Jack Courington 73-75-75—223 T25Jay McBride 73-74-77—224 29Scott Glenn 74-81-79—234 65Matt Cermak 80-78-78—236 T67

Ron Smith/USF InvitationalJordan McLaurin 67-78-69—214 T7Jay McBride 68-76-73—217 T22Ryan Weinhaus 71-75-73—219 T39Jack Courington 76-71-76—223 T63Scott Glenn 75-79-82—236 T107

Desert ShootoutJack Courington 72-73-69—214 T27Jordan McLaurin 71-74-73—218 T46Jay McBride 74-69-75—218 T46Mark Hogan 77-78-75—230 T80Ryan Weinhaus 77-73-86—236 88

UALR/First Tee IntercollegiateRyan Weinhaus 74-79-77—230 T51Jack Courington 76-79-78—233 T65Jordan McLaurin 83-85-81—249 90Mark Hogan 81-83-87—251 T91Jay McBride 84-83-WDBranson Creek InvitationalRyan Weinhaus 78-77—155 T20Jack Courington 82-74—156 T24Matt Cermak 80-76—156 T24Mark Hogan* 78-79—157 T28Scott Glenn* 77-81—158 T34Jordan McLaurin 81-80—161 T49Jay McBride 85-81—166 T57

UMB Bank/Tiger IntercollegiateJay McBride 75-77-74—226 T28Jordan McLaurin 78-79-73—230 T38Ryan Weinhaus 74-78-83—235 T54Matt Cermak 78-79-80—237 T62Jack Courington 73-83-83—239 T65Missouri Valley Conference ChampionshipJay McBride 78-74-73—225 T4Matt Cermak 81-78-78—237 T26Ryan Weinhaus 82-74-81—237 T26Jack Courington 83-85-72—240 T33Jordan McLaurin 81-77-82—240 T33

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2010 missouri state men's golf guide

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