KELLY GODWIN DRAKEBULLDOGS.COM | GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM | GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM | GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM | GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM | GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM | GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM | GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM | GODRAKEBULLDOGS.COM | GODRAKEBULLDO WE ARE DRAKE BULLDOGS GOLF|10 Scott Bohlender was named head coach of the Drake golf program in the spring of 1999 and has wasted little time in guiding the Bulldog for- tunes to the top of the Missouri Valley Conference. During his time at Drake, Bohlender has guided his teams to top three finishes in the MVC Championships five times and coached five All-American Scholar-Athlete recipients, as well as numerous All-MVC Scholar-Athletes, league players of the week and all-league team selections. Bohlender has coached six former athletes who have gone on to pursue their dream of competing on the PGA Tour. Along with assistant coach Leanne Smith, Bohlender un- dertook a start up program in women’s golf in 2006. In four years, they have scored six All-American Scholars in Olivia Lansing (2008, 2009), Michelle Mathwick (2008, 2009) and Elena Vukmir (2008, 2009). Lansing also garnered All-MVC medalist honors in 2008 as well as earning all-league rec- ognition. She has also been tabbed the MVC Player of the Week on five occasions. In addition, Kelly Godwin collected All-MVC laurels in 2009. A native of Norwalk, Iowa, Bohlender served as an assis- tant golf professional at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club from 1994-96. He was head varsity golf coach at Carl- isle High School from 1997-98 before serving as a teaching professional at the Pointe Hilton Golf Resort on South Moun- tain in Phoenix, Ariz. During his stay in Arizona, Bohlender served as a site co- ordinator and assistant instructor for the Nicklaus/Flick Golf Schools at Desert Mountain in Carefree, Ariz. He worked alongside such names as Jim Flick, Martin Hall and Mike Malaska - three of the top 100 golf instructors in the country as rated by Golf Magazine. Bohlender is a 1993 graduate of Drake where he received a bachelor of science degree in business management. He established himself as one of the top amateurs in the state of Iowa before turning professional in the spring of 1994. He recorded top 10 finishes in the 1993 Iowa State Amateur Match Play Championships; the 1994 Iowa Section Assis- tants Match Play Championship; the 1994 Bob Clark Memo- rial Pro-Am; the 1995 U.S. Open Qualifying; and the 1996 Williamsburg Pro-Am. Scott and his wife, Meghan, have a son, AJ, born April 7, 2007. SCOTT BOHLENDER HEAD COACH 12TH SEASON DRAKE (1993) Leanne Smith was named assistant Drake golf coach in August of 2006. Along with head coach Scott Bohlender, Smith undertook a start up program in women’s golf in 2006. In four years, they have scored six All-American Scholars in Olivia Lansing (2008, 2009), Michelle Mathwick (2008, 2009) and Elena Vukmir (2008, 2009). Lansing also garnered All-MVC medal- ist honors in 2008 as well as earning all-league recognition. She has also been tabbed the MVC Player of the Week on five occasions. In addition, Kelly Godwin collected All-MVC laurels in 2009. The Creston, Iowa, native was a four-year letterwinner at Iowa State, earning Big 12 Academic All-Conference honors in 2002 and 2003. She earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing, with a coaching minor, in 2004. Smith played in the U.S. Amateur in 2001 and 2004 as well as the 2004 U.S. Women’s Publinks Championship. She won the Des Moines Women’s City Tournament in 2002 and 2004 and finished runner-up in the 2009 Iowa Women’s Amateur Championship. Smith turned pro in November of 2005 and played in the Futures Tour for two years. She placed fourth in the 2006 Michigan Open and 14th at the Illinois Open. She was a USGA P.J. Boatwright intern for the Special Olympics and ran the National Invitational Tournament hosted in Ames. Leanne and her husband, Russ, have a daughter, Adelaide Joy, born Aug. 13, 2008. LEANNE SMITH ASSISTANT COACH F OURTH SEASON IOWA STATE (2004) OLIVIA LANSING MICHELLE MATHWICK KAITLYN MAUK AMANDA VOGT ELENA VUKMIR 2010 DRAKE WOMEN’S GOLF ROSTER NAME YR. EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Chelsey Gannon Sr. 2VL Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie) Kelly Godwin Sr. 2VL Centerville, Minn. (Centennial/Concordia-Minn.) Olivia Lansing Sr. 3VL Dellwood, Minn. (Mounds Park Academy) Michelle Mathwick Jr. 2VL Greenfield, Wis. (Whitnall) Kaitlyn Mauk Jr. 2VL West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley/Northern Iowa) Paige Menze So. SQ Oxbow, N.D. (Shanley) Amanda Vogt Sr. 3VL Melbourne, Iowa (Marshalltown) Elena Vukmir Sr. 3VL Wauwatosa, Wis. (Divine Savior Holy Angels) Christy Wittmer So. HS Hampton, Iowa (Hampton-Dumont) BEN FREEMAN JARED GUSTAFSON LUKE JOY BRAD REIERSON CODY SCHWEINEFUS NICK SHIMON 2010 DRAKE MEN’S GOLF ROSTER NAME YR. EXP. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Connor Elekes Sr. 2VL Calgary, Alberta, Canada (The Edge School) Ben Freeman Jr. 2VL Fargo, N.D.( South) Jared Gustafson Fr. HS Omaha,Neb. (Gretna) Luke Joy Sr. 3VL Dorset, England (Corfe Hills) Ben Lyons Fr. HS Centenial, Colo. (Regis Jesuit) Brad Reierson Jr. 2VL Chaska, Minn. (Chaska) Cody Schweinefus Jr. 2VL Decorah, Iowa (Decorah) Nick Shimon Sr. 3VL Peoria, Ariz (Brophy College Prepatory) DRAKE MEN’S GOLF HONORS MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 1997, 1998 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPERANCES 1996, 1997 (23rd place), 1998 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE SELECTIONS Jon Johnson: 1976 Robb Pomerantz: 1976,1977 Eric Boehlert: 1995 Ben Pettitt: 1996, 1997, 1998 Ben Poehling: 1997 Cory Braunschweig: 1997, 1998 David Bartels: 2000 Neil Johnson: 2000 Kane Hanson: 2003, 2004, 2006 Derek Butts: 2003 Jeffrey Berkshire: 2004, 2005 Ross Hamann: 2005, 2007 Ryan Smith: 2006 Luke Joy, 2008 MVC GOLFER OF WEEK RECIPIENTS Ben Pettitt, 9 Ben Poehling, 5 Zach Johnson, 5 Kane Hanson, 4 Jeff Berkshire, 3 Ross Hamann, 3 Derek Butts, 2 Matt Brooks, 2 Larry Pearson, 1 Matt Rensink, 1 Neil Johnson, 1 Ryan Hartman, 1 Wes Pantling 1 Ben Freeman, 1 Brad Reierson, 1 MVC TOURNAMENT MEDALISTS Ben Pettitt: 1997, 1998 MVC ALL-CENTENNIAL TEAM Ben Pettitt, Drake Zach Johnson, Drake MVC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE SELECTIONS Brett Lalor: 1993 Eric Boehlert: 1994, 1995, 1996 Ben Pettitt: 1996, 1997, 1998 Ben Poehling: 1996, 1997, 1998 David Buckley: 2000, 2001, 2002 Derek Butts: 2000, 2002, 2003 Michael Foster: 2003 Matt Brooks: 2005 Kane Hanson: 2006 NATIONAL GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-AMERICAN SCHOLAR ATHLETE Eric Boehlert: 1995, 1996 Ben Pettitt: 1997, 1998 Ben Poehling: 1997 Derek Butts: 2003 Kane Hanson: 2006 MVC COACH OF YEAR Jamie Bermel: 1995, 1996, 1997 Bold italic indicates active player DRAKE WOMEN’S GOLF HONORS ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE SELECTIONS Olivia Lansing, 2008, 2009 Kelly Godwin, 2009 MVC GOLFER OF WEEK Olivia Lansing, Oct. 8; Oct. 15; Oct. 22, 2008 Olvia Lansing, Feb. 25; April 8, 2009 MVC TOURNAMENT MEDALISTS Olivia Lansing, 2008 MVC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE SELECTIONS Olivia Lansing, 2008, 2009 NATIONAL GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-AMERICAN SCHOLAR ATHLETES Olivia Lansing, 2008, 2009 Michelle Mathwick, 2008, 2009 Elena Vukmir, 2008, 2009 Bold italic indicates active player DRAKE GOLF ALUM ZACH JOHNSON ENJOYS BEST YEAR ON PGA TOUR Former Drake golfer Zach Johnson enjoyed the best sea- son of his six-year PGA Tour, ranking fourth on the 2009 PGA Tour in earnings ($4.7 million) and scoring average (69.60) and tied for fourth in top 10 finishes (nine). All were career bests. Johnson helped the United States win the Presidents Cup in October and would like to play in the Ryder Cup this fall in Wales. He made his Ryder Cup debut in Ireland in 2006. In 2007, Johnson held off the world’s best golfer in Tiger Woods, to win the coveted Masters in Augusta, Ga. Johnson led Drake to berths in the 1996, 1997 and 1998 NCAA Regionals and received a degree in management from Drake in 1998. Drake head golf coach Scott Bohlender and former Bull- dog standout Zach Johnson. Drake head golf coach Scott Bohlender and Bulldog se- nior Olivia Lansing.