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Location: Charleston, S.C. Founded: 1842 Enrollment: 1,964 Colors: Citadel Blue and White Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Southern Nickname: Bulldogs, Cadets President: Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa, Jr. Director of Athletics: Les Robinson Sr. Associate AD/Internal Affairs: Ray Whiteman Sr. Assoc. AD/External Affairs: Chuck Beddingfield Assoc. AD/Communications: Andy Solomon Asst. AD/Sr. Woman Administrator: Kelly Simpson Asst. AD/Compliance: Todd Lair Asst. AD/Event Management: Robby Bennett Asst. AD/Facilities: Mike Groshon Fac. Athletic Rep.: Lt. Col. William Sharbrough Athletic Department: (843) 953-5070 Director of Golf: Jim Craven Golf Office: (843) 953-6703 Media Relations Director: Noelle Orr Assoc. Media Relations Director: Patrick Walsh Asst. Media Relations Director: Melanie Long Asst. Media Relations Director/Golf: Erik Bell Bell’s E-mail: erik.bell@citadel.edu Media Relations Office: (843) 953-5120 Media Relations Fax: (843) 953-5058 Website: www.CitadelSports.com Mailing Address: The Citadel 171 Moultrie Street Charleston, SC 29409
The 2006-07 Citadel Golf Media Guide was edited and written by Erik Bell using Adobe InDesign CS2 and Photoshop CS2. Photos are by The Citadel photographer Russ Pace. A special thanks to Noelle Orr, Patrick Walsh, Melanie Long, Al Buddin, Coach Jim Craven and The Citadel Print Shop.
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History The Citadel women’s golf program began in the Fall of 2000 when Suzanne Campbell became the first women’s golfer at the military school. Campbell was a member of the Bulldogs’ team for four years and saw the program grow from one female golfer in 2000-01 to six in the 2003-04 season when she was the women’s team captain. A member of the Class of 2004, Campbell is currently pursuing a degree at the Charleston School of Law. Mary Nguyen became the second female golfer at The Citadel, joining Campbell in the 2001-02 season. Nguyen also was a member of the program for four years and was named the women’s team captain for the 2004-05 season. Nguyen graduated from The Citadel in 2005 and is currently working for the Professional Golfers Association of America Champions Tour. Suzanne Campbell (‘04)
Mary Nguyen (‘05)
The women’s program welcomed three new recruits for the 2002-03 season. Tracy Hancock, Kayla Bowsher and Kelley Thorsen were all four-year members of the Bulldog golf program and wrapped up their collegiate careers in the spring of 2006. The trio helped lead the Bulldogs to two top-five finishes in the fall of 2004. Bowsher and Hancock each had two top-10 finishes in the fall of 2004, including a second place tie for Hancock at the Sea Trail Women’s Intercollegiate. Hancock was named the women’s team captain for Tracy Hancock (‘06) the 2005-06 season and had two top-15 finishes in the fall of 2005, including shooting two rounds of 74. Bowsher led or tied The Citadel in scoring in eight of 11 tournaments completed in 2005-06 and 17 of the 26 rounds played. The program has reason for optimism in the future as heading into the 2006-07 season, the Bulldogs are led by two sophomores in Brittany Nagel and Kasey Owens. A native of Minot, N.D., Nagel led Kayla Bowsher (‘06) the Bulldogs with a 76 at the Diet Coke Wofford Autumn Invitational in the fall of 2005 and had a sterling grade point average in her knob year as a political science major. Owens, a native of James Island, S.C., also played for Craven at James Island Charter High School and was named the team captain for the 2006-07 season. The Bulldogs also welcomed promising freshman Natalie Flores to the squad in Kelley Thorsen (‘06) the fall of 2006.
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2006-07 Schedule Date
Tournament
Location
Sept. 10-12, 2006
Draper Valley Intercollegiate
Draper, Va.
Sept. 24-26, 2006
College of Charleston Myrtle Beach Classic
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Sept. 29-Oct.1, 2006
Wachovia-Great Smokies Intercollegiate
Waynesville, N.C.
Oct. 15-17, 2006
Spider Invitational
Richmond, Va.
Oct. 28-30, 2006
DeBary Intercollegiate
DeBary, Fla.
Feb. 3-4, 2007
Tusculum College Intercollegiate
Kiawah Island, S.C.
Feb. 19-20, 2007
Golden Panther Invitational
Miami, Fla.
Feb. 24-25, 2007
Bethune-Cookman Invitational
Daytona Beach, Fla.
March 4-6, 2007
Wofford Intercollegiate
Spartanburg, S.C.
March 15-18, 2007
Shamrock Intercollegiate
Rock Hill, S.C.
April 16-18, 2007
Southern Conference Championships
Charleston, S.C.
Special Thanks to the Courses Where the Bulldogs Compete Charleston National Golf Club Kiawah Island Golf Links Patriots Point Golf Links Rivertowne Country Club Shadowmoss Golf Club Snee Farm Country Club Stono Ferry Golf Links
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2006-07 Outlook The Citadel golf team enters the 2006-07 campaign hoping to grow as a team and continue to improve their play as they head toward a promising future. Director of Golf Jim Craven returns for this third season with the program and will guide perhaps the youngest team in his tenure. “This is a very young team so it’s going to be a building year, but I’m excited to see the progress that our players will make,” Craven said. The Bulldogs will have to replace three seniors from the 2005-06 squad in Kayla Bowsher, Kelley Thorsen and former captain Tracy Hancock. All three were four-year members of The Citadel golf team, and Bowsher tied for or led the Bulldogs in scoring in eight of the 11 tournaments completed in 2005-06 and 17 of the 26 rounds played. Among those trying to fill the void left by the three departing seniors will be two returning sophomores in Brittany Nagel and captain Kasey Owens. Also taking on an additional leadership role will be junior Maggie Dunning. “All three are outstanding Cadets and I’m really looking forward to seeing their continued improvement on the golf course,” Craven said. The Bulldogs will also welcome a promising newcomer to the squad in Natalie Flores of Houston, Texas.
Kasey Owens
Cadet duties with flying colors thus far and she is going to be an outstanding cadetstudent-athlete here at The Citadel,” Craven said. “Her teammates are looking forward to playing with her.” The Bulldogs will once again play a challenging schedule, beginning with the Draper Valley Intercollegiate in Draper, Va., for the third straight season. The Cadets will be in Myrtle Beach, S.C., for the College of Charleston Myrtle Beach Classic on Sept. 24-26 and Brittany Nagel will compete in the Wachovia-Great Smokies Intercollegiate for the second straight season on Sept. 29-Oct. 1. They will take part in the Spider Invitational on Oct. 15-17 and end the fall season at the DeBary Intercollegiate in DeBary, Fla., on Oct. 28-30. The Citadel begins the spring season on Kiawah Island on Feb. 4-6 for the Tusculum College Intercollegiate before heading to Florida for the Golden Panther Women’s Invitational in Miami on Feb. 19-21 and the Bethune-Cookman Invitational in Daytona Beach on Feb. 23-25. The Bulldogs will warm up for the Southern Conference Championships with the Wofford Intercollegiate on March 4-6 in Spartanburg, S.C., and the Shamrock Intercollegiate in Rock Hill, S.C., on March 15-18. The Citadel will host the 2007 Southern Conference Golf Championships on April 15-17 in Charleston. It will mark the first time the SoCon Championships will take place in the Lowcountry since 2002 when they were held in North Charleston.
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Coaching Staff from The Citadel in 1980 and 1984. Born January 23, 1945, Jim is married to the former Ms. Dara Dudley from Merridan, Conn. He has two children by his former wife, the late Mrs. Christine Altmaier Craven. His daughter is Mrs. Christine Elizabeth Workman and his son is Mr. Henry J. Craven, Jr. Coach Craven has two grandchildren, Vivian Alexander Workman (3) and Joseph Miller Workman, IV, 10 months. Henry J. “Jim” Craven, Sr. enters his third season as the Director of Golf at The Citadel. Craven took over the program on Feb. 9, 2005 for former coach Kimberly Lewellen. He served as Lewellen’s assistant coach for the 2004 fall season, helping both the men’s and women’s teams to two top-five finishes. A native of Mount Pleasant, S.C., Craven joined the Bulldogs after serving as the head coach of the girls’ and boys’ golf teams at James Island Charter High School since 1996. He began his coaching career in 1970 as a baseball, basketball, football and golf coach at Bishop England High School and went on to work as a football assistant and head golf coach at Porter-Gaud, Walterboro and Wando high schools. Craven, who coached the Wando boys’ golf team to a state championship in 1986, was named South Carolina Golf Coach of the Year following the 1986 season. Craven was also a finalist for the National High School Golf Coach of the Year award in 1989. A 1965 graduate of Moultrie High School, Craven earned his undergraduate degree at Charleston Southern in 1972 and went on to earn two graduate degrees in secondary school administration
Kathryn Lee Deal Adkins is in her second season as the assistant women’s golf coach. A 2004 graduate of Anderson College, Adkins was the captain of the women’s golf team for four years and received a coaches’ award after her first season in 2001. Adkins was named the Most Valuable Player of the squad in 2003 and 2004, as well as player of the year for the 2003-04 season. She was also a medalist at the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference in 2004 and was named first-team All-CVAC. Adkins won the inaugural CVAC Tournament in 2004. Born August 16, 1982, Adkins graduated from Easley High School in Easley, S.C., in 2000. She is currently working on her master’s degree in physical education at The Citadel.
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2006-07 Bulldogs
2005-06 -- Competed in all 54 holes of the Shamrock Intercollegiate on March 17-19 and fired the best score of her career in the second round. High School – Attended Hickory High School in Hickory, N.C….Was a member of the cheerleading squad at Hickory and was named to the AllStar Cheerleading team. Personal – Majoring in history and political science…Daughter of Gary and Cathy Dunning… Born June 12, 1986.
2005-06 -- Led the Bulldogs with her season-best score of 76 in the second round of the Diet Coke Wofford Autumn Invitational on October 10-11… Tied for the third-best score on the Bulldogs in the third round of the Miccosukee Championship on February 21-22…Fired her two best scores of the spring season during the second and third day of the Shamrock Intercollegiate on March 17-19, shooting the second-best score for the Bulldogs in the second round. High School – Attended Minot High School in Minot, N.D.…Member of the golf team for four years…Named All-Conference for the Western Dakota Association and was also a West Region medalist on the All-State team of North Dakota… Coached by Nadene Johnson at Minot…Also on the tennis team for one year at Minot. Personal – Majoring in political science…Daugher of Bryan Nagel and LuAnn and Gerard Cederstrom…Father played football at Minot State University from 1982-86…Was the valedictorian of her high school class…Born May 23, 1987.
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2006-07 Bulldogs
2005-06 -- Had the best score of her fall season at the Great Smokies Women’s Collegiate October 1-2 with a first-round 75…Fired the second-best score for The Citadel and the best round of her spring season on the second day of the BethuneCookman Spring Invitational on February 25-26… Tied for the second-best score for the Bulldogs during the second round of the Fighting Camel Spring Classic on March 6-7…Shot the secondbest score for the Cadets on the first day of the High Point Spring Invitational on April 3-4. High School – Attended James Island Charter High School…Was a member of the golf team and was coached by the current Director of Golf at The Citadel: Jim Craven…Also participated in soccer and softball at James Island Charter. Personal – Majoring in criminal justice...Daughter of Randy and Teresa Owens…Born May 4, 1987.
2005-06 -- Participated in her first collegiate tournament during the fall, the Diet Coke Wofford Autumn Invitational on October 10-11, and fired the best round of her freshman season on the second day…Put up the lowest score of her spring season during the second round of the Shamrock Intercollegiate on March 17-19. High School – Attended Jackson High School in Jackson, Ga…Member of the golf team for three years, where she was twice a member of regional championship squads…Also a member of the cheerleading squad for three years, with the team winning a regional championship each season... Received a Wendy’s High School Heisman award at Jackson High School. Personal – Majoring in civil engineering…Daughter of Marian Sanders...Born Nov. 8, 1986.
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High School – Earned two letters in golf at Conway High School in Conway, S.C….Coached by Buck Allen…Also received three letters in soccer and one in cross country…Winner of the Triathlete Award and a member of National Honor Society.
High School – Attended North Shore Senior High School in Houston, Texas, and received two letters as a member of the golf team. Personal – Daughter of Al and Mary Ann Flores… Born July 5, 1988.
Personal – Mary Catherine Park…Majoring in psychology, minor in biology…Daughter of Bill and Marilyn Park…Born June 24, 1984.
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2005-06 Results Draper Valley Intercollegiate September 12-13, 2005 -- Draper, Va. 321-315; 636 / 11th out of 16 Tracy Hancock 74-77; 151 Kayla Bowsher 80-76; 156 Kelley Thorsen 86-80; 166 Brittany Nagel 86-82; 168 Kasey Owens 81-88; 169
Fighting Camel Spring Classic March 6-7, 2006 -- Buies Creek, N.C. 331-330-345; 1006 / 7th out of 12 Kayla Bowsher 75-82-81; 238 Kelley Thorsen 86-80-87; 253 Tracy Hancock 82-86-88; 256 Kasey Owens 93-82-92; 267 Brittany Nagel 88-90-89; 267
Sea Trail Intercollegiate September 24-25, 2005 -- Calabash, N.C. 332-325; 657 / T-13th out of 18 Kayla Bowsher 77-81; 158 Tracy Hancock 80-84; 164 Brittany Nagel 86-78; 164 Kelley Thorsen 91-82; 173 Kasey Owens 89-87; 176
Shamrock Intercollegiate March 17-19, 2006 -- Rock Hill, S.C. 355-343-337; 1035 / 10th out of 13 Kayla Bowsher 84-83-83; 250 Tracy Hancock 90-87-83; 260 Kelley Thorsen 90-87-85; 262 Brittany Nagel 98-86-86; 270 Kasey Owens 91-95-94; 280
Great Smokies Collegiate October 1-2, 2005 -- Waynesville, N.C. 305-325; 630 / 19th out of 24 Tracy Hancock 74-81; 155 Kelley Thorsen 83-76; 159 Kayla Bowsher 78-83; 161 Kasey Owens 75-86; 161 Brittany Nagel 78-85; 163
High Point Spring Invitational April 3-4, 2006 -- High Point, N.C. 351-345; 696 / 11th out of 12 Kayla Bowsher 81-80; 161 Tracy Hancock 91-83; 174 Kasey Owens 88-90; 178 Kelley Thorsen 91-92; 183
Diet Coke Wofford Autumn Invitational October 10-11, 2005 -- Spartanburg, S.C. 322-313; 635 / 5th ouf of 6 Tracy Hancock 77-80; 157 Kelley Thorsen 79-78; 157 Brittany Nagel 84-76; 160 Kayla Bowsher 83-79; 162 Kasey Owens 83-84; 167 Edwin Watts Palmetto Intercollegiate October 31-November 1, 2005 -- Kiawah Island, S.C. 343-370-335; 1048 / 19th out of 19 Kayla Bowsher 77-90-84; 251 Tracy Hancock 86-90-81; 257 Kasey Owens 93-93-86; 272 Kelley Thorsen 87-97-89; 273 Brittany Nagel 95-97-84; 276 Miccosukee Championship February 21-22, 2006 -- Miami, Fla. 342-331-335; 1008 / 20th out of 20 Kayla Bowsher 82-83-80; 245 Tracy Hancock 83-83-87; 253 Kelley Thorsen 94-79-81; 254 Kasey Owens 89-86-89; 264 Brittany Nagel 88-90-87; 265 Bethune-Cookman Spring Invitational February 25-26, 2006 -- Daytona Beach, Fla. 334-346; 680 / 5th out of 9 Kayla Bowsher 79-85; 164 Tracy Hancock 86-85; 171 Kelley Thorsen 88-85; 173 Kasey Owens 81-91; 172
Southern Conference Championships April 21-23, 2006 -- Mebane, N.C. 342-334; 676 / 8th out of 8 Kayla Bowsher 83-77; 160 Tracy Hancock 88-77; 165 Kelley Thorsen 84-87; 171 Brittany Nagel 92-93; 185 Kasey Owens 87-100; 187
2005-06 Citadel Golf Statistics Player Rounds Average Kayla Bowsher 26 81.00 Tracy Hancock 26 83.19 Kelley Thorsen 26 85.54 Kasey Owens 26 88.19 Brittany Nagel 26 88.69 Samantha Hamil 3 111.67 Maggie Dunning 3 118.67 Elizabeth Penn-Sanders 10 124.10
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Administration
The Citadel President Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa was born in Springfield, Ill., Sept. 28, 1951. After graduating high school in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1969, he was recruited to play football at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. While at The Citadel, Rosa was the starting Bulldog quarterback in 1970 and went on to earn three varsity letters in football. He graduated from The Citadel in 1973 with a degree in business administration and was awarded a commission in the Air Force. A command fighter pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours, Rosa enjoyed an illustrious 32-year career in the Air Force. Among his career highlights, he was stationed in Lossiemouth, Scotland, as an American exchange officer flying the Jaguar for the Royal Air Force. He has commanded at squadron, group and wing levels at air bases in Georgia, Idaho, New Mexico, South Carolina, and South Korea. He served as inspector general for Pacific Air Forces at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii and commandant of The Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. As deputy director for operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., he was in charge of the National Military Command Center and served as the military spokesman for the Pentagon when U.S. troops were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002. In July 2003, he was named superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and in September of that year, he was promoted to lieutenant general. He remained in that position until his retirement from active duty in November 2005. On Jan. 3, 2006, Rosa returned to The Citadel where he serves as 19th president. Rosa holds a master’s degree in public administration from Golden Gate University. He is a graduate of the Air Force Command and Staff College, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. He has also studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Combat Readiness Medal with two oak leaf clusters. He has flown the A-7, A-10, Hunter and Jaguar aircrafts, F16, F-117A, HH-60G and HC-130. He is married to Donna Kangeter, a Charleston native. They have two sons, Jonathan and Brad (’03), and a grandson, Michael Bradley, who is the son of Jonathan and his wife, Elisha.
At a school where leadership is taught and duty is part of the curriculum, The Citadel has the right person to lead its Department of Athletics in Les Robinson. A virtual Who’s Who in intercollegiate athletics and one of the region’s most sought-after speakers, Robinson is in his seventh year as the Bulldogs’ Director of Athletics. Possessing more than four decades of college athletics experience to his credit, Robinson, who also served as athletics director and basketball coach at North Carolina State and East Tennessee State, is only the fifth athletics director in Citadel history. He served as the Bulldogs’ basketball coach from 1974-85, having spent the five previous seasons as an assistant coach. In his first six years leading The Citadel’s athletics program, Robinson’s skills as a proven fundraiser have already benefited The Citadel Brigadier Foundation. During the past four years, the school witnessed the opening of the Altman Athletic Center at Johnson Hagood Stadium and the addition to McAlister Field House for women’s athletics. The Citadel, under Robinson’s guidance, has hosted the Southern Conference cross-country championships, the first two rounds of the women’s basketball championships, the men’s and women’s tennis championships and the baseball tournament. A 1965 graduate of N.C. State, Robinson served five years as a Bulldog assistant coach under Dick Campbell and George Hill, and eventually spent 11 seasons as The Citadel’s head basketball coach from 197485. He directed the 1978-79 and 1984-85 teams to 20 and 18 victories, respectively. Robinson was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 1979 and was tabbed South Carolina’s Coach of the Year in 1979 and 1985. Following his tenure at The Citadel, Robinson became the head basketball coach at East Tennessee State, where he coached the Buccaneers for five years, increasing their win total (7-14-20-27) each year. The West Virginia native remains the only coach in Southern Conference men’s basketball history to earn league coach of the year honors at two different schools, and he ranks fifth on the conference’s list of basketball wins. Robinson earned a bachelor of science degree in education and recreation from N.C. State in 1965 and added a master’s degree in education and guidance from Western Carolina in 1969. Robinson is married to the former Barbara Simon of St. Albans, W.Va. The Robinsons, who have maintained a home on Sullivan’s Island since coaching at The Citadel, have four children and eight grandchildren.
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This is THE CITADEL
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, is a unique public institution with the mission of educating principled leaders through its Corps of Cadets and College of Graduate and Professional Studies program. Located in historic Charleston, S.C., The Citadel offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the humanities, business, math, science, engineering and education. The Citadel’s reputation for academic excellence is reinforced by annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report that place The Citadel as number two in public colleges granting master’s degrees in the South. The engineering school is nationally ranked at number 27. With an enrollment of more than 1,900, the Corps of Cadets is the nation’s largest military college program outside the service academies. All cadets are educated within a classic military system and about 40 percent of the graduating seniors earn military commissions. The remaining graduates attend graduate school or enter the job market. The College of Graduate and Professional Studies, which is noted for Citadel excellence in a civilian environment, serves about 1,200 residents of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Academic programs at the collge are complimented by a strong commitment to service and emphatic support of an honor code that calls upon a cadet not to lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those who do. Since its founding in 1842, The Citadel’s emphasis on character, as well as intellect, has produced generations of graduates who have served their nation, their professions and their communities with distinction.
THE CITADEL The Citadel is a state-supported comprehensive military college. Males and females are admitted to the undergraduate residential Corps of Cadets. In addition to the day program, undergraduate and graduate programs are offered through the College of Graduate Studies (CGPS) in the evening. The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education recognizes The Citadel as the only specialized four-year college in the state. The Citadel, founded in 1842, is a coeducational military college with a rich and storied history. Located in Charleston, S.C., the institution offers a classic military education for young men and women who seek a college experience that is ful
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the armed services, all cadets participate in an ROTC program. On most days, cadets have physical fitness training and military instruction in addition to their regular college classes. Weekdays end with a formation and required evening study period. Because The Citadel emphasizes corps unity, cadets cannot be married and all must live on campus in the barracks with their assigned company. Despite the challenges, cadets value their first year for the lessons in teamwork, selfdiscipline and time management. The disciplined lifestyle that begins in the knob year binds cadets into a lifelong, close-knit camaraderie that is one of the strongest forces in their lives after graduation.