2009-10 Middle Tennessee Men's Golf Information Guide

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Quick Facts Table of Contents/Media University Information Location: Murfreesboro, TN Enrollment: 25,191 Founded: 1911 Conference: Sun Belt Colors: Royal Blue and White Nickname: Blue Raiders President: Dr. Sidney McPhee Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro Senior Woman Administrator: Diane Turnham NCAA Faculty Representative: Dr. Terry Whiteside Men’s Head Coach: Whit Turnbow Alma Mater: Middle Tennessee (2000) Office Phone: (615) 898-5754 E-mail: wturnbow@mtsu.edu Years at MT: Third season Assistant AD/Communications: Mark Owens (Golf contact) Office Phone: (615) 898-5057 Cell Phone: (615) 631-9520 Fax: (615) 898-5626 E-mail: owens@goblueraiders.com Asst. Athletic Communications Directors: Travis Woods, Jessica Stauffacher Athletic Web Site Specialist: Bradley Lambert Athletic Web Site: GoBlueRaiders.com Administrative Assistant: Debbie Bartlett

2 2010 Information

Roster/Schedule..............................................................2

3 2008-09 Notebook..........................3 4 The Team

Head Coach Whit Turnbow...........................................4-5 Assistant Coach Chas Narramore.....................................6 Michael Wilson................................................................7 Kent Bulle....................................................................8-9 Hunter Green...........................................................10-11 Jason Millard............................................................12-13 Brad Simons.............................................................14-15 Craig Smith..............................................................16-17 Matt Emery...................................................................18 Douglas Harris...............................................................18 Dane Voss......................................................................18

19 Stats, History, Facilities

Fall/Spring Combined Stats...........................................19 All-Time Letterwinners.................................................20 Team/Individual Champions.........................................21 Honor Roll.....................................................................23 Records.........................................................................24 Results.....................................................................25-26 Jeff Hendrix Performance Center...................................27 Area Golf Courses.....................................................28-29 Strength and Conditioning............................................30

26 University

The University...............................................................31 President Sidney McPhee..............................................32 Director of Athletics Chris Massaro................................33 Scarlett Commons.........................................................34 Dining Facilities.............................................................34 Sun Belt Conference......................................................35

2009-10 Middle Tennessee Men’s Golf Information Guide Credits

Editorial: The 2009-10 Middle Tennessee Men’s Golf Information Guide is a publication of the Athletic Communications Office with

the intent to serve all media and followers of Blue Raider golf programs. Additional copies may be purchased for $10. Mail orders should include $3 for postage and handling. This year’s guide was written, designed and edited by Mark Owens, assistant athletic director/communications. A special thanks also goes to Bradley Lambert for his services and to MTSU Publications and Graphics for their assistance in proofreading. The Middle Tennessee Athletic Communications staff extends its thanks to all SBC and opponent media relations offices, the SBC office and all members of past media relations staffs who have assisted in compiling information that is an integral part of this publication. Questions, comments or corrections should be directed in writing to Assistant Athletic Director/Communications Mark Owens at owens@goblueraiders.com.

Photography: Photography provided by J. Intintoli, MTSU Photographic Services (Jack Ross) and Bradley Lambert.

A Tennessee Board of Regents University Middle Tennessee State University is an equal opportunity, nonracially identifiable, educational institution that does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities.

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Note to the Media: Assistant AD/Communications Mark Owens of the Middle Tennessee Athletic Communications Office is ready to assist you with any questions or requests concerning the 2010 Blue Raider golf program, media guide, coaches and student-athletes. Please do not hesitate to contact Owens with any requests. You can call him in the office at (615) 898-5057 or on his cell at (615) 631-9520, or you may reach him via e-mail at owens@goblueraiders.com.

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Media Services/Credentials Members of the media are supplied with up-to-date release packages which can be obtained from the official MT Web site, www.

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Interviews All player and coach interviews must be arranged through the Middle Tennessee Athletic Communications Office. Home or cell phone numbers of players will not be given to members of the media. Players and coaches should not be contacted directly under any circumstances. Interviews with players and coaches may be arranged in advance by contacting Owens. The golf team practices at Champions Run, Indian Hills, Old Fort and Stones River golf courses in Murfreesboro. Players and coaches are available for interviews immediately following practice, or interviews may also be arranged prior to practice. Media desiring to conduct interviews by phone should make arrangements through the Middle Tennessee Athletic Communications Office.

Sun Belt Conference SBC statistics, schedules and other information are available at sunbeltsports.org. At the end of the season, the SBC will announce its annual postseason All-SBC teams and Coaches of the Year, as well as Scholar-Athlete winners.

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Mission Statement The MT Athletic Program promotes excellence in athletics and provides academic and athletic opportunities for every student-athlete, the University, and the community. Building on tradition, the program advances the University’s regional and national stature and creates opportunities for innovative partnerships throughout the region. Middle Tennessee State University continually works to maximize human, financial, and physical resources to create and heighten the quality of its sports programs.

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Front Row (l-r): Douglas Harris, Dane Voss, Hunter Green, Jason Millard.

Back Row (l-r): Head Coach Whit Turnbow, Matt Emery, Brad Simons, Craig Smith, Kent Bulle, and assistant coach Chas Narramore.

2009 Roster Name Kent Bulle Matt Emery Hunter Green Douglas Harris Jason Millard Brad Simons Craig Smith Dane Voss Head Coach:

Height Class Hometown 6-0 Sr. Glasgow, Ky. 6-2 Fr. Franklin, Tenn.

5-10 So. Dayton, Tenn.

6-0 r-Fr. Franklin, Tenn.

5-9 Jr. Murfreesboro, Tenn.

6-2 So. Mountain Home, Ark. 6-1 r-Sr. Springfield, Tenn.

5-11 r-Fr. Jonesborough, Tenn.

Whit Turnbow (3rd season, Middle Tennessee, 2000)

Previous Affiliation Glasgow HS Baylor School Rhea County HS Battleground Academy Riverdale HS Mountain Home HS Davidson Academy Science Hill HS

Fall 2009 Date Aug. 30-Sept. 1 Sept. 25-27 Oct. 5-6 Oct. 26-27

Tournament Golfweek Conference Challenge Mason Rudolph Championship Squire Creek Golf Classic Aldila Intercollegiate

Location Riverside, Iowa Franklin, Tenn.

Ruston, La. Chattanooga, Tenn.

Result 6th/15 teams 1st/17 teams 3rd/16 teams 1st/17 teams

Spring 2010 Date Feb. 21-23 March 5-7 March 15-16 March 21-23 April 12-13 April 19-20 April 26-28 May 20-22 June 4-6

Tournament Jaguar Intercollegiate USF Invitational Rio Pinar Invitational Callaway Match Play Championship ASU Red Wolf Classic Crooked Stick Invitational Sun Belt Conference Championship NCAA Regionals NCAA Finals

Location Mobile, Ala. Tampa, Fla. Orlando, Fla. Dove Mountain, Ariz.

Jonesboro, Ark. Carmel, Ind. Muscle Shoals, Ala. TBA Chattanooga, Tenn.

Pronunciation Guide Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bull Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chase Jason Millard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meal-erd

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Head coach Whit Turnbow (middle) with seniors Kent Bulle (left) and Craig Smith (right)

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2008-09 Notebook Blue Raiders earn elusive Sun Belt Championship

Middle Tennessee earned the Sun Belt Conference’s automatic berth into the NCAA Regionals when it won the league championship for the first time, April 22, at the Tradition Course at Cypresswood in Houston, Texas. The Blue Raiders faced a 12-shot deficit after the first round but they made all of it up on Moving Day and Middle Tennessee entered the final round tied with Denver for the lead. The Blue Raiders shot 284 in the final round to win the championship by six shots. It marked the first SBC Championship for Middle Tennessee since joining the conference in 2000-01. Four Blue Raiders finished among the Top 12 individually, led by Chas Narramore’s fifth-place finish with an even-par 216. Jason Millard tied for sixth, and Rick Cochran and Kent Bulle tied for 12th.

Narramore, Millard earn All-SBC

Senior Chas Narramore and sophomore Jason Millard were named All-SBC in 2009. Narramore earned the honor for the third consecutive year to become the only Blue Raider to earn three All-SBC honors. He joins former Blue Raiders Brett Alexander and J.R. Wade as the only three-time all-conference performers in program history.

Millard earned All-SBC honors for the first time.

Smith returns to lineup for postseason

Junior Craig Smith was the only member of Blue Raiders’ five-man lineup who was not part of the 2008 postseason. Smith was shut down with a stress fracture in the lower back at the end of the regular season. After missing more than two months during rehab Smith returned to the lineup for the Mason Rudolph Championship in October, 2008 and has been a fixture since. Prior to his injury, Smith was the SBC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, as well as All-SBC, in 2007.

Blue Raiders stun field, capture Callaway title

Middle Tennessee defeated the top three seeds to win the Calloway Match Play Championship in March. The Blue Raiders earned a spot in the national event based on their finish at the 2008 NCAA National Championship. They topped second-seeded and No. 30-ranked San Diego State in the quarterfinals, beat second-seeded and No. 22-ranked Florida State in the semifinals, and turned back top-seeded and No. 6-ranked Indiana in the championship round. Kent Bulle, Chas Narramore and Craig Smith were undefeated in their three matches. The field included 14 of the nation’s Top 50 teams, including four Top 10s. (All rankings are based on Golfstat).

Narramore named National Player of Week

Chas Narramore was named Golfweek’s National Player of the Week (3/30/09) after helping Middle Tennessee capture the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship. Narramore went 3-0, including defeating Indiana’s Alex Martin in the championship match to cap his perfect week.

Narramore has several solid moments at The Callaway but his biggest may have been one of the most impressive matches of the tournament when he defeated Florida State’s Matt Savage 7 and 6 in the semifinals. He also beat San Diego State’s Andrew Cooley in the opening round of match play to help lead Middle Tennessee to an upset of the No. 2 seed.

Bulle captures All-American Intercollegiate

Junior Kent Bulle won the All-American Intercollegiate at the Tradition Course at Cypresswood in Houston with a 7-under 209. He is the only Blue Raider to capture an individual event in 2008-09. He was named SBC Golfer of the Month in February.

Millard goes low at Mason Rudolph

Jason Millard posted Middle Tennessee’s best round and came within one shot of the school record with a 6-under 65 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship. Millard was par or lower in all three rounds and finished tied for second with an 8-under 205. The Middle Tennessee record for low round is Emile Vaughn’s 64 in the 1977 Tennessee Intercollegiate.

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WHITTURNBOW Head Coach Third season Two-time SBC Coach of the Year Middle Tennessee, 2000

Whit Turnbow, 31, enters his third season as Middle Tennessee’s head coach after leading the program to unprecedented success in his debut season of 2007-08. Turnbow was named the program’s sixth head coach by Director of Athletics Chris Massaro in July 2007.

In two years at the helm, Turnbow has led the Blue Raiders to two NCAA regionals, one NCAA National Championship appearance, a Sun Belt Conference championship, and been named the league’s coach of the year twice.

Middle Tennessee won its first SBC Golf Championship in 2009, weeks after Turnbow’s Blue Raiders shocked the field to win the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship. Turnbow was named SBC Coach of the Year for the second time in as many years.

Turnbow led Middle Tennessee to a top-40 national ranking and its first-ever at-large berth in an NCAA Regional in 2007-08. Once there, the Blue Raiders

advanced to the NCAA Division I National Championships for the first time (as a Division I member) in West Lafayette, Ind. Middle Tennessee continued to make history at the National Championships when the Blue Raiders made the 15team cut to play on the final day.

Middle Tennessee won a school-record five tournaments under Turnbow in 2007-08, including four straight - also a school record for most consecutive tournament titles. The Blue Raiders were an astounding 142-54 during Turnbow’s debut season. For his efforts, Turnbow was named the Sun Belt Conference and Eaton Golf Pride Southeast Regional Coach of the Year.

Middle Tennessee was named Golfweek’s National Team of the Week three times in 2007-08 and freshman Jason Millard earned All-American honors, while teammates Chas Narramore and Rick Cochran earned All-Sun Belt first-team honors under Turnbow’s tutelage.

Although Turnbow is in his third season as head coach, he is no stranger to the program or Middle Tennessee’s current group of players. He was a substantial part of the Middle Tennessee golf program both as a player and assistant coach for nine years - four as a player and five seasons (2002-07) assisting the men’s and women’s programs.

Turnbow replaced long-time coach Johnny Moore, who was in the position 18 seasons and coached Turnbow. Massaro pointed toward Turnbow’s leadership,

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recruiting ability and maturity when making the decision to elevate him to head coach.

“Whit has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and proven to be a great recruiter as evidenced by the current group of Blue Raider golfers that he was responsible for recruiting and signing,” Massaro said. “I believe Blue Raider fans are going to be pleased with the manner in which Whit leads this program. He has had the opportunity to play for and coach with a great mentor in Johnny Moore, who allowed Whit to handle more and more of the dayto-day responsibilities of running a program through the years, which has helped prepare him for this job.”

Turnbow’s Blue Raiders turned in a 38-19 mark against a rigorous fall schedule in 2007-08, capturing a team championship at the Jaguar Intercollegiate and finishing fifth out of 17 teams in the fall opener at the Scenic City Invitational. Turnbow’s team came up big in its second tournament under him as a head coach when it shot an astounding 38-under 826 on the way to shattering the previous school record of 853 for best three-round tournament.

Turnbow was responsible for recruiting and signing each Blue Raider golfer in the program in 2007 when Middle Tennessee fashioned a 115-29-2 record and was ranked among the top 50 nationally in the

2010 Middle Tennessee Men’s Golf 2009 SUn Belt Champions ence Championship and a berth in the NCAA Regional.

The Blue Raiders were ranked 45th nationally after winning the OVC. Golfweek magazine ranked Middle Tennessee 46th and MasterCard Collegiate had the team ranked 50th, marking the first time in program history that the Blue Raiders ended the season ranked in the Top 50 in both major polls.

During his playing career at Middle Tennessee, Turnbow played in 31 tournaments with three top-10 finishes. He maintained a 76.4 scoring average throughout his four years. He debuted with two top-10 finishes as a Blue Raider - finishing tied for ninth at the USF/Ron Smith Invitational and a sixth-place finish at the Southern Junior/Senior. He competed in all 11 tournaments as a sophomore and shot a career-low round of 69 at the USF/Ron Smith Invitational, good enough to place him eighth in the tournament. He manGolfstat rankings. The 2007 Blue Raiders turned in 10 aged to own the lowest scoring average on the team top-5 finishes including finishing third or higher in (75) despite being one of the youngest players on the final six tournaments of the spring. the squad. His success continued into his junior year, It should come as no surprise that Turnbow is when he again fired a career-low 69 at the Matlock vastly respected by his peers in coaching circles Invitational. because of his contributions to the development of He also had a round of 70 at the Fall Beach Classic, young talent. where he finished 20th. He competed in eight tour In his first season as assistant coach (2003), naments during his senior year, including the team’s Turnbow helped the Blue Raiders place in the top victory at the OVC Championships and the NCAA East 5 four times, including one tournament championRegional. ship. In all, Middle Tennessee has enjoyed 20 top-5 Following his collegiate playing days, finishes during Turnbow’s five years as an assistant Turnbow spent three years (2000-02) coach. The Blue Raiders set what was then a school record for best tournament in 2004 when they shot a competing professionally. He participated in the Hooters, Hurricane and Developmental 14-under 274 at LSU. Middle Tennessee also won its Players tours. first two tournaments since 2000 in 2003 and 2006, capturing the 2003 ULM Intercollegiate and the 2006 Turnbow was named the TrueTemper/TPGA Assistant Professional Player of the Year USF Intercollegiate. in 2001. He was the low professional at Turnbow was a four-year letterwinner as a golfer the Tennessee Open in 2001 and 2007 and at Middle Tennessee from 1996 to 2000, and he helped lead the 2000 team to the Ohio Valley Confer- placed fifth at the Harold Eller Pro-Am, the Coca-Cola Open and the Wilson Ez-Go Open.

Blue Raider Coaching Fraternity He was also low pro Coach Years Tourney Titles at the 2006 Honors/ (Conf.)

Council Fire Pro-Am. Wink Midgett 1939-42 0 E.K. Patty 1946-81 55 (11) During his profesJimmy Earle 1982-86 4 (0) sional time, Turnbow Walt Rogers 1987-89 0 worked at Lakewood Johnny Moore 1989-2007 15 (5) Golf and Country Club Whit Turnbow 2007-Present 9 (1) in Tullahoma, Tenn., Totals 1939-Present 85 (17)

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Turnbow Quick Facts Birthdate: July 20, 1978 Family: Wife, Lori; Daughter, Reagan Hometown: Shelbyville, Tenn.

High School: Shelbyville Central, 1996 Education: Middle Tennessee, 2000 Collegiate Playing Experience Middle Tennessee, 1996-2000 Professional Playing Experience Hooters Tour, 2000-02 Hurricane Tour, 2000-02 Development Players Tour, 2000-02 Coaching Experience Middle Tennessee, Assistant Coach, Dec. 2002-May 2007 Middle Tennessee, Head Coach, June 2007-Present

as an assistant to Chuck Lynch. He was the Junior golf director at Lakewood and started the first Junior program at the Fayetteville Country Club.

Turnbow is certified as a golf conditioning specialist by GMP Fitness, and he was nominated for the TaylorMade/Adidas National Assistant Coach of the Year award in 2004.

Turnbow’s experience on the course provides a great deal of assistance and he continues to maintain the winning tradition at Middle Tennessee. Turnbow and his wife, Lori, have a 2-year-old daughter named Reagan. They reside in Murfreesboro. Lori, a physical education teacher at Reeves-Rogers Elementary School, is a 2000 graduate of Middle Tennessee.

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CHASNARRAMORE Assistant Coach First season Three-time NCAA Participant Middle Tennessee, 2009

Chas Narramore, the only three-time Sun Belt AllConference player in Middle Tennessee history, is in his first season as the assistant golf coach for the Sun Belt Champion Blue Raiders.

“This is Chas’ first year with us and he provides a tremendous amount of experience and leadership, both on and off the golf course,” noted Head Coach Whit Turnbow. “Chas is playing professional golf, and is an accomplished player. He is also a Middle Tennessee guy, and we are proud to have him as part of our program.”

Narramore and fellow senior Rick Cochran fired a combined seven-under-par final round to lead Middle Tennessee to its first-ever SBC title in 2009.

Along with three SBC Player of the Month awards, Narramore was voted the National Player of the Week on March 30, 2009 by Golfweek Magazine. He was also a member of the Blue Raiders’ 2008 NCAA team that finished 15th in the national tournament.

For his career, Narramore had a career stroke average of 73.52 for 128 rounds; with a low round of 66. He had 16 Top Ten finishes, and seven Top Five’s during his career. His second place finish in the 2007 Scenic City Invitational was his career best, and his three-round total of 206 for that tournament is the third-best in Middle Tennessee history.

A native of Kingston, Tenn., Narramore played for Roane County High School where he was a two-time All-State selection and also a Tennessee State Junior champion. He also lettered in basketball and tennis.

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NARRAMORE’S Career BESTS

18-hole Score 54-hole Score Tournament Finish Top 10 Finishes Top 20 Finishes

66 206 2nd 16 25

NARRAMORE’S Career results

2008-09 Aldila Intercollegiate 71-68-72=211 (15th) Mason Rudolph Championship 74-78-68=220 (43rd) Squire Creek Intercollegiate 76-71-72=219 (30th) Sam Hall Intercollegiate 69-76-73=218 (7th) All-American Classic 77-75-76 = 228 (36th) USF Invitational 72-71-73 = 216 (18th) Callaway Match Play 72-76 = 148 (17th) * - def. Andrew Cooley, San. Diego St. 1-up * - def. Matt Savage, Fla. St. 7 and 6 * - def. Alex Martin, Ind. 3 and 2 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate 77-75--79 = 231 (29th) SBC Championships 75-72-69 = 216 (5th) NCAA Central Regional 77-75-72=224 (T44th)

2007-08 Scenic City Invitational 67-70-69=206 (2nd) Jaguar Intercollegiate 66-72-71=209 (4th) Brickyard Collegiate 75-72-79=226 (49th) Squire Creek Intercollegiate 76-78-75=229 (73rd) GADO North Texas Classic 75-71-71=217 (14th) The All-American 75-73-75=223 (10th) Ron Smith Invitational 71-71-72=214 (7th) Carter Plantation Intercollegiate 73-73-74=220 (3rd) MT/ALDILA Intercollegiate 72-74-73=219 (11th) SBC Championships 71-73-71=215 (14th) The Maxwell 69-72-68=209 (4th) NCAA East Regional 69-70-71=210 (23rd) NCAA National Championship 80-76-80-75=311 (60th) 2006-07 Scenic City Invitational Jaguar Intercollegiate Crown Colony Classic Mason Rudolph Championship Sam H. Hall Invitational GADO North Texas Classic All-American Intercollegiate South Florida Intercollegiate Carter Plantation Intercollegiate First Tee Collegiate MT/Aldila Intercollegiate SBC Championships NCAA East Regional

72-72-79 = 223 (7th) 72-77-71 = 220 (37th) 73-74 = 147 (15th) 74-69-72 = 215 (3rd) 71-68-73 = 212 (9th) 71-75-79 = 225 (10th) 71-71-77 = 219 (11th) 72-77-68 = 217 (7th) 71-74-70 = 215 (4th) 72-73-70 = 215 (13th) 71-73-80 = 224 (33rd) 71-72-73 = 216 (6th) 86-80-71=227 (71st)

2005-06 Cobb/Ferrell Mean Green Green Reynolds Plantation Classic Sam Hall Invitational Dick Wittcoff/USF Invitational USA Spring Classic UALR/First Tee Collegiate ASU Indian Classic SBC Championship

80-74-82 = 236 (74th) 75-83-77 = 235 (51st) 74-75-79 = 228 (72nd) 72-79-75 = 226 (36th) 72-70-74 = 216 (2nd) 81-75-74 = 230 (37th) 72-74-81 = 227 (21st) 69-76-80 = 225 (25th)

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MICHAELWILSON Strength and Conditioning Coach Second season Certified by the Titleist Performance Institute Georgia Southern, 2007

Michael Wilson is in his second year as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for both the men and women’s golf teams at Middle Tennessee.

Wilson, a native of Nashville and a graduate of Father Ryan High School, began his career at Middle Tennessee in August of 2008.

Initially, Wilson was helping with the football program full-time, but when an opening came up for the golf teams, Wilson immediately made the jump and the move has worked out well.

Although it was quite a bit different from football, Wilson enjoys adding golf to his duty list. He and Coach Whit Turnbow discovered a program that is put on by Titleist through their Performance Institute.

It was a program based on years of research in how best to train golfers, and offered certification to take the course.

Wilson now has two levels of certification, with one more to go. He has learned specific things that golfers need to do to have a perfect swing, and to add more power to their swing. Analyzing the swings of each golfer, and showing them how to correct it is one of the many areas he specializes in for the Blue Raiders.

“Michael Wilson has turned our strength and conditioning program into something that is sought-after by other programs around the country,” said Coach Whit Turnbow. “Other coaches are calling me all the time to see what we are doing.

“He has completed two levels in the Titleist Performance Institute certification process and is one of four in the country that works with a golf team that is certified on the second level.

He has done a tremendous job in taking our strength and conditioning program to what I consider to be

one of the best in the country.”

He also deals with equipment, and how to use it properly. He talks to the golfers about food and nutrition, right down to what they should and should not eat prior to a match, and also during a match.

Wilson instructs the golfers in how to lift weights correctly, so that they are getting the most out of what they are doing.

“If Coach Turnbow sees something that needs to be improved, such as a swing, or strength to hit the ball farther, he can tell us what he wants, and we can do it,” said Wilson.

Wilson began his collegiate career at Georgia Southern, and worked under Tom Melton. When he graduated and started job hunting, Melton told him to call Russell Patterson at Middle Tennessee, who

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was looking for some help in strength and conditioning. Patterson hired Wilson for football, and golf was added to his duties in August of 2008.

Wilson is pleased with how well the golfers have responded to the new program. Despite initially being hesitant to try the new program, it has now been fully accepted and embraced by both teams.

“We have definitely seen improvement, especially in attitudes. The guys come in now and they want to work,” said Wilson. “Once they realized that this program had the full support of Coach Turnbow, they bought into it immediately. Now, they really get after it and you can tell by their play on the course.”

“Michael Wilson has turned our strength and conditioning program into something that is sought-after by other programs around the country,” said Coach Whit Turnbow.

“Other coaches are calling me all the time to see what we are doing.”

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KENTBULLE Senior Glasgow, Ky. Glasgow HS

history. Tied for low medalist honors at Jaguar Intercollegiate with a 13-under 203, which set the individual record for best three-round total, besting the previous mark of 208 in 1996 ... Finished 13th out of 95 players at Squire Creek Intercollegiate ... Was seventh among Sun Belt golfers with a 72.7 average during fall season.

2006-07 (FRESHMAN) NOTABLE

2008 NCAA Championship Participant ... Won 2009 All-American Intercollegiate with 7-under 209 ... SBC Golfer of Month, Feb., 2009 ... Qualified for the 2007 U.S. Amateur ... 65 at Jaguar Intercollegiate (Fall 2008) is tied for second-best round all time and his 203 at the event is the best three-round total in program history … Co-Medalist at 2009 Aldila Scenic Invite with a 6-under 210.

2009-10 (SENIOR)

2009 Fall: Finished with the team’s top scoring average at 71.36 for four tournaments … Shot even par or better in nine of 11 rounds, including last eight in a row … Was Co-Medalist at the Aldila Scenic Invite with a 6-under par 210 total.

2008-09 (JUNIOR)

2009 Spring: Named SBC Golfer of Month for February ... Won AllAmerican Classic with season-best 7-under 209 ... Fired season-low 67 in opening round of All-American Classic ... Enjoyed six sub-par rounds ... Won all three matches at the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship to help lead Middle Tennessee to the team championship ... Defeated Alex Kang (San Diego State), Cameron Knight (Florida State) and David Erdy (Indiana) in match play competition ... At the NCAA Regional finished 1-under over the final two rounds after collecting six of his seven birdiesEnded the Regional 24th (out of 75) after firing a 6-over 222.

2008 Fall: Saw action in two tournaments, posting a 5-over par 221 in both events ... Earned a 39th-place finish at the Squire Creek Intercollegiate, including a 71 during the final round ... Posted a season-low 70 during the final round of the Aldila Intercollegiate.

2007-08 (SOPHOMORE)

One of two Blue Raiders to play in all 13 events and posted a 73.9 stroke average ... Tied for first at the Jaguar Intercollegiate ...

Enjoyed 14 rounds at par or better ... Fashioned two Top 10 and five Top 20 finishes.

Spring 2008: Helped lead Middle Tennessee to its first NCAA Division I Men’s Golf National Championship, where the Blue Raiders made the cut and finished 15th nationally ... Helped assure Middle Tennessee’s berth in the NCAA Championship when he shot 5-under 67 in the opening round and 1-under 70 in the second round of the NCAA East Regional. He finished 35th at the Regional at 1-under for the tournament ... Ten of his 14 rounds of par or better came in the spring with a low round of 67 at the NCAA East Regional ...

Finished second at the Ron Smith Invitational with a 4-under 212 to lead the Blue Raiders to its second straight team championship ... Enjoyed 10th place finish at the Middle Tennessee/Aldila Intercollegiate, which Middle Tennessee won ... Finished 22nd at The All-American to help lead the Blue Raiders to the first of four consecutive tournament wins ... Finished 17th at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate.

Fall 2007: Played in all four spring tournaments and posted a 72.7 average with a career-best round of 65 ... Second-round 65 at the Jaguar Intercollegiate tied for the second lowest round in program

Spring 2007: Played in six tournaments with a 73.2 stroke average ... His 73.97 scoring average for his freshman season (06-07) was 19th overall in the Sun Belt ... Fired low round of 4-under 68 in the second round at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate, where he enjoyed one of his two Top 10 finishes ... Finished 10th out of 75 players at the Carter Plantation and 10th out of 60 at the Middle Tennessee/Aldila Intercollegiate ... Five of his 18 rounds played were par or better ... Shot final round of 69 at the First Tee Intercollegiate and the Middle Tennessee/Aldila Intercollegiate ... Helped pace team to win with a 13th-place finish (out of 90 players) at the South Florida Intercollegiate.

Fall 2006: Competed in four tournaments with a scoring average of 75.17, which was 28th in the Sun Belt during the fall season ... Best finish was eighth at the Jaguar Intercollegiate ... Posted a careerbest 68 in the opening round of the Jaguar Intercollegiate and shot a 6-under 210 for his best three-round total ... Shot under par in all three rounds at the Jaguar Intercollegiate (68-71-71) ... Turned in a 15th-place finish in his first collegiate tournament at the Scenic City in Chattanooga.

HIGH SCHOOL

Earned six letters in golf for coach Johnny Belcher at Glasgow High School, while also lettering in basketball and tennis ... Named team MVP in 2003, 2004, and 2005 ... Set course record at Bowling Green Country Club with a 64 in the Bowling Green Invitational Tournament (2005), which also stands as the tournament record .... Named to Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) All-State team in 2005 and 2006 ... 2003 KHSAA Region Champion .... 2003 KHSAA State Golf Tournament Sportsmanship Award ... 2002 KHSAA Region Runner-up ... 2002 All-Region Team ... 2006 US Bank Hall of Fame Male Athlete ... 2006 KHSAA First Corbin District Sportsmanship Award ... 2006 KHSAA First Corbin Regional Sportsmanship Winner ... Named team MVP in 2003, 2004, and 2005 ... Posted lowest tournament score (71) and had a season stroke average of 71 in 2005 ... Team MVP in tennis in 2005 and 2006 and earned the 2006 Glasgow Athletic Booster Club Tennis Award ... Named to the 15th District All-Academic Team in basketball for the 2005 and 2006 seasons ... Kentucky All “A” Classic 4th Region All-Academic in 2005 and 2006.

PERSONAL

Born on Sept. 15, 1988 ... Son of Freddie and Pam Bulle ... Favorite hobby is ping-pong.

BULLE’s Career STATISTICS

Season Tourn. Rds. Strokes Avg. 2006-07 10 29 2145 73.96 2007-08 13 40 2958 73.95 2008-09 9 26 1921 73.88 2009-10 4 11 785 71.36 Career 36 106 7809 73.66

Low 68 65 67 68 65

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bulle’s Career BESTS

18-hole Score 54-hole Score Tournament Finish Top 10 Finishes Top 20 Finishes

65 203 1st 9 16

BULLE’s Career results

2009-10 Golfweek Conference Challenge 72-75-74=221 (29th) Mason Rudolph Championship 70-72=142 (21st) Squire Creek Classic 72-68-72=212 (4th) Aldila Scenic Invite 72-68-70=210 (1st) 2008-09 Aldila Intercollegiate 74-77-70=221 (51st) Squire Creek Intercollegiate 77-73-71=221 (39th) Arizona Intercollegiate 74-74-69 = 217 (19th) All-American Intercollegiate 67-69-73 = 209 (1st) Ron Smith/USF Invitational 71-75-74 = 220 (47th) Callaway Match Play 81-75 = 156 (59th) * def. Alex Kang, San Diego State 1-up * def. Cameron Knight, Fla. State 2-and-1 * def. David Erdy, Indiana 1-up Robert Kepler Intercollegiate 82-76-78 = 236 (48th) SBC Championships 71-71-77 = 219 (12th) NCAA Central Regional 79-70-73=222 (31st) * - match play competition 2007-08 Scenic City Invitational 74-77-75=226 (76th) Jaguar Intercollegiate 68-65-70=203 (1st) Brickyard Collegiate 76-79-73=228 (56th) Squire Creek Intercollegiate 70-73-73=230 (50th) GADO North Texas Classic 82-75-73=228 (56th) The All-American 80-72-75=227 (22nd) Ron Smith Invitational 70-70-72=212 (2nd) Carter Plantation 80-69-79=228 (17th) MT/Aldila Intercollegiate 74-70-74=218 (10th) SBC Championships 76-71-74=221 (29th) The Maxwell 71-78-74=223 (41st) NCAA East Regional 67-75-70=212 (35th) NCAA National Championship 77-77-78-82=314 (69th) 2006-07 Scenic City Invitational 74-75-75 = 224 (15th) Jaguar Intercollegiate 68-71-71 = 210 (8th) Crown Colony Classic 81-74 = 155 (51st) Mason Rudolph Championship 81-79-77 = 237 (67th) All-American Intercollegiate 76-77-74=227 (41st) Ron Smith/USF Intercollegiate 73-68-77=219 (13th) Carter Plantation Intercollegiate 73-68-77=218 (10th) First Tee Collegiate 72-74-69=215 (13th) MT/Aldila Intercollegiate 73-75-69=217 (10th) SBC Championships 76-76-71=223 (19th)

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HUNTERGREEN Sophomore Evansville, Tenn.

Rhea County HS

GREEN’S Career BESTS

18-hole Score 54-hole Score Tournament Finish Top 10 Finishes Top 20 Finishes

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE) 2009 Fall: Was Co-Medalist at the Aldila Scenic Invite with a 6-under 210 for his best career finish …

Finished seventh at the Mason Rudolph Championship … Seven of his 11 rounds were under par including three in the 60s … His 67 at the Mason Rudolph was his top round.

GREEN’S Career results

2009-10 Golfweek Conference Challenge 70-79-78=227 (52nd) Mason Rudolph Championship 71-67= (7th) Squire Creek Classic 69-74-76=219 (19th) Aldila Scenic Invite 69-70-71=210 (1st) 2008-09 Aldila Intercollegiate Arizona Intercollegiate

2008-09 (FRESHMAN) 2008 Fall: Played in the Aldila Intercollegiate ...

Shot 10-over 226 with a low of 74 during the third round ... Was 3-over par with a 75 during his first collegiate round.

HIGH SCHOOL A three-time all-state, all-region and all-district selection from 2005-06 through 2007-08 at Rhea County High School for coach Micah Ruehling ... Won the state championship as a sophomore and junior in 2006 and 2007, respectively ... Finished as the state runner-up his senior campaign of 2008 ... Selected as the Chattanooga Times-Free Press Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008 ... Won the TSU Big Blue tournament.

PERSONAL Hunter is majoring in economics ... Born on November 26, 1989 ... Son of Mike and Jamie Green ... Mother went to Middle Tennessee, was a cheerleading captain and president of Alpha Delta Pi sorority ... Wants to continue playing golf after graduation.

GREEN’S Career STATISTICS

Season Tourn. Rds. Strokes Avg. 2008-09 2 6 469 78.16 2009-10 4 11 794 72.18 Career 6 17 1263 74.29

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67 210 1st 2 3

Low 74 67 67

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75-77-74 =226 (67th) 85-78-80 =243 (90th)

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JASONMILLARD Junior Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Riverdale HS

NOTABLE Named All-SBC in April, 2009 ... Became the sixth Blue Raider golfer to qualify for the U.S. Amateur and only the second to make the cut and reach the match play round of 64 (2008) … First Middle Tennessee player to garner All-American recognition since 1968 (Golf Coaches Association of America) … Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (GPA 3.0-3.49) for 2007-08 academic year … 2008 NCAA Championship Participant.

2009-10 (JUNIOR) 2009 Fall: Was second on the team with a 72.00 scoring average in four tournaments ... Had a low round of 66 at the Mason Rudolph and a total of five rounds under par ...

Finished fourth overall at the Golfweek Conference Challenge at 6-under par.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE) 2009 Spring: Earned All-SBC honors after leading Middle Tennessee in stroke average with a 72.7 ... Turned in top performances in last two events entering the NCAA Central Regional, finishing fifth (out of 74) at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate and sixth at the SBC Championships, respectively ... Enjoyed best round of the spring with a 2-under 70 in the final round of the SBC Championships ... Had two top 10 finishes in five spring events ... Helped lead Middle Tennessee to the title at the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship as well as the first SBC Golf Championship in program history.

2008 Fall: Continued to make strides on the links, leading the team with a 70.75 average in the four tournaments ...

Fired a career-low 65 during the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship in Nashville ... Finished with an 8-under 205 at the event for a second place result out of 90 players ... The 205 ranks as the second-lowest three-round score in school history ... Also shot under par in the seasonopening Aldila Intercollegiate with a 4-under 212 ... Carded a 66 during the second round on his way to a 17th-place finish ... Earned his second top-five result by placing third (out of 76 participants) at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate to conclude the campaign ... Recorded a 69 during the event’s final round.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN) OVERVIEW: Middle Tennessee’s highest finisher at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship when he tied for 18th at the

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Kampen Course (Purdue University) … Helped lead Middle Tennessee to the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship for the first time, and the Blue Raiders also earned an at-large berth into the NCAA East Regional, marking the first time they had received an at-large invite … Part of the lineup that registered a school-record five tournament wins, including four straight … Ranked 25th in final Sun Belt standings with stroke average of 73.9 … Turned in six top 20 finishes and had 10 rounds of par or better.

2008 Spring: Helped lead Middle Tennessee to its first NCAA Division I Men’s Golf National Championship, where the Blue Raiders made the cut and finished 15th nationally … Was in the lineup for 12 of 13 team events … Highest finish was seventh (out of 67 participants) at The All-American, where he led the team in scoring for the first time and helped lead the team to the first of four consecutive tournament wins …

Spring stroke average was 73.9 – third-best on the team …

Finished 17th with a 2-over 218 at the Ron Smith Invitational … Finished 18th at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate …

Placed 11th at the Aldila Intercollegiate … Finished 21st at The Maxwell.

2007 Fall: Established a season-low 68 in the second round of his first collegiate tournament at the Scenic City Invitational in Chattanooga … Tied the season-low with a 68 at the Jaguar Intercollegiate and turned in a 14th-place finish with a 3-under 213 in the very next tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL Named the Daily News Journal Golfer of the Year as a junior and senior and was named to the publication’s All-Area Golf Team four-straight years … Ranked No. 75 nationally by the American Junior Golf Association and was regarded as the third-rated prep prospect by the Junior Golf Scoreboard … Capped high school career with fourth-place finish in the TSSAA Class AAA Golf Tournament and tied for low medalist honors at the Region 4-AAA Tournament … Had two top10 finishes at the state tournament … Three-time all-state selection … Owned a 69.8 stroke average during his senior season … Finished in the top 10 11 times in 15 summer tournaments prior to senior season … Low round was a 62.

PERSONAL Son of Eddie and Debbie Millard … Won the Rutherford County Open Championship in 2006 and 2007.

MILLARD’S Career STATISTICS

Season Tourn. Rds. Strokes Avg. 2007-08 12 37 2737 73.97 2008-09 10 29 2111 72.79 2009-10 4 11 792 72.00 Career 26 77 5640 73.24

Low 68 65 66 65

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MILLARD’S Career BESTS

18-hole Score 54-hole Score Tournament Finish Top 10 Finishes Top 20 Finishes

65 205 2nd 6 14

MILLARD’S Career results

2009-10 Golfweek Conference Challenge 68-71-71=210 (4th) Mason Rudolph Championship 74-66=140 (16th) Squire Creek Classic 73-73-74=220 (28th) Aldila Scenic Invite 76-77-69=222 (36th) 2008-09 Aldila Intercollegiate 74-66-72=212 (17th) Mason Rudolph Championship 69-65-71=205 (2nd) Squire Creek Intercollegiate 70-73-73=216 (19th) Sam Hall Intercollegiate 76-71-69=216 (3rd) Arizona Intercollegiate 74-74-82 = 231 (70th) USF Invitational 72-72-73 = 217 (22nd) Callaway Match Play 77-76 = 153 (43rd) * def. by Matt Hoffenberg, San Diego St. 1-up * def. by Brooks Koepka, Fla. St. 3 and 1 * def. Seth Brandon, Indiana 2 and 1 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate 76-75-71 = 222 (5th) SBC Championships 75-73-70 = 218 (6th) NCAA Central Regional 77-72-72=221 (T20th) * - match play competition 2007-08 Scenic City Invitational 76-68-79=233 (62nd) Jaguar Intercollegiate 68-74-71=213 (14th) Brickyard Collegiate 74-72-79=225 (46th) GADO North Texas Classic 73-75-80=228 (44th) The All-American 71-74-77=222 (7th) Ron Smith Invitational 74-70-74=218 (17th) Carter Plantation Intercollegiate 76-78-75=229 (18th) MT/ALDILA Intercollegiate 73-72-74=219 (11th) SBC Championships 73-75-74=222 (33rd) The Maxwell 72-71-73=216 (21st) NCAA East Regional 75-73-74=222 (104th) NCAA National Championship 77-72-73-78=300 (18th)

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BRADSIMONS Sophomore Mountain Home, Ark. Mountain Home HS

SIMON’S Career BESTS

18-hole Score 54-hole Score Tournament Finish Top 10 Finishes Top 20 Finishes

NOTABLE No. 1-ranked prospect in Arkansas according to Junior Golf Scoreboard.

SIMON’S Career results

2009-10 Golfweek Conference Challenge 75-74-73=222 (30th) Mason Rudolph Championship 73-72=145 (40th) Squire Creek Classic 73-75-72=220 (28th) Aldila Scenic Invite 71-74-78=223 (45th)

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE) 2009 Fall: Played in all four tournaments and had a scoring average of 73.64 ... Had two rounds at even par or better ... Tied for 28th at the Squire Creek Classic.

2008-09 Aldila Intercollegiate 73-80-79=232 (82nd) Mason Rudolph Championship 78-73-74=225 (65th) Sam Hall Intercollegiate 70-77-74=221 (13th) All-American Classic 78-71-78=227 (28)

2008-09 (FRESHMAN) 2009 Spring: Finished 28th at the All-American Classic ... Posted a low round of 71 in the tournament.

2008 Fall: Played in three tournaments ... At the Aldila Intercollegiate posted a low round of 73 finishing in 82nd place ... Lowest round was a 70 at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate where he finished 13th.

HIGH SCHOOL Played for coach Brad Morris at Mountain Home High School in Mountain Home, Ark. ... Lettered in golf and basketball, earning four varsity letters in golf ... Threetime All-State selection (2006-08) ... Won the Class 6A Arkansas High School State Championship in 2005 and 2006, leading Mountain Home to the team title both seasons ... He also was a three-time All-Conference selection ... Finished 14th at the Big I National Finals ... Lowest 18-hole score is 64.

PERSONAL Brad is majoring in Physical Education ... Son of Bill and Leisa Simons ... Born on Aug. 12, 1989 ... Favorite hobbies include ping pong, music, corn hole ... After graduation aspires to play professional golf or coach college golf.

SIMON’S Career STATISTICS

Season Tourn. Rds. Strokes Avg. 2008-09 4 12 905 75.41 2009-10 4 11 810 73.64 Career 8 23 1715 74.56

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70 220 13th 0 1

Low 70 71 70

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CRAIGSMITH Senior Springfield, Tenn.

Davidson Academy

tournaments … Best finish was 13th out of 95 players at the Squire Creek Intercollegiate … Shot par or better in six of his 12 rounds played, including shooting under par in five rounds … Best round of fall season was a 68 at the Scenic City Invitational.

NOTABLE Qualified for 2007 U.S. Amateur and became the first Blue Raider to make the cut and play in the match play round of 64 … Low medalist at the Sun Belt Conference Championships as a freshman in 2007 … Earned Sun Belt Player of the Year, First-Team All-Sun Belt and Sun Belt Freshman of the Year in 2007 … Suffered season-ending back injury in April 2008 and missed the summer circuit ... Qualified for the 2009 U.S. Amateur but did not make the cut.

2009-10 (R-SENIOR) 2009 Fall: Played in all four tournaments and registered a 73.27 stroke average ... Was fourth at the Mason Rudolph with a 5-under 137 ... Had four rounds under par and three rounds in the 60s.

2008-09 (R-JUNIOR) 2009 Spring: Played in all six spring events ... Highest finish was 14th (out of 71) at the All-American Classic when he shot 7-over 223 ... Fired low round of 71 in second round of SBC Championships as Middle Tennessee overcame a 12-shot deficit to move into a tie for the lead entering final round ... Helped lead Middle Tennessee to the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship and SBC Championship ... Won all three matches during Callaway Collegiate Match Play competition.

2008 Fall: Played in three of the four tournaments during the fall ... Shot a season-low 8-over 221 to place 13th at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate ... Posted a season-low 70 during the last round of the fall at the Sam Hill Intercollegiate ... Turned in a 71 during the final round of the Mason Randolph Championship in Nashville and the second round of the Squire Creek Intercollegiate.

2007-08 (SOPHOMORE) OVERVIEW: Turned in five top-20 finishes and one top 10 … Ranked 15th in the final Sun Belt Conference standings with a 73.5 stroke average.

2008 Spring: Back injury cut short what was shaping into another solid season for the 2007 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year … Turned in a 74.5 stroke average and participated in five events … Best finish was ninth (out of 89 players) at the Ron Smith Invitational … Finished 12th (of 78) at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate …

Also had finishes of 26th at The All-American, 28th at the GADO North Texas Classic and 34th at the Aldila Intercollegiate ... Low round was a 69, which he shot in the second round at the Ron Smith Invitational.

2007 Fall: Finished the fall ranked fifth in the Sun Belt rankings with a 72.25 stroke average, which was top on the Middle Tennessee team … Participated in all four

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2006-07 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN) 2007 Spring: Ranked 10th in the Sun Belt with a 73.26 stroke average for 06-07 season … Played in all seven spring tournaments and posted a team-best 72.1 stroke average … Was the low medalist at the Sun Belt Championships with a 5-under 216 after turning in consecutive bogey-free rounds (second and third) and shooting a career best 6-under 66 in the final round, which is tied for the fifth-best round in program history … Was named first-team All-Sun Belt and the Sun Belt’s Freshman of the Year … Turned in five top-10 finishes out of seven tournaments, including four top-five finishes … In addition to winning the Sun Belt Championship, also finished third at the All-American Intercollegiate (216), fourth at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate (215) and fifth at the First Tee Intercollegiate (211) … Shot par or better in 12 of 21 rounds, including seven rounds under par ... Was even or under par for four of seven tournaments.

2006 Fall: Participated in all five tournaments with a 75.2 stroke average, which was 30th among Sun Belt golfers in the fall ... Turned in his best finish in the final event of the fall with a 24th-place showing at the Sam H. Hall Invitational ... Also posted his fall season-best round of 69 in the final round of the Sam H. Hall Invitational ... Posted four rounds of par or better during the fall season ... Became fourth Blue Raider to qualify for the U.S. Amateur after earning low medalist honors at USGA sectional qualifying at Camp Creek golf Club in Watersound, Fla., in August.

2005-06 (FRESHMAN) Took a redshirt season.

HIGH SHOOL Played for Davidson Academy, where he earned Tennessee Player of the Year honors in 2004 ... Was third team allstate in 2002 and 2003 ... Owns the school’s low nine-hole average with a 31 ... Played for coach Kevin Maggard ...

Advanced to match play in the 2004 U.S. Junior Championship ... Ranked as one of the top 100 prospects in the nation in 2004.

PERSONAL Craig is majoring in liberal studies ... Born on July 1, 1987 ... Son of Lee and Pam Smith.

SMITH’S Career STATISTICS

Season Tourn. Rds. Strokes Avg. 2006-07 12 35 2564 73.25 2007-08 9 27 1985 73.52 2008-09 7 29 2176 75.03 2009-10 4 11 806 73.27 Career 31 102 7531 73.83

Low 66 68 70 68 66

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SMITH’S Career BESTS

18-hole Score 54-hole Score Tournament Finish Top 10 Finishes Top 20 Finishes

66 211 1st 7 15

SMITH’S Career results

2009-10 Golfweek Conference Challenge 75-74-79=228 (55th) Mason Rudolph Championship 69-68=137 (4th) Squire Creek Classic 75-71-78=224 (41st) Aldila Scenic Invite 75-74-68=217 (21st) 2008-09 Mason Rudolph Championship 75-76-71=222 (53rd) Squire Creek Intercollegiate 80-71-75=226 (68th) Sam Hall Intercollegiate 75-76-70=221 (13th) Arizona Intercollegiate 76-71-80 = 227 (58th) All-American Classic 76-72-75 = 223 (14th) USF Invitational 74-72-73 = 219 (39th) Callaway Collegiate Match Play 77-77 = 154 (49th) * def. Bryan Martin, San. Diego St. 3 and 1 * def. Seth Lauer, Fla. St. 3 and 2 * def. Drew Allenspach, Indiana 1-up Robert Kepler Intercollegiate 76-85-75 = 236 (48th) SBC Championships 79-71-79 = 229 (44th) NCAA Central Region 77-70-72=219 (15th) * - match play competition 2007-08 Scenic City Invitational 68-70-76=214 (17th) Jaguar Intercollegiate 71-69-76=216 (19th) Brickyard Collegiate 73-73-75=221 (34th) Squire Creek Intercollegiate 70-74-72=216 (13th) GADO North Texas Classic 75-74-74=223 (28th) The All-American 76-77-75=228 (26th) Ron Smith Invitational 72-69-74=215 (9th) Carter Plantation Intercollegiate 77-73-76=226 (12th) MT/ALDILA Intercollegiate 78-72-76=226 (34th) 2006-07 Scenic City Invitational 72-80-81 = 233 (39th) Jaguar Intercollegiate 72-77-74 = 223 (45th) Crown Colony Classic 77-74 = 151 (34th) Mason Rudolph Championship 77-75-78 = 230 (47th) Sam H. Hall Invitational 75-72-69 = 216 (24th) GADO North Texas Classic 76-79-71=226 (13th) All-American Intercollegiate 75-70-71=216 (3rd) Ron Smith/USF Intercollegiate 73-72-72=217 (7th) Carter Plantation Intercollegiate 72-75-68=215 (4th) First Tee Collegiate 70-69-72=211 (5th) Middle TN/Aldila Intercollegiate 73-72-75=220 (22nd) SBC Championships 76-69-66=211 (1st)

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MATTEMERY

DANEVOSS

Freshman Franklin, Tenn.

Baylor School 2009-10 (FRESHMAN) 2009 Fall: Did not compete in any tournaments.

r-Freshman Jonesborough, Tenn.

Science Hill HS NOTABLE Earned High School All-American honors following his freshman year at Science Hill.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Baylor School in Chattanooga where he lettered four years ... Helped Baylor to state titles in 2006, 2007, and 2008 ... Had a stroke average of 73.4 his senior year with a low round of 64.

2009-10 (FRESHMAN) 2009 Fall: Did not compete in any tournaments.

PERSONAL: Matt is majoring in Business Finance ... Born on November 8, 1990 ...

Son of Eric and Edie Emery.

DOUGLASHARRIS r-Freshman Franklin, Tenn.

Battleground Academy

HIGH SCHOOL: Named to the all-conference team all four years ... Crowned the district medalist in 2008 as a senior and was the Region 1 Tournament champion in 2007 as a junior ... Tied for ninth at the High School Golf Coaches Association National Championship in Virginia Beach, Va., as a freshman to garner High School All-American accolades ... Earned team MVP honors as a freshman and senior ...

Collected three top-10 results in American Junior Golf Association events ... Placed sixth in the 2008 Tennessee Junior Amateur ... Was the only high school player to make the cut of 60 at the 2007 Tennessee State Men’s Amateur ... His high school squad finished as the state runner-up in 2008 ... Also competed in basketball and track ... Received the Triple-Sport Athlete Award as a junior.

PERSONAL: Dane is majoring in recreation and leisure studies with a concentration in recreation administration ... Son of Steve and Cindy Price ... Born on April 25, 1990 .

2009-10 (FRESHMAN) 2009 Fall: Did not compete in any tournaments.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played golf, football, and basketball at Battle Ground Academy ...

Was all-region in golf in 2006 and 2007.

PERSONAL: Douglas is majoring in Accounting ... Born on November 14, 1988 ... Son of Doug and Nancy Harris.

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2010 Middle Tennessee Men’s Golf 2009 SUn Belt Champions

2008-09 Middle Tennessee Combined Fall/Spring Golf Results Event (1) Aldila/Scenic City Intercollegiate (2) Mason Rudolph Championship (3) Squire Creek Intercollegiate (4) Sam Hall Intercollegiate

Rounds 3 3 3 3

Scores 290-283-282 = 855 -9 294-282-278 = 854 +2 295-287-282 = 864 E 289-297-286 = 872 +20

Finish 5th/16 4th/17 8th/16 2nd/14

Top Individual Chas Narramore (71-68-72 = 211 -5/T15th) Jason Millard (69-65-71 = 205 -8/T2nd) Rick Cochran (72-72-66 = 210 -6/T6th) Jason Millard (76-71-69 = 216 +3/T3rd)

(5) Arizona Intercollegiate (6) All-American Classic (7) USF Invitational (8) Callaway Match Play Championship ** (9) Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (10) SBC Championships (11) NCAA Central Regional

3 3 3 2 3 3 3

304-296-308 = 908 +56 294-283-298 = 875 +11 285-286-290 = 861 -3 298-303 = 601 +25 311-303-300 = 914 +62 295-287-284 = 866 +2 310-287-289=886 +22

16th/17 2nd/13 3rd/23 7th/16 6th/13 1st/12 9th/14

Kent Bulle (74-74-69 = 217 +4/T19th) Kent Bulle (67-69-73 = 209 -7/1st) Rick Cochran (70-71-71 = 212 -4/T4th) Cochran, Narramore (72-76 = 148 +4/T17th) Jason Millard (75-76-71 = 222 +9/5th) Chas Narramore (75-72-69 = 216 E/5th) Craig Smith (77-70-72=219 +3/15th)

Team Scoring Average Fall Spring Total

Rounds 12 20 32

Individual Averages - Overall Player Tournaments Jason Millard 10 Chas Narramore 10 Rick Cochran 11 Kent Bulle 9 Craig Smith 10 Brad Simons 4 Hunter Green 2

Rounds 29 29 32 26 29 12 6

Strokes 3445 5911 9356 1st Rd. Avg. 741 (74.1) 740 (74.0) 825 (75.0) 676 (75.1) 765 (76.5) 299 (74.8) 160 (80.0)

Avg. 287.0 295.6 292.4 2nd Rd. Avg. 717 (71.7) 737 (73.7) 812 (73.8) 660 (73.3) 741 (74.1) 301 (75.3) 155 (77.5)

3rd Rd. Avg. 653 (72.6) 654 (72.7) 718 (71.8) 585 (73.1) 670 (74.4) 305 (76.3) 154 (77.0)

Strokes 2111 2131 2355 1921 2176 905 469

Avg. 72.8 73.5 73.6 73.9 75.0 75.4 78.2

Low Rd. 65 (2) 68 (1,2) 66 (3) 67 (6) 70 (4, 11) 70 (4) 74 (1)

() - denotes tournament in which low round was scored

Average Team Scores By Round

Round 1 2 3

No. 11 11 10

Shots 3265 3194 2897

Avg. 296.8 290.4 289.7

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS A

Ernie Adcock...................................................‘66-69 Charles Adwell...............................................‘48-50 Brett Alexander..............................................‘97-00 Russ Allstun...................................................‘87-89 Jim Atkins......................................................‘70-73

B

Nick Bailes......................................................‘04-08 Bart Barnes....................................................‘05-07 Michael Barrett................................................... NA John Beddies..................................................‘01-02 Blake Bivens...................................................‘02-05 Brad Bolton....................................................‘90-92 Taylor Bowers.................................................‘01-04 John Bragg.....................................................‘39-40 William Breen..................................................... NA David Bright........................................................ NA Derrick Bright.................................................‘05-07 Maine Brock...................................................‘96-97 Joe Brown........................................................1963 Bill Buck.........................................................‘71-74 Kent Bulle..............................................‘06Jonathan Burns................................................2002

C

Steve Campbell..............................................‘78-79 Jeff Carlisle.....................................................‘81-82 Kevin Carter.....................................................1984 Michael Chadwick............................................1975 Mike Chesser..................................................‘93-96 Rick Cochran...................................................‘05-09 Henry Cofrancesco............................................... NA George Cogbill................................................‘64-67 Jeff Cook.........................................................‘88-90 T. Dallas Cook...................................................... NA Samuel Cooper.................................................1999 Mike Craig......................................................‘89-90 Mike Crawford................................................‘83-84

D

Willie Daniel...................................................‘01-03 Jerry Davis........................................................1967 Steve Davis.......................................................1982 Randy Denny..................................................‘83-84 David Dixon....................................................‘59-62 Charles Duckwell..............................................1972 Ronnie Duff....................................................‘76-77 Bob Dyer........................................................‘51-52 Bobby Dyke....................................................‘75-76

E

Jimmy Earle.....................................................1958 Charles Eastman.................................................. NA Charles Embrey..............................................‘48-50 Don Enga.........................................................1980 Larry Ezell........................................................1965

F

Chris Farr........................................................‘78-79 Scotty Felker....................................................1974 John-Paul Fitzgerald........................................1992

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Frederick Gaines.................................................. NA Charlie Gibson................................................‘01-04 Larry Gilbert...................................................‘62-65 Christopher Godbold........................................1980 Steve Goldstein..............................................‘78-79 Marty Graham................................................‘55-58 Ron Graham...................................................‘86-89 Steve Graham.................................................‘88-91 Hunter Green......................................‘09-

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Kenny Green...................................................‘02-05 Chris Guy........................................................‘91-94

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Scott Haile........................................................... NA Jack Haley......................................................‘63-66 Chris Hall........................................................‘78-79 Doug Hall.......................................................‘58-61 Paul Haller.......................................................... NA Mike Harmon.................................................‘75-77 Darrell Hartsfield..............................................1980 Ramsey Hassan................................................1998 Powell Hawkins.......................................‘51, ’54-56 Thomas Hayes..................................................1991 David Head.....................................................‘93-96 Gary Head......................................................‘60-63 Steve Head.......................................................1970 Steve Heard......................................................1989 Ken Heater.......................................................1990 Carter Henderson...........................................‘01-03 Brent Henley....................................................1985 Brian Higgins.................................................‘95-96 Keith Hight.......................................................1983 Ralph Hitt.........................................................1948 Clay Holloway................................................‘66-69 Scudday Horner................................................... NA George House...................................................1954 Jim Hudson......................................................1977 Bill Huling........................................................1971 Sam Hunt.......................................................‘76-77 Jim Hurt.........................................................‘73-74

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Aaron Jackson................................................‘39-40 Eddie Jackson.................................................‘81-82 Jimmy Jackson...............................................‘39-40 James Jennings................................................2003 Daniel Johnson.................................................1993 Andy Joiner....................................................‘87-89 David Jones......................................................1966 Tom Jordan......................................................1992

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Jerry Kamis......................................................1975 Robert Knight..................................................2001 Art Kraft.........................................................‘67-70 Brad Kuester..................................................‘88-90

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Marty Lane.......................................................... NA Bob Larson.....................................................‘81-82 Jack Lassater....................................................1951 Johnny Ledbetter................................................ NA Eric Lee...........................................................‘83-86 Mac Lee..........................................................‘03-05 Reese Legge.....................................................1980 Stuart Leonard.................................................... NA Dan Lewis.......................................................‘63-66 Irvin Lewis........................................................1966 Chuck Liner....................................................‘86-87 Matt Lucchesi.................................................‘91-94

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Steve MacFarland.............................................1973 Ralph Maddux..................................................1973 Michael Mandle.................................................. NA Barrett Mann....................................................1997 Charles Mattox...............................................‘61-63 Jan McClain....................................................‘74-75 David McCloskey..............................................1970 Jon McDaniel..................................................‘94-96 Jim McElhaney.................................................1992 Gene McIntire.................................................‘39-40

The Blue Raiders reached the NCAA National Championship in 2008.

Patrick McLennan...........................................‘04-06 Scott McMurray..............................................‘90-92 Matt McWilliams..............................................2000 Jared Melson..................................................‘84-87 Dan Midgett...................................................‘62-65 Justin Miers....................................................‘00-01 Harry Mikazans................................................1971 Jason Millard..........................................‘08Mark Miller....................................................‘80-83 Michael Moody................................................1996 Johnny Moore................................................‘60-61 Mike Moore......................................................1989 Gary Morse.......................................................1982 Steven Myers....................................................... NA

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Chas Narramore.............................................‘05-09 Josh Nelms.....................................................‘02-06 Gerald Nelson.................................................‘76-77 Harry Nesbitt..................................................‘72-73 Jeffrey Netherton.............................................1990 James Newberry..............................................1993 Berthel A. Olsen...............................................1978

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Joe Parentie.....................................................1969 Gene Parrish...................................................‘55-56 Erick Paschal....................................................1995 Stuart Pate.....................................................‘99-01 Elbert Patty....................................................‘39-40 Howard Payne................................................‘49-52 Lundy Plunkett.................................................1987 John Powers...................................................‘80-81 Tom Provow.....................................................1978 Spencer Provow.............................................‘05-07

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Jimmy Rager....................................................1957 Bennett Rambo..............................................‘53-54 Dane Randle...................................................‘98-00 David Reed.....................................................‘93-96 Bill Reilly........................................................‘80-82 Steve Ressler..................................................‘96-99 Joey Richardson.............................................‘88-92 Jeff Riley........................................................‘69-71 Gary Risberg...................................................‘69-72 Steve Robinson................................................1965 Morris Rogers...................................................1971

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Robert Sain....................................................‘48-50 Tres Scheibe...................................................‘84-85 Rea Schuessler.................................................1981 Billy “Boots” Scott.............................................1961 Geary Sharber................................................‘74-76 Nick Shelton...................................................‘94-95 Gary Sherfey....................................................1970

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Bingham Sisk...................................................1972 Gary Sledge......................................................... NA Craig Smith............................................‘06John R. Smith.................................................‘51-53 Richard Smith................................................‘57-59 Sammy Smith................................................‘52-54 Doug Snead....................................................‘86-87 Kevin Snell.......................................................1993 Richard Spangler............................................‘97-00 Theodore Spottswood......................................... NA Thomas Stewart...............................................1982 Maynard Stiles.................................................... NA Craig Stoudner...............................................‘66-68 Billy Strickland.................................................1952 Jim Sundberg...................................................1991

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David “Doc” Tant.............................................‘56-59 Bud Taylor......................................................‘83-85 Anthony Toogood...........................................‘90-91 Rob Towery......................................................1983 George Tucker...................................................... NA Whit Turnbow................................................‘97-00

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J. Usselton........................................................1986

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Emile Vaughan...............................................‘77-78 Andy Vaughn..................................................‘01-02 Joel Vinson.....................................................‘59-62

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J.R. Wade.......................................................‘99-02 Johnny Warren.................................................1997 Farrell Waters.................................................‘59-60 Chris Webb.....................................................‘03-04 Mike Webb.....................................................‘91-92 Allen Welch....................................................‘53-56 Gary Wells........................................................1964 Mark Wheaton...............................................‘72-73 James White...................................................‘51-54 Mike Whiteside..............................................‘67-70 Patrick Williams..............................................‘00-03 Bob Wolfe......................................................‘64-67 Andy Wood.......................................................1988 Leslie R. Woodward..........................................1960

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Chip Yanen.....................................................‘75-76 Larry Yount.....................................................‘72-75

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Brad Zeitner.....................................................1984

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TEAM/INDIVIDUAL CHAMPS TEAM NCAA Champions

1965 (College Division) Sun Belt Conference 2009 Ohio Valley Conference 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1978, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000

Nashboro Village Classic 1986 Springbrook Invitational 1986 North Alabama Fall Classic 1989 Eagle Classic 1991

VSAC 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957

Bent Creek Intercollegiate 1991

Tennessee Intercollegiate 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1994

Spring Panther Intercollegiate 1997

NCAA Invitational 1967 Murray Invitational 1967, 1969, 1972, 1978 Mid-South Classic 1969, 1970, 1971 Mid-South Low Ball 1969 WSM-TV Invitational 1970, 1971, 1972

Southern Junior/Senior 1998, 1999 Hillman Robbins Memorial 1999 ULM/Fred Marx Intercollegiate 2003 USA Jaguar Intercollegiate 2007 USF/Ron Smith Invitational 2006, 2007, 2008

Sewanee Invitational 1971, 1974

The All-American 2008

Mississippi State Invitational 1972

Carter Plantation Intercollegiate 2008

Eastern Ky. Invitational 1972, 1977

Middle Tennessee/ALDILA Scenic Invite 2008, 2009

TTU Eagle Invitational 1972, 1974, 1976

Mason Rudolph 2009

Opryland Classic 1973, 1974, 1978 Austin Peay Invitational 1973 Gus Doerner Invitational 1985

INDIVIDUAL NCAA Medalist 1963-Gary Head, 1965-Larry Gilbert

Ohio Valley Conference Medalist 1953-John R. Smith, 1955-Marty Graham, 1958-Marty Graham, 1960-Joel Vinson, 1961-David Dixon, 1964-George Cogbill, 1966Bob Wolfe, 1967-Jeff Riley, 1978-Chris Hall, 1995-David Reed and Nick Shelton, 1998-Brett Alexander, 1999-Brett Alexander, 2000-Brett Alexander Sun Belt Conference Medalist 2007-Craig Smith VSAC Medalist 1956-Allen Welch, 1957-Marty Graham Tennessee Intercollegiate Medalist 1958-Marty Graham, 1962-Gary Head, 1963-Jack Haley, 1967-Ernie Adcock, 1969-Mike

1965 National Champions: Pictured from left to right: Larry Gilbert (individual champ), Dan Midgett, Jack Haley, Dan Lewis, George Cogbill and Bob Wolfe.

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Whiteside, 1977-Emile Vaughan, 1979-Steve Goldstein, 1985-Jared Melson, 1992-John-Paul Fitzgerald NCAA Invitational Low Medalist 1967-Art Kraft Mid-South Classic Low Medalist 1969-Art Kraft, 1973-Harry Nesbitt Murray Invitational Low Medalist 1969-Jeff Riley, 1970-Jim Atkins, 1971-Mark Wheaton, 1972-Mark Wheaton, 1972-Harry Nesbitt WSM-TV Invitational 1970-Bill Buck, 1972-Jim Hurt Sewanee Invitational Low Medalist 1969-Gerry Risberg, 1971-Mark Wheaton Eastern Ky. Invitational Low Medalist 1972-Jim Hurt, 1973-Jim Hurt, 1978-Emile Vaughan TTU Eagle Invitational Low Medalist 1972-Jim Hurt, 1974-Jan McClain Bent Brook/Blazer Invitational 1990-Jeff Cook North Alabama Fall Classic 1989-Jeff Cook Southern Junior/Senior Intercollegiate 1979-Steve Goldstein Nashboro Village Classic 1983-Jared Melson (Co-Champion), 1986-Jared Melson Mizuno/Peach State Invitational 1996-Maine Brock Spring Panther Intercollegiate 1997-Brett Alexander Southern Junior/Senior 1998-Brett Alexander, 1999-Brett Alexander Eagle Classic 1984-Jared Melson Goodyear Intercollegiate 1985-Jared Melson Gus Doerner Invitational 1985-Jared Melson Graf Hart Invitational 1986-Jared Melson Silver Spring Shores Invitational 2003-Patrick Williams (T1st) Springbrook Invitational 1986-Jared Melson USA Jaguar Intercollegiate 2007 - Kent Bulle Carter Plantation Intercollegiate 2008 - Rick Cochran All-American Classic 2009 - Kent Bulle Aldila Scenic Invite 2009 - Kent Bulle and Hunter Green

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Since the Fall of 2007 Blue Raider Golf has:

q Won 9 of 28 tournaments and placed in the top five 18 times

q Made NCAA appearances in 2008 and 2009 q Won the Sun Belt Conference Championship q Won the prestigious Callaway Match Play Championship q Been ranked as high as No. 25 nationally

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2010 Middle Tennessee Men’s Golf 2009 SUn Belt Champions

HONOR ROLL NCAA All-Americans 1963-Gary Head (Champion), 1964-Jack Haley, 1965Larry Gilbert (Champion), 1965-Bob Wolfe (Runner-up), 1968-Ernie Adcock, 1968-Mike Whiteside

Individual Titles Record

Golf Coaches Association of America All-Americans 2008-Jason Millard (honorable mention) OVC Golfers of the Year 1964-George Cogbill, 1966-Bob Wolfe, 1967-Jeff Riley, 1978-Chris Hall, 1995-David Reed, Nick Shelton, 1998-Brett Alexander, 1999-Brett Alexander, 2000-Brett Alexander All-OVC 1979-Steve Campbell, Chris Farr, Steve Goldstein, Chris Hall; 1980-Billy Reilly, Don Enga; 1981-Rea Schuessler; 1982Eddie Jackson; 1984-Tres Scheibe, Bud Taylor; 1986-Eric Lee; 1987-Ron Graham; 1988-Ron Graham, Steve Graham; 1989-Jeff Cook; 1990-Jeff Cook; 1991-Steve Graham; 1994-David Reed, Nick Shelton; 1995-David Reed, Nick Shelton; 1996-Brian Higgins; 1997-Maine Brock; 1998-Brett Alexander, Steve Ressler; 1999-Brett Alexander; 2000-Brett Alexander, J.R. Wade All-SBC 2001-J.R. Wade; 2002-J.R. Wade 2003-Patrick Williams; 2004-Josh Nelms 2007-Chas Narramore, Craig Smith; 2008-Rick Cochran, Chas Narramore 2009-Jason Millard, Chas Narramore SBC Golfers of the Month September, 2006-Rick Cochran October, 2006-Chas Narramore September, 2007-Chas Narramore February, 2008-Chas Narramore March, 2008-Rick Cochran February, 2009- Kent Bulle OVC Coaches of the Year E.K. Patty 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1978 Johnny Moore 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000 Sun Belt Coach of the Year Johnny Moore - 2007 Whit Turnbow - 2008, 2009 (co) Easton Golf Pride Southeast Region Coach of the Year Whit Turnbow - 2008 Final Rankings 2000 46th by Golfweek magazine; 50th by MasterCard 2007 47th by Golfstat 2008 39th by Golfstat, 47th by Golfweek magazine

Larry Gilbert, the 1965 NCAA Champion, was featured on the cover of Golf World following his senior tour win at the 1994 Vantage Championship. Gilbert defeated Ray Floyd by one stroke in a classic battle at Tanglewood Park.

National Team of the Week Golfweek magazine: March 4, 2008; April 10, 2008; May 22, 2008; Sept. 29, 2009 National Player of the Week Golfweek magazine: Chas Narramore, March 30, 2009 U.S. Amateur Brett Alexander (2000); Charlie Gibson (2000) Spencer Provow (2004); Craig Smith (2006, 2007, 2009) Kent Bulle (2007); Jason Millard (2008) Cleveland Golf Coaches Association of America 1986-Players Hall of Fame: Elbert Patty Academic Honors Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll 2001-02 – John Beddies, Charles Ingram, J.R. Wade 2002-03 – Taylor Bowers, Kenny Green, Patrick Williams 2003-04 – Nick Bailes, Jonathan Burns, Charles Gibson, Kenny Green 2004-05 – Nick Bailes, Blake Bivens, Charles Brewer, Charles Gibson, Kenny Green 2005-06 – Nick Bailes, Bart Barnes, Derrick Bright, Rick Cochran, Jacob Lee, Spencer Provow 2006-07 – Spencer Provow 2007-08 – Nick Bailes, Jason Millard, Chas Narramore 2008-09 – Rick Cochran, Andrew Green, Jason Millard, Chas Narramore, Brad Simons, Dane Voss

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1. Jared Melson...................................................... 8 2. Brett Alexander.................................................. 6 3. Marty Graham.................................................... 4 Jim Hurt............................................................. 4 5. Mark Wheaton.................................................... 3 6. +Kent Bulle........................................................ 2 Jeff Cook............................................................. 2 Steve Goldstein................................................... 2 Gary Head........................................................... 2 Art Kraft............................................................. 2 Harry Nesbitt...................................................... 2 Jeff Riley............................................................. 2 Emile Vaughan................................................... 2 14. Ernie Adcock....................................................... 1 Jim Atkins........................................................... 1 Maine Brock....................................................... 1 Bill Buck............................................................. 1 Rick Cochran....................................................... 1 George Cogbill.................................................... 1 David Dixon........................................................ 1 John-Paul Fitzgerald........................................... 1 Larry Gilbert....................................................... 1 +Hunter Green................................................... 1 Jack Haley........................................................... 1 Chris Hall............................................................ 1 Jan McClain........................................................ 1 *David Reed....................................................... 1 Gerry Risberg...................................................... 1 *Nick Shelton..................................................... 1 Craig Smith......................................................... 1 John R. Smith..................................................... 1 Joel Vinson......................................................... 1 Allen Welch........................................................ 1 Mike Whiteside................................................... 1 Patrick Williams.................................................. 1 Bob Wolfe........................................................... 1 Total.....................................................63 * denotes tie for 1995 OVC title between Shelton and Reed + denotes tie for 2009 Aldila Scenic Invite

Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List 2002-03 – Jonathan Burns, Carter Henderson 2003-04 – Blake Bivens, Patrick Williams 2005-06 – Jonathan Burns 2006-07 – Kent Bulle 2007-08 – Rick Cochran 2008-09 – Kent Bulle

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Individual, Team Records INDIVIDUAL records

team records

Best Round 1. 64 2. 65 2. 65 2. 65 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 5. 66 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 17. 67 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68 36. 68

Emile Vaughn . . . . . . . . . 1977 Tennessee Intercollegiate Matt McWilliams . . . . . . . . . 2000 Alabama Invitational Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate Jason Millard . . . . 2008 Mason Rudolph Championship Larry Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1965 NCAA Championships Ernie Adcock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 OVC Championships Gerald Nelson . . . . . . . . 1977 Tennessee Intercollegiate Dane Randle . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998 USA Peninsula Classic Patrick Williams . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Raising Cane Classic Blake Bivens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 LSU Invitational Craig Smith . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Sun Belt Championships Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate Nick Bailes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate Rick Cochran . . . . . . . .2008 Squire Creek Intercollegiate Jason Millard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Aldila Intercollegiate Jason Millard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Mason Rudolph JP Fitzgerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 Pizza Hut David Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Pepsi Intercollegiate Brian Higgins . . . . . . . . . 1995 Peach State Invitational Brett Alexander . . . . . 1998 Cleveland Golf Invitational Brett Alexander . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Alabama Invitational Patrick Williams . . . . 2001 Chattanooga Intercollegiate Patrick Wiliams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Fall Beach Classic Blake Bivens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Raising Cane Josh Nelms . . . . . 2004 Mason Rudolph Intercolleigate Josh Nelms . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Missouri Bluffs Challenge Nick Bailes . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Missouri Bluffs Challenge Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Scenic City Invitational Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 First Tee Collegiate Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . 2007 Scenic City Invitational Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . . 2008 MT/Aldila Intercollegiate Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 NCAA East Regional Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 NCAA East Regional Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 All-American Classic Hunter Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Mason Rudolph Larry Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1965 NCAA Championships David Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961 OVC Championships Jim Hurt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 Tenn. Tech Intercollegiate Steve Goldstein . . . . . . . 1979 Tennessee Intercollegiate Maine Brock . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Peach State Invitational Brett Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Panther Invitational Brett Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 OVC Championships Brett Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 OVC Championships Brett Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Southern Jr.-Sr. Brett Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 OVC Championships J.R. Wade . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Chattanooga Intercollegiate Charlie Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 LSU Invitational Josh Nelms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 LSU Invitational Blake Bivens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Mean Green Classic Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Sam Hall Invitational Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Jaguar Intercollegiate Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 USF Intercollegiate Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 USF Intercollegiate Craig Smith . . . . 2007 Carter Plantation Intercollegiate Kent Bulle . . . . . 2007 Carter Plantation Intercollegiate Spencer Provow . . . . . . 2007 MT/Aldila Intercollegiate Craig Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Scenic City Invitational Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . 2007 GADO North Texas Classic Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Scenic City Invitational Jason Millard . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Scenic City Invitational Jason Millard . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Sun Belt Championships Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Aldila Intercollegiate Rick Cochran . . . . .2008 Mason Rudolph Championship Rick Cochran . . . . .2008 Mason Rudolph Championship Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 The Maxwell Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Aldila Intercollegiate Chas Narramore . . 2008 Mason Rudolph Championship Jason Millard . . . . 2009 Golfweek Conference Challenge Craig Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Mason Rudolph Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aldila Scenic Invite Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . 2009 LA Tech Squire Creek Classic Craig Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Aldila Scenic Invite

Best Round

Craig Smith’s two-round total of 137 at the 2009 Mason Rudolph was the second-best in school history.

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9.

9.

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9.

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9.

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9.

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205 206 208 208 208 208 208 209 209 209 209 209 209 209 209 210 210 210 210 210 210 210 210 210 211 211 211 211 211 211 211

Jason Millard . . . . 2008 Mason Rudolph Championship Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . 2007 Scenic City Invitational Maine Brock . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Peach State Invitational Brett Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 OVC Championships Brett Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 OVC Championships Josh Nelms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Fall Beach Classic Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Jaguar Intercollegaite Matt McWilliams . . . . . . . . . 2000 Alabama Invitational Patrick Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Fall Beach Classic Nick Bailes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Sam Hall Invitational Craig Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 First Tee Collegiate Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate Rick Cochran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 NCAA East Regional Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 The Maxwell Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 All-American Classic Emile Vaughn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 EKU Invitational J.R. Wade . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Chattanooga Intercollegiate Blake Bivens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Raising Cane Classic Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Jaguar Intercollegiate Rick Cochran . . . . . . . .2008 Squire Creek Intercollegiate Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 NCAA East Regional Jason Millard . . . . 2009 Golfweek Conference Challenge Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Aldila Scenic Invite Hunter Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Aldila Scenic Invite Don Enga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 OVC Championships Brett Alexander . . . . . 1998 Peach State Intercollegiate Dane Randle . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 USA Peninsula Classic J.R. Wade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Fall Beach Classic Craig Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 First Tee Collegiate Craig Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 First Tee Collegiate Chas Narramore . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Aldila Intercollegiate

Best Two-Round Tournament Total 1.

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8.

8.

8.

8.

8.

8.

136 137 137 138 139 139 140 140 140 140 141 141 141 141 141 141

Emile Vaughn . . . . . . . . 1977 Tennessee Intercollegiate Steve Goldstein . . . . . . . 1979 Tennessee Intercollegiate Craig Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Mason Rudolph Hunter Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Mason Rudolph David Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961 OVC Championships Jim Hurt . . . . . . . . . 1972 Tennessee Tech Intercollegiate Ernie Adcock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967 OVC Championships Mark Wheaton . . . . . . . 1972 Tennessee Intercollegiate Gerald Nelson . . . . . . . . 1977 Tennessee Intercollegiate Jason Millard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Mason Rudolph Joel Vinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961 OVC Championships Jeff Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967 OVC Championships David Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Matlock Classic Mike Harmon . . . . . . . . 1977 Tennessee Intercollegiate Steve Goldstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 EKU Invitational Steve Goldstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979 EKU Invitational

Best Three-Round Tournament Total

1. 203 Kent Bulle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate

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270 (1) 271 (1) 272 (2) 273 (2) 274 (1) 276 (2) 276 (3) 278 (1) 278 (3) 280 (2) 281 (1) 281 (1) 281 (1) 282 (1) 282 (2) 282 (2) 282 (2) 282 (2) 282 (3) 282 (3) 282 (2) 282 (3) 283 (1) 283 (2) 283 (2) 283 (1) 284 (2) 284 (3) 284 (2) 284 (3)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 The Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Mason Rudolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 LSU Spring Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 The Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 The Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 NCAA East Regional . . . . . . . 2008 Mason Rudolph Championship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Ron Smith Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Matlock Classic . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Alabama Spring Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Scenic City Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967 OVC Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 OVC Championships . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Chattanooga Intercollegiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Fall Beach Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Scenic City Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 NCAA East Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Aldila Intercollegiate . . . . . . . 2008 Mason Rudolph Championship . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Squire Creek Intercollegiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Peach State Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Aldila Intercollegiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 All-American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Mason Rudolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Fall Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Sun Belt Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Sun Belt Championships

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Jaguar Intercollegiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 The Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 LSU Spring Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 NCAA East Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Matlock Classic . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Alabama Spring Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Scenic City Invitational

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Year-by-Year Results since 1989 1989-90................................... Finish Score Johnny Bench Collegiate Championship............. 7th 638 Blue Raider Golf Invitational.............................. 3rd 609 UNA Fall Classic...................................................1st 606 Jaguar Intercollegiate...................................... 15th 666 Mobile Senior Bowl Golf Championship............. 7th 623 Lehigh Intercollegiate........................................ 8th 910 Southern Junior/Senior Intercollegiate.............. 4th 881 Bent Brook/Blazer Intercollegiate...................... 5th 895 Ohio Valley Conference.......................................2nd 872

1990-91................................... Finish Score Mobile College Senior Bowl............................... 4th 603 Pizza Hut Intercollegiate.................................. 13th 671 Eagle Classic........................................................1st 757 Bent Brook/Blazer Intercollegiate.....................T6th 896 Music City Intercollegiate................................T13th 953 Ohio Valley Conference....................................... 6th 938 The 1993-94 Blue Raiders won the OVC championship.

1991-92................................... Finish Score Mizuno/Peach State Intercollegiate..................T4th 931 Procter & Gamble Bent Creek Intercollegiate.......1st 595 Murray State/McDonald’s Intercollegiate......... 11th 908 Colonial Classic................................................T12th 627 Bent Brook/Blazer Invitational........................... 3rd 877 Music City Invitational.......................................T6th 912 Pizza Hut Intercollegiate.................................... 4th 609 Ohio Valley Conference....................................... 5th 933 1992-93................................... Finish Score Mizuno/Peach State Intercollegiate................. 14th 955 Pizza Hut Intercollegiate.................................... 5th 624 Sheraton-Emerald............................................ 17th 948 Boatmen’s/Bent Creek........................................2nd 887 Tennessee Intercollegiate...................................2nd 599 Music City Invitational...................................... 15th 924 Bent Brook/Blazer.............................................. 7th 880 Ohio Valley Conference....................................... 5th 930 1993-94................................... Finish Score Capital Bank/Bent Creek Classic......................... 9th 327 Georgia State/Mizuno Peach State Inv................ 5th 919 Colonel Classic.................................................. 10th 925

1995-96................................... Finish Score Legends/Pepsi Intercollegiate............................ 3rd 589 Mizuno/Peach State Invitational........................ 9th 897 Kroger Intercollegiate...................................... 13th 940 USA/Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Fall Inv............ 4th 900 USF/Ron Smith Invitational.............................T10th 903 Matlock Collegiate Classic.................................. 5th 577 Southwest Classic..............................................T7th 934 Southern Junior/Senior....................................T2nd 892 Eagle Classic....................................................... 5th 900 1994-95................................... Finish Score Xavier Invitational.............................................. 3rd 598 Capital Bank Bent Creek Inv................................ 4th 590 Ohio Valley Conference........................................1st 876 Legends/Pepsi Intercollegiate..........................T2nd 590 Mizuno/Peach State Inv...................................... 8th 909 1996-97................................... Finish Score Kroger Intercollegiate........................................ 4th 946 Mizuno/Peach State Invitational........................ 4th 906 Highland Oaks Intercollegiate............................ 7th 915 Legends/Pepsi Intercollegiate...........................T8th 605 Mardi Gras Collegiate Championship.................T7th 602 Kroger Intercollegiate...................................... 15th 923 Ron Smith/USF Intercollegiate..........................T9th 922 USA Fall Beach Classic...................................... 15th 902 Tennessee Intercollegiate...................................2nd 592 G. Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate....................... 18th 929 Southern Junior/Senior...................................... 5th 889 USF/Ron Smith Invitational................................ 7th 920 Bent Brook/Blazer Invitational........................... 6th 592 Matlock Collegiate Classic................................ 14th 888 Xavier Spring Golf Invitational............................ 3rd 590 Panther Spring Intercollegiate............................1st 883 Ohio Valley Conference........................................1st 902 Southern Junior/Senior......................................2nd 901 Xavier Invitational.............................................. 5th 592 Ohio Valley Conference....................................... 3rd 865 Smoky Mountain/Graysburg Inv......................... 3rd James Madison Fall Classic................................. 3rd Queen’s Harbor Intercollegiate......................... 14th Sheraton-Emerald Invitational......................... 16th Tennessee Intercollegiate....................................1st Southern Junior/Senior......................................2nd Bent Brook/Blazer Invitational......................... 10th Music City Invitational...................................... 10th Ohio Valley Conference........................................1st

602 307 952 948 603 892 913 593 583

1997-98................................... Finish Score Mizuno/Peach State Invitational...................... 13th 900 Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate........................... 12th 901 Kroger Intercollegiate.....................................T17th 633 USA Fall Beach Classic...................................... 10th 893 Deep South Intercollegiate............................... 15th 936 Bridges All-American Intercollegiate................ 17th 627 USF/Ron Smith Invitational................................ 6th 868 Matlock Invitational......................................... 18th 909 Alabama Spring Invitational............................ 17th 912 Southern Junior/Senior.......................................1st 911 Ohio Valley Conference........................................1st 857

The 1995-96 Blue Raiders captured the OVC championship with a score of 876.

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1998-99................................... Finish Score Precept Peach State Intercollegiate...................T5th 882 Hillman Robbins Intercollegiate....................... 12th 899 Gary Koch/Cleveland Intercollegiate................ 13th 883

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The 1996-97 team had five Top 5 finishes and won the Panther Intercollegiate.

USA Peninsula Fall Beach Classic........................ 3rd Bridges All-American Intercollegiate................ 15th Ron Smith Invitational..................................... 15th Matlock Invitational......................................... 16th Alabama Spring Invitational...........................T12th Southern Junior/Senior.......................................1st Amoco Ultimate-Young Oil Intercollegiate......... 8th Ohio Valley Conference....................................... 3rd

860 919 932 899 886 889 896 877

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2002-03................................... Finish Score Raising Cane Classic........................................... 8th 879 ULM/Fred Marx Invitational............................... 4th 908 Hillman Robbins Invitational.............................. 7th 919 Rio Pinar Intercollegiate..................................... 8th 889 Fall Beach Classic................................................ 8th 866 South Florida Invitational................................... 9th 930 LSU Spring Invitational...................................T14th 896 Silver Spring Shores Invitational........................2nd 889 Chenal Trojan Cup............................................... 9th 891 Amoco Ultimate-Young Oil Intercollegiate......T10th 930 ASU Indian Classic............................................ 16th 915 Sun Belt Conference Championship................... 8th 914

1999-2000............................... Finish Score Precept Peach State Intercollegiate.................... 3rd 577 Hillman Robbins Intercollegiate..........................1st 883 Oral Roberts Classic............................................ 3rd 879 Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate...........2nd 889 Bridges All-American......................................... 9th 902 South Florida/Ron Smith Invitational................T4th 886 Matlock Invitational......................................... 10th 897 Alabama Spring Invitational..............................2nd 862 Amoco Ultimate-Young Oil Intercollegiate.......T2nd 303 Ohio Valley Conference........................................1st 607 NCAA East Regional (Moosic, Pa.)..................... 18th 914 2000-01................................... Finish Score G. Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate....................... 10th 457 Cleveland Golf Kiawah Island........................... 13th 916 Raising Cane Classic........................................... 4th 894 Hillman Robbins Memorial................................ 7th 908 Oral Roberts Classic............................................ 5th 599 Beau Rivage Classic.......................................... 10th 921

The 2000-01 squad was the first to compete in the Sun Belt Conference.

2001-02................................... Finish Score Raising Cane Classic........................................... 6th 873 Hillman Robbins Memorial................................ 5th 882 Chattanooga Intercollegiate............................... 4th 865

The 2003-04 Blue Raiders won the ULM/Fred Marx Invitational.

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2003-04................................... Finish Score Raising Cane Classic..........................................T9th 872 Mean Green Classic.......................................... 10th 893 ULM/Fred Marx Invitational................................1st 889 Shangri-La Shootout.......................................... 7th 889 USA Fall Beach Classic...................................... 12th 865 UCF/Rio Pinar................................................... 11th 909 Dick Wittcoff/USF Invitational............................ 3rd 890 Emerald Coast Collegiate.................................... 4th 941 Lindsay Collegiate Classic..................................T6th 905 LSU Spring Invitational...................................... 4th 859 ASU Indian Classic............................................ 12th 599 Sun Belt Conference Championship................... 7th 905 2004-05................................... Finish Score Mean Green Classic............................................ 5th 892 Raising Cane Classic......................................... 13th 890 Mason Rudolph Championship........................ 15th 887 Memphis Intercollegiate.................................. 16th 933 USA Fall Beach Classic........................................ 9th 916 Matlock Collegiate Classic.................................. 9th 904 Tulane Invitational............................................. 8th 906 Dick Whittcoff/USF Invitational.......................... 3rd 890

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The 2004-05 Blue Raiders.

Homewood Suites Intercollegiate.....................T6th UALR/First Tee Collegiate.................................. 11th LSU Spring Invitational.....................................T6th Sun Belt Conference Championship................... 5th

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2005-06................................... Finish Score Mean Green Classic..............................................T7 889 Reynolds Plantation Classic................................ 5th 878 Mason Rudolph Championship.......................... 5th 872 Missouri Bluffs Classic........................................ 4th 859 Sam Hall Invitational........................................ 11th 881 North Texas Classic............................................. 9th 905 All-American Invitational................................... 3rd 875 USF Invitational...................................................1st 871 USA Spring Classic.............................................. 3rd 881 UALR First Tee Collegiate................................... 7th 907 ASU Indian Classic.............................................. 7th 908 Sun Belt Conference Championship................. 10th 906 2006-07................................... Finish Score Scenic City Invitational.......................................2nd 899 Jaguar Intercollegiate........................................ 5th 856 Crown Colony Classic.......................................... 6th 595 Mason Rudolph Invitational............................... 8th 897 Sam H. Hall Invitational..................................... 4th 853 GADO North Texas Classic................................... 4th 898 All-American Intercollegiate.............................. 3rd 878 Ron Smith/USF Intercollegiate............................1st 869 Carter Plantation Intercollegiate........................2nd 868 UALR First Tee Collegiate....................................2nd 848 Middle Tennessee/Aldila Intercollegiate............. 3rd 874 Sun Belt Conference Championship................2nd * 869 * lost in sudden death playoff

Sun Belt Championship...................................... 7th The Maxwell...................................................... 5th NCAA East Regional (Chattanooga, Tenn.).......... 9th NCAA Championships (West Lafayette, Ind.).... 15th

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2008-09................................... Finish Score Aldila Scenic City Intercollegiate........................ 5th 855 Mason Rudolph Championship.......................... 4th 854 Louisiana Tech/Squire Creek Classic.................... 8th 864 Sam Hall Intercollegiate.....................................2nd 872 Arizona Intercollegiate..................................... 16th 908 All-American Classic...........................................2nd 875 USF Invitational.................................................. 3rd 861 Callaway Match Play Championship....................1st 601 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate............................. 6th 914 Sun Belt Championship.......................................1st 866 NCAA Central Regional....................................... 9th 886 2009-10................................... Finish Score Golfweek Conference Challenge......................... 6th 875 Mason Rudolph Championship...........................1st 556 Squire Creek Classic............................................ 3rd 867 Aldila Scenic Invite..............................................1st 851

2007-08................................... Finish Score Scenic City Invitational....................................... 5th 857 South Alabama Jaguar Intercollegiate................1st 826 Brickyard Collegiate Championship.................... 9th 884 Louisiana Tech/Squire Creek Classic.................... 7th 875 Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate........................ 11th 293 GADO North Texas Classic................................... 5th 876 All-American Golf Classic.....................................1st 891 Ron Smith/USF Invitational.................................1st 858 Carter Plantation Intercollegiate.........................1st 881 Middle Tennessee/Aldila Intercollegiate..............1st 869

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Jeff Hendrix Golf Performance Center

On May 21, 2009, the Middle Tennessee Athletic Department officially dedicated the Jeff Hendrix Golf Performance Center at Champions Run Golf Course.

The Jeff Hendrix Golf Performance Center is a 2,600-square foot indoor practice facility for the men’s and women’s golf teams. It features four hitting bays with two video analysis rooms, player’s lounge, club repair room and an upstairs putting lab with video analysis.

“It’s was an exciting day as we officially dedicated the facility,” Whit Turnbow said. “We appreciate the generosity of Jeff Hendrix, as well as all of the people who have donated to the program, to help this and these types of things become reality. This facility provides our players access to improving their games throughout the year and it will benefit our men’s and women’s programs as a whole.”

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Where the men call home ...

STONES RIVER COUNTRY CLUB

Green fees for guests were $1 on weekdays and $1.50 Saturdays, On October 28, 1946, the charter Sundays, and holidays. of the Town and Country Club Inc. was The formal opening accepted by the incorporators and the of the club and the first charter membership meeting was dedication ceremoheld. A. L. Todd Jr. presented the first nies were held on Satconstitution and by-laws and moved urday, September 17, acceptance of the same. The first officers 1949. Dues were $5 of the club were elected at this meeting: per month.

B. N. White, president; C. B. Huggins, vice The back nine president; K. P. Ezell, secretary; Robert holes were completed in 1969 and the Lasseter, treasurer.

On December 2, 1947, the board front nine holes were confirmed the purchase of 70 acres of renovated in 1979. land from George Haynes. The original 9 Throughout the years, a pool and six holes were designed and supervised by lighted tennis courts were added, offerMr. Arnold Mears, then of Richland Club, ing the Rutherford County community Nashville, and presently “pro emeritus” the only private, full-service country club of Chickasaw Country Club, Memphis. in the area.

By 1998, SRCC had grown to over Mr. Mears did an outstanding job and his superintendent on the site was Dr. 500 members. Due to the need to Elbert Patty. The golf course was started expand member facilities, improve the in 1948 and the overall cost was approxi- infrastructure of the buildings, and mately $14,000. An additional 3 acres of compete for the area’s special event busiland was purchased from George Haynes ness, the membership voted to rebuild a so that the driveway could be located portion of the clubhouse and renovate where it now is rather than down closer adjoining buildings at an expense of $4.3 million. to the bridge.

The golf course was opened for play The new clubhouse opened in Octoat 1 p.m. Saturday, September 10, 1949. ber 1999 and provided the membership

with multiple dining facilities for adults only, families, fine dining and outdoor dining, expanded men’s/women’s locker room facilities, an exercise room, multiple card rooms, and, most significantly, a spacious ballroom facility to attract special functions and large catering events.

Stones River Country Club has hosted several golf events including Tennessee PGA Section Championships, the Ladies Tennessee State Amateur, and the Tennessee Girls State Championship.

The head golf professional is Rob McGill.

OLD FORT GOLF CLUB

“The renovations at Old Fort Golf Club have made it a true test of golf. Our players have certainly benefited from the upgrades, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to play and practice on a challenging course.”

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Prior events: PGA Tour School – First Stage for 10 years, BellSouth Senior Classic Qualifying, TSSAA State High School Championships for 14 years, USGA Junior Championships for 19 years, MidState Amateur Qualifying , State PGA Pro-Assistant Championships twice, and several state and local events.

History: Opened in August of 1985, architect - Leon Howard; renovation of greens, tees, bunkers, and new irrigation system in 2003 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,050 Current Course Record: Nick Bailes (9-under par, 63) Architect: Denis Griffiths Director of Golf: Tracy Wilkins Head Golf Professional: Marty McCurry Course Superintendent: Joel Beckham

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CHAMPIONS RUN GOLF COURSE

Champions Run Golf Course stylistically reveals the natural beauty of middle Tennessee while showcasing the distinctive mark of its architect, C. Stuart Moore.

The 6,900-yard, par 72 layout wraps itself gently around beautiful hardwood trees and picturesque landscape. The championship course features 18 holes, 16 bunkers, numerous water hazards, and challenging tee shots. Every hole is unique in its own way. The top-conditioned course provides the perfect measure of comfort and challenge for every golfer’s game.

Champions Run offers the convenience of numerous splendid amenities so that each round of golf can be enjoyed to its fullest. The inviting and impressive clubhouse is designed to offer golfers and visitors alike an elegant setting for socializing with friends, both new and old. The driving range has grass teeing space for 50 players, and golfers enjoy 30,000 square feet of chipping and putting greens.

Champions Run is owned and managed by former Middle Tennessee golfer Steve Graham. Graham played for the Blue Raiders from 1988 to 1991 and earned allconference honors his senior season.

After a brief stint in professional golf, Graham went to work in 1998 for McHenry Metals Golf in its tour promotions department. His responsibilities and accomplishments include establishing personal relationships with tour professionals, making McHenry Metals the No.-1 driver model on the Senior PGA Tour during the 1999 season. He also provided player product support by fitting products to the players and building clubs to their specifications. He participated in budget preparations and player contract negotiations and communicated to the McHenry company on all issues concerning player relations, product performance, and club design.

The head golf professional at Champions Run is Ray Pearce from Jackson, Tenn. Pearce competed on the Ben Hogan Tour from 1991 to 1993, where he placed second to Tom Lehman at the 1991 Hogan Classic.

Ray’s experience also includes four years as a golf instructor at the Tennessee PGA Junior Golf Academy at the Golf House of Tennessee.

The course also serves as the home of the Jeff Hendrix Golf Performance Center, Middle Tennessee’s new stateof-the-art facility.

INDIAN HILLS GOLF CLUB Indian Hills Golf Club is an 18hole public facility open year-round.

The beautiful Stones River meanders through the golf course, providing a uniquely scenic setting for championship golf. The par 72 layout is 6,800 yards with ample tee boxes to challenge golfers of all abilities.

The facility features a 10,000-squarefoot clubhouse and a 1,000-square-foot golf shop with the latest in golf equipment and apparel. The facility also offers a first-class, award-winning, golf academy. In addition, there is an extensive practice facility featuring two putting greens, a chipping green, a practice bunker, and a driving range with target greens.

The Golf Academy at Indian Hills Golf Club offers a wide variety of stateof-the-art technology to help all aspects of any golfer’s game. Digital swing analysis is a specialty at Indian Hills Golf Club.

Digital swing analysis allows students to see their swings and compares them to the swings of today’s top players. This process increases the speed of improvement, which results in lower scores.

Chas Travis currently serves as the director of golf at the course.

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STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

One of the biggest changes in college athletics over the past few years has been the attitude toward strength and conditioning.

Performing in the weight room has become just as important as on-the-field competition, and Middle Tennessee has one of the very best staffs in the nation committed to making student-athletes the best they can be.

It all happens in the Blue Raiders’ 10,000plus square foot weight room facility located adjacent to the north end zone of Floyd Stadium and designed for use by all Middle Tennessee student-athletes. It is a strength training area that rivals any in the country. The weight room has been described by many people as better than any in the immediate area, including those at SEC and Conference USA schools.

The facility, which opened in January of 1999, greets student-athletes with over 20,000 pounds of plates and dumbbells, but the sheer volume of weights is not the most impressive aspect of the room. It is equipped with nine full power racks, nine elevated platforms, and nine

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half-racks. Hammer strength equipment rounds out the room with five ground-base jammers, a dead lift, a leg press, a leg curl, and a leg extension.

Other Hammer strength equipment in the facility includes a bench press, a military press, a rowing machine, neck machine, pull-up, and pull-over.

An impressive array of dumbbells is also provided

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for the student-athletes’ use. Two sets each of dumbbells ranging from five to 150 pounds are kept on racks around the room. Mirrors ring the walls of the room to help student-athletes ensure that they are using proper form throughout their workouts.

Cardiovascular equipment, such as treadmills and stationary bikes, is also available in the facility.

Other state-of-the-art amenities may also be found in the weight room. A television with cable and a state-of-theart sound system has been installed for the enjoyment of the student-athletes. Three offices for the strength coaches are located in the facility, along with restrooms and a hospitality area.

2010 Middle Tennessee Men’s Golf 2009 SUn Belt Champions As MTSU counts down to its centennial celebration in 2011, there’s vibrancy in abundance across campus, in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, and around the region.

Growth can be seen at many levels, from enrollment to facilities to scholarship aid to endowment to student involvement to research, and more.

With a record 25,191 registered and attending in fall 2009 and with the largest undergraduate total in Tennessee, enrollment remains on the rise since the arrival of Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, MTSU’s 10th president, in 2001. The University’s growth parallels that of Murfreesboro (pop. 100,000) and Rutherford County (pop. 229,380).

Facility growth can be seen in the expanded Health, Wellness, and Recreation Center and Reese Smith Jr. Field for baseball; future projects including Science, Student Union and Colleges of Education and Behavioral Science buildings; multiple parking garages; and more. People who have not visited campus in many years are astonished at the changes and, obviously, there are more on the horizon.

The University Honors College unveiled its first class of Buchanan Fellowship recipients in 2007-08. Limited to 20 students per year, this is the highest academic scholarship awarded at MTSU. More entering freshmen and transfers continue to receive the HOPE Scholarship, with the Tennessee Legislature increasing the award amount to compensate for tuition increases.

MTSU’s endowment leaped from $29.8 million to $34.9 million during the 2006-07 fiscal year. “For 2005-06, we had asset value appreciation of more than 13 percent,” said Joe Bales, vice president for Development and University Relations. “Add to that the gifts we received that year, and the total growth of our endowment put us in the top 25 percent of colleges and universities in the nation.”

More than $1 million a year is now pumped into academic units in earnings from the endowment, which appear in the form of scholarships, faculty awards, and student-support programs.

Once on campus, students have about 300 registered organizations to choose from. They can be

involved in student government and political groups, Greek life (sororities and fraternities), student publications, honor societies, professional organizations, human interest groups, and more.

The University continues to move forward with student and faculty research. External funding has reached $37 million, which includes public service, research, and instruction, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs reports.

The Undergraduate Research Center held its second Scholars Week in the spring, showcasing research efforts and the arts.

The celebration included departmental and college events that featured oral and multimedia presentations, posters, performances, debates, demonstrations, speakers, luncheon, and awards. Students continue to excel at national levels as evidenced by recognition they have received as groups or individuals.

MTSU’s 500-plus acre campus rests near the geographic center of Tennessee. From food to shopping to entertainment, visitors and permanent residents alike can find what they need and want in Murfreesboro. Adjacent to I-24, the Avenue, with a variety of retail stores and eateries, opened in fall 2007. In a few years, Middle Tennessee Medical Center will be joining other medical offices along Medical Center Parkway, not far from I-24 and the Avenue, and about 15 minutes from campus.

Murfreesboro is about 30 miles east of Nashville, the state capitol, Music City U.S.A., and home of the world-famous Grand Ole Opry, Tennessee Titans NFL team, Nashville Predators NHL franchise, Nashville Sounds Triple-A baseball affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, and other cultural and entertainment venues such as the Sommet and Schermerhorn Symphony centers.

The Forbes “America’s Best Colleges” 2009 survey recently ranked Middle Tennessee State University among the top 50 schools in the nation for being a “Best Buy” in higher education.

MTSU also ranked as the top public institution in Tennessee and was in the top 100 public universities in the nation.

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President l 9th Year l Prairie View, 1976

Dr. Sidney A. McPhee is the tenth president of Middle Tennessee State University. Prior to his appointment at MTSU in 2001, he was executive vice chancellor at the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) in Nashville. In addition, he served as chief academic officer and interim chancellor for the Board of Regents system. Before his appointment at TBR, McPhee served in various administrative capacities at several major universities including Oklahoma State University, University of Louisville, and University of Memphis.

In May 2007, President McPhee received the title of Honorary Professor at China Agricultural University in Beijing. The Honorary Professor title is the highest academic award given at the institution.

McPhee was named Outstanding American University President of 2002 by the American Football Foundation. In 2003, he was listed by Nashville Post business magazine as one of Tennessee’s 100 Most Powerful Individuals, and in 2004, he was ranked by Tennessee Business magazine as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful African Americans in the State of Tennessee. In 2006, Dr. McPhee was listed by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of seven university presidents in the U.S. who is shaping intercollegiate athletics on a national scale. Most recently, in the spring of 2009, President McPhee was the keynote speaker for Prairie View A&M Founder’s Day celebrations, and in June of this year Dr. McPhee was an invited participant at the International Agricultural University Presidential Forum held in Beijing and sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

McPhee earned his bachelor’s degree (with highest honors, summa cum laude) from Prairie View A&M University; a master’s degree from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida; and a doctorate in applied behavioral studies in education from Oklahoma State University. He is also a graduate of the Harvard University Management Development Program and has completed professional development programs at St. Mary’s University of San Antonio, Texas, and Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

As an academician, President McPhee’s scholarly publications and presentations are extensive. His publications have appeared in local, national, and international professional journals. In addition, he is the senior author of a book, Understanding the Campus Culture: An Introduction to College, and has co-authored a chapter for a major college textbook on academic advising. McPhee’s scholarly pursuits include several international visits and presentations in locations such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Lanzhou, China; Mekelle, Ethiopia; Penang, Malaysia; Hong Kong; Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia; Tokyo and Osaka, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel; Antwerp, Belgium; Montreal, Canada; Oxford, England; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Nassau, Bahamas.

McPhee is a participating member of NCAA’s Football Academic Working Group and just recently chaired the NCAA Division I Working Group to Review “At-Risk” StudentAthlete issues (ARSA). The ARSA final report was submitted to the NCAA Board of Directors in January. McPhee also served a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors, a three-year term on the NCAA Executive Committee, and two terms as presi-

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dent of the Sun Belt Conference athletic league and chairman of the SBC’s CEO Executive Committee. In May 2005, he was appointed to the NCAA Presidential Commission on the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed him to the National Council for the Humanities, and the U.S. Senate confirmed him. A past member of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, McPhee chaired its membership council. He is a member of the Murfreesboro Noon Rotary Club and serves as a member of the SunTrust Bank Board of Directors (Nashville) and SunTrust Regional Bank Advisory Board (Murfreesboro). He also served on the Nashville Adventure Science Center Board, the Middle Tennessee Medical Center Board, and the Middle Tennessee Council for Boy Scouts of America Executive Board and co-chaired the Tennessee Legislative Retreat Task Force on Higher Education. McPhee was recently re-elected to a second three-year term as a commission member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

During McPhee’s tenure at MTSU, the University has experienced considerable growth in many areas.

Student enrollment has increased significantly, making MTSU undergraduate enrollment the largest in the state. During the past several years, the University added twelve new degree programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. In 2002, for the first time in the history of the University, three Ph.D. programs were established: in Economics, English, and Human Performance. A Ph.D. in Public History was instituted shortly thereafter, and in July 2007, a new Ph.D. in Literacy Studies was approved. From 2001 to 2007, the University increased extramural funding from $6 million to approximately $40 million.

Since McPhee’s arrival, MTSU has been successful in raising admission standards, resulting in an increase in high-ability students. MTSU has been the institution of choice for midstate valedictorians and salutatorians in recent years and has enrolled a significant number of National Merit scholars and Achievement scholars.

McPhee’s presidency has coincided with several major improvements in University facilities. A ten-year, $70 million renovation of all student residential housing is scheduled for completion by 2011, the University’s centennial year. In addition, the University acquired the 500-acre Guy James property to consolidate its highly regarded programs in the School of Agribusiness and Agriscience.

This acquisition doubled the size of campus acreage from 500 to 1,000. Over $9 million was spent to renovate Andrew L. Todd Hall, which now houses the Department of Art and has state-of-the-art equipment for its students and faculty. The Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building was built with private funding. In January 2007, an addition to the Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building was opened and dedicated, bringing the facility to 28,000 square feet. The University secured private gifts in support of a $6 million baseball stadium completed in 2008 and dedicated this past spring. In 2006, the University received $15 million in state support for the planning and infrastructure development for a proposed $120 million science building, and in April 2007, a new $3 million track and soccer complex was opened. Recently, the Tennessee General Assembly approved the construction of a $31.7 million building for the University’s College of Education and Behavioral Science. A $19 million expansion of the Health, Wellness, and Recreation Center was completed in 2008. Presently, the University is involved in proposed or active capital projects totaling nearly $400 million.

President McPhee is married to Elizabeth McPhee, and they have two children, Seneca and Sidney-Anthony.

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Director of Athletics l 5th Year l Northern Colorado, 1983 The landscape of college athletics has changed drastically over the past decade and that renovation also has been demonstrated at Middle Tennessee, particularly during the four-plus years since Chris Massaro was named director of athletics on April 8, 2005.

Proving to be a true visionary, Massaro has helped revolutionize the Blue Raiders’ athletic department while helping pave the way for even greater success in future years.

During his short but highly successful reign, Massaro has overseen unprecedented success not only in the university’s athletic programs but also in regard to academic success, facility upgrades, and a proven record of hiring coaches who have thrived under his watch.

Under Massaro’s leadership, the Blue Raiders have captured the Sun Belt’s all-sports trophy three times in five years.

Since his arrival, Massaro has enhanced the Blue Raiders’ broad-based, 17-sport programs.

Among the accomplishments included in the last four years: • The Athletic Department has captured 20 Sun Belt Conference championships and earned 14 coach of the year honors.

• The athletic program has had a record 18 nationally televised events during his tenure.

• Middle Tennessee’s football team earned an at-large invitation to the Motor City Bowl in 2006, the first bowl appearance during the Division I era, then picked up a second invitation in 2009 to the New Orleans Bowl and gained its first bowl victory.

• The women’s volleyball team reached the Sweet 16 for the first time in 2007 and has made four straight NCAA appearances.

• The men’s golf team received its first-ever atlarge invitation into the East Regional in 2008 and subsequently advanced to the National Championship where they finished 15th in the country. They backed up that effort with another NCAA regional in 2009 after winning the SBC title.

• The women’s basketball team appeared in back-to-back NCAA Tournaments in 2006 and 2007 and returned again in 2009. The team narrowly missed reaching the Sweet 16 in 2007 after earning a No. 5 seed.

• The Middle Tennessee tennis doubles team of Marco Born and Andreas Siljestrom won the National Championship in 2007 – the first NCAA doubles title in Athletic Department history.

• The Middle Tennessee track teams have combined for four conference titles and the 2007 men’s outdoor squad finished No. 21 in the nation while the 2009 women’s indoor team ranked tied for 30th.

• The Blue Raider baseball team captured the regular season and tournament championship in 2009 and advanced to the NCAAs. Massaro’s success at Middle Tennessee doesn’t stop with the athletic teams. There has been a tremendous track record for hiring quality coaches with head football coach Rick Stockstill, women’s head basketball coach Rick Insell, and men’s golf coach Whit Turnbow – and all Massaro hires – each earning Sun Belt Coach of the Year in their first seasons and men’s tennis coach David McNamara who won the Sun Belt and Coach of the Year honors in his second season. In all, Massaro’s guidance has provided coaches with the resources to produce 20 conference titles, 21 NCAA postseason appearances, one Sun Belt Conference Athlete of the Year, and 14 Coach of the Year awards.

Academic enhancement has also skyrocketed under Massaro’s leadership. Massaro,

who was appointed to a panel on APR Improvement Plans for the 2007 NCAA Convention, inherited a football program with a national-low score of 812 and saw it increase to a current 990 (on a 1,000-point scale) in 2009. As a whole, the Athletic Department has improved from a 908 score when Massaro was hired to an impressive cumulative (four years) score of 951 in 2007-08. All 17 Middle Tennessee sports teams achieved passing marks of 925 or higher in 2006-07 with four teams turning in a perfect mark of 1,000. In 2007-08, 16 of 17 teams topped the 925 mark.

Massaro, who spent 20 years at the University of South Carolina prior to his appointment at Middle Tennessee, also overhauled the annual Blue Raider Athletic Association’s annual giving program, which resulted in a record number of members and financial giving in 2008, indicating the fourth such year record numbers have been realized. The annual campaign has improved 40 percent since his arrival.

Facility upgrades also have been at the top of Massaro’s impressive list of accomplishments. He completed a $6 million capital campaign for the new baseball stadium and initiated a series of major renovations to existing athletic facilities during the previous three years, including a state-of-the-art soccer and track complex. Most recently, a state-of-the-art golf performance center was completed in December 2008.

In the midst of numerous upgrades, Massaro also has initiated generous contributions that made it possible to install a new synthetic surface in Floyd Stadium for the 2006 season. Additionally, new videoboards – one for football and two inside Murphy Center – were installed in 2007.

Massaro has also made a significant upgrade in the Blue Raider football schedule. During the summer of 2005, he announced a home game in 2007 that made Virginia the first team from the highly regarded ACC to visit Floyd Stadium, and then quickly added a second ACC member when Maryland agreed to make the trip to Murfreesboro in 2008 and the Blue Raiders rewarded him with a 24-14 upset.

On his 100th day on the job, Massaro made one of his biggest announcements: a fiveyear contract with the University of Memphis to play football that started in 2007.

The Tigers became the first in-state Division I-A (FBS) football team to play the Blue Raiders in Murfreesboro. Massaro has also worked out a home-and-home series with Mississippi State that saw the Bulldogs come to Floyd Stadium in 2009 – making them the first SEC program to play in a Sun Belt stadium – and nearby Georgia Tech that will have the Yellow Jackets coming to Murfreesboro in 2011. He has also inked a home-andhome with Minnesota that will see the Golden Gophers come to Murfreesboro to begin the 2010 season on Thursday, Sept. 2.

In March 2008, Massaro made another big move when he announced a four-game series with neighboring rival Vanderbilt of the SEC. The series begins in 2015 and the teams will play twice in Murfreesboro and twice in Nashville.

The Glenwood Springs, Colo., native joined the South Carolina staff under the Ohio University sport administration program in 1985.

Massaro earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Northern Colorado in 1983 and his master’s degree in sport administration from Ohio University in 1986. At UNC, Massaro was a five-year football team member.

Massaro and his wife, Cindy, have four children: Hank, Lainey, Rachel, and Ben.

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Scarlett Commons, named for former Middle Tennessee president M. G. Scarlett, is one of the premier living arrangements at any university in the region. Opened to students in the fall of 1999, the facility provides apartment-style living with the convenience of staying on campus.

Nine three-story buildings with 12 apartments each and a useful clubhouse make up the Scarlett complex. Each apartment contains four private bedrooms connected

by two private bathrooms, a full kitchen, and a comfortable living room.

Each apartment is fully furnished, and window miniblinds are provided. The kitchen includes a table and four chairs, microwave, refrigerator, stove, and oven.

The living area includes a sofa, lounge chair, and television stand. Each bedroom has a closet and is furnished with a bed, dresser, nightstand, and desk with a hutch. Each apartment also includes cable and phone lines in the living room and data lines with access to the Internet for personal computers in each bedroom.

The Scarlett Commons clubhouse creates a real sense of community with its recreation/meeting rooms, fireplace, big screen TV, and laundry room. Any maintenance issues can be addressed with just a phone call to the 24-hour

reception and service desk located in the clubhouse.

Residents also enjoy the ease of using Raider Xpress, the University’s shuttle buses, to make it to every class on time. The Red shuttle makes stops in front of the clubhouse every 15 to 20 minutes and is a comfortable way to ride to the door of major buildings on campus.

Students living in Scarlett Commons have their own restricted parking lot, so it’s easy to find parking in front of their buildings 24 hours a day.

Each building has an assigned resident assistant on the first floor. These are student staff members who have the responsibility of helping residents with any difficulties they might have as well as helping to get all the residents involved in activities across campus.

For more information on Scarlett Commons and other on-campus housing, visit http://www.mtsu. edu/~housing/.

Dining Facilities Middle Tennessee offers five different on-campus dining areas, with the most popular being Keathley University Center (KUC) Grill and Cyber Café.

The KUC is located in the center of campus and is a major intersection for student activities. The Grill is located on the second floor and features Pizza Hut, Quizno’s Subs, Grille Works, Salad Garden, Chick-Fil-A, and Freshens (desserts and smoothies). The KUC Grill is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday and is open until 5 p.m. on Fridays.

The Cyber Café is the first of its kind in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, offering a futuristic and efficient way for students to dine. Students are able to eat while e-mailing or searching the Web at the same time on eight computers with access to the World Wide Web. Burger King and Subway serve students until 2:00 a.m. Monday–Thursday and 7 p.m. on Fridays.

Six 32-inch televisions suspended from the ceiling also catch students up on events around the world.

Sofas and armchairs make Cyber Café a great place to relax between classes with coffee or Ben and Jerry’s

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ice cream. A popular event for students is open mic night when live music is performed during the dinner hour. This weekly event fills the cafe to capacity. The café also features a wide array of items traditionally found in convenience stores.

Student-athletes can start the day with biscuits and gravy and an omelet from McCallie Dining in Corlew Hall. This is a favorite spot because of the fun atmosphere and all-you-can-eat dining selections.

Student-athletes get a chance to relax and socialize with each other while feasting on subs, pizza, grill works, carved meats, fresh deli food, fresh-made pasta, and a salad bar. Thursday nights in McCallie are theme nights featuring, for example, tastes of the bayou on Cajun night or a feast of egg rolls and fried rice on Far East night. No matter what is served, the fellowship among athletes and students is always enjoyable.

A great spot for lunch is the RaiderZone at James

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Union Building, a new sports theme restaurant.

Students can enjoy all you care to eat buffet-style foods, pizza and pasta, carved meats, fresh deli food, and freshly made salads.

Snack favorites can be found in the Mass Communication and Business and Aerospace buildings and at Lightning’s Limo in the stadium breezeway. A new dining area in James E. Walker Library offers Starbucks coffee, sandwiches and wraps, fresh fruit, and freshbaked pastries.

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only 11 to participate in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and Football Bowl Subdivision.

The Sun Belt was formed in 1976 with six members competing in four men’s sports, and today comprises 13 institutions of higher learning while sponsoring 19 championship sports.

The Sun Belt Conference enters its 34th season in 2009-10 with a proud history of athletic and academic success. The conference sponsors 10 women’s sports - basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball; and nine men’s sports – baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field.

Each of the 19 sports has seen numerous team and individual accomplishments, and nearly every SBC school is currently graduating its student-athletes at a rate higher than its respective school’s student body.

During the 2008-09 academic year alone, the Sun Belt Conference accomplished numerous feats. In the fall of 2008 Middle Tennessee, FIU and Western Kentucky University all represented the league in the NCAA Volleyball Tournament – the first time the Sun Belt has sent three teams to the NCAA Tournament in volleyball and the second straight year the conference has sent multiple teams. Middle Tennessee advanced to the second round of the tournament.

The Sun Belt momentum continued in the sport of football as Florida Atlantic and Troy both earned bowl bids after impressive regular-season performances. It marked the third time in the league’s eight-year football history that two teams have received postseason nods. FAU marked its place in the history books when the Owls defeated Central Michigan in the Motor City Bowl, becoming the first SBC team to win back-to-back bowl games.

In men’s basketball, WKU received its second straight bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament after winning the Sun Belt Conference Championship.

On the women’s side, Middle Tennessee captured national attention with the help of standout junior Alysha Clark who led the nation in scoring.

The 2009 Sun Belt Conference golf teams picked up right where they left off after an impressive 2008 season that saw two squads advance to the NCAA National Championship after top-10 finishes at their respective regional sites.

In baseball, the Sun Belt Conference has sent multiple teams to the NCAA tournament each year since 1988. The 21-year streak of having two or more teams reach NCAA play is matched by only four other conferences (ACC, Big West, SEC, Pac-10). Both WKU and Middle Tennessee represented the league in the NCAA Baseball Championships in 2009.

Because of its status as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivsion coalition, the Sun Belt Conference has a permanent seat on the NCAA’s 17-member Board of Directors. As a result, the conference has a crucial voice on some of the most pressing issues in college athletics and will always have a role in the implementation of any future NCAA legislation and guidelines.

The conference continues to utilize television to grow and promote the league and its member institutions. The SBC signed a new multi-year agreement with ESPN, Inc. in January of 2009 that will result in unprecedented national coverage for the league. Additionally, ESPN televised the conference’s men’s basketball championship game for the 29th straight season in 2009, marking its longest affiliation with any conference in the country.

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