TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
LEXINGTON, KY
NCAA DIVISION III
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NCAA DIVISION III LEXINGTON, KY TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
Transylvania
WELCOME TO
President Seamus Carey
As a former college athlete, I understand the value of participating in competitive athletics while pursuing a degree at an institution that embraces academic rigor. The things you learn about yourself and the principles of discipline, teamwork, commitment and resilience will gird you for a lifetime of challenges. You’ll also make lifelong friends and find valuable mentors among your coaches and the athletics staff. As a member of NCAA Division III, Transylvania is committed to the student-athlete ideal. In fact, 41 percent of our students participate in our 26 intercollegiate teams. We challenge our student-athletes to demonstrate high standards of character and achievement both in the classroom and on the field. Since Transylvania’s transition to the NCAA in 2001, the Pioneers have earned 48 conference championships, more than 30 NCAA tournament appearances, 47 Coach of the Year awards and 47 All-American athlete awards.
Transylvania occupies a unique and historic position in American higher education. Founded in 1780 as the first college west of the Allegheny Mountains, Transylvania was a pioneer in bringing the light of learning to what was then the nation’s frontier. Today, the university is a highly regarded liberal arts college with a reputation for the quality of our academics and the personal approach we bring to teaching and learning. With 40 majors and a number of pre-professional programs, Transylvania offers excellent preparation for graduate and professional school as well as a variety of careers immediately following graduation. Our athletic teams are called the Pioneers, and that’s not only a tribute to our honored past—it’s a way of thinking that pervades our vision of the future. Our liberal arts program emphasizes questioning and creative thinking, and that’s what leads to pioneering discoveries and notable contributions to society. Couple that with athletic competition and community spirit is amplified. We hope you’ll join us as we enthusiastically support our student-athletes—our Pioneers and the community’s future leaders.
Seamus Carey President Transylvania University
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General Information
Athletic Administration
The 2018-19 Men’s Golf media guide was designed and compiled by Sports Information Director Justin Sweeney and Assistant Director of Sports Information Neal Settle. Special thanks to Transylvania Communications Graphic Designer Sam Cooper.
The Department of Athletics provides equitable opportunities and support for male and female students to participate in intercollegiate athletics and to compete successfully in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, Heartland Collegiate Lacrosse Conference and Southern Athletics Association. All activities hold paramount the academic, personal and physical welfare of the student-athlete and emphasize physical fitness, selfdiscipline, teamwork, leadership and the highest standards of ethics, sportsmanship and personal performance. Student-athletes are representative of the general student population and are afforded similar opportunities and treatment. Programs, staff and facilities reflect the excellence of the institution and contribute to the quality of campus life.
Season Outlook and Review
Lettermen Returning................................................................6 Lettermen Lost..........................................................................6 Newcomers.................................................................................2
Men’s Golf Staff
Head Coach.........................................Brian Lane (15th Year) Volunteer Assistant Coach...................Will Sallee (1st Year) Strength and Conditioning Coach....................Zach Turner Men’s Golf Office Phone....................................859-233-8136 Twitter....................................................................@TransyGolf
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Credits
The Transylvania intercollegiate athletics program is integral to the university’s educational mission and operates under the principles of amateur athletics and fair play, as established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.
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VP of Enrollment and Student Life..........Dr. Holly Sheilley Assist. AD of Compliance.....................................Jeff Chaney Assist. AD of Facilities.......................................Leigh Oakley Assist. AD of Outdoor Facilities........................Terry Justice Assist. AD of Sport Administration.............Kevin Calhoun Executive Assistant to VP............................Parviz Zartoshty of Enrollment and Student Life Sports Information Director..........................Justin Sweeney Asst. Director of Sports Information...................Neal Settle Strength and Conditioning Coach....................Zach Turner Faculty Athletics Representative...................Dr. Jeff Hopper Title IX Coordinator.......................................Amber Morgan
Athletics Mission Statement
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Location...............................................................Lexington, Ky. Founded................................................................................1780 Affiliation....................................................NCAA Division III Conference.................................................Heartland (HCAC) Colors........................................................Crimson and White Nickname.......................................................................Pioneers Mascot........................................................................Raf the Bat President.......................................................Dr. Seamus Carey VP for Enrollment and Student Life........Dr. Holly Sheilley Athletic Department Phone...........................(859) 233-8270 Address...................300 N. Broadway, Lexington, Ky. 40508 Website................................................www.transysports.com Twitter................................................................@TransySports
QUICK FACTS
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Hone your critical thinking and writing skills—abilities employers and grad schools prize—and challenge your mind and imagination through a liberal arts education.
Immerse yourself in a supportive community, intimate enough for professors to really know you, with peers who believe you’re capable of more than you ever dreamed.
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Make the most of living and learning in the heart of Lexington, a friendly and creative city, with easy access to internships, jobs and infinite opportunities to build your future.
Become a part of the large and welcoming Transylvania network where lifetime friendships are made and career networking opportunities thrive.
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BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE OFFERED IN: Accounting Anthropology Art Art History Biology Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Track Biology: Molecular and Cellular Biology Track Business Administration Business Administration: Finance Track Business Administration: Management Track Business Administration: Marketing Track Business Administration: Hospitality and Tourism Track Chemistry Chemistry: Biochemistry Track Classics Computer Science Digital Arts and Media Economics Education—Elementary: P-5 Education—Middle Grades: 5-9 Educational Studies English Exercise Science
MINORS AVAILABLE IN MOST MAJORS AND: French Language and Literature German Studies History International Affairs Mathematics Music Studies Music Education Music Performance Music Technology Neuroscience Philosophy Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Physics Political Science Psychology Religion Sociology Sociology/Anthropology Spanish Language and Literature Teaching Art Teaching Chemistry Theater Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication
Asian Studies Classical Studies Communication Creative Writing Education Minor for Secondary Certification (8-12) Environmental Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
PREPROFESSIONAL PREPARATION IN: Health Professions: dentistry, medicine, occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, veterinary medicine, nursing
Engineering Law
SELF-DESIGNED MAJORS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR EXAMPLE:
Sports Management Biopsychology International Security Criminal Behavioral Studies Social Justice
Child Study Intercultural Communication Political Communication Nutrition and Sustainability Historical Rhetoric
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L exington WELCOME TO
Transylvania University is in the heart of downtown Lexington, a city with all the excitement and entertainment of a
bustling metropolis while maintaining a small-town feel. Located in the heart of the Bluegrass regions and the second largest city in Kentucky, Lexington features something for everyone to enjoy, whether it’s Third Street Stuff, recently voted the best coffee shop in Kentucky, right around the corner from campus, the Lexington Farmer’s Market; Thursday Night Live featuring local bands and vendors at the 5/3 Pavilion; a concert or basketball game at the world famous Rupp Arena; a day at the track in the horse capital of the world at Keeneland; or a hike at Raven’s Run Nature Preserve.
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TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
LEXINGTON, KY
NCAA DIVISION III
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NCAA DIVISION III LEXINGTON, KY TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
Transylvania has enjoyed more than a decade of success since joining the NCAA Division III in 2004. The athletics community has excelled both on and off the field, with student-athletes thriving in the classroom and in competition.
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ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS
ALL-AMERICANS
NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES
PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK AWARD WINNERS IN 2017-18 8
Transylvania’s athletic training staff strives to provide the highest quality healthcare to its student-athletes. The Certified Athletic Trainers are highly qualified and trained medical professionals with diverse educational backgrounds and experiences.
KYLE SUTTON ASST. ATHLETIC TRAINER
Kyle Sutton joined the Transylvania Athletics Sports Medicine Staff as Assistant Athletic Trainer in 2016. Sutton brings eight years of experience in athletic training to his role at Transylvania. Sutton has previously worked at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington as Head Athletic Trainer from 2015-16 and as Head Athletic Trainer at Westerville Central High School from 2008-15. Sutton received a Master of Science in Applied Exercise Science from Oklahoma State University in 2008 and a Bachelor of Science in Allied Medical Professions from The Ohio State University in 2006.
CHRISTA HENDLEY ASST. ATHLETIC TRAINER
Transylvania has two athletic training rooms for its student-athletes. The main athletic training room is on the performance floor of the Beck Center with the secondary training room located in the field house at the Athletics Complex and both are open daily. Each training room is equipped with state-of-the-art injury prevention and rehabilitation equipment.
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Transylvania partners with Lexington Clinic Sports Medicine Center to provide our student-athlete healthcare. Lexington Clinic orthopedic surgeons David Dome, Peter Hester, Ben Kibler and Trevor Wilkes serve as team doctors for the university and make weekly campus visits, eliminating the need to travel off-campus.
Nick Reuss begins his eighth year with the Transylvania sports medcine staff and his third as the Director of Sports Medicine for the 2018-19 season. Reuss joined the Transylvania sports medicine staff in 2011. He holds a Master of Science in recreation and sport sciences from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Science in athletic training from Ohio University. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and is certified by the Kinesio Taping Association as a Kinesio Taping Practitioner.
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The sports medicine staff is fully accredited by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The staff specializes in the prevention, assessment and rehabilitation of injuries to our student-athletes. Athletic trainers have been recognized by the American Medical Association as allied healthcare professionals since 1990.
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Sports Medicine
NICK REUSS DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE
Christa Hendley joined the Transylvania Athletics Sports Medicine Staff as an Assistant Athletic Trainer in November 2017. Hendley carries over five years of experience in the athletic training realm to Transylvania. Prior to her time at Transy, Hendley served as the Head Athletic Trainer at the University of the Cumberlands from 2014 through 2017, overseeing men’s and women’s soccer, basketball, cheerleading, softball, track and field, and dance during her tenure at Cumberlands. Previous stints for Hendley include working at Lemak Sports Medicine and Orthopedics as a Head Athletic Trainer and at Chowan University.
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NCAA DIVISION III LEXINGTON, KY TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
Brian Lane
Pioneers Coaching Staff
HEAD COACH
Head Coach Brian Lane is in his 15th season as head men’s golf coach in 201819 and in his 19th year working with the Pioneers men’s golf program. The Brian Lane era has witnessed immense success and national prominence since he became head coach in 2005. During his tenure, Transylvania has become one of the nation’s elite NCAA Division III men’s golf programs. Transylvania’s 12 consecutive conference tournament championships is the longest active streak in the NCAA.
Midwest Region Coach of the Year four consecutive years (2010-2013) and was a finalist for NCAA National Coach of the Year. Additionally Lane has served on the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-American Committee. Lane helped orchestrate the selection of Transylvania University as the host institution for the upcoming 2019 NCAA Divison III Men’s Golf National Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky. The event will mark the first time an NCAA men’s golf championship event has been held in the state of Kentucky since 1993.
Lane has guided his golf team to three consecutive national top-10 finishes (2012-2014), and did so again this past season. Under Lane, 22 golfers have been named Cleveland Golf All-Academic Scholars and 14 have earned PING Division III All-American honors, Under Lane, the Pioneers won the first of 12 with Jack Berger becoming the latest Pioneer golfer consecutive Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference to claim Srixon Academic All-American honors in Championships in 2007 while concurrently earning 2018. Lane’s teams have been recognized for the their first 12 berths in the NCAA Division III GCAA Academic Excellence award each of the past National Championship Tournaments. Lane has nine seasons, one of only five teams in the country to earned 12 straight HCAC Coach of the Year awards achieve such a string of honors. during this ongoing run. After capturing the 2018 HCAC Championship, Transylvania became just one Lane has had six players named Most Valuable Golfer of three programs at the Division III level to maintain in the HCAC. Since becoming head coach, he has had an active streak of 12 consecutive trips to Nationals. 44 golfers earn All-HCAC honors. The 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons were the most successful in the history of the program as the Pioneers notched back-to-back national runnerup finishes in the NCAA Division III National Tournament. The Pioneers entered 2013-14 as the preseason No. 1 ranked team. Lane has been a member of the six-person NCAA Division III golf committee in charge of organizing all aspects of the NCAA Tournament. He was named 10
Outside of his coaching duties at Transylvania, Lane is a member of the Bluegrass Sports Commission, which recently engineered the selection of hosting duties for the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship event to Lexington at Keene Trace Golf Club in the summer of 2018.
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Sallee ASSISTANT COACH
Will Sallee is in his first season as the Transylvania men’s golf assistant coach.
The Lexington native completed a stellar collegiate career this past May for Eastern Kentucky, posting a 73.8 stroke average en route to achieving Ohio Valley Conference All-Tournament Team honors. A threetime All-Ohio Valley Conference award-winner, Sallee took fifth place at his final OVC Championship event. After graduating from Eastern Kentucky in May 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management, Sallee joined the High Performance Golf Academy at Keene Run Golf Course in Nicholasville, Kentucky as a performance coach. In this capacity, Sallee mentors young golf students, teaching course strategy and
As a student-athlete, Sallee was an eight-time Colonel Scholar and a two-time winner of the Srixon/ Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar as awarded by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Sallee trained as an understudy to PGA Professional Larry Ward at High Performance Golf Academy. He also holds the distinction of being the only player to ever win the Lexington Junior City and Men’s City Championships in back-to-back years. Sallee’s coaching expertise and familiarity with the Keene Trace Golf Club augments the Pioneers men’s golf program as Transylvania prepares to host the upcoming 2018-19 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf National Championships at the complex in Nicholasville in May of 2019. “He had outstanding coaches in high school at Lafayette in Lexington and in college, and his work at the High Performance Golf Academy gives him a wealth of knowledge to pull from,” added Lane. “I’m excited to see Will grow into one of the top assistants in the country.” 11
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“Will has the perfect background for becoming an outstanding golf coach,” commented Lane on the hire of Sallee. “We have had several former Transylvania assistants go on to high-level Division I positions, including Matthew Martin at Morehead State, Justin Tereshko at Louisville, and Corey Maggard at Auburn. With Will’s personality, his teaching, and pro tour caddying experience, he will become a great recruiter.”
Since 2015, Sallee has served with First Tee Lexington, a local nonprofit organization with the mission of instilling golf ’s values, preserving the game for the next generation, and building sportsmanship with the establishment of a golf learning center for youth in the Lexington area.
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A former NCAA Division I men’s golf standout at Eastern Kentucky University, Sallee joins a Transylvania men’s golf program coming off a landmark year and preparing for a historic 2018-19 season.
swing skills, facilitating golf camps for students, and caddying for players. This past August, Sallee spent a three-week stint caddying for Lexington native and PGA professional, Hunter Stewart, on both the Mackenzie and European Tours, including the Nordea Masters and Czech Masters tournaments.
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2018-19 Men’s Golf Roster NAME
CLASS
Tim Alexander Jack Berger Jeb Brumley Harrison Lane Spencer McKinney Sam McNamara Zach Treilobs Blake Young
Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr.
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HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL
Union, Ky. / Ryle Louisville, Ky. / St. Xavier Lexington, Ky. / Henry Clay Lexington, Ky. / Lafayette Danville, Ky. / Danville Charlottesville, Va. / St. Anne’s - Belfield Paris, Ky. / Bourbon Co. Lexington, Ky. / Lexington Christian Academy
Jeb Brumley Junior Lexington, Ky. Henry Clay
Harrison Lane Junior Lexington, Ky. Lafayette
Spencer McKinney Junior Danville, Ky. Danville
Sam McNamara Freshman Charlottesville, Va. St. Anne’s - Belfield
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Jack Berger Senior Louisville, Ky. St. Xavier
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Tim Alexander Freshman Union, Ky. Ryle
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Zach Treilobs Senior Paris, Ky. Bourbon Co.
Blake Young Senior Lexington, Ky. Lexington Christian
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2018-19
TRANSYLVANIA GOLF SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER
MARCH
Transylvania Invitational - University Club Sat. 1 Lexington, KY Sun. 2 Lexington, KY
1st Round 2nd Round
HCAC Preview * Sat. 8 Sun. 9
1st Round 2nd Round
Anderson, Ind. Anderson, Ind.
NCAA Preview - Keene Trace GC Mon. 17 Lexington, KY Tue. 18 Lexington, KY
1st Round 2nd Round
Rhodes College Classic - Tunica National Golf Resort Sun. 23 Tunica, Miss. 1st Round Mon. 24 Tunica, Miss 2nd Round Gordin Classic - Delaware GC Sun. 30 Columbus, Ohio
OCTOBER
1st Round
Mon. 1 Tue. 2
Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio
2nd Round 3rd Round
Golfweek Invitational Sun. 14 Mon. 15 Tue. 16
Destin, Fla. Destin, Fla. Destin, Fla.
1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round
Jekyll Island Invitational Thu. 14 Fri. 15 Sat. 16 Sun. 17
Jekyll Island, GA Jekyll Island, GA Jekyll Island, GA Jekyll Island, GA
Huntingdon Invitational Mon. 25 Huntingdon, AL Tue. 26 Huntingdon, AL
1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 4th Round 1st Round 2nd Round
APRIL
HCAC Men’s Golf Championships - University Club Sat. 27 Lexington, Ky. 1st Round Sun. 28 Lexington, Ky. 2nd Round
MAY
HCAC Men’s Golf Championships Sat. 4 Anderson, IN Sun. 5 Anderson, IN
3rd Round 4th Round
NCAA Championship - Keene Trace GC Tue. 14 Lexington, KY Wed. 15 Lexington, KY Thu. 16 Lexington, Ky. Fri. 17 Lexington, Ky.
1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 4th Round