Recent News
- 6/12/2012 - Union’s Barry named GCAA Ping All-Region
- 5/30/2012 - Union to host 18 different summer sports camps, first camps start June 4
- 5/24/2012 - Union’s Mantooth named NAIA Golf Scholar Athlete
- 5/24/2012 - Union golf finishes 21st in national tournament
- 5/23/2012 - Capital One Academic All-District ® Men’s At-Large team lists two Union golfers
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- 5/14/2012 - Union men’s golf makes 10th national tourney, third straight
- 5/1/2012 - Union springs sports put 25 players on TranSouth Scholar team
- 4/24/2012 - Union golf claims third straight TranSouth title, Barry player of the year
- 4/23/2012 - Union men’s golf in first place after second round in TranSouth Tourney
- 4/20/2012 - Union men’s golf puts five on TranSouth Scholar Athlete list
- 4/20/2012 - Union coaches, Rushing and Dudley, get hall of fame inductions
- 4/18/2012 - Barry repeats as TranSouth Golfer of the Week
- 4/11/2012 - Union’s Barry named TranSouth Golfer of the Week
- 4/10/2012 - Union takes first in Arkansas tourney, Barry, Waits top two individuals
- 4/7/2012 - Union golf places second in Cumberland Invite
- 4/5/2012 - Union’s Waits named TranSouth Golfer of the Week
- 3/28/2012 - Union golf finishes eighth at Old Hickory, Waits finishes third
- 3/13/2012 - Union men’s golf places 11th in Grover Page Classic
- 1/26/2012 - Union participates in TranSouth food drive to benefit RIFA
- 1/6/2012 - Rushing named head coach of newly formed women’s golf program
- 11/14/2011 - Union promotes Sinclair to head trainer position
- 11/1/2011 - Union men’s golf wins third tourney of fall, Swedenborg sinks hole-in-one
- 10/20/2011 - Union wins team title at Blue Mountain Invite
- 10/20/2011 - Union’s Barry Named Golfer of the Week
- 10/12/2011 - Union’s Barry named golfer of the week
- 10/11/2011 - Union’s Barry second, team eighth at UT Martin Golf Invite
- 10/5/2011 - Union University recognized as a Champions of Character Institution by the NAIA
- 10/4/2011 - Union men’s golf places 10th at Murray State, Barry finishes third
- 10/4/2011 - Union’s Knight earns golfer of the week honors
- 10/3/2011 - Union’s Barry leads Murray State Tourney, team 10th after two rounds
- 10/1/2011 - Union men’s golf wins home tournament, Knight top individual
- 9/20/2011 - Union golf falls 9-7 in Greystone Cup
- 8/3/2011 - Union’s Barry finishes 23rd at Tennessee State Amateur
- 7/11/2011 - NCAA approves Union’s application for NCAA Division II membership process
- 1/11/2011 - Union golf signs Kentucky standout
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2011-12 Union University Men's Golf Team. - Steven Aldridge
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Kody Alexander practices his putting at the Country Club of Jackson. - Jacob Moore
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Kody Alexander practices with his team at the Country Club of Jackson. - Jacob Moore
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Ben Waits practices with his fellow golf team members at the Country Club of Jackson. - Jacob Moore
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Season Outlook
The Union (Tenn.) University men’s golf team enters the 2011-12 season looking for a third straight TranSouth Conference Title and a third straight trip to the NAIA National Championships. Union will have to replace three golfers off last season’s team that helped win the league title and that also played in the national tournament. However, Union returns its top golfer in junior Brett Barry, who was named the TranSouth Golfer of the Year last season. Union also returns Steven Coffelt following a very successful freshman, playing in the conference and national tournaments.
The senior class includes Jesper Swedenborg and newcomer Kyle Long, who transferred in this season. They will look provide major contributions in their final year of college.
Along with Barry, Ryan Mantooth and Ben Waits fill out the junior class. Mantooth and Waits will hope to take that next step as the join the group of upperclassmen.
Four sophomores line the roster with Chris Hawks, Matthew McSwain and Charlie Pittman joining Coffelt. All four guys gained valuable experience last season as freshmen and will hope to show even more progress in 2011-12.
The lone freshman is Andrew Knight who enters his first season of college golf with high expectations. Knight will have the opportunity to contribute to the team early in his career.
Union head coach Andy Rushing has led his team to four conference titles in the last six seasons, including each of the past two. The Bulldogs will be playing in their final season of NAIA competition this year as Union has been approved to begin the NCAA DII membership process.
