Army Golf Roster. U.S. Military Academy Quick Facts. Army s Top Five. Army at the NCAAs Patriot League Champions

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2 Army Golf Roster Name Yr. Hometown/High School Nathan Cantrell Jr. Colleyville, Texas/Colleyville Hertiage David Crawford Sr. Griffin, Ga./Griffin Mark Erwin Fr. Syracuse, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy Ryan Hazelton Sr. Solana Beach, Calif./Torrey Pine Kevin Lee Jr. Chula Vista, Calif./Bona Vista Pete Mangold Sr. Allison Park, Pa./Hampton Scott Manley Fr. Dove Canyon, Calif./Santa Margarita Shane Mercer Fr. Sweetwater, Texas/Sweetwater Jason Owenby Jr. Roanoke, Va./Cace Spring Pete Phipps Fr. Hudson, Ohio/Hudson Mike Powell So. Austin, Texas/Westwood T.J. Rivera Sr. Vallejo, Calif./St. Patrick Anthony Towne Jr. Eagle Idaho/Bishop Kelly Bryon Vincent Fr. Hamble, Texas/Humble Mike Watson So. Abilene, Texas/Cooper Head Coach: Jimmy Ray Clevenger Team Captain: Ryan Hazelton U.S. Military Academy Quick Facts Army s Top Five Name Fall % Spring % David Crawford Ryan Hazelton Kevin Lee Pete Mangold Scott Manley Army at the NCAAs NCAA ALL -DISTRICT II SELECTIONS 1991 Robb Craddock, Pat Mullin 1992 John Lyons, Brent Mumford 1993 Trey Owen 1995 Dan Blackmon, Mike Sessa 1996 Cullen Barbato 1998 Jimmy Lee *award suspended NCAA APPEARANCES 1986 NCAA Championship 31st 1989 NCAA East Regional 19th 1990 NCAA East Regional 20th 1991 NCAA East Regional at Yale 23rd 1992 NCAA East Regional at Colgate 16th 1993 NCAA East Regional at Virginia T-19th 1995 NCAA East Regional at Yale 19th Location... West Point, NY Founded... March 16, 1802 Enrollment... 4,000 Motto... Duty, Honor, Country Colors... Black, Gold and Gray Nicknames... Black Knights, Cadets Mascot...Mule Conference...Patriot League Home Course...West Point Golf Course Superintendent...Lt. Gen. William J. Lennox, Jr. Commandant of Cadets...Brig. Gen. Eric T. Olson Dean of the Acad. Board...Brig. Gen. Daniel J. Kaufman Director of Athletics...Rick Greenspan Men s Tennis Coach... Jimmy Ray Clevenger Alma Mater...Central Missouri State 2002 Patriot League Finish...1st NCAA Bid... Automatic Sports Information Contact... Jen Battagliotti Phone... (845) Fax... (845) jennifer.battagliotti@usma.edu Army Athletics Website... Ryan Hazelton 2002 Patriot League Champions 1

3 Army Head Coach Jimmy Ray Clevenger Now in his 12 th season at Army, Jimmy Ray Clevenger has emerged as one of the top golf coaches in the Northeast. In his time at Army, Clevenger s teams have won seven Patriot League Tournament titles and participated in five NCAA Regional Championships. Clevenger has also guided nine golfers to NCAA All- District II selections and 22 players to the All-Patriot League Golf Team. Overall, Clevenger s teams have won 22 team tournament titles including two wins during the season. Under Clevengers leadership, Jimmy Lee was named to the All-New England Team in 1996 and Ryan Hazelton was bestowed the honor in In 2001, Blayne Smith was the first golfer under Clevenger to be named to the Academic All-America squad. Eighteen Black Knight players have won individual titles during Clevenger s tenure at Army. In , Clevenger s first season on the banks of the Hudson River, Army captured the Black Knight Invitational, the Patriot League championship and the District II championship. The triumph at the districts qualified the Black Knights for their third straight NCAA East Regional bid. Clevenger was named Patriot League Coach of the Year in 1993 following Army s fifth consecutive NCAA regional appearance and an impressive win at the Princeton Invitational. In 12 seasons at Army, Clevenger has defeated arch-rival Navy in duals matches six times. Rebuilding the Army squad to its previous stature, Clevenger s team won both the West Point/Habecker Invitational and the Patriot League Tournament by a startling 29 strokes. Army s top five golfers all finished in the top 10 of the individual standings at the league championships and were named to the All-Patriot League Team. For his work, Clevenger was also named Patriot League Coach of the Year for the second time in the 11-year history of the conference. Clevenger enjoyed his share of success as a player as well. He was a fourtime all-conference selection, district champion and an all-state performer in high school. In 1978, Clevenger won the Missouri High School State Championship after carding successive 68s. Clevenger is a 1982 graduate of Central Missouri State University where he was a participant on the four-time NCAA Division II championship team. With the Mules, Clevenger was named all-conference four times and captured eight career tournament titles. Clevenger s standout collegiate career was topped off with All-American honors following is senior season. After graduation, Clevenger spent three-years in the U.S. Army following his father s military footsteps. His father was a veteran of the Vietnam and Korean wars, and he retired with 20 years of active service in the U.S. Air Force. The younger Clevenger has served on the Golf Coaches Association of America s Ethics Committee, was chairman of the District II all-district selection committee and was District II chairman. Black Knights Under Clevenger INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT WINS Brent Mumford 1990 Toski Invitational Pat Mullin 1991 Patriot League Championship Robb Craddock 1991 District II Championship John Lyons 1992 Rutgers Invitational John Lyons 1992 Patriot League Championship Trey Owen 1993 Patriot League Championship Brent Mumford 1993 District II Championship Trey Owen 1993 Tri-Service Invitational Mike Sessa 1994 Patriot League Championship Dan Blackmon 1994 St. John s Invitational Mike Sessa 1994 Seton Hall Invitational Cullen Barbato 1995 Patriot League Championship Cullen Barbato 1995 St. John s Invitational Dan Blackmon 1996 George Mason Invitational Jimmy Lee 1996 Dartmouth Invitational Ryan Hazelton 1999 Black Knight Invite Ryan Hazelton 2001 West Point Invitational Scott Manley 2002 Patriot League Championship NCAA ALL -DISTRICT II SELECTIONS* 1991 Robb Craddock, Pat Mullin 1992 John Lyons, Brent Mumford 1993 Trey Owen 1995 Dan Blackmon, Mike Sessa 1996 Cullen Barbato 1998 Jimmy Lee * award suspended NCAA APPEARANCES 1991 NCAA East Regional at Yale 1992 NCAA East Regional at Colgate 1993 NCAA East Regional at Virginia 1995 NCAA East Regional at Yale NCAA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA 2001 Blayne Smith ALL-NEW ENGLAND TEAM 1996 Jimmy Lee 2001 Ryan Hazelton TEAM TOURNAMENT WINS 1991 West Point Black Knight Invitational 1991 Patriot League Championship 1991 District II Championship 1992 Patriot League Championship 1992 West Point Black Knight Invitational 1992 McGloughlin Invitational 1993 Princeton Invitational 1993 Patriot League Championship 1993 Tri-Service Invitational 1994 Patriot League Championship 1994 St. John s Championship 1994 Tri-Service Invitational 1994 Patriot League Championship* 1995 St. John s Invitational 1995 Patriot League Championship 1996 George Mason Invitational 1998 West Point Invitational 1999 Black Knight Invitational 2001 Yale Spring Open 2001 West Point/Habecker Invitational 2002 Patriot League Championship *Patriot League Championship moved to fall season in ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE GOLF TEAM (initiated in 1994) 1994 Trey Owen, Chad Bagley, Jeb Zoller, Cullen Barbato 1994* Cullen Barbato, Mike Sessa, Jeb Zoller 1995 Kevin Ach, Cullen Barbato, Greg Dameron, Mike Sessa 1996 Greg Dameron 1997 Jimmy Lee, Bob Smith 2000^Ryan Hazelton, Peter Manfold 2001 Ryan Hazelton 2002 David Crawford, Ryan Hazelton, Kevin Lee, Pete Mangold, Scott Manley *All-league team named in fall starting in ^All-league team named in the spring starting again in Seven-Time NCAA Participant

4 The Army Players Finished tied for ninth place at the Patriot League Championships named to the all-league team shot a 54-hole 221 tied for 35th at the Pizza Hut Invitational ( ) led Black Knights at the Winthrop/Waterford Invitational tied for 13th with a 36-hole total of 148 finished 44th ( ) at the Bearkat/Bentwater Classic shot best round of 69 at the Drew Upton Tiger Golf Classic finished tied for 14th ( ) participated at the Bradford Creek Intercollegiate tied for 35th at Easterns also played at the URI Spring Invitational owns a stroke average of 77.0 after 19 rounds this spring. Registered a stroke average of 77.3 following nine rounds played in all four tournaments tied for 14th at the West Point/Habecker Invitational shot lowest round, 73, in the first 18-holes had a second round 74 for a combined 147 took 18th ( ) at the Service Academy Golf Classic also participated at the Navy Invitational and in the Star Match against the Mids. Spring 2001: Aurthored a stroke average of led all Black Knights with a two round 161 at the Winthop Invitational... tied for 33rd finished 19th ( ) at the Towson Invitational enjoyed season best outing tying for 11th place at the Yale Spring Open shot rounds of at Yale took 12th at Patriot League Championship tied for 21st at the New England Championships. Fall 2000: Recorded a stroke average of tied for 98th ( ) at Navy Invitational took 30th in best outing for the fall at the Dartmouth Invitational... shot a first round 76 and a second round 72 tied for 63rd at the North Carolina-Wilmington Invitational shot a three-round 227 at the Service Academy Classic. Spring 2000: Competed in two tournaments, averaging 76.3 strokes took fourth at the David Crawford Senior Griffin, Ga. Griffin H.S. David Crawford 2002 Patriot League Champions Yale Spring Opener... shot a 74 averaged 77 after three rounds at the Patriot League Tournament. Fall 1999: Competed twice in the fall for the Black Knights recorded a fall scoring average of 79.6 posted a first round 79 and a second-round 78 at the Navy Invitational... tied for 74th place competing at the Service Academy Championship... shot a three-round average of Spring 1999: Competed just once at the Black Knight Invitational finished tied for 12th... shot a first-round 77 and second-round closed with a 78.5 spring scoring average. Fall 1998: Competed at the Mulekicker Classic posted a two round 161 averaged 80.5 for fall season. At Griffin: Qualified for the state tournament three times... won the Southeastern Junior Tournament... finished first at the 5AAAA Regional Championship Given name is David James Crawford... born Nov. 11, parents names James and Ellen... majoring in Economics. Ryan Hazelton Senior Solana Beach, Calif. Torrey Pines H.S. Team Captain Named to the All-Patriot League Team enjoyed highest finish ever, closing in seventh place at the conference championships shot lowest round of the season, 66, in the opening round tied for 13th at the Pizza Hut Invitational shot a 79 in both rounds shot a 159 at the Winthrop Waterford Invitational, tying for 30th tied for 21st ( ) at the Bearkat/Bentwater Classic finished tied for 17th ( ) at the Drew Upton Tiger Golf Classic led Army at the Bradford Creek Intercollegiate tied for 67th ( ) participated at Easterns and the URI Invitational carries a stroke average of 76.7 heading to the NCAA Regional. Registered top stroke average at 73.6 won the West Point/ Habecker Invitational took third at the Navy Invitational with a 138 shot lowest round of the season, 67, at Navy tied for 11 th in the Army-Navy Star Match finished fall fourth at the Service Academy Classic shot a 54-hole total of

5 The Army Players Spring 2001: Finished third on the team with a 79.0 average named to the All-Patriot League Team... shot a 78.5, second on the team, at the New England Championship posted season best finish of eighth at the Patriot League Championships... had a three-day total of 229 tied for 20th to help lead the team to win at the Yale Spring Open took 17th with a tworound total of 151 at the Towson Invitational finished tied for 57th at the San Diego Invitational. Fall 2000: Tied with Kevin Lee with the best handicap (75.4) tied for 82nd at the Navy Invitational posted a 75.3 average at the Yale Invitational... tied for 15th shot season-low opening round 69 to combine with a second round 71 at the Dartmouth Invitational... took fourth place overall finished 33rd ( ) at the North Carolina-Wilmington Invitational shot a three-day total of 230 at the Service Academy Classic. Spring 2000: Named to the All-Patriot League Team... second on team with a season stroke average of 76.9 registered highest Black Knight finish at the William & Mary Invitational... tied for 36th enjoyed highest finish of the season, taking fourth place at the Towson Invitational... shot a three-round total of 227 tied for ninth at the Patriot League Championships... shot a three-round 229. Fall 1999: Shot a career best 67 in the first round and a 76 in the second round at the Navy Invitational took eighth place overall... led the Black Knights with a two-round total of 148 at the Yale Invitational... finished in 42nd place first Army finisher against Navy... had a two-round 153 put forth solid performance shooting a at the Service Academy Classic took 25th (78, 74) at the Bethune Cookman Invitational. Spring 1999: Played in three tournaments authored a stroke average of took 91st ( ) at the San Diego Invitational led all Black Knights with a tworound 154 at the New England Championships... finished in 21st place won the Black Knight Invitational with best outing of 72 in the first round and 71 in the second. Fall 1998: Averaged 78.8 strokes in six competitions took 64th at the Yale Invitational in first collegiate competition set an Army record with a first- 4 Ryan Hazelton round score of 65 finished second at Dartmouth with a second round 71 took 15th at the Patriot League Championships ( ) tied for 52nd at the Mulekicker Classic posted a three-round total of 235 at the annual Service Academy Classic tied for 29th at the Coca-Cola Intercollegiate Invitational. At Torrey Pines: Finished 15th at Junior World Championship went to state championship all four years... won once won four conference titles won the Marvin K. Brown Tournament, the Founder s Cup Matches, Calton Oaks Tournament and the Poly High School Classic was named scholar athlete at Torrey Pines twice given Iron Man Award named most outstanding player also one-year member of the football team. Given name is Ryan Hazelton born August 14, 1979 parents names are Michael and Deborah... majoring in Economics. Pete Mangold Senior Allison Park, Pa. Hampton H.S. Named to the All-Patriot League Team took sixth place at the conference championship registered a 54-hole total of 216 ( ) shot a season low 70 twice once at the Drew Upton Tiger Golf Classic and again at the Patriot League Championships led the team at the Drew Upton Golf Classic tied for fourth place ( ) finished 18th at the Pizza Hut Invite shot a two-round 160 Army s top finisher at the Bearkat/Bentwater Classic tied for 17th with a three-round 223 finished 11th at Easterns ( ) tied for 29th at the URI Spring Invitational also participated at the Winthrop-Waterford Invitational and Bradford Creek Invitational... brings stroke average of 76.6 heading into the NCAA Regionals. Competed in all four tournaments for Army... registered handicap of 74.6 tied for 20th at the Navy Invitational with a two-round total of 147 tied for third at the West Point/ Habecker Invite... shot a first-round 73 and a season-low second round of 69 took fifth at Navy with a two-round average of 75.5 finished 10th at the Service Academy Classic with a three-round 231. Spring 2001: Competed in all six tournaments, averaging 81.5 tied for 82nd at the Winthop Invitational tied for 70th with a three Seven-Time NCAA Participant

6 The Army Players -round 273 at the San Diego Invitational shot a first round 85 and a season-low 75 in the second round of the Towson Invitational... tied for 51st place averaged 83.5 at the Yale Spring Open... tied for 81st took best finish tied for 13th at the New England Championship... shot a two-round average of 78. Fall 2000: Competed in five tournaments posted averaged of 77.5 shot a 72 and a 79 at the Navy Invitational to tie for 47th tied for 44th at the Yale Invitational... shot a three-round 236 shot a firstround season-low of 71 at the Dartmouth Invitational... shot a 74 in the second... finished tied for 16th averaged 79.3 at the UNC- Wilmington Invitational... tied for 63rd shot a 79 in each of the three rounds of the Service Academy Classic. Spring 2000: Averaged 78.1 for the spring... competed in five tournaments shot an 84 and a 76 at the William Peter Mangold & Mary Invitational... finished tied for 63rd finished 11th at the Towson Invitational... averaged 76.7 in three rounds tied for 49th at the Yale Spring Opener with an 82 tied for sixth place ( ) at the league championships... highest Black Knight to finish shot an 83 in the first round of the New England Championships... posted an 83 in the second round... tied for 30th. Fall 1999: Played in all six tournaments and averaged 77.3 tied for eighth place at the Navy Invitational after shooting a first round 74 and a second round 69 marked best round of the season first Army competitor to finish at the Yale Invitational ( ) tied for eighth at the Toski Invitational... shot a one-round 72 finished with a two-round 155 at Navy averaged 78.7 at the Service Academy Championship tied for 42nd at the Bethune Cookman Invitational averaged Spring 1999: Competed twice, averaging 79.8 for the spring tied for 30th at the Rhode Island Invitational averaged 82.5 placed ninth at the Black Knight Invitational shot 75 in the firstround action and 79 the second. Fall 1998: Played in latter half of plebe season averaged 77.9 tied for 12th at the league championships... averaged three-day total of 77.3 shot an 80 in the first round and 76 in the second round at the Mulekicker Classic... tied for 15th shot a three-round total of 233 at the Service Academy Classic tied for 15th at the Coca-Cola Intercollegiate shot a 79 in both rounds. At Hampton: Four-year letterwinner at Hampton High... named team MVP all four years... played in the 1997 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship... two-time Tri-State PGA Western Pennsylvania Player of the Year... won the Western Pennsylvania Tournament of Champions in 1995 and Given name Peter Raymond Mangold born July 25, parents names are Thomas and Linda majoring in Operations Research. Kevin Lee Senior Captain Chula Vista, Calif. Bona Vista Named to the All-Patriot League Team... tied for first place at the league championships... shot 54-hole tournamentrecord tied best round of any Patriot League golfer with his first day shot a 73 in the second round and a 71 in the final 18-holes... led the Black Knights, tying for fifth place at the URI Spring Invitational... shot a 77 in both rounds... tied for 11th place at the Pizza Hut Invitational... fired a 36-hole tied for 30th at the Winthrop- Waterford Invite (75, 79)... tied for 26th at the Drew Upton Tiger Classic... tied for 11th at Easterns... shot a two-round also participated in the Bearkat/Bentwater Invitational and the Bradford Creek Intercollegiate... leads team after 19 rounds with a scoring average of Played in all four tournaments for Army... averaged 77.1 for the season... tied for 91st at the Navy Invitational... posted two-round total of shot a 74 in both the first and second rounds of the West Point/Habecker Invite... Kevin Lee 2002 Patriot League Champions 5

7 The Army Players tied for 16th... played at Navy... tied for 10th at the Service Academy Classic... finished with three-round total of 231 strokes. Spring 2001: Posted 79.5 average played in all six Army tournament outings opened with a two-round average of 85.0 at the Winthop Invitational tied for 70th tied for 72nd at the San Diego Invitational shot a three-round total of 244 tied for 22nd at Towson shot a first-round 78 and a secondround 75 registered highest finish of sixth at the Yale Spring Open shot season-low 74 in the first round... posted a 75 in the second tied for 25th at the league championships shot a three round-average 79.3 tied for 21st ( ) at New England Championship. Fall 2000: Played in all six competitions for Army averaged 75.4 tied for team scoring lead tied for 78th at the Navy Invitational shot a 78 in both rounds averaged a three-round 74.3 at the Yale Invitational tied for eighth posted highest finish of sixth at Dartmouth shot a season-best two rounds of 71 and 70 tied for 46th at UNC-Wilmington Invitational shot a three round 231 at Service Academy Classic. Spring 2000: Competed once at the Yale Spring Opener shot a 81 tied for 44th. Fall 1999: Averaged 79.0 played at Yale shot a 79 in both rounds. At Bonita Vista: Named all-state in was team captain sophomore, junior and senior years... was All-CIF in named all-conference four times... competed at states three times... highest finish at states was third... won the San Diego Junior Championship... took fifth at the AJGA Far and Above Classic... placed second at the Nike Tour Tournament. Given name Kevin Lee... born Dec. 22, parents names Justin and Juliana... majoring in Engineering Management. Scott Manley Freshman Dove Canyon, Calif. Santa Margarita H.S. Selected Patriot League Player of the Year... tied for first place at the league championships with a 54-hole record won playoff on the third hole to capture individual title... marked first tournament win... shot personal-best 69 on three occasions... fired a 69 at the Bearkat/Bentwater Invite... equaled score on two occasions at the conference championships... tied for second at the Pizza Hut Invite ( )... the mark led the team... also led the Black Knights at Easterns... finished tied for seventh... shot a 76 and a closed with 14th place showing at the URI Spring Invitational... tied for 29th ( ) at the Bearkat/Bentwater Classic... tied for 26th ( ) at the Drew Upton Tiger Golf Classic... participated at the Winthrop-Waterford Invite (T- 71) and the Bradford Creek Intercollegiate (T-101)... holds 75.9 average heading into NCAAs, second best score on team. Competed in all four tournaments for the Black Knights... averaged opened plebe season tying for 20th at the Navy Invitational... shot a 73 in the first round and a 74 in the second round... finished second at the West Point/Habecker Invitational... had best round of 69 strokes to open the invite... finished with a two-day total of 141 strokes... tied for second at Navy... shot a two-round shot a three-round tied for 10th at the Service Academy Classic. At Santa Margarita: Played varsity golf for three years... won the state team championship in shot a 73 to finish in 10th place... captained team senior season... tied for fourth at the FCWT Sacramento Tournament... finished tied for 10th at the FCWT Twelve Bridges... finished tied for 20th at the AJGA Ping Landon Farms... named all-conference senior season... took fourth place at the 2001 CIF Southern Sectional Team Championship... qualified for the California State Amateur. Named Scott Alan Manley... born May 10, parents names are Jeff and Annie... major undeclared... father Jeff Manley, a 1978 USMA graduate and four-year letterwinner in golf. Scott Manley 6 Seven-Time NCAA Participant

8 2001 Fall Golf Results 10/7 Navy (Star Game), Annapolis, Md., U.S. Naval Academy G.C. 10/15-16 Service Academy Golf Classic, Dallas, Texas, Trophy Club 9/8-9 Navy Invitational, Annapolis, Md., U.S. Naval Academy G.C. 9/22-23 West Point/Habecker Invitational, West Point, N.Y., W.P.G.C. Low 9/8-9 9/ /7 10/15-16 Rd. Avg. Rd. Ryan Hazelton rd 1st T11th 4th Scott Manley T43rd 2nd T2nd T10th Pete Mangold T20th T3rd 5th T10th Shane Mercer T36th Kevin Lee T91st T16th 10th T10th 2002 Patriot League Champions David Crawford T68th T14th T8th 18th Jason Owenby T33rd T13th 14th Anthony Towne T36th T11th Bryon Vincent T80th Nate Cantrell T83rd Mike Watson T83rd Pete Phipps T86th TJ Rivera T94th Mark Erwin T99th Mike Powell th Team T3rd of 27 1st of 22 Lost 2nd of 4 7

9 2002 Spring Golf Results 8 4/5-6 Bradford Creek Intercollegiate, Greensville, N.C., Bradford Creek G.C. 4/13-14 Eastern Championship Providence, R.I., Triggs, Memorial G.C. 4/20-21 Patriot League Championship, West Point, N.Y., W.P.G.C. 4/26-27 URI Spring Invitational, Portsmouth, R.I., Green Valley G.C. 2/24-25 Pizza Hut/Bell South, Brandon Miss., Bay Pointe C.C. 3/4-5 Winthrop Waterford Invitational, Rock Hill, S.C., Waterford G.C. 3/18-19 Bearkat/Bentwater Classic, Montgomery, Texas, Bentwater G.C. 3/30-31 Drew Upton Tiger Golf Classic, Westover, Md., Great Hope G.C. Low 2/ /4-5 3/ / /5-6 4/13/15 4/ /26-27 Rd. Avg. Rd. Kevin Lee T-11th T-30th T-58th T-26th T-81st T-11th T-1st T-5th Scott Manley T-2nd T-71st T-29th T-26th T-101st T-7th T-1st* T-14th Ryan Hazelton T-13th T-30th T-21st T-17th T-67th T-43rd 7th T-58th David Crawford T-35th T-13th T-44th T-14th T-92nd T-35th T-9th T-46th Pete Mangold th T-89th T-17th T-4th T-75th T-11th 6th T-29th Anthony Towne T-39th Team nd of 12 10th of 19 7th of 13 3rd of 21 T-21st of 25 3rd of 19 1st of 8 5th of 17 * won playoff (3 holes) Seven-Time NCAA Participant