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 Women’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 Athletic 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..........................................................................2 Newcomers.................................................................................1
Women’s Golf Staff
Head Coach...........................................Tyrus York (3rd Year) Assistant Coach ............................ Megan Kinney (1st Year) Strength and Conditioning.................................Zach Turner Women’s Golf Office Phone..........................(859)-233-8153 Twitter..................................................................@transy_wgolf
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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
TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
Location...............................................................Lexington, Ky. Founded................................................................................1780 Affiliation....................................................NCAA Division III Conference.................................................Heartland (HCAC) Colors........................................................Crimson and White Mascot...........................................................................Pioneers 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
NCAA DIVISION III LEXINGTON, KY TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
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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.
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TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY LEXINGTON, KY
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
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BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE OFFERED IN:
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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NCAA DIVISION III LEXINGTON, KY TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
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
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PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK AWARD WINNERS IN 2017-18
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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Pioneers Coaching Staff
HEAD COACH One of the elite golf coaches across the nation, Tyrus York is in his third full season as the Transylvania women’s golf head coach.
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Tyrus York
Since taking over the program in March 2016, Transylvania women’s golf has reached milestones unforeseen before York’s arrival. A two-time PGA Teacher of the Year awardwinner, York can provide daily instruction to the Pioneers. A native of Harlan, Kentucky, York brings a unique combination of professional golfing experience along with a rich and far-reaching teaching pedigree to the position. York has been a Class A-certified PGA Professional for six years and instructs as a PGA Teaching Professional at the High Performance Golf Academy in Nicholasville, Kentucky. York brings a wealth of acclaim to the women’s golf head coaching position at Transylvania and his mantle of accolades bears witness to his acumen; York most recently was one of nine professionals selected to Golf Digest’s “Best Teachers in Your State” list for the state of Kentucky for 2017-18. He was one of seven professionals in the MidAtlantic region to be chosen to Golf Digest’s “Best Young Teachers in America” list in 2016-17.
In his first full season at Transylvania during the 20162017 season, instant results came for the Pioneers women’s golf team; the Pioneers finished the 2016 portion of the fall season strong as sophomore Meredith Moir captured the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference individual championship with a first-place finish at Hulman Links Golf Club. Both Moir and fellow sophomore Jenna Soderling notched first and second place in the 2016 HCAC Women’s Golf Championships under York’s guidance while Moir was named the conference player of the year. The Pioneers completed 2017 on a high note as they won the team title at the Transylvania Spring Invitational at Keene Run Golf Course, their home venue. Following the conclusion of the 2017 season, the team received the inaugural WGCA Mark Laesch Award, which recognizes the team from each NCAA Division that attains the greatest improvement in stroke average from one season to the next; the Pioneers improved from a 382.92 stroke average in 2016 to a 343.50 stroke average in 2017, York’s first full season at the helm of the program. While the evolution of the Transylvania program has been swift under York’s management, his procession to becoming the Pioneers women’s golf head coach has been a steady drive from a playing career that began as an eighth-grader, led to a college career at the University of the Cumberlands, and bloomed into a coaching career following graduation in 2005. York served as the boys and girls high school head coach at the Sayre School in Lexington for three years from 2012 through 2015. In all, York has been involved in golf instruction for over a decade prior to his current stint as the women’s golf head coach at Transylvania.
The love of the game and the love of teaching it are two passions that fuel York’s daily drive as a coach: “I began teaching golf shortly after the conclusion of my college golf career and knew that coaching was something I wanted to do for a long time,” says York. “I’m fortunate that my In addition to his most recent awards, York was named primary focus has been on instruction, and subsequently 2017 Kentucky Section PGA Teacher of the Year award, improving these teaching skills. Along the way I’ve the second time he has received such honors. York was been able to contribute to the marketing efforts of the also named the Kentucky Section PGA Teacher of the Year facilities I’ve worked with, as well as manage the financial in 2014, and has also been nominated for the 2011, 2012, responsibilities of running my own teaching business.” and 2013 Junior Golf Leader of the Year awards in the Kentucky Section. York touts a relationship-first teaching philosophy based upon initially evaluating the learning style of each of his On the course, York oversaw the most successful year for students, and developing a method that best aligns with the Pioneers women’s golf program on and off the links their abilities and talents prior to developing the optimal in 2017-18. In October 2017, York’s Pioneers won the golf swing. “My philosophy as an instructor is do something HCAC Conference Tournament team championship for every day to better yourself and personally adopt that in my the first time in nearly a decade as junior Meredith Moir own life,” said York. won her second consecutive HCAC Most Valuable Player award with a first-place finish. Transylvania captured As a resident of the Lexington area for a decade, York the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament the commands an understanding of the university and topfollowing May and recorded its best finish at a national level aspirations for his program: “Transylvania has a rich championship in program history, making the cut and history here in the state of Kentucky for both academics placing 15th. The Pioneers also recorded the third-highest and sports,” said York. “The university has long been a grade-point-average of any women’s golf program in the very important landmark in Lexington. Having produced country to top off an extraordinary 2017-18 campaign. extremely talented student-athletes already, I want to see more women’s golfers be a part of that legacy. I am humbled to be the coach to take these ladies to the next level.”
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ASSISTANT COACH
Megan Kinney is in her first season with the Transylvania women’s golf team as an assistant coach in 2018.
Kinney is a native of Frankfort, Kentucky, where she competed for the Western Hills High School golf team, winning multiple tournaments in her junior career which included the Kentucky Region 7 Tournament. She recorded top-15 finishes in the 2011 and 2012 state tournament.
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“Megan will bring a positive energy to our team and will help us compete at the highest level,” commented York on the addition of Kinney. “I wanted to find someone who had a background in collegiate golf that can relate with our studentathletes, and Megan is very personable and optimistic.”
“My coaching philosophies are rooted in the love and respect for the game of golf,” added Kinney. “I think I will be able to immediately make an impact in the mental aspect of the game. After my own competitive career, I understand what these girls are going through on a daily basis. Golf is a game of toughness and mental strength, and I think I will be able to help our team find their inner grit.”
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Kinney joins a Transylvania women’s golf program coming off of its best finish ever at an NCAA National Championship this past spring and also holds the designation as the reigning Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference champions.
athlete at Kentucky, Kinney was a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll Member.
TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
Megan Kinney
Pioneers Coaching Staff
A former golfing standout at the University of Kentucky from 2013 through 2017, Kinney spent the past two years as the Director of Junior Golf at the High Performance Golf Academy in Nicholasville, Kentucky, instructing both individuals and groups of golfers. In addition to her coaching role with High Performance Golf Academy, Kinney works in planning and hosting junior camps, clinics, and events held at the academy. Kinney adds her unique insight and impressive credentials to the Transylvania women’s golf coaching program; she is currently a PGA Associate working towards a Level 1 Instruction Certification in the PGA program. As a student11
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Rachel Fine Junior Lexington, Ky. Dunbar
Rebecca Fine Junior Lexington, Ky. Dunbar
Kelli Harpe Freshman Lexington, Ky. Lexington Catholic
Lexie Lamar Junior Lewisport, Ky. Hancock Co.
Meredith Moir Senior Louisville, Ky. Sacred Heart Academy
Emily Neat Junior Louisville, Ky. Christian Academy
Jenna Soderling Senior Central City, Ky. Muhlenberg Co.
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2018-19 Womens Golf Roster NAME.
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL
Rachel Fine
Jr.
Lexington, Ky. / Dunbar
Rebecca Fine
Jr.
Lexington, Ky. / Dunbar
Kelli Harpe
Fr.
Lexington, Ky. / Lexington Catholic
Lexie Lamar
Jr.
Lewisport, Ky. / Hancock Co.
Meredith Moir
Sr.
Louisville, Ky. / University of Louisville / Sacred Heart Academy
Emily Neat
Jr.
Louisville, Ky. / Christian Academy
Jenna Soderling
Sr.
Central City, Ky. / Muhlenberg Co.
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CLASS
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2018
TRANSYLVANIA GOLF SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER Sat. 1 at Denison Sun. 2 at Denison Sat. 8 at Rhodes Sun. 9 at Rhodes Bay Oaks Golf Club Mon. 24 NCAA Preview Tue. 25 NCAA Preview Sat. 29 HCAC Preview Sun. 30 HCAC Preview
Granville, Ohio Granville, Ohio Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn.
1st Round 2nd Round 1st Round 2nd Round
Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Liberty, Indiana Liberty, Indiana
1st Round 2nd Round 1st Round 2nd Round
OCTOBER Sat. 13 HCAC Championships Sun. 14 HCAC Championships
Liberty, IN1st Round Liberty, IN2nd Round
MARCH Fri. 1 Berry Tournament Rome, Ga. Sat. 2 Berry Tournament Rome, Ga. Jekyll Island Invitational Fri. 15 Jekyll Island, Ga. Sat. 16 Jekyll Island, Ga.
1st Round 2nd Round 1st Round 2nd Round
Sun. 17 Jekyll Island, Ga. Redlands Invitational Mon. 25 Indio, Calif. Tue. 26 Indio, Calif. Rhodes Spring Invitational Sun. 31 Memphis, Tenn. APRIL Mon. 1 Memphis, Tenn. Franklin Invitational Sat. 20 Franklin, Ind. Sun. 21 Franklin, Ind.
3rd Round 1st Round 2nd Round 1st Round 2nd Round 1st Round 2nd Round
MAY 2019 NCAA National Championships Houston, Texas Tue. 14 1st Round Wed. 15 2nd Round Thu. 16 3rd Round Fri. 17 4th Round