2011-12 Davidson Golf Media Guide by Marc Gignac

GENERAL INFORMATION MEN’S GOLF QUICK FACTS General Information School Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davidson College Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davidson, N.C. Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1837 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900 Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wildcats School Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red (PMS 186) and Black Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Quillen (Chicago ‘83) Athletics Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Murphy (Davidson ’78) Home Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birkdale Golf Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .River Run Country Club

Coaching Staff Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Straub Alma Mater/Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wake Forest, ‘89 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .tistraub@davidson.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(704) 894-2585 Years at Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12th

Team History First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1937 SoCon Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1954, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968

Team Information 2011 SoCon Tournament Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293+299+295=887 2011 SoCon Tournament Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8th Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/4 Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Sports Information Sports Information Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc Gignac Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (704) 894.2123 Golf Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Brumbaugh E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mabrumbaugh@davidson.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (704) 894.2931 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (704) 894.2636 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.davidsonwildcats.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information . . . . . . . . . .1 Roster/Team Photo . . . . . . . . . . .2 Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Player Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-12 Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

2010-11 In Review . . . . . . . . .14-15 Home Courses . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17 Records/Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 All-Time Results . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Administration . . . . . . . . . . .20-21

2011-12 SCHEDULE Mason Rudolph Championship September 23-25, 2011 Legends Golf Course Franklin, Tenn.

Seahawk Intercollegiate Feburary 26-27, 2012 Landfall Country Club Wilmington, N.C.

Wolfpack Intercollegiate October 3-4, 2011 Lonnie Poole Golf Raleigh, N.C.

Samford Intercollegiate March 5-6, 2012 Hoover Country Club Birmingham, Ala. Irish Creek Collegiate March 31- April, 2012 Irish Creek Country Club Kannapolis, N.C.

Firestone Invitational October 10-11, 2011 Firestone Country Club Akron, Ohio

Wofford Invitational April 9-10, 2012 Spartanburg Country Club Spartanburg, S.C.

Invitational at the Ocean Course October 17-18, 2011 The Ocean Course Charleston, S.C.

Southern Conference Championship April 15-17, 2012 Daniel Island Club Daniel Island, S.C.

Wexford Plantation Collegiate Feburary 20-21, 2012 Wexford Plantation Hilton Head, S.C.

NCAA Regional Championship May 17-19, 2012 TBD

Davidson College welcomes your coverage of men's golf in 2011. For interviews, information or pictures, please contact Mark Brumbaugh of the Sports Information Office.

General Information Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Brumbaugh Cover Design . . . . . Lauren Biggers, Gavin McFarlin and Brumbaugh Inside Layout & Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Information Staff Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Information Staff Photography . . . .Sideline Sports, McFarlin, Dorsett Clark, Tim Cowie, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Giduz, Willis Glassgow (WG Sports Photos), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Brian Westerholt (Sports on Film)

Phone: (704) 894.2931 Fax: (704) 894.2636 E-mail: mabrumbaugh@davidson.edu

2011-12 MEN’S GOLF

2011-12 ROSTER/TEAM PHOTO

Back (l-r): Head Coach Tim Straub, John Skeadas III Middle (l-r): Ben Murray, James Bramlett, Todd Eckstein, Jackson Taylor Front (l-r): Sam Echikson, Richard Fountain, Ralph Blasey

ROSTER Name Walker Allen Ralph Blasey James Bramlett Sam Echikson Todd Eckstein Richard Fountain Ben Murray John Skeadas III Jackson Taylor

Year Height L/R Jr. 6-1 R Fr. 5-8 R So. 6-2 R So. 5-9 R Fr. 5-11 R So. 6-0 R So. 6-1 R Jr. 6-1 R Sr. 6-3 R

Hometown Ripton, Vt. Kensington, Md. Charlotte, N.C. Brussells, Belgium Durham, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Toronto, Ontario Savannah, Ga. Wilmington, N.C.

High School Middlebury Union The Landon School Charlotte Latin European School Trinity School of Durham Needham Broughton Pendleton School Savannah Country Day Cape Fear Academy

COACHING STAFF Name Tim Straub

Position Head Coach

Year 11th

Alma Mater Wake Forest, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;89

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2011 OUTLOOK Following a season highlighted by freshman Richard Fountain’s individual Southern Conference medalist win and trip to the NCAA Regionals, the Wildcats are hoping the entire team will be present at the NCAA Tournament this coming season. “All the guys on our team have high individual goals, and they want to get to the NCAA’s as a team,” said head coach Tim Straub, who will enter his 12th season at Davidson. “We are excited to be playing a tough schedule this season and measure ourselves against the best in the country.” Davidson returns four of their five starters from last season’s team that placed eighth at the Southern Conference Championship. Senior Jackson Taylor and junior John Skeadas III bring the most experience to the lineup, as the upperclassmen have been regulars in the lineup since their freshman years. Taylor will be looking to lower his stroke average to its sophomore level or better, while Skeadas will be looking to build on a solid sophomore campaign where he posted the team’s second lowest stroke average. “They both have a lot of experience, so we are looking for their leadership and consistency,” said Straub. “They know what to expect and have been around it.” Sophomores Richard Fountain and Sam Echikson will be looking to improve on stellar rookie campaigns, as the duo ranked sixth amongst all Division I golf teams according to Golfstat’s "Freshman Class Impact Ranking" last season. Fountain made the most notable impact as he became the first Davidson golfer since Rusty Boyd in 1973 to win individual medalist honors at the SoCon Tournament, thus earning the league’s automatic NCAA Regionals bid. Through two rounds at the NCAA Regional, Fountain was in contention to advance to the NCAA Finals on the extremely challenging Pete Dye River Course of Virginia

Jackson Taylor

Tech. “Richard is one of the top players in the Southern Conference, and he is ready to compete at the national level, so we are really excited,” said Straub. Fountain certainly did not take the summer off, as he earned a Top-10 finish at the North Carolina Open and tied for second at the North Carolina Amateur Championship. He even fired his second career 59 at the Roaring Gap Club in the mountains in Roaring Gap, N.C. Echikson also had a strong summer playing in large tournaments such as the British Amateur. His stroke average ranked third on the team last season by a margin of one-hundredth, so he will once again be counted on for a strong, consistent season. Walker Allen, James Bramlett and Ben Murray also return from last year’s team, and will be expected to contribute for the ‘Cats. Two newcomers join the team in Ralph Blasey and Todd Eckstein. Eckstein, who hails from Durham, N.C. and attended Trinity School of Durham, was ranked sixth in the state of North Carolina by Carolinas Junior Golf, while Blasey, a Kensington, Md. native who attended The Landon School, was ranked seventh in the state of Maryland by Golfweek. “I think they are both going to contribute, so we have not only a good team, but a deep team this year,” said Straub. The ‘Cats will need to be at their best this season, as they are taking on one of their most challenging schedules ever. “We have four big tournaments this fall, starting at Vanderbilt,” said Straub. “We play at N.C. State the week after that, and then we play at Akron’s tournament, which are both new ones for us. Then we finish up the fall playing back at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, so we’re very excited to get everything started.” In the spring, Davidson will visit familiar courses at the Wexford Plantation

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Intercollegiate in Hilton Head, S.C. and the Seahawk Intercollegiate in Wilmington, but will also make new stops at the Samford Intercollegiate and Wofford Invitational. In between those two, Davidson will co-host the Irish Creek Collegiate with Charlotte again at The Club at Irish Creek in Kannapolis, N.C. The tough slate will prepare the ‘Cats for the Southern Conference Championship, which will be held at the Daniel Island Club in South Carolina. “Chattanooga is probably going to be one of the Top-30 teams in the country again this year, so we will have our hands full, but I think we can compete with all of them,” said Straub. “We’re excited.”

John Skeadas III

WILDCAT PROFILES JACKSON TAYLOR Senior w 6-3 Wilmington, N.C. Cape Fear Academy Psychology

2010-11: Competed in The Invitational at the Ocean Course and the Mason Rudolph Championship in the fall … competed in all five spring tournaments with a top finish of 40th (235) at the Seahawk Intercollegiate … posted a season-low score of 224 at the Irish Creek Collegiate, matching his career-low single round score of 70 in the second round … finished season with a 76.29 stroke average.

2009-10: Tied for individual medalist honors at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate, finishing two-under par with a collegiate-best final round of 70 … scored top-10 finish at Davidson College Invitational with a 224 to tie for eighth place … led team with a 28thplace finish 225 at the Furman Intercollegiate … matched career-low three-round score of 218 at the Irish Creek Collegiate … finished second on the team and 26th in the conference with a strokes-per-round average of 74.71 … competed in all nine tournaments, completing 24 rounds.

2008-09: Named to the 2009 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... Competed in all nine tournaments on the schedule in his rookie campaign ... Finished second on the team and 29th in the SoCon with a strokes-per-round average of 75.27 over 26 rounds of play ... Brought home career-best seventh-place finishes in back-to-back tournaments, beginning at the Mizuno Savannah Classic, where he carded a threeround score of two-over 218, which was a career-low tournament score, then followed with a nine-over 225 at the Davidson College Invitational ... Fired a career-low round of 71 twice, with his first coming in his inaugural collegiate tournament, the Raines Development Group Intercollegiate, and then again on the second day of the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate ... Was the team's best finish at that tournament and at the Marshall Invitational, finishing tied for 25th with a threeround 221.

Prep/Personal: Had three tournament victories as a high schooler ... Finished in third place at the 2008 North Carolina High School Invitational ... Three-time winner of the Cape Fear Academy Coaches Award, receiving the award as a sophomore, junior, and senior, while also garnering All-Conference honors all three years ... Named First Team All-Area after junior and senior seasons, and NCIAA All-State as a senior ... Son of Amy and Walker Taylor ... Mom was the R. Smithson Award Winner as the outstanding female student-athlete for Davidson in 1983, while captaining field hockey team and playing basketball for the Wildcats ... Dad played golf for Clemson, and qualified to play in one PGA Tour event, two U.S. Amateur, four British Amateur, and four U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships ... Has a brother, Bates, 17, and a sister, Juliet, 14.

UP CLOSE WITH JACKSON TAYLOR Full Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Walker Jackson Taylor Birthdate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 6, 1990 Birthplace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wilmington, N.C. Parents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Walker and Amy Siblings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bates (18) and Juliet (14) High School: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cape Fear Academy High School Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cecil Worsley III Home Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cape Fear Country Club Lowest Career Round: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Favorite Professional Golfer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Davis Love III Favorite Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Augusta National Favorite Golf Memory: . .”My first 36 hole day as a college golfer at the Country Club of South Carolina, where I had three birdies in a row in the middle of the second 18 holes. The main reason is Coach Straub actually got excited on the course, which happens only about once a year.”

DAVIDSON WILDCATS

WILDCAT PROFILES TAYLORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CAREER RESULTS 2008-09 Results Tournament RDG Intercollegiate Savannah Intercollegiate Davidson Invitational Landfall Tradition Collegiate Wexford Plantation Furman Intercollegiate Palisades Collegiate SoCon Championships Marshall Invitational

Rounds 74-71-75 73-71-74 75-72-78 76-84-76 81-73-77 75-80 73-72-81 78-73-74 73-73-75

Total 220 (+4) 218 (+2) 225 (+9) 236 (+20) 231 (+15) 155 (+11) 226 (+10) 225 (+9) 221 (+8)

Place 39th 7th 7th 37th 22nd 39th 45th 26th 25th

Rounds 74-78-76 74-74 73-80-71 73-76-76 72-70 75-78 78-74-73 73-71-74 76-73-83

Total 228 (+12) 148 (+6) 224 (+8) 225 (+9) 142 (-2) 151 (+7) 225 (+9) 218 (+5) 232 (+16)

Place 71st 58th 8th 44th 1st 28th 28th 19th 49th

Rounds 75-72-84 72-72-80 75-77-81 79-74-82 79-73-75 77-70-77 75-78-75

Total 231 (+15) 224 (+11) 233 (+17) 235 (+19) 227 (+11) 224 (+11) 228 (+12)

Place 41st 62nd 50th 40th 63rd 46th 43rd

2009-10 Results Tournament Spring Hill Intercollegiate Mason Rudolph Championship Davidson Invitational Mizuno Collegiate Wexford Intercollegiate Seahawk Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate Irish Creek Collegiate SoCon Championship

2010-11 Results Tournament The Invitational at The Ocean Course Mason Rudolph Championship Wexford Invitational Seahawk Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate Irish Creek Collegiate SoCon Championship Italics denotes season low Boldface denotes career low

Career Scoring Totals Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Total

Rounds 26 24 21 71

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Strokes 1957 1793 1602 5352

Avg. 75.27 74.71 76.29 75.38

Low 18 71 70 70 70

Low 54 218 218 224 218

WILDCAT PROFILES WALKER ALLEN Junior w 6-1 Ripton, Vt. Middlebury Union Psychology

2010-11: Played in the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate and Davidson College Invitational … carded season-low 73 at the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate, finishing the tournament at 238 … averaged 79.83 strokes per round.

2009-10: Competed in eight of nine tournaments, completing 24 rounds … season-best three-round performance came in collegiate debut at the Spring Hill Suites Intercollegiate, carding a 226 … averaged 78.86 strokes-per-round … carded season-low 73 in first and third rounds of the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate.

Prior to Davidson: Four-year letterwinner at Middlebury High

ALLEN’S CAREER RESULTS 2009-10 Results Tournament Spring Hill Intercollegiate Mason Rudolph Championship Davidson Invitational Mizuno Collegiate Wexford Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate Irish Creek Collegiate SoCon Championsip

Total 226 (+10) 151 (+9) 238 (+22) 227 (+11) 166 (+166) 238 (+22) 251 (+38) 238 (+22)

Place 68th 75th 45th 52nd 81st 108th 64th 51st

Total 238 (+22) 241 (+25)

Place 78th 67th

2010-11 Results Tournament Rounds Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate 73-81-84 Davidson College Invitational 86-76-79

Italics denotes season low Boldface denotes career low

Career Scoring Totals Year 2009-10 2010-11 Total

Rounds 22 6 28

School ... Placed fourth in 2009 Vermont State High School Championship ... Started all four years in No. 1 spot ... Three-time Most Valuable Player ... Three-time selection to represent Vermont at the New England Junior Invitational (2007-2009) ... Finished as second lowest junior at 2008 Vermont State Amateur ... Also a member of the soccer and nordic skiing teams ... Received Coach's Award after 2008-09 soccer season ... Three-time MVP on ski team ... Received academic honors all four years ... Received President's Award for academic achievement following sophomore year.

Personal: Son of Freeman and Maria Allen ... Has three siblings, sisters Sophie and Lydia and brother Oakley ... Freeman was a three-sport (soccer, hockey and golf) athlete at Middlebury College ... Maria was an All-American nordic skier at the University of British Columbia ... Sophie competes on the nordic ski team at St. Lawrence University.

Rounds 75-77-74 75-76 83-81-74 73-81-73 83-83 81-82-75 84-84-83 76-82-80

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Strokes 1735 479 2214

Avg. 78.86 79.83 79.35

Low 18 73 73 73

Low 54 226 238 226

WILDCAT PROFILES JOHN SKEADAS III Junior w 6-1 Savannah, Ga. Savannah Country Day Undeclared

2010-11: Finished with the second-lowest stroke average on the team (74.69) … opened fall season with a 20th-place finish at The Invitational at The Ocean Course (226) … shot a career-low three-round score of 213 at the Mason Rudolph Championship to place 15th … also competed in the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate and the Davidson College Invitational … opened spring season tying with teammate Sam Echikson for a team-leading eighth-place finish (223) at the Wexford Invitational … tied teammate Richard Fountain at 224 at the Seahawk Intercollegiate to lead the team … shot a team-leading 221 to place 34th at the Furman Intercollegiate … also competed in the Irish Creek Collegiate and the Southern Conference Championships.

2009-10: Carded top three-round score in collegiate debut at the Spring Hill Suites Intercollegiate, an even 216 to tie for 23rd … shot lowround of the season, 69, the following week at the Mason Rudolph Championship … posted season-best sixth place finish in 90-player field at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate to open the spring season, carding an even 144 in two round of play … earned another top-20 finish the following week at the Seahawk Intercollegiate … competed in all nine tournaments, completing 24 rounds.

SKEADAS’ CAREER RESULTS 2009-10 Results Tournament Spring Hill Intercollegiate Mason Rudolph Championship Davidson Invitational Mizuno Collegiate Wexford Intercollegiate Seahawk Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate Irish Creek Collegiate SoCon Championsip

Rounds 70-73-73 74-69 76-75-79 81-80-76 70-74 72-77 81-74-79 79-74-76 79-78-73

Total 216 (E) 143 (+1) 230 (+14) 237 (+21) 144 (E) 149 (+5) 234 (+18) 229 (+16) 230 (+14)

Place 23rd 30th 32nd 74th 6th 18th 80th 53rd 42nd

Tournament Rounds The Invitational at The Ocean Course 72-76-78 Mason Rudolph Championship 72-70-71 Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate 76-76-77 Davidson College Invitational -70-76 Wexford Invitational 78-70-75 Seahawk Intercollegiate 72-73-79 Furman Intercollegiate 69-73-79 Irish Creek Collegiate 76-76-77 SoCon Championship 74-81-76

Total 226 (+10) 213 (E) 229 (+13) 146 (+2) 223 (+7) 224 (+8) 221 (+5) 229 (+16) 231 (+15)

Place 20th 15th 63rd 74th 8th 18th 34th 65th 49th

2010-11 Results

Italics denotes season low Boldface denotes career low

Career Scoring Totals Year 2009-10 2010-11 Total

Rounds 24 26 50

Strokes 1812 1942 3754

Avg. 75.50 74.69 75.08

Low 18 69 69 69

Low 54 216 213 213

Prior to Davidson: Four-year letterwinner at Savannah Country Day School ... Named the 2009 Savannah Morning News Player of the Year ... Was the 2009 Class A State Co-Champion ... First Team All-City honoree 2007-09 ... HP Scholastic Junior All-American Team member as a senior ... Had a scoring average of 73.44 strokes-per-round average for senior season.

Personal: Son of John and Elizabeth Skeadas ... Has one sister, Ellen ... His grandfather, Johnny Skeadas, won six Savannah City Amateur Championships, two Georgia State Seniors Championships, three GSGA Senior Player of the Year awards, had the GSGA Senior Amateur trophy named in his honor and is in the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.

UP CLOSE WITH JOHN SKEADAS III Full Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Skeadas III Birthdate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February 9, 1991 Birthplace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Savannah, Ga. Parents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John and Elizabeth Siblings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ellen (18) High School: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Savannah Country Day School High School Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Hall Home Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Savannah Golf Club Lowest Career Round: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Favorite Professional Golfer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Silvers Favorite Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Augusta National

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WILDCAT PROFILES JAMES BRAMLETT Sophomore w 6-2 Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Latin Undeclared

BRAMLETT’S CAREER RESULTS 2010-11 Results Tournament Did not compete

Avg. -

Low 18 -

Place

Career Scoring Totals Rounds -

Prior to Davidson: Captained the golf team at Charlotte Latin High School ... took 14th at the 2009 Mid Pines Junior Invitational and 13th at the 2009 NCIHSAA Boys 3A Championship.

Personal: Son of Ken and Renee Bramlett ... brother, Sam ... major is undeclared.

UP CLOSE WITH JAMES BRAMLETT Full Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Morgan Bramlett Birthdate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 21, 1991 Birthplace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlotte, N.C. Parents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken and Renee Siblings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sam High School: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlotte Latin School High School Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Robinson Home Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carmel Country Club Lowest Career Round: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Favorite Professional Golfer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dustin Johnson Favorite Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pacific Dunes Favorite Golf Memory: . .”Going to Bandon Dunes, Ore. with my father.”

Total

Italics denotes season low Boldface denotes career low

Year 2010-11 Total

2010-11: Did not compete.

Rounds

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Strokes -

Low 54 -

WILDCAT PROFILES SAMUEL ECHIKSON Sophomore w 5-9 Brussels, Belgium European School Undeclared

2010-11: Finished the year third on the team with a 74.70 stroke average, competing in all nine tournaments … earned two top-20 finishes in the four fall events … placed 12th (223) in first-career collegiate event at The Invitational at The Ocean Course … fired low three-round score of the season (216) at the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate, placing 18th … placed 27th at 224 in the Davidson College Invitational … opened spring season with a season-best eighth-place finish, tying with teammate John Skeadas, at the Wexford Invitational … fired a season-low 68 at the Irish Creek Collegiate en route to a 27th-place finish at 219.

ECHIKSON’S CAREER RESULTS 2010-11 Results Tournament Rounds The Invitational at The Ocean Course 76-74-73 Mason Rudolph Championship 77-77-69 Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate 71-74-71 Davidson College Invitational 75-75-74 Wexford Invitational 73-72-78 Seahawk Intercollegiate 74-80-83 Furman Intercollegiate 77-74-78 Irish Creek Collegiate 77-68-74 SoCon Championship 76-70-77

Total 223 (+7) 223 (+10) 216 (E) 224 (+8) 223 (+7) 237 (+21) 229 (+13) 219 (+6) 223 (+7)

Place 12th 61st 18th 27th 8th 43rd 78th 27th 30th

Italics denotes season low Boldface denotes career low

Career Scoring Totals Year 2010-11 Total

Rounds 27 27

Strokes 2017 2017

Avg. 74.70 74.70

Low 18 68 68

Low 54 216 216

Prior to Davidson: Attended the European School of Brussels 3 ... and was a member of Belgium’s national team ... finished fourth in the 2009 Belgium National Stroke Play tournament and reached the third round of the 2009 British Boys Championship.

Personal: Son of William Echikson and Anu Ristola ... siblings Julia and Ben ... born in Paris, France ... major is undelcared

UP CLOSE WITH SAM ECHIKSON Full Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sam Echikson Birthdate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 14, 1992 Birthplace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paris, France Parents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William Echikson and Anu Ristola Siblings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julia (12) and Ben (10) High School: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .European School of Brussels III High School Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N/A Home Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .La Tournette Golf Club Lowest Career Round: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Favorite Professional Golfer: . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nicolas Colesaerts Favorite Course: . . .Belle Dunes Golf Club (on the coacst of France) Favorite Golf Memory: . .”Shooting 66 in the last round of a French "Grand Prix" to get into a playoff, then winning on the first extra hole.

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WILDCAT PROFILES RICHARD FOUNTAIN Sophomore w 6-0 Raleigh, N.C. Needham Broughton Undeclared

2010-11: Became the first Davidson golfer since Rusty Boyd in 1973 to win individual medalist honors at the SoCon Tournament, thus earning the league’s automatic NCAA bid … fired a tournament-low, finalround, five-under-par 67, which included a birdie on the final hole, to win by one stroke at 207 (68-72-67), nine-under par … placed in a tie for 35th place at 226, 10-over-par at the NCAA Virginia Tech Regional at The Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech … led team in stroke average at 73.90, competing in 10 events … earned a 12th-place finish at 212 to lead the team in second collegiate event, the Mason Rudolph Championship … won the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate in a playoff with a seasonlow score of 206 (-10) in just his third collegiate outing … concluded fall with a 27th place finish (224) at the Davidson College Invitational … placed in a tie for the team lead with John Skeadas in 18th at 224 at the Seahawk Intercollegiate.

FOUNTAIN’S CAREER RESULTS 2010-11 Results Tournament Rounds The Invitational at The Ocean Course 75-76-78 Mason Rudolph Championship 71-68-73 Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate 70-70-66 Davidson College Invitational 77-73-74 Wexford Invitational 74-79-76 Seahawk Intercollegiate 73-78-73 Furman Intercollegiate 79-77-76 Irish Creek Collegiate 78-76-74 SoCon Championship 68-72-67 NCAA Virginia Tech Regional 72-73-81

Place 33rd 12th 1st 27th 33rd 18th 95th 62nd 1st 35th

Italics denotes season low Boldface denotes career low

Career Scoring Totals Year 2010-11 Total

Rounds 30 30

Prior to Davidson: Four-year letter winner in golf at Needham Broughton … named to the all-conference team as a sophomore, junior, and senior … named first team all-state by the Carolinas Golf Association in 2009 … finished 11th at the 2009 Big I National Junior Championship ... was ranked No. 67 by Golfweek in the class of 2010 ... tied the Carolina Country Club course record with a 59 … on honor roll all four years of high school.

Personal: The son of Richard and Emily Fountain… has four siblings, Mary Norris, Janie, Preyer, and Peter… major is undeclared.

UP CLOSE WITH RICHARD FOUNTAIN Full Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Tillman Fountain IV Birthdate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 4, 1991 Birthplace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Raleigh, N.C. Parents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard and Emily Siblings: .Mary Norris(23), Janie(17), Preyer(15), and Peter(10) High School: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Needham Broughton High School Coaches: . . .Anderson Marlowe, Dave Rose, and John Day Swing Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ted Kiegel Home Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carolina Country Club Lowest Career Round: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Favorite Professional Golfer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Webb Simpson Favorite Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roaring Gap Club Favorite Golf Memory: . . .”Shooting 59 on my home course.”

Total 229 (+13) 212 (-1) 206 (-10) 224 (+8) 229 (+13) 224 (+8) 232 (+16) 228 (+15) 207 (-9) 226 (+10)

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Strokes 2217 2217

Avg. 73.90 73.90

Low 18 66 66

Low 54 206 206

WILDCAT PROFILES BEN MURRAY Sophomore w 6-1 Toronto, Ontario Pendleton School Undeclared

2010-11: Competed in the Davidson College Invitational and the

MURRAY’S CAREER RESULTS 2010-11 Results Tournament Davidson College Invitational Furman Intercollegiate

Rounds 92-89-WD 86-76-84

Total 181 246 (+30)

Place WD 121st

Italics denotes season low Boldface denotes career low

Career Scoring Totals Year 2010-11 Total

Rounds 5 5

Strokes 427 427

Avg. 85.40 85.40

Low 18 76 76

Low 54 181 181

Furman Intercollegiate.

Prior to Davidson: Attended The Pendleton School in Bradenton, Fla. … won the Future Collegians World Tour El Campeon Open … placed 11th at the 2009 Canadian National Junior Golf Championship … named to second team Future Collegians World Tour (FCWT) 2009-10 … placed fourth at the Hudson Junior Invitational … earned two victories on the FCWT from 2008-10, and made two Canadian Amateur appearances … two-time golf team MVP at the Crescent School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2005-07).

Personal: Son of Chris and Selma Murray … sister, Sarah … born in Sydney, Australia … major is undeclared, intends to major in economics.

UP CLOSE WITH BEN MURRAY Full Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ben Murray Birthdate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 13, 1991 Birthplace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sydney, Australia Parents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Murray and Selma Lussenburg Siblings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sarah (15) High School: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pendleton School Coaches: . .Henry Brunton, Andrew Oliphant, Jeff Hay, Tom Jackson Home Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thornhill Golf and Country Club Lowest Career Round: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Favorite Professional Golfers: . . .Mike Weir and Tiger Woods Favorite Course: . . . . . . . .Punta Espada (Dominican Republic) Favorite Golf Memory: . .”Shooting 30 on the front nine at Thornhill Golf and Country Club.”

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WILDCAT PROFILES RALPH BLASEY

TODD ECKSTEIN

Freshman w 5-8 Kensington, Md. The Landon School Undeclared

Freshman w 5-11 Durham, N.C. Trinity School of Durham Undeclared

Prior to Davidson: Ranked seventh in the state of Maryland by Golfweek … three-time all-conference selection, two-year team captain and four-year letterwinner playing for The Landon School … owns topfive scoring average in the Landon Golf Hall of Fame … Washington Post All-Metropolitan Honorable Mention in 2010 … runner-up at the Bobby Gorin Junior Championship … took eighth in the Maryland State Junior Championship … totaled three top-20 finishes in American Junior Golf Association tournaments … was a semi-finalist at the Bobby Bowers Junior Championship in 2009 … honor roll student … founded the Catholic Bears Breakfast Club … selected to serve in the Learn Serve International Fellows Program.

Prior to Davidson: Ranked sixth in the state of North Carolina by Carolinas Junior Golf … named to the North Carolina All-State team three times and won the individual state championship in 2011 … led the Trinity School of Durham to two NCISAA State Championships (2010 & 2011) … first Trinity School student to sign a National Letter of Intent … top-ranked 2011 graduating golfer in the Tarheel Youth Golf Association … won the 2011 New Brunswick (Canada) Junior Championship … was the TYGA State champion and the Mid Pines Junior champion in 2010 … placed second at the 2010 NCISAA State 1A High School Championship and ninth at the American Junior Golf Association Charles Howell Junior Championship … named to the 2011 AJGA HP Scholastic Honor Roll.

Personal: Son of Ralph and Sandy Blasey … has two siblings,

Personal: Son of Tim and Sue Eckstein … has two siblings, Tyler and

Kimberly and Nick … major is undeclared, intends to major in economics.

Anna … father, Tim, was also his high school coach and played professionally … mother, Sue, played golf at Duke and professionally … major is undeclared.

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UP CLOSE WITH TODD ECKSTEIN

Full Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph Gilbert Blasey IV Birthdate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August, 3, 1992 Birthplace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kensington, Md. Parents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph and Sandy Siblings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kimberly and Nick High School: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Landon School High School Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Dolan Home Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Columbia Country Club

Full Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Todd Fulton Eckstein Birthdate: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February 9, 1993 Birthplace: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inverness, Fla. Parents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim and Sue Siblings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tyler and Anna High School: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trinity School of Durham High School Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Eckstein Home Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Governors Club

Lowest Career Round: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Favorite Professional Golfer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tiger Woods Favorite Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oakmont Favorite Golf Memory: . .”My hole in one on the 15th hole of the Meadows Course at the Greenbrier Resort in the first round of an AJGA tournament.”

Lowest Career Round: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Favorite Professional Golfer: . . . . . .Father and Bubba Watson Favorite Course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gowan Brae Golf Club Favorite Golf Memory: . .”Winning the New Brunswick Junior with my whole family watching.”

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HEAD COACH TIM STRAUB 12th Year Wake Forest, ‘89

Tim Straub enters his 12th season as head coach of the Davidson golf team. Since his introduction as the new coach in April of 2000, Straub has produced successful seasons and has made his own unique mark on the Wildcat program. Under Straub’s guidance, freshman Richard Fountain became the first Wildcat golfer to claim individual medalist honors at the 2011 Southern Conference Championship in 38 years, winning by one stroke. Fountain competed in the NCAA Regionals and finished ahead of three top-100 ranked players after making a serious bid to qualify for the NCAA Championship. The SoCon win was Fountain’s second tournament victory of the year, as he won the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate in the fall. The freshman class of Fountain and Sam Echikson was strong throughout the 2011 season, ranking sixth amongst all Division I golf teams according to Golfstat’s "Freshman Class Impact Ranking." At the 2009 SoCon Golf Championships, Davidson had a pair of golfers receive honors from the conference, with senior Michael Saari being named to the All-SoCon Team, and Taylor earning All-Freshman Team honors. The 'Cats had their best team finish in three years at the conference tournament. Five years ago, Straub led the Wildcats to a third place finish in the 2005 SoCon Championships, which Davidson hosted at River Run Country Club. Leading the competition after 36 holes, Davidson ended the event with a score of 890 and its highest finish in the event since the 1973 season. For his team's accomplishment, Straub was honored as the Conference Coach of the Year for the second time in his five-year tenure. In 2003, Straub was also named SoCon Golf Coach of the Year after leading Davidson to its best finish (seventh) in the conference tournament since 1998. The 'Cats improved their efforts in 2009, moving to sixth place at the league tournament. The abilities of current Wildcat golfers and the talent level of the newcomers have continued to elevate in each year Straub has been at the helm. Straub brings an extensive list of accomplishments and experience in golf. As a teenager, Straub won the 1983 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and won the New York State Amateur Championship twice He was awarded the Arnold Palmer Golf Scholarship out of high school to attend Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem,

N.C., and to play on the nationally- ranked Demon Deacon squad. While at WFU, Straub and the talented squad received many accolades. He played on the 1986 NCAA National Championship team as well as the 1987 NCAA runner-up team. As a senior, Straub led the Demon Deacons to the ACC Championship title and was the ACC Individual Champion. In December of 1989, Straub earned his bachelor's degree in sociology and began the next milestone in his athletic career. He became a professional golfer and joined the Hooters Tour. His first two professional wins came at the Fayetteville Classic in 1995 and then again in 1998. Following this first tour experience decided to test his abilities against the best golfers in Asia, subsequently joining the PGA Asian Tour. He was successful in this next venture as he finished in the top 15 of the tour for two consecutive seasons. He placed second in the 1996 Philippines Open and third in the 1998 Hong Kong Open. During his time on the tour, Straub continued to compete in several American tournaments. He notched top15 finishes at both the Nike Hershey Open and the 1998 Nike Greensboro Open. In 1998, Straub returned to the United States on a permanent basis and competed in a variety of tournaments. One of his crowning achievements as a professional came when he qualified for the 1998 U.S. Open in San Francisco. More recently, he placed second in the 2000 Buy.com Upstate Classic on the strength of a second-round 63. Straub also finished seventh at the 2001 Panama Open and 15th at the 2001 Buy.com Dayton Open. In addition to being a full-time coach and running his own junior golf camp, Straub has continued to advance his personal game. In the summer of 2004, Straub won the 80th Coastal Federal Bank Carolinas Open at the Surf Golf and Beach Club in South Carolina, and in 2003 he shot an even-par 71 to share medalist honors at a U.S. Open qualifier to advance to the sectional qualifying round. In May of 2006, Straub came up one stroke short of another title at the 81st Coastal Federal Bank Carolinas Open at the Surf Golf & Beach Club. One month later, he continued his successful summer run, capturing his second CPGA major championship by winning the 2005 North Carolina Open held at River Landing Country Club in Wallace. In the summer of 2009, Straub added to his long list of playing accomplishments as

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he finished second in the 43rd Annual North Carolina Open. His final score of fourunder 209 (68-73-68) placed him in a tie for first among professional golfers. Along with his impressive showing at the North Carolina Open, Straub just missed his second U.S. Open as he advanced to the sectionalqualifier. Because of his professional and teaching experience, Straub has a wealth of knowledge to share with his Wildcat players. "I don't see any reason why we can't compete for the conference championship year after year," he said. Straub is married to Jennifer Straub, the head coach of the women's cross country and track & field teams at Davidson. The couple has a son, William, 13, and a daughter, Sydnee, 10.

The Straub File Full Name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Timothy M. Straub Date of Birth: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 2, 1967 Hometown: . . . . . . . . . . . . .Orchard Park, N.Y. College: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wake Forest ’89 Collegiate Accomplishments: . . . . . . . . . . . .1987 ACC Individual Champion . . . . . .Member of the 1986 NCAA Title Team Playing Accomplishments Qualified for the ‘98 U.S. Open at Olympic Club Tournament Wins

2010 Carolinas PGA Pro-Pro Championship 2005 North Carolina Open 2004 Coastal Federal Bank Carolinas Open 2003 Medalist at U.S. Open Local Qualifier Coaching Honors . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 SoCon Coach of the Year

. . . . . . . . . . . .2005 SoCon Coach of the Year Certifications . . .Class ”A” PGA Professional

2010-11 IN REVIEW DAVIDSON TEAM TOURNAMENT SCORING Dates

Tournament

Sept. 13-14 Sept. 24-26 Oct. 11-12 Oct. 18-19 Feb. 21-22 Feb. 27-28 Mar. 18-20 Apr. 09-10 Apr. 17-19

The Invitational at The Ocean Course Mason Rudolph Championship Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate Davidson College Invitational Wexford Invitational Seahawk Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate Irish Creek Collegiate Southern Conference Championships

DC/Teams Rd.1 7/12 6/17 7/14 7/14 4/14 8/12 17/22 12/13 8/11

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

Avg.

298 287 292 302 300 297 304 305 293

298 287 290 295 293 305 295 290 299

301 284 290 298 305 317 306 302 295

897 858 872 895 898 919 905 897 887

299 291 291 298 299 306 302 299 296

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

Place

73 86

81 76

84 79

238 (+22) 241 (+25)

78th/81 67th/75

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

Place

82 72 88

71 75 78

76 77 82

229 (+13) 224 (+8) 248 (+35)

63rd/81 27th/75 81st/81

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

Place

76 77 71 75 73 74 77 77 76

74 77 74 75 72 80 74 68 70

73 69 71 74 78 83 78 74 77

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

75 71 70 77 74 73 79 78 68 72

76 68 70 73 79 78 77 76 72 73

78 73 66 74 76 73 76 74 67 81

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

Place

92 82

90 84

86 81

268 (+52) 247 (+34)

73rd/75 80th/81

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

Place

92 86

89 76

WD 84

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

Place

86 70 74

85 77 75

77 74 75

248 (+32) 221 (+5) 224 (+11)

71st/72 15th/75 46th/81

DAVIDSON INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT SCORING Walker Allen Dates

Oct. 11-12 Oct. 18-19

Ryan Crum

Tournament Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate Davidson College Invitational

Dates

Tournament

Oct. 11-12 Oct. 18-19 Apr. 09-10

Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate Davidson College Invitational Irish Creek Collegiate

Samuel Echikson Dates

Sept. 13-14 Sept. 24-26 Oct. 11-12 Oct. 18-19 Feb. 21-22 Feb. 27-28 Mar 18-20 Apr 09-10 Apr 17-19

Tournament

223 (+7) 12th/72 223 (+10) 61st/90 216 (E) 18th/81 224 (+8) 27th/75 223 (+7) 8th/75 237 (+21) 43rd/66 229 (+13) 78th/124 219 (+6) 27th/81 223 (+7) 30th/55

Richard Fountain Dates

Tournament

Sept. 13-14 Sept. 24-26 Oct. 11-12 Oct. 18-19 Feb. 21-22 Feb. 27-28 Mar. 18-20 Apr. 09-10 Apr. 17-19 May 19-21

Adam Lewicki Dates

Oct.. 18-19 Apr. 09-10

Ben Murray Dates

Oct.. 18-19 Mar. 18-20

Tournament Davidson College Invitational Irish Creek Collegiate

Tournament Davidson College Invitational Furman Intercollegiate

Christopher Rollins Dates

Tournament

Sept. 13-14 Oct. 18-19 Apr. 09-10

The Invitational at The Ocean Course Davidson College Invitational Irish Creek Collegiate

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Total

Place

229 (+13) 33rd/72 212 (-1) 12th/90 206 (-10) 1st/81 224 (+8) 27th/75 229 (+13) 33rd/75 224 (+7) 18th/66 232 (+16) 95th/124 228 (+15) 62nd/81 207 (-9) 1st/55 226 (+10) 35th/75

181 () WD / 7 246 (+30) 121st/124

2010-11 IN REVIEW John Skeadas III Dates

Tournament

Sept. 13-14 Sept. 24-26 Oct. 11-12 Oct. 18-19 Feb. 21-22 Feb. 27-28 Mar. 18-20 Apr. 06-10 Apr. 17-19

Jackson Taylor Dates

Tournament

Sept. 13-14 Sept. 24-26 Feb. 21-22 Feb. 27-28 Mar. 18-20 Apr. 09-10 Apr. 17-19

The Invitational at The Ocean Course Mason Rudolph Championship Wexford Invitational Seahawk Intercollegiate Furman Intercollegiate Irish Creek Collegiate Southern Conference Championship

Bobby Urso Dates

Tournament

Sept. 13-14 Sept. 24-26 Oct. 11-12 Oct. 18-19 Feb. 21-22 Feb. 27-28 Mar. 18-20 Apr. 09-10 Apr. 17-19

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

Place

72 72 76 78 72 69 76 74

76 70 76 70 70 73 73 76 81

78 71 77 76 75 79 79 77 76

226 (+10) 213 (E) 229 (+13) 146 (+2) 223 (+7) 224 (+8) 221 (+5) 229 (+16) 231 (+15)

20th/72 15th/90 63rd/81 74th/75 8th/75 18th/66 34th/124 65th/81 49th/55

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

Place

75 72 75 79 79 77 75

72 72 77 74 73 70 78

84 80 81 82 75 77 75

Rd.1

Rd. 2

Rd. 3

Total

83 72 75 78 82 78 81 75 76

81 78 75 73 74 80 75 77 79

73 71 78 74 76 86 77 80 77

237 (+21) 221 (+8) 228 (+12) 225 (+9) 232 (+16) 244 (+28) 233 (+17) 232 (+19) 232 (+16)

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231 (+15) 41st/72 224 (+11) 62nd/90 233 (+17) 50th/75 235 (+19) 40th/66 227 (+11) 63rd/124 224 (+11) 46th/8 228 (+12) 43rd/55

Place 60th/72 52nd/90 60th/81 33rd/75 45th/75 58th/66 101st/124 72nd/81 50th/55

HOME COURSES BIRKDALE GOLF COURSE An Arnold Palmer-designed course, Birkdale Golf Course is located in Huntersville off Interstate 77 (Exit 25). Ranked among Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play” in 2001, Birkdale is both walkable and challenging. The course is located between 200 acres of rolling terrain, carved between tall oaks, spruces, pines and natural streams. The 7,013 yard, par-72 course has Bermuda fairways and bentgrass greens. Other Birkdale features include a state-of-the-art lighted practice facility, a driving range with several target greens, a large chipping green and two wellmaintained putting greens. The fifth hole at Birkdale Golf Course in Huntersville, N.C., one of the home Birkdale’s 10,000 square foot clubcourses for the Davidson men’s golf team since 1998. house houses two conference rooms and Arnie’s Tavern, serving lunch, dinner and drinks daily. Birkdale has received a good deal of acclaim, being voted one of the top five public golf courses in North Carolina. When it opened in 1997 it was voted The Best New Golf Course in North Carolina and was named Charlotte's Best Public Course in 1998. Four sets of tees allows golfers of all abilities to enjoy the layout at Birkdale. The course features a number of elevation changes, which are appealing to the eye and add to the challenge. Well placed water hazards require players to use every shot in their bag. Birkdale Golf Club and Course has been home to the Davidson Wildcats since 1998.

Hole 1..................Par 4 .......................392 yards Hole 2..................Par 3 .......................158 yards Hole 3..................Par 4 .......................425 yards Hole 4..................Par 4 .......................383 yards Hole 5..................Par 5 .......................569 yards Hole 6..................Par 3 .......................206 yards Hole 7..................Par 4 .......................330 yards Hole 8..................Par 5 .......................564 yards Hole 9..................Par 4 .......................452 yards Out....................Par36 .....................3,504 yards

Hole 10 ................Par 4 .......................334 yards Hole 11 ................Par 4 .......................432 yards Hole 12 ................Par 3 .......................194 yards Hole 13 ................Par 5 .......................595 yards Hole 14 ................Par 4 .......................439 yards Hole 15 ................Par 4 .......................360 yards Hole 16 ................Par 3 .......................208 yards Hole 17 ................Par 5 .......................511 yards Hole 18 ................Par 4 .......................436 yards In.....................Par 36 ....................3,509 yards

TOTAL.....................Par 72...............7,013 yards

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HOME COURSES RIVER RUN COUNTRY CLUB River Run Country Club located in beautiful Davidson, N.C., is often noted for its championship golf course, recognized by Golf Reporter as one of the finest in the Southeast. Designed to complement its’ natural setting, River Run weaves through a landscape of lakes, rolling hills, the Rocky River and centuries-old forests. Additionally, the course will underwent a complete renovation in 2007, including rebuilding all of the greens and laser leveling all tee boxes. The renovation of the driving range and practice facility was completed in the spring of 2006. Now with one of the best practice The 18th green at River Run Country Club, one of the home courses for the Wildcats, and areas in the Carolinas, the new also the site of the 2005 Southern Conference Championships. practice green measures roughly 7,000 sq. ft., as compared to the previous green which encompassed just over 3,000 sq. ft. With the expansion of the range area, golfers can now hit off of natural turf all year long. River Run’s majestic Jeffersonian clubhouse is as elegant as it is relaxing. Members can enjoy the chef’s culinary skills in the Rotunda Dining Room or relax with friends in the Wildcat Lounge. River Run has hosted some of the highest quality tournaments in the Southeast, including the 1994 & 2002 North Carolina Open, The Carolina PGA Club Pro Championship in 1997, 1998, and 2000, as well as the U.S. Amateur Qualifying tournament in 2003.

Hole 1..................Par 4 .......................407 yards Hole 2..................Par 5 .......................527 yards Hole 3..................Par 4 .......................416 yards Hole 4..................Par 3 .......................163 yards Hole 5..................Par 4 .......................440 yards Hole 6..................Par 5 .......................537 yards Hole 7..................Par 4 .......................455 yards Hole 8..................Par 3 .......................192 yards Hole 9..................Par 4 .......................414 yards Out ...................Par 36 ....................3,551 yards

Hole 10 ................Par 4 .......................428 yards Hole 11 ................Par 4 .......................388 yards Hole 12 ................Par 5 .......................579 yards Hole 13 ................Par 4 .......................407 yards Hole 14 ................Par 3 .......................177 yards Hole 15 ................Par 4 .......................440 yards Hole 16 ................Par 4 .......................460 yards Hole 17 ................Par 3 .......................230 yards Hole 18 ................Par 5 .......................548 yards In.....................Par 36 ....................3,657 yards

TOTAL.....................Par 72...............7,208 yards

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RECORDS/HONORS FIVE-TIME SOUTHERN CONFERENCE MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONS 1954 w 1960 1966 w 1967 w 1968

ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE Name L.D. Simmons Sollie Foy Sollie Foy Jason Carlock Tim Dillon Michael Saari

Year 1978 1978 1979 1997 2005 2009

SOCON INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS Name Year Bucky Dennis 1958 Verner Stanley 1960 Doug McKeever 1966 Mike Spann 1967 Rusty Boyd 1973 Richard Fountain 2011

Site Score Danville, Va. 145 Mid Pines, N.C. 148 Southern Pines, N.C. 160 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 153 Florence, S.C. 215 Florence, S.C. 207

SOCON INDIVIDUAL RUNNER-UP Name Sam Sloan George Leight Joe Jelks George Leight Rusty Boyd Alex Knoll

Year 1959 1966 1967 1968 1972 2007

Site Score Bethesda, Md. 153 Southern Pines, N.C. 161 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 157 Myrtle Beach, S.C. 154 Sanford, N.C. 153 Florence, S.C. 214

Michael Saari earned both All-Southern Conference Team and Cleveland All-America Scholar Team honors in 2009.

CLEVELAND ALL-AMERICA SCHOLARS Name Gates Grainger Jason Carlock Jason Lina Tim Dillon Alex Knoll Steve Mayo Michael Saari

Year 1997 1997 1998 2005, 2006 2006 ,2007 2006, 2007 2009

In 2007, Alex Knoll finished second in the Southern Conference Championship.

SOCON COACH OF THE YEAR Name Tim Straub

Year 2003, 2005 Mike Spann ’69 led Davidson to the league title in 1967. He is the only Wildcat golfer to place among the top 20 in the NCAA Championships.

DAVIDSON WILDCATS

ALL-TIME RESULTS YEAR-BY-YEAR SOCON TOURNAMENT RESULTS Year

1937 1939 1940 1941 1942 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980

Finish 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 6th 6th 4th 5th 6th 6th 8th 1st 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 5th 7th 2nd 6th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th 5th 4th 5th 2nd 4th 8th 8th 8th 6th 7th 9th

Score

632 644 631 678 665 Did Not Compete 649 635 609 689 612 642 630 625 Did Not Compete 630 610 636 625 637 676 628 652 631 647 631 633 785 814 784 811 1152 1157 1255 1228 1243 1192 1208 1254

Teams 8 4 5 6 7

7 10 8 6 6 9 7 8 9 10 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 7 8 6 5 8 7 8 8 8 8 9 9

The 1968 men’s golf team finished in first place at the SoCon Tournament, the third straight Davidson team to accomplish the feat.

Year

Finish

Score

Teams

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

7th 9th 9th 8th 8th 7th 8th 7th 10th 9th 9th 5th 8th T4th 9th 9th 10th 10th 7th T6th 3rd 5th 8th 9th 7th 10th 8th

1206 1239 1008 1004 995 992 1019 978 1033 979 946 949 976 901 956 934 896 606 904 900 890 890 902 910 894 904 887

9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 10 10 10 11 11 11

(SoCon Tournament not held in 1943-46) (Davidson not in SoCon in 1989-92)

In 1954, Davidson won its first Southern Conference Tournament Championship, 21 shots ahead of the second-place team.

2011 MEN’S SOCCER

ADMINISTRATION JIM MURPHY, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Jim Murphy was introduced as Davidson College’s Director of Athletics in November of 1995, returning to his alma mater to lead the Wildcats on the eve of their 100th anniversary of intercollegiate athletics and into the next century. Prior to his appointment at Davidson, Murphy, 53, spent 10 years as executive associate athletic director and chief financial officer for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Murphy, an Atlanta native, played football and baseball during his freshman year at Davidson. His experience has been invaluable as he guides a program which is unique in its desire for excellence in both athletics and academics and has one of the smallest enrollments among NCAA Division I schools. Reflecting his support of academics, Davidson’s NCAA graduation rate of 91 percent was the highest in Division I in 2001-02, second in 2002-03 with a rate of 97 percent and continues to be above 90 percent each year. “I firmly believe Davidson represents the ideal in college athletics and think the success of Davidson’s students, both in competition and after graduation proves that,” said Murphy. “It’s true that Davidson needs intercollegiate athletics, but intercollegiate athletics need Davidson even more.” Since Murphy’s return to Davidson, the Wildcats have pursued several major capital projects, including the creation of the highly-innovative $10 million Davidson Scholars Program, and major improvements have been completed in Belk Arena and at Smith Field at Richardson Stadium. The last five years have seen the construction of the Belk Artificial Surface Field for field hockey, the new Alumni Stadium for soccer, Wilson Baseball Park and batting cages and the football stadium expansion project, which included a state-of-the-art weight room, a new press box and additional Murphy and Tripp Merritt make a presentation to Davidson all-time leading passer Ryan Alexander. permanent seating. Murphy, the 2004 NACDA Division I-AA/I-AAA Southeast Region Athletic Director of the Year, served two terms on the prestigious NCAA Division I Management Council, a policy-making body within the NCAA governance structure. He chaired the Division I-AA Governance Committee and formerly served on the NCAA Division I Business and Finance Cabinet, the Division I Governance Committee and the Division I Finance Committee. From 2002-04, Murphy chaired the Athletic Directors Association of the Southern Conference. He was part of Charlotte’s successful bid to host the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championships in 1999 and 2000 and also served as Tournament Director of the first and second-round games of the 2005 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in Charlotte. Murphy is a past member of the Division I Football Issues Committee and Past-President of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletic Directors Association. He was also a member of the NCAA Task Force on Recruiting, an 18-member panel charged with changing the culture of recruiting in intercollegiate athletics, and currently serves on the NCAA’s Fiscal Responsibility Oversight Group. A licensed Certified Public Accountant and 1978 graduate of Davidson with a degree in economics, he earned a Master of Science degree in management from Georgia Tech in 1979. He worked from 1979-85 as an audit manager with the international public accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick in Atlanta with responsibility for financial statement audits of public and private companies with up to $1 billion in assets. Murphy has been active in the community since his return to Davidson. He is involved with Social Venture Partners - Charlotte, chairs the Board of Managers of the Lake Norman YMCA, the Board of Directors of the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission, served three years on the Board of the Charlotte Council for Children and three years on the Board of Directors of the Town of Davidson Youth Baseball League. Murphy is married to Dr. Susan Roberts, a political science professor at Davidson, and his 24-year-old son, Matt, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and works in advertising in Chapel Hill, N.C.

CAROL QUILLEN, PRESIDENT Carol Quillen, who was previously the vice president for international and interdisciplinary initiatives at Rice University, became the 18th president of Davidson College on August 1, 2011. Quillen has had a long and distinguished career at Rice. She joined the faculty as an assistant professor of history in 1990, and she earned promotion to associate professor in 1996. From 2004 to 2008, she served as the first director of Rice's Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, leading development of the center's new mission and shaping an agenda that helped distinguish the center from other organizations. From 2006 to 2010, Quillen served as Rice's vice provost for academic affairs, focusing particularly on developing initiatives that cross academic schools, faculty diversity and faculty development, and resource development. During this time, she worked with faculty to develop and secure funding for a new Center for Asian Studies and a new Institute for Urban Research. She co-chaired the president's diversity task force, and instituted mentoring programs for junior faculty. As vice president for international and interdisciplinary initiatives, Quillen was responsible for developing and implementing Rice's overall global strategy, which includes research partnerships, recruiting strategies, curricular revision and international opportunities for students. She also facilitates implementation of university-wide initiatives, including the Institute for Urban Research, Rice 360 (a global health effort), and collaborations with Baylor and other institutions within the Texas Medical Center. James W. Crownover, chair of Rice University's Board of Trustees, said, "It's an honor for Rice that one of ours has been chosen to lead a place as respected as Davidson. She will work hard, and she will succeed there." Quillen grew up in New Castle, Del., a small town where she says "it was second nature to support the community and look out for other people." A Presbyterian, she attended Quaker schools from prekindergarten through high school. She earned a B.A. degree in American history from the University of Chicago, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with special and general honors, then received a Ph.D. degree in European history from Princeton. A humanist whose academic interests include early modern European history, European intellectual history and gender studies, Quillen has written two books on Petrarch, as well as a number of scholarly articles, reviews and papers. She has received a number of teaching awards during her tenure at Rice. Quillen's daughter, Caitlin, will be a first-year student at the University of North Carolina next fall. Quillen's husband, Ken Kennedy-a computer pioneer who founded the computer science program at Rice—died of pancreatic cancer in 2007. "His greatest gift to me, and to the Rice community, was in living the life he would have chosen," Quillen said. "That's something I think about in a very profound way every day." At Davidson, Quillen succeeds Tom Ross '72, who announced in August 2010 that he would step down to become president of the University of North Carolina system in January 2011.

DAVIDSON WILDCATS

ATHLETIC ADMIN./HEAD COACHES

Beth Hayford Head Athletic Trainer

Brian Barmes Equipment Manager

Dick Cooke Senior Men's Administrator, Head Baseball Coach

Lee Jones Director of Lake Campus

Katy McNay Assistant Athletic Director, Senior Woman Administrator

Jon Rowan Strength & Conditioning

Annie Porges Director of the Davidson Athletic Foundation

Gary Andrew M. Cross Country/Track

Greg Ashton Women’s Soccer

Drew Barrett Men’s Tennis

Bob McKillop Men’s Basketball

Tripp Merritt Football

Bob Patnesky Wrestling

Caroline Price Women’s Tennis

Michele Savage Women’s Basketball

Matt Spear Men’s Soccer

Jen Straub W. Cross Country/Track

Tim Straub Golf

Ginny Turner Field Hockey

Chris Willis Volleyball

Kim Wayne Lacrosse

John Young Swimming & Diving

Scott Applegate Associate Director of Athletics

Jamie Hendricks Director of Ticketing, Marketing & Game Operations

Marc Gignac Sports Information Director

Sandy Helfgott Director of P.E. & Recreation

HEAD COACHES

THE HISTORY OF THE WILDCAT On November 10, 1917, a small cohort of 22 football players traveled to Atlanta to represent Davidson College against Auburn, one of the most formidable teams in the South. The Plainsmen had massacred their first four opponents, outscoring teams, 141-6. According to one account, they were “big, quick, and undefeated” and heavily favored in the day’s matchup. Davidson was 2-4 and started a line averaging 20 pounds less. Not surprisingly, Auburn dominated the game, outgaining the “Red and Black” 240 yards to Davidson’s 91 yards. Astoundingly, Davidson pulled together an offensive attack through the efforts of running back A.R. “Buck” Flowers and quarterback Henry Spann, delivering a “bewildering array of forward passes.” Davidson defeated one of the most powerful teams in

the South that day, 21-7, with scrappiness that captured the awe and respect of Atlanta sportswriters. They wrote of the “Wildcats” from Davidson College, whose small stature and ferocious style proved overwhelming. One account notes that Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal remarked of the Davidson team, “No other team ever put together in these United States of the same weight as Coach Fetzer’s team could ever get the verdict over the flock of wild men from North Carolina.” The Davidsonian picked up on the nickname, and it has been used ever since, replacing former, milder references such as “Red and Black,” “Presbyterians” and “Preachers.” — revised and rewritten from an account in the Davidson College archives

2011-12 MEN’S GOLF