05/17/2012 Season ends for Vikings, place ninth at NCAA II NationalsWWU falls one shot short of advancing to medal-match play rounds 05/16/2012 WWU seventh heading into final day of stroke play at NCAA II NationalsGoodwin and Varelia each shoot 1-under 71 to pace Vikings 05/15/2012 WWU shoots 1-under 287, third after first day at NCAA II NationalsCrawford and Vaughan in 10-way tie for 14th, each shoot 1-under 71 05/09/2012 WWU overcomes poor start to earn national berthVikings place fourth at NCAA II Central/West Regional 05/08/2012 WWU fifth after second day at NCAA II Central/West RegionalVaughan shoots 3-under 69 for Vikings, Varelia 2-under-70 360-650-3489, steve.card@wwu.edu In 19th year as head men's golf coach at Western ... 2011-12 National Chair for NCAA Division II Men's Golf ... Played instrumental role in school being host to 2009 NCAA II National Championships, a first for any sport at WWU ... Directed Vikings to school-record six straight national appearances from 1995-2000, including school-best fourth-place finish in 1997 at NAIA Tournament and tie for sixth in 2000 at NCAA II Championships ... NCAA West Region Coach of the Year in 2005 as Western placed ninth at nationals and won West Regional title ... Golf Coaches Association of America District VIII Coach of the Year in 2000 and eight times named league Coach of the Year, being Great Northwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 ... Has coached 23 All-Americans ... In 22nd year as Associate Director of Athletics for Business and Financial Affairs at Western ... In last of four-year term as member of the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Committee ... Division II Director on Golf Coaches of America Association National Advisory Board for four years (2004-08) and is in third of four-year term as DII At-Large representative on that same board ... Named Western Men's Golf Coach of the Century (1900-99) ... Past member of NCAA II West Region Football Committee and GCAA All-America Selection Committee ... Director of Viking Golf Classic, a major fund-raiser for Western Athletics ... Spent two years as Finance and Administrative Officer for Division of Student Affairs Office at Washington State University ... Also was staff analyst for WSU Student Services ... Received bachelor's degree in business administration and finance from WSU in 1987 ... Lettered four years in golf for Cougars, being team captain in 1986 and 1987 ... Attended Harry Ainlay Composite High School in Edmonton, Alberta ... 46 years old ... He has two children, daughter Avery 20 and son Nathaniel 18. |
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