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Pictured (L-R) Anna Hill, Hannah Harrison, Brittany Mead, and Paige Feikert.

Pictured (L-R) Eddie Hall, Kyle Menie, Lyle Eddy, Devon Segundo, Kyle Nash, and Dylan Porter.

Eddie Hall placed fifth individually in the Jayhawk Conference this past season and earned first team All-Conference honors.

Raven golf teams reflect on successful season

 

The season has ended for the Coffeyville Community College golf teams.  Both the women’s and men’s teams enjoyed successful seasons in 2008-2009.

 

The women’s golf team ended the year second in conference play.  Three sophomores will graduate from this year’s team including Tulsa native Hannah Harrison, Wichita’s Paige Feikert, and Rachel Harvick from Nowata.

 

Harrison, who was also a goalie for the women’s soccer team, will be transferring to Missouri Valley College with a soccer scholarship.  Harrison was recruited to also play on the women’s team by Head Coach Bill Williamson after Coffeyville started a women’s golf program in the fall of 2007.

 

As a freshman, Harrison was part of a team that competed at the women’s golf tournament in Daytona Beach.  “That was a highlight for me,” Harrison.

 

Feikert played for Coffeyville as a freshman before moving into more of a manager’s role her sophomore season.  Feikert also played for the women’s soccer team at Coffeyville and also participated in the theatre program including a role in the recently staged musical, “The Producers.”

 

Harvick, who plans to move to Tahlequah following graduation, will always be a first for Coffeyville Community College.  Harvick was the first woman to sign a golf scholarship with Coffeyville Community College.

 

“Rachel is famous,” said Williamson.  “She was the first scholarship woman golfer.  She’s been a great contributor to the golf program.”

 

Also moving on after this school year will be Brittany Mead, a freshman from Ponca City, Oklahoma.  Mead played as the #1 golfer for Coffeyville this past season and placed in the top 10 each tournament she played.

 

“I had a friend who went to Coffeyville and I didn’t know where I wanted to go,” said Mead on her decision to attend Coffeyville.  “A scholarship is good and I came to Coffeyville.”

 

Mead will transfer to Northwest Oklahoma State University next school year.  Mead is studying to become a forensic scientist.  “NWOSU is big in criminal justice and they’re close to home,” said Mead.

 

One player who will be back that Williamson is expecting great things from is Anna Hill, a Mayflower, Arkansas native.

 

“Anna started ho-hum and ended up top 2-3 on the team which is really good,” said Williamson.  Hill injured her back at the region tournament, but will at one hundred percent next season.

 

The men’s golf team finished the 2008-2009 golf season in fifth place in the Jayhawk Conference.

 

On an individual basis, Eddie Hall placed fifth in the Jayhawk Conference this season.  By finishing fifth, Hall was named first team All-Conference.  Hall was one of two Americans to make first team All-Conference this season.  The other three first team selections are international students.

 

Hall attributed his success to following some basic fundamentals.  “I kept the ball in play, made some putts, played a good short game and used good course management.”

 

Hall, who hits a driver in the 280-290 yard range, is looking at transferring to Pittsburg State.  “We’ll see what happens with that,” said Hall who plans to major in golf course management.

 

Hall enjoyed his time at Coffeyville.  “All the trips, nationals last year, they were fun,” said Hall.  “It was like a vacation every time we went to a tournament.”

 

Also placing individually in the conference standings was Tulsa sophomore Lyle Eddy who finished 22nd in the conference standings.  Eddy, who will graduate this spring and attend the University of Tulsa next school year, is a little older than the typical college golfer.

 

“My senior year was 2002-2003,” said Eddy, who recently turned 25.  Once Eddy decided to attend college, he looked for an affordable school that had both a golf and art program.

 

“I walked on and after two days of practice, coach gave me a scholarship,” said Eddy.

 

Eddy will major in fine arts at TU.  “I’m looking to go into the art field and they have a good art program,” said Eddy, who will be a student only at TU.

 

Coweta, Oklahoma, sophomore Kyle Nash will also be graduating this May.  Nash has plans on transferring to Pittsburg State University.

 

“I’m in contact with them, I just need to go visit,” said Nash.  Nash plans to major in golf course management.

 

Coffeyville sophomore Devon Segundo will also be moving on.  Segundo is undecided about where he will attend after Coffeyville, but plans to major in international business.  Segundo grew as a golfer while playing for the Ravens.

 

“I had to learn to play smarter, like not using my driver on every hole,” said Segundo.  Segundo enjoyed the experience of playing some of the finest courses in Kansas and out-of-state.

 

“A highlight for me is playing some of the courses we got to play,” said Segundo.  “We got to play some really nice courses.”

 

Some of the courses Coffeyville has played the past couple of seasons have included Dub’s Dread in Kansas City, Highlands Golf Course and Cottonwood Hills in Hutchinson, and the Robert Trent Jones River Course in Huntsville, Alabama.

 

A couple of key freshman who will be back next season include Kyle Menie, Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Dylan Porter, a Newton, Kansas, native.

 

Menie noticed some differences between high school golf and college.  “In college, the biggest thing I noticed was how serious the tournaments are,” said Menie.  “There’s a different competition level.”

 

Porter also noticed a big difference in the level of competition.  “In high school, you shoot 80 and you get third or fourth.  In college you get 20th.”

 

“But, when you play with better players, it forces you to play better,” said Porter.

 

As with any end of a golf season, Williamson is happy to see several sophomores either continuing their golf careers or education.  But, he’s also going to miss the kids he’s gotten to know the past two years.

 

“This is the best group of golfers I’ve had as coach,” said Williamson.  “And I’m going to really miss the sophomores.  They’ve worked hard and they’ve been a lot of fun to coach.”