2009-10 Bucknell Men's Golf Media Guide

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Academics • Family • Team

Each year I welcome numerous potential Bison student-athletes and their families into my office at the Bucknell Golf Club. We discuss the many wonderful opportunities that Bucknell offers and the high expectations that the University maintains for its student-athletes, both in the classroom and on the golf course.

These conversations often lead to some common questions, so I thought I would take a moment to clarify some frequently asked questions related to the Bucknell golf program.

• Financial Aid Bucknell is a Division I, non-scholarship program. Need-based financial assistance is available to our team members through the Bucknell Office of Financial Aid. The athletic department is not involved in this process. Families are required to apply for financial assistance each year.

• Program Priorities It is very important that potential candidates understand our program’s priority list. We stress that each team member understands that academics and his family come first and second. Directly behind comes TEAM GOLF! When another item enters the priority list ahead of TEAM GOLF, the player can no longer provide the competitive challenge to our other players to make them better.

We believe that we are only as good as our weakest player. In this case it is the 10th player on our roster. We expect this player to be as competitive as the other nine. It will require commitment, dedication, good decision-making, great time management and sacrificing many social opportunities that the general student body has time to do.

The success that our program has achieved in the past eight years is directly attributable to the gentlemen who have earned spots on our 10-player roster representing the Bison athletics program in a positive manner. We continuously have seven or more team members named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll each year. We have had at least one, and in most years two players, in the top 10 at the Patriot League Championship. Most importantly, all of our recruits have graduated on time.

• Golf Ability Finally, allow me to focus on the ability of the player that we are looking for in order to compete at a championship level in Division I golf. It is very important that our players have quality competitive experience. It is nice to read in resumes that a player competes on a successful high school team and has won a junior club championship.

But these are only starting points needed for a player to prepare to compete at the Division I level.

We are looking for “immediate impact” players. We do not want young players coming into the program and quickly realizing they are not competitive with their teammates. We want them to get in the mix immediately with our returning players. We do not “redshirt” freshmen or want freshmen to stay in the clubhouse watching the veterans play all the collegiate events.

I am often asked what the handicap range is for our players and recruits. I really do not focus on handicaps. Rather, I focus most of my attention on the competitive tournament experience players have and the scores that they post in these stroke-play events. I look to see if their resumes have tournament results from courses 50 or more miles from their hometown. I look to see how strong the field was at the tournament and where the player finished in that competitive field.

I also expect the potential recruit to play his home course consistently under 75 and to break par on his home course frequently. These are results that student-athletes must be capable of if they are going to be competitive on a quality Division I program.

Hopefully, this information gives you some insight into the expectations of our program. I am very proud of all the individuals that have contributed to making BISON GOLF an important part of their collegiate life. It is up to our present players and future recruits to continue the desire for excellence, camaraderie and strong competitive spirit that are the cornerstones of our program.

GO BISON!

Jim Cotner Head men’s golf coach

• Coming to Campus I encourage all prospective student-athletes to visit campus. It is important that these potential recruits see the academic and athletic facilities that Bucknell has to offer. Lewisburg and Bucknell provide a unique setting for learning and playing golf, and we are looking for individuals interested first and foremost in a great education, followed closely by an outstanding opportunity to compete in Division I athletics.

• Golf Facilities Yes, at Bucknell we have our own 18-hole championship golf course, the Bucknell Golf Club, which is located within walking distance or a short drive from the center of campus. Bison golfers have daily access to the course and its facilities. We have adequate practice facilities and a plan in place to greatly improve those practice facilities for the men’s and women’s varsity golf teams in the near future.

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What it means to

be a bison

“... the pursuit of athletics in college need not interfere with a fellow’s studies, and if you give a boy a well developed body his brain will get the benefit of it.”

— Christy Mathewson, in his book Won in the Ninth, written in 1910

The term “student-athlete” signifies something extraordinary on the campus of Bucknell University.

Being a Bison means that you have the rare blend of physical skills along with the drive and passion needed to succeed at the highest level of collegiate athletics.

Being a Bison also means that you are a scholar first and foremost. You believe that values associated with Division I athletics, such as time management, leadership, teamwork and grace under pressure, contribute to a well-rounded college experience.

At Bucknell, our students, faculty and staff pride themselves as national leaders in upholding the scholar-athlete ideal that balances a challenging academic program with the demands of successful Division I athletics. Being a Bison means that you have pledged to be a student-athlete in the purest sense. In doing so, you will be rewarded for a lifetime.

Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member Jeff Pike is majoring in management.

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2009-10 MEN’S GOLF ROSTER

Jim Cotner, for nearly 30 years a teacher, coach and administrator in the Lewisburg Area School District, is in his ninth year as head men’s golf coach at Bucknell. Cotner has rebuilt the Bison golf program into one of the best in the East, leading the squad to seven tournament titles in the last three years, including the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Patriot League championships.

Cotner was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year in three straight seasons (2005-07) and again in 2009 after guiding the Bison through one of the finest stretches in program history. The team was runner-up at the 2005 Patriot League Championship before breaking through with a first-ever PL title in 2006. A year later the Bison defended their crown, capturing the title with a narrow three-shot victory over Navy. Last spring, the Bison came from behind to catch Navy and host Army to win a third title in four years. The league crowns automatically qualified the Bison for the NCAA Regionals, where they played at the famed Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa in 2006, at Arizona State’s Karsten Course in 2007, and at The Club at Olde Stone in Kentucky in 2009.

“We have been fortunate to get student-athletes who want to come to Bucknell for the top-notch education, but who are also very passionate about golf,” said Cotner. “The sport means a lot to them, and they have every opportunity to get better. The facilities here are first-class, with our own Bucknell Golf Club and a great teaching pro in Brian Kelly.”

A 2000 inductee into the West Branch Chapter of the Pennsylvania Athletic Hall of Fame, Cotner in 2001 retired from Lewisburg Area High School, where he served as the school’s director of athletics for 11 years. Since moving to the district in September 1972, Cotner coached the Dragons’ boys’ varsity tennis team for four years (1972-75), the boys’ varsity golf team for five seasons (198286), the boys’ junior varsity basketball squad for two years (1972-74) and the boys’ varsity basketball team for 17 years (1974-90).

A 1972 graduate of East Stroudsburg University, Cotner is active in the local golf scene, as well. For 12 years he was president of the North Central Pennsylvania Golf Association, and he is a 12-year USGA Committee Member for Regional Golf Associations.

Cotner is only the fifth head coach in the 70-year history of the Bucknell men’s golf program.

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Hometown/Secondary School Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley Rye, N.Y./Rye Neck Malvern, Pa./Malvern Prep Mamaroneck, N.Y./Mamaroneck Essex Fells, N.J./Seton Hall Prep Fishers, Ind./Park Tudor Laguna Beach, Calif./St. Margaret’s Episcopal Rye, N.Y./Rye Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest Northville, Mich./Detroit Catholic Central Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel

MEN’S GOLF QUICK FACTS University Information Location: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837 Founded: 1846 as the University at Lewisburg Enrollment: 3,583 Nickname: Bison Colors: Orange and Blue Affiliation: NCAA (Div. I), ECAC Conference: Patriot League (Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy

Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy) President: Brian C. Mitchell Director of Athletics: John Hardt Senior Woman Administrator: Amanda Backus Dir. of Athletic Communications: Jon Terry Head Athletic Trainer: Mark Keppler Men’s Golf Information Head Coach: Jim Cotner Alma Mater: East Stroudsburg ’72 Men’s Golf Phone: (570) 577-3075 Email: jcotner@bucknell.edu Webpage: www.BucknellBison.com Athletic Department FAX Phone: (570) 577-1660 Men’s Golf Address: Jim Cotner, Head Men’s Golf Coach, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837 Home Course: Bucknell Golf Club (Par 70) 2009 Patriot League Finish: 1st Credits: This guide was written and edited by Bucknell’s Office of Athletic Communications. Photography by Marc Hagemeier and Art Foxall. Printing by Harmony Press, Inc., of Easton, Pa.

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ball-striking is not perfect he has learned how to put together a good score anyway.”

Bartow finished T-9th at the 2009 Patriot League Championship with rounds of 77-76-74, giving him his first all-league plaque. He qualified for Bucknell’s NCAA lineup as a freshman and shot 1-over for the final 36 holes. He had five Coming off a season in which they surprised many — including their own top-10 finishes last year. head coach — by rallying to win their third Patriot League title in the last four “Brian has really developed a much better sense of course management years, the Bison return their entire postseason lineup and much more in 2009-10 and decision-making, which has allowed him to become a more consistent as they seem to be well-positioned for another championship run. player,” said Cotner.

Ninth-year Bucknell head coach Jim Cotner has both star power — reigning For Pike, the fall of 2008 marked his best career stretch. He averaged 75.8 Patriot League individual champ Andrew Cohen is back for his senior year — and won his first collegiate tournament, shooting 67-69 (4-under) to capture and strength in numbers. His roster the Bucknell Invitational. The Patriot League Player of the Month last features four accomplished seniors September, Pike also had a T-6th finish at the Colgate Invitational and in Cohen, Brian Bartow, Jeff Pike and shot a 2-over 74 in tough conditions at the rain-shortened Cornell Ryan Schneiter. Cohen and Bartow Invitational. Pike’s game turned south in the spring thanks to an injury, are both All-Patriot Leaguers, Pike however, and he was not available in the postseason. was the Patriot League Player of the “Jeff is the poster boy for a Patriot League Scholar-Athlete,” Cotner Month in September 2008 but was said of Pike, a management major with a 3.74 GPA. “He is excellent in injured for much of the spring, and the classroom and is a very dedicated, hard worker on the golf course.

Schneiter made the NCAA Regional Last spring some health issues hindered him, but we hope that’s behind lineup last year. him and he is looking forward to a big senior year.”

Alongside the senior class, juSchneiter was not in Bucknell’s six-man lineup for the Patriot League niors Ben Mattingly, Andrew Wallisch Championship last year, but he was playing solid golf late in the year and Parker Phillips all finished last and made the NCAA travel roster. season playing their best golf, sopho“Ryan is a perfect example of what hard work and dedication can more Will Bachman flashed his potendo to help you develop into a better ball-striker and a complete Divitial with a first-round 69 in his very sion I player,” said Cotner. “Now we are just looking for more consistency first Patriot League Championship, from him.” and three very promising freshman Bucknell’s low man at the NCAA Regional at The Club at Olde Stone join the squad in Dan Bernard, Jon in Bowling Green, Ky., was Mattingly, who shot 78-80-74 to finish T-55 Hartman and J.J. Szmadzinski. th. His 2-over 74 in the final round was the team’s best of the week. He Cotner’s biggest headache enterfinished T-11th at the Patriot League Championship, six places better ing the new year may be figuring out than his freshman-year showing. which five to start each week.

“Day in and day out, Ben is the best ball-striker we have,” Cotner “We received contributions from proclaimed. “The key to his success this year a lot of different players at the Patriot is going to be course management and his League Championship and at the confidence on the greens.”

NCAAs last year, and that depth can Phillips and Wallisch both played in the be a real strong motivator,” said CotPatriot League Championship last spring. ner. “Each guy knows he is going to Phillips’ first-round 78 was counted, while Wallisch closed with 77-76 to help the Bison have to work his hardest in order to play in the events.” rally to victory. Wallisch went on to play in Indeed, seven different Bison the NCAA Regional as well.

Andrew Cohen had a score counted in a postseason “Andrew has figured out how to balround last spring. But it’s one thing to have a program with a lot of ance the time needed to prepare for Divigood players, and it’s another to have 10 individuals pushing each sion I golf and the demands of Bucknell other toward a team goal of a championship. And for that, Cotner classes,” said Cotner. “He has become a credits his seniors. much more consistent ball-striker, and his “The key to our depth is having such a strong group of seniors who short game, through a lot of hard work, is have been great examples of learning how to balance that time-mannow at the level where he can shoot conagement aspect into being excellent in the classroom and really strong sistently low scores. players,” praised Cotner. “The experience that we have gained from the “Parker is finally getting the hang of NCAA Regionals is a motivating factor this year. We really want to go Northeastern golf. Having grown up in back, and we know the way to get there is through the Patriot League California, the style of courses and types of Championship. That is when we need to be playing our best.” shots required are a little different. ContribOf that senior group, Cohen has been the most decorated thus uting at the Patriot League Championship far. In his first Patriot League Championship in 2007 he finished T-4th Brian Bartow was a big confidence boost for him.” and earned Patriot League Co-Rookie of the Year honors. A year later Bachman saw considerable tournahe placed sixth and was back on the all-conference team, and then last year ment action in the spring of his rookie year and posted a solid 76.4 average. everything went right in April. Cohen warmed up for the conference champion- He shot a 1-under 71 in the final round of the Hawk Invitational for his first ship by shooting 70-71 to win the Caves Valley Intercollegiate in Maryland, his career top-10 (T-7th), and he shot an even-par 72 in the final round at Caves first career individual victory.

Valley. That set him up for the opening-round 69 at the Patriot League tourney, A week later he did it again, breaking the league record with a 2-under-par which was much-needed considering Cohen was the only other Bison to shoot 208 (71-68-69) at the Patriot League Championship at West Point. Cohen became better than 77. the second Bucknell golfer to claim a Patriot League individual title, joining “Will’s strongest asset on the golf course has been his short game,” noted two-time winner Charlie Waddell (2005, 2006). His spring scoring average was a Cotner. “His putting and his shots around the greens have allowed him to be team-best 74.9, while his overall average, including the fall season, was 75.1. a contributor early in his career. This year his ball-striking has really improved, After winning the conference title, Cohen was named the national Col- and he has returned in very good physical condition, which should help him lege Player of the Week by Golf World magazine. Golf World noted that his on those 36-hole days.” winning score was nearly 25 strokes lower than the tournament average. In Cotner said his freshman class may ultimately become the program’s best the back-to-back wins, he played 90 holes in 3-under par, and he birdied 20 in years. Bernard, Hartman and Szmadzinski all hit the ball well and all have very of those 90 holes. impressive junior resumes. Each of them need to figure out how to strategically “Andrew is an excellent example of a grinder,” said Cotner. “Most days he prepare for a round at the college level, but all of them hit the ball a ton and is a great ball-striker and will shoot a good score, but on the days when his have strong short games.

2009 Postseason

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ncaa central regional championship

may 14-16, 2009 the club at olde stone bowling green, ky.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Ben Mattingly turned in Bucknell’s best round of the tournament, a 2-over-par 74, to lead the Bison on the final day of the NCAA Central Regional at The Club at Olde Stone. As a team, Bucknell also finished with its best round of the week with a 316, and the Bison ended up in 14th place.

Mattingly had three birdies and 12 pars in a final round that contained only three mistakes. He made two double bogeys and one bogey, while posting birdies on holes 3, 6 and 14. Mattingly’s 54-hole total of 232 was the best on the team and put him in a tie for 55th place in the 75-player field.

Also for the Bison, Brian Bartow made 12 pars and six bogeys and finished his tournament with a 78. Ryan Schneiter improved in each round and finished up with an 80. Andrew Wallisch shot 84 on Saturday. In a surprising development, the Bison did not use the score of their No. 1 player, Andrew Cohen, who struggled in the final round and carded an 85. Cohen was coming off a 75 in the second round, which finished up Saturday morning after play was suspended after two weather delays on Friday. There was also a 34-minute lightning delay in the final round.

UCLA came from way behind to defeat top-seeded Washington for the team title.

UCLA, which trailed by seven strokes at the start of the day, shot 282 while the Huskies posted a 300. The Bruins were 1-under 863 for the tournament, while Washington was second at 870. Both teams will advance to the NCAA finals, as will Ohio State (880), Georgia Tech (880) and Duke (881). Louisville, Ole Miss and North Carolina State all tied for sixth, missing the the top five and the right to advance by four shots. Bucknell totaled 952, four shots behind 13th-place Austin Peay.

Matt Hill of N.C. State shot 70-71-71 and won the individual title by one shot over Washington’s Nick Taylor. Taylor led after each of the first two rounds after opening with 67-70, but he shot 76 on Sunday. Three other players finished at 2-under and another at 1-under. Erik Flores of UCLA, had the best round of the day, a 4-under 68.

After winning the Patriot League Championship two weeks earlier, Bucknell was appearing in the NCAA regionals for the third time in the last four years.

Ben Mattingly carded a final-round 74 and was Bucknell’s top finisher at the NCAA Regional.

2009 Team Results

School.......................1st 18 1. UCLA...................................292 2. Washington......................282 3. Georgia Tech....................292

Ohio State.........................300 5. Duke...................................298 6. Louisville...........................296

North Carolina State.....294

Mississippi........................296 9. Middle Tennessee St.....310 10. Vanderbilt.........................305 11. East Tennessee St...........299 12. Cleveland State...............308 13. Austin Peay......................315 14. Bucknell..................... 317

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2nd 18 285 288 293 289 292 293 295 299 287 294 301 305 320 319

3rd 18 286 300 295 291 291 296 296 290 289 290 297 307 313 316

2009 Individual Results Total 863 870 880 880 881 885 885 885 886 889 897 920 948 952

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Name (School)........................................................... Score Matt Hill (N.C. State)........................................... 70-71-71-212 (-4) Nick Taylor (Washington)................................. 67-70-70-213 (-3) Jon Curran (Vanderbilt).................................... 74-71-69-214 (-2) Cameron Tringale (Georgia Tech).................. 69-74-71-214 (-2) Philip Francis (UCLA).......................................... 71-69-74-214 (-2) Erik Flores (UCLA)................................................ 74-73-68-215 (-1) Jonathan Randolph (Mississippi)....................74-71-71-216 (E) Adam Hadwin (Louisville)..................................74-71-71-216 (E) Adam Long (Duke)...............................................74-72-70-216 (E) Bo Hoag (Ohio State)...........................................71-73-72-216 (E)

2009 Bucknell Individual Results Name................................ Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total T55. Ben Mattingly.................. 78 80 74 230 66. Andrew Cohen.................. 78 75 85 238 T68. Brian Bartow.................... 77 86 78 241 T71. Ryan Schneiter................ 86 81 80 247 73. Andrew Wallisch............... 84 83 84 251

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2009 Postseason

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Andrew Cohen closed with a 1-under 69 to help the Bucknell men’s golf team rally to win the 2009 Patriot League Men’s Golf Championship at the West Point Golf Course. Cohen was 2-under for the tournament and won medalist honors for the first time in his career, while the Bison team closed with a round of 292 to make up a 4-stroke deficit at the start of the final day and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four years.

This win was especially gratifying for the Bison and head coach Jim Cotner, who garnered his fourth Patriot League Coach of the Year honor. Even though it was narrowly picked as the preseason favorite to claim the title, Bucknell had struggled a bit in the spring and entered the league tournament without a key upperclassmen who was battling a knee injury and swing issues. Then the Bison fell behind by nine strokes after the first round and four at the end of the second, and on Sunday they had to pass both host Army and Navy to garner the first-place trophy.

Cohen was coming off his first career win a week earlier at the Caves Valley Intercollegiate, and he made it two with a record-setting performance at West Point.

Cohen posted scores of 71-68-69 on the par-70 course, and his 54-hole total of 208 shattered the league record by one stroke. Four players had previously posted a 209, also on par-70 courses. Former Bison Charlie Waddell had one of those 209s at the Bucknell Golf Club in 2005, and Waddell shot a 3-under 210 at the U.S. Naval Academy Golf Course in 2006.

Cohen is Bucknell’s third Patriot League medalist, joining Waddell, who won in back-to-back years in 2005 and 2006. Cohen won this one fairly convincingly, as he outpaced runner-up Matt Krembel of Army by eight shots. Cohen also finished sixth in 2008 and tied for fourth as a freshman in 2007, making him a three-time All-Patriot League honoree.

Brian Bartow also earned All-Patriot League honors. Bartow drew a second-team citation after finishing tied for ninth place with scores of 77-76-74. Sophomore Ben Mattingly just missed an all-league spot after finishing tied for 11th with rounds of 79-76-73. All six Bucknell players had at least one of his scores counted during the weekend.

2009 Team Results

School.......................1st 18 1. Bucknell..................... 295 2. Navy....................................287 3. Army...................................286 4. Lehigh................................296 5. Lafayette...........................299 6. Colgate..............................310 7. Holy Cross.........................316

2nd 18 297 302 302 299 304 310 314

3rd 18 292 300 303 304 308 303 322

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Patriot League champion Andrew Cohen

2009 Individual Results Total 884 889 891 899 911 923 952

2009 Bucknell Individual Results Name................................ Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 1. Andrew Cohen..................... 71 68 69 T9. Brian Bartow....................... 77 76 74 T11. Ben Mattingly.................. 79 76 73 T18. Will Bachman................... 69 81 81 T20. Andrew Wallisch............. 80 77 76 36. Parker Phillips.................... 78 83 83

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Total 208 227 228 231 233 244

Name (School)........................................................... Score 1. Andrew Cohen (Bucknell).......................................... 208* 2. Matt Krembel (Army).................................................................... 216 3. David Miller (Navy)........................................................................ 221 Ryan Wielgus (Navy)..................................................................... 221 Tyler Ostrovsky (Lafayette)......................................................... 221 6. Peter Reilly (Navy).......................................................................... 223 7. Duncan Zeiders (Lehigh)............................................................. 224 8. Shane Gilroy (Lehigh)................................................................... 226 9. Brian Bartow (Bucknell)............................................... 227 William Park (Army)....................................................................... 227 11. Ben Mattingly (Bucknell)............................................. 228 Sam Walenz (Army)....................................................................... 228 James Raymond (Army)............................................................... 228 Dwight Diorio (Lehigh)................................................................ 228 Steve Suarez (Lehigh)................................................................... 228 16. Tim Shield (Navy)........................................................................... 230 Will Robinson (Lehigh)................................................................. 230 18. Will Bachman (Bucknell).............................................. 231 Michael Curcio (Lafayette).......................................................... 231 20. Andrew Wallisch (Bucknell)......................................... 233 Rob Robertson (Lafayette)......................................................... 233 Ben Jessen (Colgate)..................................................................... 233 * Patriot League record

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It was another fruitful year for the Bucknell men’s golf team in 2008-09. The Bison bookended the campaign with victories in the season-opening Bucknell Invitational in the fall and at the Patriot League Championship in the spring.

In between, there were plenty of good scores from a number of players, and new stars began to emerge. Jeff Pike and Andrew Cohen both won their first career individual titles, with Cohen doing it two weeks in a row in April, including a runaway win at the Patriot League Championship.

at Saucon Valley CC. The first round was cut short due to awful weather conditions, and opening-round scores across the field were elevated. The Bison opened with a 334 as none of their five players managed better than an 82.

But in the second round the team counted four scores in the 70s, including Pike’s 74, a 75 from Brian Bartow, a 76 from Andrew Cohen and a 79 from Ryan Schneiter. Penn State ran away with the team title, posting rounds of 299-293 to best runner-up Siena by 32 strokes.

BUCKNELL INVITATIONAL (SEPT. 12-13) Jeff Pike shot a career-best, 4-under-par 136 to take the individual title and lead the Bucknell men’s golf squad to the team championship at the rain-shortened Bucknell Invitational. Pike carded rounds of 67 and 69 on the par-70 course, winning his first career medalist honor by two shots over C.G. Mercatoris of Robert Morris (72-66). The Bison defended their 2007 Bucknell Invitational title, and they have now won this tournament in four of the last six years.

Bucknell shot 286 (+6) as a team in both rounds for a 36-hole total of 572. Pike had plenty of support behind his magnificent play. Brian Bartow also shot 69 in the second round after finishing round one with a 74. His 3-over 143 placed him in a tie for third place. Andrew Cohen shot 73-74 and finished in a tie for 10th.

FIRST MARKET BANK INTERCOLLEGIATE (MARCH 23-24) The Bucknell men’s golf team struggled in its spring opener at the First Market Bank Intercollegiate, hosted by William & Mary at the Kingsmill Resort. The Bison shot 316-320 and took 22nd place. Ben Mattingly was the top Bison finisher with rounds of 78-76.

Liberty was 6-over for the tournament and won the team title by four shots over Campbell.

HAWK INVITATIONAL (MARCH 28-29) Andrew Cohen shot a 70, the second-best score in the field in the final round, helping the Bison to a much-improved 292 score and a third-place finish Hawk Invitational, hosted by Monmouth at Eagle Ridge GC. Four of the five Bucknell golfers improved their scores after the team shot 310 in the first round. Cohen and Will Bachman each shot seven strokes better than his first-round total.

Overall, Cohen carded a 147 over the weekend, placing him in a tie for fourth. Brian Bartow shot 76-73 to tie for seventh with five others, including Bachman (78-71). Sacred Heart took the team title with a two-day score of 590.

COLGATE INVITATIONAL (SEPT. 20-21) Scores skyrocketed on a tough final day of the Colgate Invitational, and the Bucknell men’s golf team could not avoid a few of those lofty scorecards and settled for a tie for third place. The Bison entered the final day just a single stroke behind Binghamton for the team lead, thanks in large part LAFAYETTE INVITATIONAL (APR. 4-5) to the 3-under-par 69 by Andrew Cohen in round Andrew Cohen shot a 1-over 73 and Bucknell one. But Cohen shot 84 on Sunday and Jeff Pike Andrew Wallisch posted a season-best 74 at the posted a solid 297 to move up to a seventh-place slipped six strokes to a 79, as the Bison shot 320 Bucknell Invitational. finish at the Lafayette Invitational. The Bison as a team. Bucknell’s low round was a solid 2-over entered the final round tied for 10th after an 74 from Brian Bartow, which was just one shot off the best of the day in the opening-round 325, but on Sunday all five players shot 76 or better in much field. Binghamton shot 304 as a team in round two and won the team title by nicer weather conditions and they chopped 28 strokes off that total to move 12 shots over Saint Francis (Pa.). Only 23 of 59 players broke 80 in round two, up three spots. Cohen’s 73 followed an opening round 78, and he finished a and none shot par or better. team-best 15th individually. Lehigh won the team title.

CORNELL INVITATIONAL (SEPT. 27) Andrew Cohen shot a 1-under-par 71, helping the Bison to a team total of 298 and a tie for seventh place at the rain-shortened Cornell Invitational. Cohen’s second sub-par round in as many weeks has him in a tie for fifth place individually. Delaware’s opening-round 287 held up as the winning score after the second and third rounds were both washed out.

SCOTTY DUNCAN MEMORIAL (OCT. 4-5) A 1-over 73 from Brian Bartow helped the Bucknell men’s golf team move up into the top five at the Scotty Duncan Memorial at White Clay Creek GC in Delaware. Bartow’s outstanding finishing round put him in eighth place individually with a 36-hole total of 149. Bucknell shot 309-306 as a team.

Seton Hall backed up its first-round 288 with a 293 and held off runner-up Delaware by two shots.

ECAC CHAMPIONSHIP (OCT. 10-11) Bucknell compiled five final-round scores between 73 and 78 en route to a third-place finish at the ECAC Championship at Long Island National GC. Ryan Schneiter shot a 2-over 73 to help the Bison post a 298 team total in the final round. Combined first-day rounds of 303 and 295, Bucknell recorded a 54-hole total of 896. That was just four shots behind team champion Yale and three back of runner-up Columbia. Andrew Cohen and Brian Bartow both finished in the top 10 in the individual standings. Cohen entered the final round tied for the individual lead with Yale’s Tom McCarthy, and he finished tied for fourth after finishing with 75. Bartow tied for ninth place with rounds of 77-72-74.

CAVES VALLEY INTERCOLLEGIATE (APR. 18-19) Andrew Cohen earned individual co-champion honors by shooting a 1-under 141 at the Caves Valley Intercollegiate at the highly regarded Caves Valley Golf Club. Cohen shot a 1-under 70 in the opening round and an even-par 71 in the final round to help Bucknell to a sixth-place team finish. The Bison got out to a tough start, as none of the other four players could muster anything better than 81 in support of Cohen’s strong opening round. But after posting a first-round 319, Bucknell bounced back with a 296, the second-best score in the field. Harvard edged George Washington to win the team title. In addition to Cohen’s 71, Will Bachman fired a 72 and Brian Bartow shot 75 in the closing round. Cohen finished in a tie for first with George Washington’s Brandon Barrack. Down the stretch Cohen made birdies on the 14th and 17th holes, then had a great upand-down from the front bunker on the 495-yard, par-4 finishing hole.

NAVY INVITATIONAL (APR. 18-19) The same weekend as the Caves Valley event, Bucknell also sent a second set of five players to the Navy Spring Invitational. That group shot 313-316 and finished in 15th place. Parker Phillips and Patrick Morsches both shot 155 to lead the Bison. Morsches shot 74-81, while Phillips had 77-78. Johnson & Wales won the tournament by four shots over Binghamton.

FOR COMPLETE PATRIOT LEAGUE AND NCAA REGIONAL COVERAGE, SEE P. 4-5.

LEHIGH INVITATIONAL (OCT. 25-26) Jeff Pike shot a 2-over 74 to help the Bucknell men’s golf team to a final-round 304 team score and a sixth-place finish at the Lehigh Kelly Gutshall Invitational

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Player Profiles

2008-09 (Freshman): 77.6 avg.

9/12-13 Bucknell Invitational 10/4-5 Scotty Duncan Memorial 3/28-29 Hawk Invitational 4/4-5 Lafayette Invitational 4/18-19 Caves Valley Intercollegiate 4/25-26 Patriot League Championship

81-84 77-79 78-71 78-76 82-72 69-81-81

55th T34th T7th T21st T15th T18th

CAREER BESTS: WILL BACHMAN Low 18: 69 at Patriot League Championship, 4/25/09 Low 36: 149 (78-71) at Hawk Invitational, 3/28-29/09) Low 54: 231 (69-81-81) at Patriot League Championship, 4/25-26/09 Best Finish: T7th at Hawk Invitational, 3/28-29/09

2008-09 (Junior): 76.9 avg.

9/12-13 Bucknell Invitational 9/20-21 Colgate Invitational 9/27 Cornell Invitational 10/4-5 Scotty Duncan Memorial 10/10-11 ECAC Championship 10/25-26 Lehigh Invitational 3/20-21 George Washington Invitational 3/23-24 First Market Bank Intercollegiate 3/28-29 Hawk Invitational 4/4-5 Lafayette Invitational 4/18-19 Caves Valley Intercollegiate 4/25-26 Patriot League Championship 5/14-16 NCAA Regional

74-69 80-74 77 76-73 77-72-74 83-75 80-82 79-79 76-73 86-75 86-75 77-76-74 77-86-78

T3rd T12th T49th 8th T9th T15th T63rd T89th T7th T53rd T25th T9th T68th

2007-08 (Sophomore): 77.9 avg.

9/8-9 Colgate Invitational 9/14-15 Bucknell Invitational 9/29-30 Cornell Invitational 10/12-13 Hofstra Invitational 10/20-21 Lehigh Invitational 3/17-18 First Market Bank Intercollegiate 3/21-22 George Washington Invitational 4/5 Irish Invitational 4/26-27 Patriot League Championship

77-71 73-69-80 73-77-80 79-72 81-74 79-77 82-87 79-82 89-76-78

T6th T15th T38th T21st 8th T72nd 91st 56th T17th

2006-07 (Freshman): 76.2 avg.

9/9-10 Colgate Invitational 9/15-16 Bucknell Invitational 10/7-8 Mulekicker Classic 4/14 Lafayette Invitational 5/17-19 NCAA West Regional

75-74 73-75-76 79-79 83 79-72-73

T7th T22nd 41st T61st T118th

CAREER BESTS: BRIAN BARTOW

Spring 2009: Earned All-Patriot League honors for the first time after a T-9th finish at the Patriot League Championship ... shot 77-76-74 at the conference tournament ... shot 77-86-78 at the NCAA Regionals ... played in seven spring events and averaged 78.7 ... shot 76-73 to finish T-7th at the Hawk Invitational ...

Fall 2008: Played in all six events, averaging 75.33 in 12 rounds ... second-best average on team behind only Andrew Cohen (75.25) ... five top-15 finishes in six starts ... shot 74-69 to finish T-3rd at Bucknell Invitational ... had a very good 1-over 73 in second round of Scotty Duncan Memorial to finish 8th ... T-9th at ECAC Championship with rounds of 77-72-74 ... Spring 2008: Averaged 81.0 in nine rounds ... T-17th at Patriot League Tournament ... after a tough first round, bounced back to shoot 76-78 in the next two ... Fall 2007: Had a solid fall, posting a 75.5 average ... shot career-best 69 (-1) in second round of Bucknell Invitational ... finished T-15th at that event ... had two top-10s: T-6th at Colgate Invitational (77-71) and 8th at Lehigh Invitational (81-74) ... second round at Colgate was also under par (-1) ... shot 2-over 72 at Bethpage Red in second round of Hofstra Invitational ... Spring 2007: Made the NCAA lineup with a solid week of team qualifying, then shot 79-72-73 at ASU ... was Bucknell’s low man over the final 36 holes ... played in just one event prior to the NCAAs, shooting 83 at the rain-shortened Lafayette Invitational ... averaged 76.8 for

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Low 18: 69 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14/07; at Bucknell Invitational, 9/13/08 Low 36: 142 (73-69) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14/07 (first 36 of 54) Low 54: 222 (73-69-80) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14-15/07 Best Finish: T-3rd at Bucknell Invitational, 9/12-13/08

Brian Bartow

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Spring 2009: Had a solid spring, averaging 76.4 in four events ... shot a 1-under 69 in the first round of the Patriot League Championship ... ended up T-18th after finishing 81-81 ... had another under-par round (1-under 71) at the Hawk Invitational in March, where he finished T-7th ... shot a 1-over 72 in the final round of the Caves Valley Intercollegiate (T-15th) ... Fall 2008: Debuted at the Bucknell Invitational and shot 81-84 ... 77-79 at the Scotty Duncan Memorial ... finished fall with 80.3 average ... Personal: Parents are Jeb and Sally Bachman ... born Aug. 22, 1989 in Boston, Mass. ... has one sister, Kate ... parents are both members of the Bucknell Class of 1978 ... played three years of varsity golf at Wellesley High School ... team co-captain as a senior ... team MVP in junior year ... two-time Bay State League All-Star ... team was Division 2 state runner-up in 2007 ... majoring in management.

the spring and 76.2 for the whole year ... Fall 2006: Played in three of the team’s seven tournaments in his debut season ... began career with a top-10 finish (T-7th), helping the team to a win at the Colgate Invitational ... averaged 75.9 ... Personal: Son of Richard and Susan Bartow ... father played on the golf team at Rutgers ... lettered in golf, baseball, basketball and soccer at Rye Neck H.S. ... all-league selection in basketball as a junior and senior ... all-league in baseball as a freshman and sophomore, before switching to golf prior to his junior year ... 2006 NY State Federation champion ... two-time all-state player ... Journal News Westchester-Putnam County Player of the Year in 2006 ... 2006 Metropolitan NY PGA Section Westfield Champion ... Won 2006 NY MGA Junior Qualifier by five stokes with an 8-under 63, the lowest score in MGA junior play history and a Rye GC course record ... history major ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

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Player Profiles shot 73-78-70 ... 2-under 70 in final round was a career low and the team’s best of the week ... opened with even-par 72 at GW Invitational but fell out of contention in a tough second round ... averaged 75.5 in the spring and 76.5 for the full year ... Fall 2006: Took part in four fall tournaments, averaging 77.6 over nine rounds ... best finish was T-18th at Bucknell Invitational (73-73-77) ... Personal: Son of Fred and Eileen Cohen ... a four-year varsity golfer at Mamaroneck H.S. ... earned all-state accolades as a senior ... Journal News all-star selection ... AllWestchester/Putnam selection as a junior ... political science and religion double major ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Spring 2009: Played in seven spring events and had a memorable finish ... notched first two career individual victories in back-to-back weeks at the Caves Valley Intercollegiate and the Patriot League Championship ... played 90 holes in 3-under par at those two events ... shot 70-71 at Caves Valley and 71-68-69 at the PL Championship ... broke PL Championship scoring mark with a 208 ... named Golf World Collegiate Player of the Week after that performance ... shot 78-75-85 at NCAA Regional ... finished in top 20 in 5 of 7 spring events and had a team-best spring average of 74.9 (73.9 heading into NCAAs) ... finished T-4th at the Hawk Invitational after posting a 2-under 70 in the final round ... Fall 2008: Played in every event and led the team in scoring average at 75.25 ... shot three rounds under par, including a career-best 3-under 69 at Colgate’s Seven Oaks GC ... four top-10 finishes in six events ... best was T-4th at the ECAC Championship (75-70-75) at Long Island National ... 1-under 71 at rain-shortened Cornell Invitational was good for T-5th ... Spring 2008: Earned All-Patriot League honors for the second year in a row, finishing 6th at the Patriot League Championship at Saucon Valley ... 1-over 73 in second round was the best in the field ... also shot 1-over 73 in second round of Lafayette Invitational, helping Bucknell to the team title ... spring average of 77.7 ... Fall 2007: Averaged 75.1 in 10 rounds ... best card was a 1-under 71 in second round of Scotty Duncan Memorial ... was runner-up at that tournament, shooting 74-71 ... opened Bucknell Invitational with even-par 70, and went on to finish T-12th ... Spring 2007: Earned Patriot League Co-Rookie of the Year honors with an outstanding showing at the PL Championship ... shot 72-74-74 to finish T-4th, earning him All-Patriot League honors ... played in final group on Sunday, shooting steady 74 to help Bucknell to the team title ... was team’s No. 2 man at the NCAA West Regional, where he

2008-09 (Junior): 75.1 avg.

9/12-13 Bucknell Invitational 9/20-21 Colgate Invitational 9/27 Cornell Invitational 10/4-5 Scotty Duncan Memorial 10/10-11 ECAC Championship 10/25-26 Lehigh Invitational 3/20-21 George Washington Invitational 3/23-24 First Market Bank Intercollegiate 3/28-29 Hawk Invitational 4/4-5 Lafayette Invitational 4/18-19 Caves Valley Intercollegiate 4/25-26 Patriot League Championship 5/14-16 NCAA Regional

73-74 69-84 71 77-77 75-70-75 82-76 76-76 77-85 77-70 78-73 70-71 71-68-69 78-75-85

T10th T10th T5th T19th T4th T15th T16th 103rd T4th 15th T1st 1st 66th

2007-08 (Sophomore): 76.5 avg.

9/14-15 Bucknell Invitational 9/29-30 Cornell Invitational 10/6-7 Scotty Duncan Memorial 10/12-13 Hofstra Invitational 3/17-18 First Market Bank Intercollegiate 3/21-22 George Washington Invitational 4/12-13 Lafayette Invitational 4/19-20 Navy Invitational 4/26-27 Patriot League Championship

70-73-78 78-73-78 74-71 80-76 76-75 76-76 81-73 82-81 80-73-82

T12th T33rd T2nd T36th T49th T36th T34th T80th 6th

2006-07 (Freshman): 76.5 avg.

9/9-10 Colgate Invitational 9/15-16 Bucknell Invitational 10/7-8 Mulekicker Classic 10/28-29 Mount St. Mary’s Invitational 3/24-25 George Washington Invitatonal 3/26-27 William & Mary Invitational 4/6 Navy Invitational 4/21-22 Patriot League Championship 5/17-19 NCAA West Regional

77-77 73-73-77 80-74 78-89 72-86 77-74 81 72-74-74 73-78-70

T28th T18th 27th 31st T68th T33rd T80th T4th T118th

CAREER BESTS: ANDREW COHEN Low 18: 68 at Patriot League Championship, 4/25/09 Low 36: 139 (71-68) at Patriot League Championship, 4/25/09 (first 36 of 54) Low 54: 208 (71-68-69) at Patriot League Championship, 4/25-26/09 Best Finish: 1st at Caves Valley Intercollegiate, 4/18-19/09 and Patriot League Championship, 4/25-26/09

Andrew Cohen

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Player Profiles

2008-09 (Sophomore): 77.7 avg.

9/12-13 Bucknell Invitational 10/4-5 Scotty Duncan Memorial 3/20-21 George Washington Invitational 3/23-24 First Market Bank Intercollegiate 4/4-5 Lafayette Invitational 4/18-19 Caves Valley Intercollegiate 4/25-26 Patriot League Championship 5/14-16 NCAA Regional

74-76 82-77 79-76 78-76 86-75 81-78 79-76-73 78-80-74

T21st T48th T34th T61st T53rd T21st T11th T55th

2007-08 (Freshman): 76.4 avg.

9/14-15 Bucknell Invitational 10/6-7 Scotty Duncan Memorial 3/17-18 First Market Bank Intercollegiate 3/21-22 George Washington Invitational 4/12-13 Lafayette Invitational 4/19-20 Navy Invitational 4/26-27 Patriot League Championship

68-74-76 74-79 77-75 80-75 83-71 74-73 81-81-81

T8th T17th T54th T22nd T34th T14th T17th

CAREER BESTS: BEN MATTINGLY Low 18: 68 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14/07 Low 36: 142 (68-74) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14/07 (first 36 of 54) Low 54: 218 (68-74-76) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14-15/07 Best Finish: T-8th at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14-15/07

Ben Mattingly

Spring 2009: Played in three tournaments, including the Patriot League Championship ... shot 78-83-83 in his first conference tourney and placed 36th ... finished T-4th at the Peacock Invitational with a round of 77 ... averaged 79.3 in the spring and 78.7 overall ... Fall 2008: Played in the first two events of the fall, averaging 77.8 ... shot career-best 70 (even par) in round two of Bucknell Invitational, where he placed T-10th ... Spring 2008: Did not compete in a tournament ... Fall 2007: Played in two tournaments, averaging 78.6 over five rounds ... best round was 73 in first career outing at Bucknell Invitational ... Personal: Son of Layn and Kathryn Phillips ... father played college tennis at Tulsa ... sister, Amanda, played tennis at Princeton ... 2007 graduate of St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. ... four-year varsity letterman ... four-time first-team all-league ... led team to four league titles ... school also captured 2004 and 2006 CIF team titles ... team captain.

2008-09 (Sophomore): 78.7 avg.

9/12-13 Bucknell Invitational 9/20-21 Colgate Invitational 4/14 Peacock Invitational 4/18-19 Navy Invitational 4/25-26 Patriot League Championship

77-70 81-83 77 77-78 78-83-83

T10th T37th T4th T45th 36th

2007-08 (Freshman): 78.6 avg.

9/14-15 Bucknell Invitational 10/6-7 Scotty Duncan Memorial

73-79-79 77-85

T44th T51st

CAREER BESTS: PARKER PHILLIPS Low 18: 70 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/13/08 Low 36: 147 (77-70) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/12-13/08 Low 54: 231 (73-79-79) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14-15/07 Best Finish: T-4th at Peacock Invitational, 4/14

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Spring 2009: Played in six spring events, averaging 77.8 ... came up big at the Patriot League Championship, as his final-round 73 was a key to Bucknell’s comeback win ... shot 79-76-73 at PL tourney and finished T-11th, just missing all-conference honors ... was team’s low man at the NCAA Regional, shooting 78-80-74 (T-55th) ... final-round 74 (+2) was team’s low round of the week ... also team’s best finisher at First Market Bank Intercollegiate at Kingsmill ... Fall 2008: Appeared in two tournament, averaging 77.3 in four rounds ... best finish was T-21st at Bucknell Invitational (74-76) ... Spring 2008: Played in all but one tournament, averaging 77.4 ... T-17th in first Patriot League Championship, posting three straight rounds of 81 ... 3-over-par over 36 holes at Navy Invitational, finishing T-14th ... shot a 1-under 71 in second round of Lafayette Invitational, helping Bucknell to a team title ... Fall 2007: Played in two tournaments, averaging 74.2 in five rounds ... shot a 2-under 68 in his first collegiate round at the Bucknell Invitational ... posted 68-74-76 to finish T-8th in debut event ... also took T-17th (74-79) at the Scotty Duncan Memorial ... Personal: Son of Mike and Connie Mattingly ... father played collegiate tennis at Arizona State and Tennessee-Chattanooga and also played professionally for over a year before becoming a teaching pro for 18 years ... 2007 graduate of Park Tudor School in Indianapolis ... four-year golf letterman ... team captain and team MVP as a senior ... two-time all-conference, all-county and academic all-conference selection ... won two high school invitational tournaments and placed in the top five at sectional championships as a junior and senior ... shot 71 to advance to the regionals during his senior year ... helped team win the sectional title in 2006 ... selected as one of 12 players to represent Indiana in the Indiana-Kentucky Challenge Cup and helped lead the Hoosier State to victory.

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Player Profiles

Spring 2009: Game was severely limited by an injury ... played in just one event and struggled at the Navy Invitational ... Fall 2008: Had a very good fall, averaging 75.8 while playing all 12 rounds ... earned first career victory at Bucknell Invitational, shooting 4-under (67-69) ... led Bison to team title as well ... a week later placed T-6th at Colgate Invitational, shooting 1-over 73 in tough conditions in opening round ... Spring 2008: Played in one event, the one-day, 36-hole Irish Invitational ... shot 90-82 ... Fall 2007: Played in three tournaments, averaging 77.3 in eight rounds ... best was an even-par 70 in first round of Bucknell Invitational ... Spring 2007: Played in one spring event, shooting 82 at the rain-shortened Lafayette Invitational ... finished 2006-07 with a 79.6 overall average ... Fall 2006: Made an impressive collegiate debut, finishing with an even-par 70 to place T-13th at the Bucknell Invitational ... poor weather conditions hurt his average later in the fall ... finished at 79.3 ... Personal: Son of Tod and Dawn Pike ... father is a 1977 Bucknell graduate who was a four-year golf letterman and the 1976-77 team captain ... played golf and ice hockey at Rye H.S. ... captained the golf team ... earned all-conference, all-league and all-section honors ... qualified for the state championship as a senior ... 2005 Section I Conference III champion ... management major ... earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in spring 2007 semester to gain a spot on the Dean’s List and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

CAREER BESTS: JEFF PIKE Low 18: 67 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/12/08 Low 36: 136 (67-69) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/13-14/08 Low 54: 222 (76-76-70) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/16-17/06 Best Finish: 1st at Bucknell Invitational, 9/13-14/08

2008-09 (Junior): 77.1 avg.

9/12-13 Bucknell Invitational 9/20-21 Colgate Invitational 9/27 Cornell Invitational 10/4-5 Scotty Duncan Memorial 10/10-11 ECAC Championship 10/25-26 Lehigh Invitational 4/18-19 Navy Invitational

67-69 73-79 74 79-79 75-77-78 85-74 83-88

1st T6th T20th T43rd T25th T20th T92nd

2007-08 (Sophomore): 79.0 avg.

9/14-15 Bucknell Invitational 9/29-30 Cornell Invitational 10/6-7 Scotty Duncan Memorial 4/4 Irish Invitational

70-78-84 79-74-75 77-81 90-82

T47th T30th T33rd 59th

2006-07 (Freshman): 79.6 avg.

9/15-16 Bucknell Invitational 9/24-25 Keenan Invitational 10/28-29 Mount St. Mary’s Invitational 4/14 Lafayette Invitational

76-76-70 87-76 81-89 82

T13th 75th T37th T54th

Spring 2009: Competed in four events and averaged 82.0 ... best rounds were a pair of 79s ... did not compete at the Patriot League Championship but did make the NCAA Regionals lineup ... shot 86-81-80 at NCAAs ... Fall 2008: Appeared in four tournaments and averaged 78.0 in eight rounds ... best round was 2-over 73 in final round of ECAC Championship ... Spring 2008: Did not compete in a spring tournament ... Fall 2007: Played in the first two events of the season, averaging 79.6 at Colgate and Bucknell Invites ... best round was 77 at Colgate ... Spring 2007: Played in one event — the rain-shortened Navy Invitational ...

Fall 2006: Made a strong debut at Bucknell, finishing T-10th (71-75-75) at the Bucknell Invitational ... also played in St. Bonaventure’s Keenan Invitational and shot 73-78 ... fall average of 74.4 ... Personal: Son George and Linda Schneiter ... four-year golf letterman at Cedar Crest H.S. ... 2004 PIAA state silver medalist ... won Lebanon County titles in 2002 and 2004 ... 2006 IJGT French Creek champion ... economics major ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2008-09 (Junior): 79.5 avg.

9/12-13 Bucknell Invitational 9/27 Cornell Invitational 10/10-11 ECAC Championship 10/25-26 Lehigh Invitational 3/28-29 Hawk Invitational 4/14 Peacock Invitational 4/18-19 Navy Invitational 5/14-16 NCAA Regional

78-76 76 80-78-73 84-79 79-87 82 82-79 86-81-80

T31st T44th T30th T30th T45th T29th T77th T71st

2007-08 (Sophomore): 79.6 avg.

9/8-9 Colgate Invitational 9/14-15 Bucknell Invitational

81-77 79-82-79

T35th T70th

2006-07 (Freshman): 76.3 avg.

9/15-16 Bucknell Invitational 9/24-25 Keenan Invitational 4/6 Navy Invitational

71-75-75 73-78 86

T10th T39th T119th

CAREER BESTS: RYAN SCHNEITER Low 18: 71 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/15/06 Low 36: 146 (71-75) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/15/06 (first 36 of 54) Low 54: 221 (71-75-75) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/16-17/06 Best Finish: T-10th at Bucknell Invitational, 9/16-17/06 Jeff Pike

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Player Profiles BISON NEWCOMERS

2008-09 (Sophomore): 78.2 avg.

9/12-13 Bucknell Invitational 9/27 Cornell Invitational 3/28-29 Hawk Invitational 4/14 Peacock Invitational 4/18-19 Navy Invitational 4/25-26 Patriot League Championship 5/14-16 NCAA Regional

77-74 79 79-78 82 80-78 80-77-76 84-83-84

T24th T44th T26th T29th T64th T20th 73rd

2007-08 (Freshman): 77.4 avg.

9/14-15 Bucknell Invitational 9/23-24 Keenan Invitational

76-76-74 79-82

T25th T61st

CAREER BESTS: ANDREW WALLISCH Low 18: 74 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/15/07; at Bucknell Invitational, 9/13/08 Low 36: 151 (77-74) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/12-13/08 Low 54: 226 (76-76-74) at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14-15/07 Best Finish: T20th at Patriot League Championship, 4/25-26/09

Personal: Born Apr. 3, 1991 in Abington, Pa. ... son of Charlie and Tina Bernard ... has two siblings, Joseph and Lauren ... brother plays golf at Villanova ... helped lead Malvern Prep to three straight InterAC championships ... a first team allconference selection in 2009 and second-team pick in 2008 ... also made the All-Main Line Team as a senior ... heavily involved in junior golf in the Philadelphia Area and posted three top-three finishes in the Philadelphia Junior PGA.

Personal: Born July 23, 1991 in Summit, N.J. ... parents are Mitch and Sandy Hartman ... has three siblings, Chris, Shannon and Hilary ... Hilary played field hockey at North Carolina ... her mother played squash at Bowdoin College and her father played soccer, basketball and golf at Manhattanville College ... four-year letterman at Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, N.J. ... was team’s No. 1 player for last three years ... first team all-state selection as a junior and senior ... four-time first team all-conference performer ... won the Iron Hills Conference Championship in 2009 ... won the New Jersey Tournament of Champions as a junior and was runner-up (losing in a playoff ) as a senior ... New Jersey Prep School medalist in 2008 and runner-up in 2009 ... in 2008 shot 78-69 at Baltusrol to finish third in the Carter Cup MGA Stroke Play Championship ... played in the New Jersey State Amateur Championship ... helped lead team to a win in the PGA Junior Ryder Cup.

Personal: Born Oct. 23, 1991 in Detroit ... son of Joseph and Pamela Szmadzinski ... has a younger brother, Corey Lee ... father played basketball at Oakland University ... two-year team captain at Detroit Catholic Central High School in Novi, Mich. ... earned all-state, all-region, all-league, all-area and all-county honors ...

FCWT All-Academic pick ... led team to the state finals as a junior and senior ... posted 75.2 scoring average ... won more than 20 junior events, including the Oakland County Championship and the MHSAA District Championship.

Andrew Wallisch

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Spring 2009: Played in five events in the spring and recorded an 80.1 average (78.8 prior to NCAA Regional) ... qualified to play in the Patriot League Championship and shot 80-77-76 to finish T-20th ... both his second and third-round scores were counted ... shot 84-83-94 at NCAAs ... Fall 2008: Played in two events, averaging 76.7 in three rounds ... shot 77-74 at Bucknell Invitational and 79 at rain-shortened Cornell Invite ... Spring 2008: Did not compete in a spring tournament ... Fall 2007: Compiled a 77.4 average in first two career tournaments ... shot 76-76-74 to place T-25th at Bucknell Invitational ... Personal: Son of Jim and Patty Wallisch ... father played golf at Princeton ... 2007 graduate of Fox Chapel Area High School in Pittsburgh ... four-year letterman and team captain as a senior ... tied for 13th place at PIAA State Championship in fall of 2005 (T-2nd among underclassmen) ... also that year tied for eighth at WPIAL Championship and was runner-up at District 7 semifinal tournament with a round of 72 ... named Valley News Dispatch Co-Player of the Year in 2005 ... tied for 17th at 2006 Tri-State Amateur ... runner-up at Pittsburgh Field Club Men’s Club Championship in 2006 ... majoring in management.

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bucknell 18-hole records Individual 65 Ben Pellicani, PLC at Bucknell, 4/23/05 66 Patrick Yingling, Bucknell Invit., 9/16/05 66 Chick Wagner, vs. Juniata, 5/9/75 66 Bob Kotz, vs. Elizabethtown, 4/26/66 67 Jeff Pike, Bucknell Invit., 9/12/08 67 Rahul Desai, Bucknell Invit., 9/14/07 67 Charlie Waddell, Bucknell Invit., 9/15/06 67 Charlie Waddell, PLC at Bucknell, 4/23/05 67 Alex Dolle, at St. Peter’s Invitational, 4/20/04 68 Andew Cohen, PLC at Army, 4/25/09 68 Ben Mattingly, Bucknell Invit., 9/14/07 68 Charlie Waddell, PLC at Bucknell, 4/22/07 68 Kyle Moran, Bucknell Invitational, 9/17/05 68 Nick Leibowitz, PLC at Bucknell, 4/15/00 68 Chick Wagner, vs. Cornell/Lafayette, 4/22/76 69 17 times Team (Count 4 Scores) 279 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14/07 281 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/17/05 282 PL Championship at Bucknell, 4/23/05 283 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/16/05 286 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/12/08 286 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/13/08 286 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/14/07 286 PL Championship at Bucknell, 4/23/05 289 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/16/06 291 at Lafayette Invitational, 4/13/08 291 PL Championship at Bucknell, 4/21/07 291 at Bucknell Invitational, 10/29/04 291 at St. Peter’s Invitational, 4/20/04 291 at Bucknell Invitational, 9/13/03 Team (Count 5 Scores) 365 vs. Juniata, 5/9/75 374 vs. Rutgers/Colgate, 4/17/76 376 vs. Lafayette/West Chester, 4/17/81 377 vs. Army, 4/21/78 377 at Susquehanna, 4/15/76 377 vs. Delaware, 4/14/72 377 vs. Cornell, 4/24/73

year-by-year low scoring average Year 1972 (spring) 1973 (spring) 1974 (spring) 1975 (spring) 1976 (spring) 1977 (spring) 1978 (spring) 1979 (spring) 1980 (spring) 1981 (spring) 1982 (spring) 1983 (spring) 1983 (fall) 1984 (spring) 1984 (fall) 1985 (spring) 1985 (fall)

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Golfer..................................Average Dan Stetz..............................................77.2 David Maier.........................................77.5 Frank Root...........................................76.2 Chick Wagner.....................................73.8 Chick Wagner.....................................76.1 Tod Pike................................................78.0 Doug Stock ........................................77.1 Dave Richards.....................................77.1 Dave Richards.....................................75.4 Rob Wagner........................................77.1 Bill Francis............................................80.6 Bill Francis............................................79.4 Erik Hagar............................................78.2 Erik Hagar............................................80.5 Ken Seibold.........................................78.0 Ken Seibold.........................................79.5 Pat Moylan...........................................78.3

Year 1986 (spring) 1986 (fall) 1987 (spring) 1987 (fall) 1988 (spring) 1988 (fall) 1989 (spring) 1989 (fall) 1990 (spring) 1990 (fall) 1991 (spring) 1991 (fall) 1992 (spring) 1992 (fall) 1993 (spring) 1993 (fall) 1994 (spring) 1994 (fall) 1995 (spring) 1995 (fall) 1996 (spring) 1996 (fall) 1997 (spring) 1997 (fall) 1998 (spring) 1998 (fall) 1999 (spring) 1999 (fall) 2000 (spring) 2000 (fall) 2001(spring) 2001 (fall) 2002 (spring) 2002 (fall) 2003 (spring) 2003 (fall) 2004 (spring) 2004 (fall) 2005 (spring) 2005 (fall) 2006 (spring) 2006 (fall) 2007 (spring) 2007 (fall) 2008 (spring) 2008 (fall) 2009 (spring)

Golfer..................................Average Ken Seibold..........................................78.3 Tom DeRigo.........................................77.7 Ken Seibold..........................................77.2 Pat Moylan...........................................79.8 John Shmerler.....................................79.0 Jon Ingham..........................................80.1 Jon Ingham..........................................81.5 Jon Ingham..........................................81.3 Jon Ingham..........................................78.6 Don Hansen.........................................81.1 Don Hansen.........................................81.8 Don Hansen.........................................80.5 Doug Dollenberg...............................79.3 Doug Dollenberg...............................78.7 Doug Dollenberg...............................80.8 Doug Dollenberg...............................78.6 Doug Dollenberg...............................78.3 Josh Hartman......................................77.7 Jeff Graf.................................................80.1 Jeff Graf.................................................78.2 Jeff Graf.................................................79.9 Josh Hartman......................................78.8 Josh Hartman......................................76.8 Josh Hartman......................................75.6 Todd Schneider..................................80.2 Todd Schneider..................................75.7 Mark Rylak............................................80.8 Ken Kosteva.........................................77.5 Nick Leibowitz....................................75.7 Jimmy Freeman..................................74.4 Jimmy Freeman..................................77.0 Nick Leibowitz....................................77.3 Nick Leibowitz....................................75.6 Abbie Valentine..................................76.3 Tom Lane..............................................78.4 Abbie Valentine..................................74.9 Charlie Waddell..................................77.5 Charlie Waddell..................................74.3 Charlie Waddell..................................75.2 Patrick Yingling...................................74.0 Ben Pellicani........................................74.6 Charlie Waddell..................................73.4 Charlie Waddell..................................73.8 Rahul Desai..........................................72.9 Keita Aoki.............................................75.4 Andrew Cohen....................................75.3 Andrew Cohen....................................74.9

patriot league championship history 1991 Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.) Team Champion: Army (311-326--637) Bucknell Finish: 4th (332-344--676) Bucknell Individuals: T7. Don Hansen (83-82--165); 9. Glen Hertzberg (80-86--166); 20. Dave Fries (87-88--175); T24.

Doug Dollenberg (84-94--178); T24. Mike Smigie (85-93-178); T34. Chris Curti (99-88--187).

1992 Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C. Team Champion: Army (290-295-291--896) Bucknell Finish: 5th (316-308-322--946) Bucknell Individuals: T14. Don Hansen (76-75-80--231); T14. Doug Dollenberg (76-75-80--231); T18. Dave Fries (81-73-83--237); T34. Marc Shaffer (84-90-79--253); T36. Jim Foard (83-88-85--256); 38. Chris Curti (86-85-86--257).

1993 Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.) Team Champion: Army (312-322-306--940) Bucknell Finish: 4th (330-313-329--972)

Abbie Valentine Bucknell Individuals: 6. Doug Dollenberg (79-76-81--236); T12. Dave Fries (83-78-83--244); T14. Paul Gregory (87-7682--245); T23. Jeff Graf (84-87-83--254); 27. Drew Smith (92-83-84--259); T28. Marc Shaffer (84-88-88--260).

1994 Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.) Team Champion: Army (307-312-319--938) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (311-322-328--961) Bucknell Individuals: 2. Doug Dollenberg (76-78-80--234); 14. Jeff Graf (78-85-81--244); T15. Paul Gregory (78-79-88-245); T19. Don Hansen (79-80-89--248); T32. Tommy Martin (83-89-91--263); T40. Mark McGinly (90-101-79--270).

1994 (Championship Moved to Fall Season) Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.) Team Champion: Army (309-299-322--930) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (302-315-328--945) Bucknell Individuals: 6. Jeff Graf (76-76-82--234); T11. Josh Hartman (73-79-88--240); T11. Eric Shortz (75-83-82--240); T15. Paul Gregory (78-77-87--242); 18. Marc Shaffer (78-8482--244); T28. Tommy Martin (88-88-82--258).

1995 Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.) Team Champion: Army (309-300-302--911) Bucknell Finish: 5th (329-317-321--967) Bucknell Individuals: 13. Jeff Graf (77-83-76--236); T20.

Josh Hartman (81-78-85--244); T22. Bryan Sun (86-77-83-246); T30. Tony Calandra (90-81-80--251); 33. Jim Ofria (85-86-84--255); 34. Eric Shortz (94-81-82--257).

1996 Course: Saucon Valley G.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.) Team Champion: Lehigh (318-310-307--935) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (322-314-318--954) Bucknell Individuals: 4. Josh Hartman (81-79-75--235); T5.

Bryan Sun (77-77-82--236); Todd Schneider (84-76-83--243); Mark McGinly (80-85-80--245); Eric Shortz (87-82-81--250); Tony Calandra (87-82-83--252) 1997 Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C. Team Champion: Lehigh (297-299-300--896) Bucknell Finish: 5th (316-296-305--917) Bucknell Individuals: T6. Josh Hartman (80-70-74--224); 12. Todd Schneider (78-75-75--228); T19. Tony Calandra (80-77-77--234); T19. Ken Kosteva (81-74-79--234); T30. Mark Rylak (82-78-81--241); 40. Brad Borman (78-86-89--253).

1998 Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.) Team Champion: Navy (302-294-298--894) Bucknell Finish: T3rd (315-309-303--927) Bucknell Individuals: 6. Todd Schneider (77-75-75--227); T16. Tony Calandra (83-75-76--234); T18. Ken Kosteva (77-

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2007 Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.) Team Champion: Bucknell (291-297-295--883) Bucknell Individuals: 3. Charlie Waddell (74-73-68--215); T4. Andrew Cohen (72-74-74--220); T6. Keita Aoki (73-7673--222); T19. Rahul Desai (72-76-80--228); T30. Kyle Moran (75-74-83--232); T32. Stuart Lindgren (76-77-80--233).

2008 Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.) Team Champion: Navy (311-307-307--925) Bucknell Individuals: 4. Rahul Desai (79-74-78--231); 6.

Andrew Cohen (80-73-82--235); 16. Stuart Lindgren (8280-80--242); T17. Ben Mattingly (81-81-81--243); T17. Brian Bartow (89-76-78--243); 19. Keita Aoki (83-80-81--252).

Chick Wagner 82-76--235); 23. Tom Marks (84-78-76--238); 30. Mark Rylak (78-81-85--244); 33. Nick Leibowitz (87-82-80--249).

2000 (Championship Moved Back to Spring Season) Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.) Team Champion: Navy (305-307-299--911) Bucknell Finish: 2nd (299-305-310--914) Bucknell Individuals: 2. Ken Kosteva (74-72-74--220); 11.

Jimmy Freeman (76-78-76--230); 19. David Horton (81-7483--238); T33. Nick Perini (85-81-85--251); 37. L.J. Petroni (85-86-86--257); Nick Leibowitz (68-DQ-77--DQ).

2001 Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.) Team Champion: Navy (298-298-293--889) Bucknell Finish: 4th (299-317-301--917) Bucknell Individuals: 5. Jimmy Freeman (75-77-70--222); T9. Nick Leibowitz (74-79-77--230); T12. Ken Kosteva (7482-75--231); T23. Charles Markey (76-80-81--237); T25. Scott Leeder (78-81-79--238); 38. David Horton (85-83-83--251).

2002 Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C. Team Champion: Army (271-292-284--847) Bucknell Finish: 5th (300-306-301--907) Bucknell Individuals: T11. Abbie Valentine (71-74-77-222); T11. Scott Leeder (73-80-69--222); T22. Nick Leibowitz (77-76-77--230); T28. Dan Gale (79-76-79--234); 42. Charles Markey (85-86-78--249); 45. Alex Dolle (82-82-89--253).

2003 Course: Saucon Valley G.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.) Team Champion: Navy (297-290-291--878) Bucknell Finish: 5th (319-310-309--938) Bucknell Individuals: T8. Tom Lane (79-75-74--228); T11.

Abbie Valentine (74-82-74--230); T17. Alex Dolle (78-74-83-235); 33. Ben Pellicani (90-79-79--248); 40. Chris Martinez (89-85-82--256); T45. Brian Troast (88-89-88--265).

2004 Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.) Team Champion: Army (320-302-308--930) Bucknell Finish: 4th (319-311-316--946) Bucknell Individuals: 6. Charlie Waddell (80-78-75--233); 12. Tom Lane (81-78-78--237); T13. Ben Pellicani (79-7980--238); T13. Patrick Yingling (79-76-83--238); T28. Abbie Valentine (83-80-84--247); T36. Alex Dolle (86-84-84--254).

2005 Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.) Team Champion: Army (284-283-293--860) Bucknell Finish: 2nd (286-282-299--867) Bucknell Individuals: 1. Charlie Waddell (67-71-71--209); 2. Ben Pellicani (71-65-74--210); T16. Keita Aoki (74-73-79-226); T16. Kyle Moran (75-75-76--226); T30. Tom Lane (74-

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2009 Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C. Team Champion: Bucknell (295-297-292--884) Bucknell Individuals: 1. Andrew Cohen (71-68-69--208); T9.

Brian Bartow (77-76-74--227); T11. Ben Mattingly (79-76-73-228); T18. Will Bachman (69-81-81--231); T20. Andrew Wallisch (80-77-76--233); 36. Parker Phillips (78-83-83--244).

Bucknell PL Tournament Records

Team Individual Low 18 282 (2005) 65 (Ben Pellicani, 2005) Low 36* 568 (2005) 136 (Ben Pellicani, 2005) Low 54 867 (2005) 208 (Andrew Cohen, 2009) Best Finish 1st (‘06, ‘07, ‘09) 1st (Charlie Waddell, 2005, 2006) *First 36 holes 1st (Andrew Cohen, 2009)

EAST COAST CONFERENCE championship history 1975 Course: Host Farm (Lancaster, Pa.) Team Champion: Temple (386-376--762) Bucknell Finish: T3rd (385-384--769) Bucknell Individuals: T7. Tod Pike (76-77--153); T7. Chick Wagner (77-76--153); Mike Helffrich (80-75--155); Tom Meredith (75-80--155); Bruce Firm (80-77--157); Frank Root (78-79--157); Jack Fitzgibbons (79-79--158).

1976 Course: Host Farm (Lancaster, Pa.) Team Champion: Delaware (780) Bucknell Finish: 5th (793) Bucknell Individuals: Chick Wagner (73-80--153); Tod Pike (74-86--160); Bruce Firm (77-83--160); Glen Grove (76-85-161); Doug Stock (79-84--163); Frank Root (84-83--167); Wes Castles (85-84--169).

1977 Course: Concord C.C. (Concordville, Pa.) Team Champion: Delaware (378-394--772) Bucknell Finish: 6th (414-412--826) Bucknell Individuals: T9. Tod Pike (76-81--157); Doug Stock (86-77--163); Dave Ludwick (82-86--168); Wes Castles (8782--169); Mike Chutz (85-86--171); Jon Barsky (85-91--176); Dick Roth (89-94--183).

1978 Course: Concord C.C. (Concordville, Pa.) Team Champion: Temple (398-380--778) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (409-388--797) Bucknell Individuals: 3. Mike Chutz (78-74--152); T13.

Doug Stock (84-75--159); 18. Rob Wagner (82-80--162); T19.

Dave Ludwick (86-77--163); T24. Frank Brown (80-84--164); Dick Roth (85-82--167); Wes Castles (86-82--168).

1980 Course: Concord C.C. (Concordville, Pa.) Team Champion: Temple (378-384--762) Bucknell Finish: 4th (404-390--794) Bucknell Individuals: T10. Dave Richards (78-78--156); T13. Rick Cramer (83-75--158); T15. Kevin Forrest (79-80-159); T18. Rob Wagner (82-78--160); T22. Mike Stoyla (8279--161); T28. Bill Francis (84-80--164); T43. Bob Williams (85-82--167).

1981 Course: The Brantwood G.C. (Elkton, Md.) Team Champion: Temple (361-366--727) Bucknell Finish: 6th (398-379--777) Bucknell Individuals: 6. Rob Wagner (73-75--148); T15.

Peter Orr (77-75--152); T32. Mike Stoyla (80-78--158); T40.

Kevin High (86-74--160); T45. Bill Francis (80-82--162); T54.

Jeff Buley (87-77--164); T73. Bob Craig (95-81--176).

1982 Course: Old York Road C.C. (Ambler, Pa.) Team Champion: American (393-380--773) Bucknell Finish: 5th (406-408--814) Bucknell Individuals: 7. Bill Francis (76-78--154); T14. Kevin Forrest (79-81--160); T20. John Stasko (80-82--162); T37.

Kevin High (85-82--167); T54. Bob Craig (86-87--173); T54.

Mike Stoyla (88-85--173); 64. Rick Cramer (92-85--177).

1983 Course: Cranbury (N.J.) C.C. Team Champion: Towson State (394-394--788) Bucknell Finish: 6th (415-398--813) Bucknell Individuals: T6. Bill Francis (81-75--156); T9. John Stasko (80-77--157); T25. Ed Wostbrook (83-81--164); T36.

Tim Dickens (82-84--166); T47. John Delaney (89-81--170); 58. Bob Craig (91-85--176); T60. Tim Shook (91-87--178).

1984 Course: Cranbury (N.J.) C.C. Team Champion: American (400-387--787) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (410-393--803) Bucknell Individuals: T5. Tom DiRigo (80-79--159); T5. Tom Collins (78-81--159); T11. Erik Hagar (84-77--161); T20. Ken Seibold (86-78--164); T20. Steve Antenucci (82-82--164); John Delaney (87-80--167); Tim Dickens (80-79--169).

1985 Course: Oak Hill G.C. (Milford, N.J.) Team Champion: Delaware (320-336--656) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (330-340--670) Bucknell Individuals: T7. Erik Hagar (79-85--164); 10. Tom DiRigo (82-84--166); T13. Ken Seibold (86-83--169); T21. Tom Dickens (83-91--174); T28. Steve Antenucci (89-88--177).

1986 Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.) Team Champion: Delaware (328-317--645) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (328-330--658) Bucknell Individuals: 2. Ken Seibold (79-77--156); T9. Steve Antenucci (79-85--164); T15. Erik Hagar (85-83--168); 20. Pat Moylan (85-86--171); 21. Tom DeRigo (87-85--172).

1987 Course: Pocono Manor (Pa.) G.C. Team Champion: Bucknell (313-310--623) Bucknell Individuals: T1. Scott Spangenberg (78-73--151); 4. Pat Moylan (78-78--156); T6. Ken Seibold (80-78--158); T10.

Tom DiRigo (78-82--160); T10. Jon Ingham (79-81--160).

1988 Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.) Team Champion: Delaware (314-316--630) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (325-332--657) Bucknell Individuals: 6. John Schmerler (76-86--162); T7. Scott Paris (82-81--163); T10. Scott Spangenberg (8481--165); T12. John Ingham (83-84--167); T27. Pat Moylan (89-92--181).

1979 Course: Concord C.C. (Concordville, Pa.)

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2006 Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.) Team Champion: Bucknell (299-298-299--896) Bucknell Individuals: 1. Charlie Waddell (69-70-71--210); 11. Ben Pellicani (77-76-78--231); T12. Kyle Moran (77-76-80-233); T20. Rahul Desai (76-79-80--235); T22. Patrick Yingling (87-76-73--236); T29. Keita Aoki (85-80-77--242).

Team Champion: Temple (390-386--776) Bucknell Finish: 4th (398-406--804) Bucknell Individuals: 5. Dave Richards (76-78--154); 8. Rob Wagner (74-84--158); T9. Doug Stock (81-78--159); T18. Mike Stoyla (83-80--163); T41. Jeff Buley (84-87--171); T41. Bob Williams (84-87--171); T48. Kevin Forrest (87-86--143).

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1989 Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.) Team Champion: Delaware (323-329--652) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (351-335--686) Bucknell Individuals: 5. Jon Ingham (82-82--164); Pat Moylan (85-87--172); Michael Smigie (91-85--176); Scott Spangenberg (93-90--183); Scott Paris (95-81--176).

1990 Course: Pocono Manor (Pa.) G.C. Team Champion: Lehigh (304*) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (317) Bucknell Individuals: 2. John Ingham (74); T6. Mike Smigie (77); T12. David Fries (79); Scott Miller (87); Tim Levy (92). * Final round cancelled due to fog.

MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE Championship history 1956 Course: American Legion C.C. (Mt. Union, Pa.) Team Champion: Bucknell (655) Bucknell Individuals: Ken Bensen (163); Jim Ladd (163); Stan Jackson (168); Bill Walliser (171).

1957 Course: American Legion C.C. (Mt. Union, Pa.) Team Champion: Bucknell (318-308--626) Bucknell Individuals: 1. John Dunn (73-76--149); Bob Miller (81-76--157); Jim Ladd (83-75--158); Dave Doane (81-81--162).

1958 Course: American Legion C.C. (Mt. Union, Pa.) Team Champion: Lehigh (335-333--668) Bucknell Finish: DQ Bucknell Individuals: T14. Jerry Lindholm (83-84--167); T29. Dick Bartholomew (85-89--174); T66. John McDonald (101-91--192); Bill Curtiss (80-DQ).

1959 Course: DuPont C.C. (Newark, Del.) Team Champion: Bucknell (320-320--640) Bucknell Individuals: 1. Bob Etzweiler (74-80--154); 5. Bob Schad (159); 10. Bill Curtiss (83-80--163); 12. Jerry Lindholm (80-84--164).

1960 Course: DuPont C.C. (Newark, Del.) Team Champion: Bucknell (330*) Bucknell Individuals: T2. Bob Etzweiler (79); 5. Bill Curtiss (81); T7. Bob Schad (84); T13. Jerry Lindholm (86). * Final round cancelled due to rain.

1961 Course: Irem Temple C.C. (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) Team Champion: Bucknell (324-323--647) Bucknell Individuals: T5. Bob Etzweiler (80-77--157); 10.

Curt Mull (80-81--161); 11. Jerry Singer (81-82--163); Bob Schad (83-83--166).

1962 Course: Fox Hill C.C. (Exeter, Pa.) Team Champion: Rutgers (323-324--647) Bucknell Finish: 2nd (331-319--650) Bucknell Individuals: 2. Curt Mull (77-76--153); 8. Pete Sang (80-79--159); T35. James Dunn (88-80--168); T50. Jerry Singer (86-84--170).

1963 Course: Oak Terrace C.C. (Philadelphia, Pa.) Team Champion: St. Joseph’s (320-313--633) Bucknell Finish: 6th (320-343--663) Bucknell Individuals: 3. Larry Kash (77-78--155); Don Mothner (80-85--165); Leon Weiss (79-87--166); Ralph Lerner (84-93--177).

Bucknell Finish: 8th (336-334--670) Bucknell Individuals: Jim Dunn (78-86--164); Larry Kash (81-84--165); Marty Farber (91-76--167); Ralph Lerner (86-88--174).

1965 Course: Cavaliers C.C. (Wilmington, Del.) Team Champion: Dickinson (323-310--633) Bucknell Finish: DQ (324-320--644) Bucknell Individuals: T5. Marty Farber (79-79--158); Lowell Watson (82-78--160); Jim Dunn (82-80--162); Jay Fuller (81-83--164).

1966 Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.) Team Champion: Lehigh (338-334--672) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (352-338--690) Bucknell Individuals: 2. Ted Turner (77-86--163); Bob Kotz (83-84--167); Marty Farber (92-83--175); Lowell Watson (100-85--185).

1967 Course: Bedford Springs C.C. (Huntingdon, Pa.) Team Champion: Bucknell (328-324--652) Bucknell Individuals: T7. Bob Kotz (81-79--160); T16. Ted Turner (82-81--163); T19. Bob Cheek (83-81--164); T24.

Lowell Watson (82-83--165).

1968 Course: Williamsport (Pa.) C.C. Team Champion: Temple (324-314--638) Bucknell Finish: 2nd (325-314--639) Bucknell Individuals: T3. Bob Kotz (78-76--154); T8. Bob Cheek (82-75--157); T42. George Benson (81-83--164); T42.

Bob Gray (84-80--164).

1969 Course: N/A (hosted by Wilkes College) Team Champion: Delaware (660) Bucknell Finish: 6th (663) Bucknell Individuals: Bob Cheek (84-83--167); Steve Huston (85-84--169); Doc Riemer (79-83--162); Bob Gray (88-77--165).

1970 Course: Washingtonian C.C. (Washington, D.C.) Team Champion: American (394-393--797) Bucknell Finish: 3rd (399-397--796) Bucknell Individuals: 9. Doc Riemer (83-73--156); T13. Ken Solar (78-80--158); T15. Marty Erb (77-82--159); T20. Dan Stetz (82-79--161); T23. Steve Huston (83-79--162); T26. Dave Maier (83-80--163); T32. Mark Reddy (79-86--165).

1971 Course: Sharon Country Club (Trenton, N.J.) Team Champion: Gettysburg (396-392--788) Bucknell Finish: 5th (405-401--806) Bucknell Individuals: T6. Dan Stetz (79-77--156); T9. Dave Maier (82-76--158); T21. Greg Mordas (80-81--161); T36.

Mark Reddy (86-78--164); T53. George Farrentelli (80-87-167); T64. Mickey Sinkus (85-85--170); 65. Ray Douglass (84-87--171).

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bucknell teams in the ncaa tournament 1957 NCAA Championship Course: The Broadmoor G.C. (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Team Champion: Houston (602) Bucknell Finish: 21st (648) Bucknell Individuals: Bob Miller (80-79--159); John Dunn (80-80--160); Jim Ladd (82-79--161); Stan Jackson (82-86--168).

1961 NCAA Championship Course: Purdue University Course (Lafayette, Ind.) Team Champion: Purdue (584) Bucknell Finish: 25th (640) Bucknell Individuals: Bob Etzweiler (79-71--150), Bob Schad (80-77-157); Curt Mull (83-82--165); Jerry Singer (86-82--168).

2006 NCAA West Regional Course: Omni Tucson National (Tucson, Ariz.)

Team Champion: Arizona (279-273-275--827), Florida (273-282-272--827) Bucknell Finish: 26th (297-300-312--909) Bucknell Individuals: T95. Ben Pellicani (71-73-78--222); T115. Keita Aoki (75-74-77--226); T131. Charlie Waddell (76-76-79--231); 137. Chas Wagner (75-77-85--237); 140.

Kyle Moran (82-80-78--240).

2007 NCAA West Regional Course: ASU Karsten G.C. (Tempe, Ariz.)

Team Champion: South Carolina (273-269-278--820) Bucknell Finish: 26th (299-299-295--893) Bucknell Individuals: T86. Charlie Waddell (71-73-73--217); T108. Andrew Cohen (73-78-70--221); T118. Brian Bartow (79-72-73--224); 137. Kyle Moran (76-78-79--233); 140. Keita Aoki (87-76-80--243).

2009 NCAA Central Regional Course: The Club at Olde Stone (Bowling Green, Ky.) Team Champion: UCLA (292-285-286--863) Bucknell Finish: 14th (317-319-316--952) Bucknell Individuals: T55. Ben Mattingly (78-80-74--232); 66. Andrew Cohen (78-75-85--238); T68. Brian Bartow (77-86-78--241); T71. Ryan Schneiter (86-81-80--247); 73.

Andrew Wallisch (84-83-84--251).

bucknell individuals in the ncaa tournament Mike Chutz Bob Etzweiler Bob Kotz Dave Maier Dave Richards Frank Root Chick Wagner Rob Wagner

1978 1961 1967 1972 1979 1974 1975, 1976 1979, 1981

Hon. Men. All-America

Hon. Men. All-America

1973 Course: Host Farm (Lancaster, Pa.) Team Champion: Bucknell (392-392--784) Bucknell Individuals: 2. Dan Stetz (73-78--151); T9. Dave Meier (81-76--157); T9. Chick Wagner (79-78--157); Greg Mordas (80-79--159); Mike Helffritch (80-80--160); Mickey Sinkus (80-83--163); Frank Root (81-85--166).

1974 Course: Host Farm (Lancaster, Pa.) Team Champion: Temple (375-371--746) Bucknell Finish: 2nd (379-383--762) Bucknell Individuals: T6. Mickey Sinkus (77-75--152); T6.

George Ferrantelli (76-76--152); T10. Frank Root (77-76-153); T10. David Young (74-79--153); Tom Meredith (75-81-156); Chick Wagner (81-77--158); Bruce Firm (86-79--165).

1964 Course: Susquehanna Valley C.C. (Selinsgrove, Pa.) Team Champion: St. Joseph’s (641)

Mike Chutz

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Hall of Fame bucknell golf well-represented in athletics hall of fame The Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1979 to honor the very best in the history of Bison Athletics. There are now 205 outstanding student-athletes, administrators, coaches and friends of Bucknell whose contributions to Bucknell Athletics are forever preserved in the Hall of Fame, including the five men listed below who were associated with the golf program.

chick wagner

No man played a larger role in solidifying Bucknell’s golf program than Harold Evans, who served the university for more than 70 years until his passing in 2002.

Evans came to Bucknell as caddie master in 1931 and took over as head professional Harold Evans in 1932. After organizing the school’s club golf team, he became the Bison’s first intercollegiate golf coach in 1939. He won a schoolrecord 144 dual matches during his nearly quartercentury tenure as head coach and was inducted into the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.

Evans led the Bison to five Middle Atlantic Conference championships from 1956-61, and helped two of those teams to the NCAA Tournament.

The beauty of the Bucknell Golf Club is a tribute to Evans and his wife, Mary Louise, who planted countless trees and flowers and shaped the appearance of the course through the years, including the expansion from 9 to 18 holes in 1964.

Chick Wagner, a 1984 Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee, played in the 1975 and 1976 NCAA Golf Championships and was winner of the 1975 ECAC Fall Championship.

Co-captain of the 1975 and 1976 Bucknell teams, Wagner helped lead the Bison to the Chick Wagner 1973 Middle Atlantic Conference championship and to second place in the 1974 Eastern Championship.

He was on the Bucknell team that traveled to Scotland in 1973 for the St. Andrews International Intercollegiate Championship. A member of teams that had a combined 35-18 record in dual matches, Wagner set a school and Bucknell Golf Club competitive course record with a round of 66 in 1975, and he set Bucknell scoring records with a 73.8 season average (1975) and 76.4 career average. The recipient of the Edward W. Pangburn Award, he finished in the top 10 in the conference championship tournament three times and was twice in the top 10 in the Eastern Championship. He was the 1983 champion of Oakmont Country Club.

tommy thompson

brad tufts

A Bucknellian in the truest sense of the award, Tommy Thompson spent 44 years as either a player, assistant coach or head coach at Bucknell. A three-year starter in baseball and basketball and captain of both teams, Thompson served Tommy Thompson in the U.S. Army, pitched in the Detroit Tigers system and coached baseball, basketball, golf and tennis teams at Bucknell until retiring in 2001.

He amassed more than 1,000 victories as a Bison player and coach. He was team captain of the basketball team and led the team in scoring as a senior at 16.3 points per game. Also a star on the baseball diamond, Thompson was named the outstanding athlete in the Class of 1960. From 1967-81 he was head baseball coach, and he helped author one of the greatest turnarounds in Bucknell history in any sport, taking the Bison nine from an 0-15 record in 1968 to a 15-4 mark and a Middle Atlantic Conference title in 1969.

He took over as head golf coach in 1981 and directed the Bison to an impressive 113-27 dualmatch record, to go along with seven tournament titles. He was named Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2000.

Thompson was inducted into the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.

A 2000 Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, Brad Tufts served the Bucknell athletic department for over 30 years as either coach or administrator.

He was the men’s golf coach from 1967-75 and led Brad Tufts his teams to Middle Atlantic Conference championships in 1967 and 1973. His men’s teams posted an impressive 80-38 dual-match record. Tufts became the firstever coach of the Bucknell women’s golf program in 1998 and retired from coaching, and Bucknell, following the 2000 spring season.

He served in various administrative roles, including sports information director, associate director of public relations, director of information services, assistant and associate director of athletics and interim director of athletics. Tufts received the Lester Jordan Award from the College Sports Information Directors of America in 1998. He is also the 1989 recipient of ECAC-SIDA’s Irving T. Marsh Award and the 2001 recipient of ECAC-SIDA’s Bob Kenworthy Good Person Award.

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bob etzweiler

Bob Etzweiler

Bob Etzweiler is still remembered as one of Bucknell’s top golfers, and he occupied the No. 1 or 2 position on Bison squads that captured three straight Middle Atlantic Conference championships.

Etzweiler won the MAC individual title in 1959, tied for second in 1960 and placed

fifth in 1961.

He qualified for the NCAA Championship during his senior campaign and became one of only five eastern players to qualify for the match-play field of 64. The York, Pa., native was also selected to play in the East-West Match at that tournament.

In an era when virtually all of the competition was in match-play format, Etzweiler had a career dualmatch record of 23-10-1 and was 18-3-1 against MAC opponents.

He helped lead Bucknell to a 25-9 record during his career, including a school-record 10-2 record in 1961. Etzweiler, who in 2003 became just the second golfer to be inducted into the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame, later won numerous amateur titles in the York area.

charlie waddell He will not be eligible for the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame until 2017, but Charlie Waddell is a good bet to one day join these elite ranks.

A 2007 graduate, Waddell is arguably the finest Charlie Waddell golfer in Bucknell annals.

He won Patriot League championships in 2005 and 2006, making him the only player in league history to win the league title twice. He also finished sixth in 2004 and third in 2007, giving him four All-PL plaques.

Waddell won four career tournaments and helped Bucknell to back-to-back Patriot League team championships in 2006 and 2007, leading to NCAA Regional berths both years.

Waddell, who graduated as the school record-holder for season (73.4) and career (74.9) scoring average, was also an outstanding student at Bucknell. He was an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection and was a nominee for the Byron Nelson Award, presented to the top golfer in the nation who also demonstrates good sportsmanship and citizenship.

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HarOLD EVANS

Bucknell Golf Club bucknell golf club scorecard

117 Academic All-Americans • Perennial Leader in Graduation Rates

HOLE 1 2 BLUE TEES 333 209 PAR 4 3 HANDICAP 7 9 Course Rating: 70.0

3 4 5 593 155 366 5 3 4 1 17 13 Slope: 128

6 357 4 15

7 370 4 11

8 432 4 5

9 OUT 499 3314 5 36 3

10 192 3 12

11 12 364 408 4 4 6 2

13 172 3 16

14 400 4 14

15 527 5 4

16 139 3 18

17 354 4 8

18 IN TOTAL 383 2939 6253 4 34 70 10

The Bucknell varsity golf team has at its disposal one of the finest on-campus golf courses in the Northeast, the Bucknell Golf Club. The 18-hole course is complemented by a full-service restaurant and well-stocked pro shop, managed by veteran PGA Class A Professional Brian Kelly. The BGC also features a large practice range with both grass and artificial stalls, two large practice greens and additional short-game areas, including a practice bunker.

The original nine holes were built in 1930 and designed by renowned course architect Emil Loeffler, who was the greens superintendent and architect of the famed Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh. Loeffler’s original nine was altered in 1947, and the course was expanded to 18 holes in 1964. Course architect Edward Ault of Silver Springs, Md., was hired to supervise the expansion.

The course plays to a par 70 and is measured at 6,400 yards from the back of the championship tees. Despite the relative lack of length compared to many modern golf courses, the Bucknell layout presents a stern challenge to golfers of all abilities, playing to a rating of 70.0 and slope of 128 from the blue (back) tees.

The club has hosted numerous U.S. Open local qualifiers and annually hosts the North Central Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championship. It is also in the regular rotation to host the Patriot League Championship, and has done so in 1994, 2000, 2005 and 2007.

The BGC’s historic clubhouse

Postcard-size greens at No. 18 ...

... and No. 11

The signature par-5 9th requires an approach over a large pond A pretty walk home from the 18th No. 2: a tough 209-yard, par-3

A view from the tee at the tough 5th The par-3 13th

BGC’s cart garage/picnic pavilion

The beautifully landscaped elevated tee box at No. 17

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Recruiting Information The abc’s of the recruiting process

JUNIOR YEAR • Send a letter expressing interest in Bucknell and the men’s golf program. Include both academic and golf resumes. Golf bio should include tournaments played, size of field, scores shot and place finish.

• After receiving letter and resume, Coach Jim Cotner will send you a player profile card. Complete and return the card.

• Register with the NCAA Clearinghouse. Be sure to include them as recipients of ACT and SAT test results. When you receive the test scores, forward them to coach Cotner as well.

SUMMER AFTER JUNIOR YEAR • The NCAA prohibits a coach from calling you prior to July 1 after you complete your junior year.

• E-mail coach Cotner (jcotner@bucknell.edu) your summer tournament schedule.

• Make an appointment to visit Bucknell and meet with coach Cotner.

• Update any SAT or ACT scores.

SENIOR YEAR • Send coach Cotner an unofficial copy of your high school transcript, test scores and a list of classes you will be taking during your senior year.

• E-mail the coach your fall tournament schedule and results after you play these events.

• In October, coach Cotner will inform prospective student-athletes of their status as a recruit versus a tryout candidate.

• Potential recruits will be invited for an “official visit” to meet team members and experience campus life.

• Recruit candidates and tryout candidates should submit applications.

• Candidates applying for financial assistance should do so at this time through the Bucknell financial aid office. The department of athletics is not involved in this process.

• In November, the top candidates will be offered an admissions spot and a spot on the 10-player men’s golf roster.

CONTACTS As per NCAA by-law 13.02.3, a contact is any face-to-face encounter between a prospect or the prospect’s parent or legal guardian and an institutional staff member or athletics representative during which any dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting. Any such faceto-face encounter that is prearranged or takes place on the grounds of the prospect’s high school, or at the site of organized competition or practice involving the prospect’s high school, preparatory school, two-year college, or all-star team is considered a contact, regardless of the conversation that occurs. We are limited to three off-campus contact days per prospective student-athlete.

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TELEPHONE CALLS As per NCAA by-law 13.1.3.1, institutional staff members may not telephone a prospect (or the prospect’s relatives or legal guardians) prior to July 1 following the prospect’s completion of the junior year in high school. After July 1, institutional staff members may telephone a prospect once per week (measured Sunday through Saturday). The once-per-week limit applies to the entire institution.

VISITS, Official According to NCAA by-law 13.7.1.2, a prospect may not make more than five expense-paid visits to NCAA member institutions, regardless of the number of sports in which the prospect is involved. An institution may not provide an expense-paid visit to a prospect who has not presented the institution with a high school (or college) academic transcript and a score from a PSAT, an SAT, a PACTPlus, or an ACT test taken on a national testing date under national testing conditions. Prospects must also be registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse in order to make an official visit. The official visit may not exceed 48 hours.

VISITS, Unofficial According to NCAA by-law 13.8.1, a prospect may visit an institution’s campus at the prospect’s own expense an unlimited number of times and may make an unofficial visit before the prospect’s senior year in high school.

If a prospective student-athlete and/or parent has any questions, please feel free to call head coach Jim Cotner at (570) 577-3075.

Best times to reach Coach Cotner are between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Also, please feel free to forward any correspondence you feel will be helpful in his assessment of a prospective student-athlete.

BISON GOLF: LEADERS ON THE COURSE AND IN THE CLASSROOM Bucknell athletics teams are well-known for their prowess both on the playing fields and in the classroom. The Bison men’s golf team is no exception. In fact, Jim Cotner’s crew had an stellar combined grade-point average of 3.35 in the spring 2009 semester, one of the highest of any of Bucknell’s 27 teams. The following Bison men’s golfers — seven of the 10 members of the team — achieved a 3.2 GPA last spring and earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

NAME Brian Bartow Andrew Cohen Ben Mattingly Jeff Pike Brian Poe Ryan Schneiter Andrew Wallisch

MAJOR(s) American History Political Science & Religion Interdisciplinary Studies Management Economics & Sociology Economics Management

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INTERVIEWS Head coach Jim Cotner strongly encourages all prospective student-athletes to arrange for an on-campus interview with the Admissions Office. If it is not possible to interview on campus, alumni interviews are highly recommended. All interviews should be arranged through the Admissions Office by calling (570) 577-1101.