Sterling College

The Men's Warrior Golf team signed Seth Holmes of Goddard High School to a letter of intent on Friday February 1st.

Seth will be competing collegiately for Sterling starting in the fall of 2008. He will come to the Warrior golf program with extensive experience and success in the junior ranks. Some of his accomplishments include: Wichita City Match play champion in 2006; 3rd place finish in Wichita City medal play in 2007; 2nd place in 2006 at the City Medal play; and finished 3rd in the KJGA Cup standings in 2007.

"We are very excited that Seth has chosen Sterling College to pursue is degree as well and compete at the collegiate level, said Head Golf Coach Sean Gillespie. "I first met Seth at a Men's golf retreat last year and was impressed with not only his game but with the way he carried himself. He will be able to come in immediately and impact our program next year. He will be a nice piece to the puzzle as we move towards building a competitive golf program here at Sterling College. Though he as experienced much success already, we anticipate his game going to another level here at Sterling."

Seth will be competing this spring at Goddard High School, where he as already lettered 4 years.

The Warrior golf program finished their fall season with a win in the Prairie Cup which featured a "Ryder Cup" style of match play between Sterling College, Bethel College and Friend University.

With strong play in the foursomes and best ball competition (winning 7 of 10 matches) Sterling golf was able to forge a sizable lead going into the individual match play portion of the event. Friends made a strong run in the individual match play portion and almost overtook the Warriors. Taylor Owens, a freshmen for Sterling, was able to pull a half point against Jay Cargile from Friends to clinch the cup for the Warriors.

"It was a great way for our guys to finish up the fall season" said Head Golf Coach Sean Gillespie. "They were able to go and not necessarily worry about posting a score but to just win holes. I know that both Bethel and Friends had a great time and will look forward to this event next fall. I believe that this fall was a good spring board for us for the Spring season. We learned a lot about ourselves and who we are and where we want to take the program. Some of our weaknesses were exposed as well as some of our strengths. It will be good for the guys to take a break now and be college students".

The Warrior golf program battled the wind (30-35 mph) as well as the conference opponents in the first round of the conference tournament today as they opened with a team score of 313, good enough for third place behind Bethany College and defending conference champion, Southwestern College. The team was led by Kevin Quinley and Jared Gregg who both posted very solid rounds of 76 in the gusty winds. Both Jared and Kevin are only 5 shots out of first place for the individual honors as well. "It was a solid start for our new program in our first conference tournament. We have a long ways to go as we develop our golf program into a first class program... tournaments like this one really help expose to us our strengths and weaknesses. I am very proud of the guys and the way they battled out there today...it was a tough day to play golf," remarked Head Coach Sean Gillespie.

Out of the 46 golfers in the tournament, only one posted a round under par. Sterling will be teeing off in the final groups Tuesday at the Eagle Bend Golf Club as they go for their first tournament win in school history.

LAKEWOOD, CO - The Sterling Golf team couldn't quite break through the field after the third and final round of the CO Mines/Regis Invitational.

Fort Lewis finished on top of the 8 team field as the Sterling teams finished 7th and 8th respectively. The A team was just 3 strokes away from breaking into the NCAA Division II crowd, a respectable feat for a first year program.

Kevin Quinley, a freshman from Salina, KS ended up breaking into the top 10 putting rounds of 73, 75, and 76 on the board, good enough for 9th overall in individual competition, the leader finishing one under par for the tournament.

The Warriors of the fairway next head to Hastings, Nebraska on the 24th and 25th of September for the Hastings invitational.

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (Sept. 10, 2007) - Colorado Christian University will carry a 13-stroke lead over Fort Lewis College heading into the third and final round of the Colorado School of Mines / Regis University Fall Invitational on Tuesday, September 11th, at Fox Hollow G.C.

The Sterling men are rounding out the field as the team score has put them at the back of the pack of the NCAA Division II field, however they are just 8 strokes back of Fort Hays State University after the first day.

Freshman Kevin Quinley from Salina, KS is holding his own in the field of 45 being tied for 12 at 6 over par after the first two rounds, the leader is 4 under par. The invitational closes out Tuesday.

The Sterling College Men's Golf team got off to a solid start in their inaugural season. The Warriors were hosted in Oklahoma City by Mid America Christian University on September 3-4th at the Silver horn Golf Club. Sterling entered two teams into the tournament with one finishing second overall and other finishing fourth out of 8 teams. With team scores of 604 and 628 the Sterling golf program has gotten off to a solid start. "Certainly we are pleased with the results of this first tournament, but not satisfied and we realize we have a long ways to go for us to develop into a competitive golf program. We are thinking in terms of long range goals and this tournament was just one of those steps."

The Warrior golf team also had two players that finished first and second respectively for the individual awards. Kevin Quinley from Salina, KS posted a very impressive first round score of 6 under 65 to take hold of the lead and then posted a 74 for his second 18 to post a tournament total score of 3 under par, 139. Jared Gregg from Ft. Gibson, OK took the second place honors with a two round score at plus 6, 148. Congratulations to both Kevin and Jared for competing and playing well in their first collegiate golf tournament. The Warrior will travel to Denver to compete in Regis Universities 2 day tournament on September 10-11th.

The Sterling Warrior Golf program is happy to announce the signing of Jacob Bowser to the Sterling College Golf team.
"We have just signed not only a very solid golfer but a great young man that I really believe will make an impact on the campus as well," said Head Golf Coach Sean Gillespie. "Jacob is very serious about golf and his golf game is well suited for Kansas. We are extremely pleased that he will be with us. I am expecting great things from Jacob. He was th 2005 tristate PGA champion and the 2006 tri state PGA
champion. The first tournment he won was aug 3 & 4 2002 when he was named club house champion of Bostonia Country club. He has extensive tournament experience that will pay off here at the next level."

His high school golf coach says, "I am sure that as he advances to the next step of competion at the collegiate level, he will do a very good job. He is very easily coached and I feel that Sterling College is a very nice fit for him. I look for him to be a contributing factor early on and I feel that Coach Gillispie is fortunate to have him."