Lakeland Community College

GOLF 2002

Golf
	Season Outlook
	Sophomores
	Coaches/Team Roster
	Game Schedule
	Game Results
	Recap

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Scott Barlow
Athletics Director
Telephone
440.953.7350
Office
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Kristy Booher
Sports Information/ Events Coordinator
Telephone
440.953.7042
Office
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The Lakers compete in Division II, Region XII of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Lakeland is also a part of the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC). Five schools compete within the conference: Cincinnati State, Columbus State, Lakeland, Sinclair and Terra. These schools compete throughout the season for the OCCAC title and a trip to the NJCAA National Tournament, which will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, May 18 - 20.

Congratulations

OCCAC CHAMPIONS - SUB-REGION XII CHAMPIONS
2002 Lakers

NJCAA TOURNAMENT QUALIFIERS
Geoff Wood and Mike Richey

OCCAC Coach of the Year
Lenny Nixon

OCCAC First-Team
Geoff Wood
Mike Richey
T.J. Nadon

News-Herald Players of the Week
Geoff Wood - April 16, 2002
Mike Richey - May 7, 2002

Team Award Winners
Low Stroke Award - Geoff Wood
Most Improved Golfer - Mike Richey
Coaches Award - Adam Dean

Scholar Athlete Certificate Winner for 3.0 - 3.49 gpa
Geoff Wood (3.25)

Scholar Athlete Plaque Winner for 3.5 - 4.0 gpa
Adam Dean (3.76)

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SEASON OUTLOOK 2002

Season Outlook

    In 2001, the Lakers were crowned champion in the Lakeland Invitational and the State and Sub-Region XII Tournaments. Now in 2002, as Head Coach Lenny Nixon enters his second year with the team, he has even more talent to work with.
    “We’re 100-percent better than last year,” said Coach Nixon, “I now have seven golfers that are also students, rather than students that happen to be golfers.”
    The seven golfers include two sophomores and five incoming freshman. John Fullerman is the only returner to have been recognized by the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference last season, as an All-OCCAC selection.
    With an emphasis placed on the off-season strength and conditioning program, it’s inevitable this year’s team will experience success in daily practices, the spring trip and regular and post-season play. Both the coaching staff and team members are setting their goals high in 2002. Among the accomplishments the Lakers will be striving for are an OCCAC championship, wins at the state and sub-region levels and advancement in the Region XII Tournament. After a third place conference finish last season, the Lakers are looking forward to improving their standing within the league and using it as a stepping stone to prepare individuals for qualification to the National Championship Tournament that will be held in Phoenix, Arizona at the end of May.
    As for Coach Nixon’s thoughts on this year’s team, “Lookout for the Lakers and our aggressive approach to the game of golf.”

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SOPHOMORES 2002

Sophomores

MIKE RICHEY
Sophomore * Gilmour High School/Aurora High School

Mike spent three years at the Varsity level for Head Coach Ray Sharnsky at Gilmore. He was a two-time All-State selection, state runner-up as an individual, MAC Most Valuable Player and was voted to the News-Herald All-Star team three times before graduating from Aurora High School. As a freshman, Mike shot the low score in five Laker outings. He is the son of Laverle Richey and Thomas Richey and is majoring in business.

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COACHES / TEAM ROSTER 2002

Coaches/Team Roster


Name	Year	High School
Adam Dean	FR	Corfe Hills (England)
Mark Kehl	FR	St. Ignatius (Canada)
T.J. Nadon	FR	Huron Heights (Canada)
Mike Richey	SO	Gilmour/Aurora
Jim Weikamp	FR	North Royalton
Geoff Wood	FR	Strongsville

Head Coach: Lenny Nixon - 2nd Year
The 2002 season is Coach Nixon’s second year as Lakeland’s head golf coach. In his first year of coaching, his 2001 team earned championship honors at the Lakeland Invitational, State Tournament and Sub-Region XII Tournament. The team also finished third in the OCCAC.
Although it's only his second year as the team's head coach, Coach Nixon has been around Lakeland and golf for the past 13 years. As a part-time physical education faculty member, he has taught the game of golf, among other sports, to hundreds of Lakeland students. He has also coached football for a combined 17 years at several different levels. Among the schools Coach Nixon brought his talents were Willoughby South High School, John F. Kennedy Junior High School, West Geauga High School and Case Western Reserve University.
Coach Nixon is a graduate of the University of Buffalo, where he received his bachelor’s degree in physical education, health and recreation. He is currently the owner of NMSECO Inc. He resides in Chardon with his wife of 29 years, Lucy, and his three children, Andrew, 26, Jennifer, 24 and Jessica, 22.

Assistant Coach: Paul Antonin - 2nd Year
This is Coach Antonin’s second year as an assistant on the Laker coaching staff. He is a graduate of John Carroll University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in English. He is currently employed by Lakeland as a tutor in the Teaching and Learning Center. Coach Antonin resides in Willowick with his wife of 14 years, Rae.

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SCHEDULE 2002

Game Schedule


Date	Team	Location
MARCH		Bridgeview
Monday 11-16	Spring Trip	Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus
Saturday 30	Spring Preview	Bent Tree Country Club
APRIL
Monday 1	Cleveland State University	Mayfield Country Club
Friday 5-6	Vincennes Tournament	Indianna
Thursday 11	Sinclair CC	Castle Hills
Friday 12	Columbus State CC	Bolten Field
Tuesday 16	St. Clair Invitational	Port Huron Country Club (MI)
Saturday 20	John Carroll University Invitational	Fowler's Mill
Thursday 25	Terra CC Invitational	Fremont Country Club
Friday 26	Lakeland CC Invitational	Erie Shores
MAY
Thursday	Cincinnati State Invitational	Sharon Woods
Friday 3-4	State/Sub-Region XII Tournaments	Sharon Woods
Saturday 11-13	Region XII Tournament	Bedford Valley Country Club (MI)
Tuesday 24-26	National Tournament	Phoenix, AZ

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2002 RESULTS

Outing	Individual Finish	Team Finish
Findlay University Spring Invitational	Geoff Wood-153-14th T.J. Nadon -155- 18th	6th Place/13
Sinclair Invitational*	Geoff Wood - 76 - 1st	1st Place
Columbus State Invitational*	Mike Richey - 69 - 1st	1st Place
John Carroll University Invitational	Geoff Wood - 77 - 5th Mike Richey- 79 - 12th	7th/9
Terra Invitational*	Geoff Wood - 78 - 3rd Mike Richey - 79 - 4th	1st Place
Lakeland Invitational*	Geoff Wood - 69 -1st	2nd Place
Cincinnati State Invitational*	Geoff Wood - 73 -2nd	2nd Place
State Tournament		3rd Place
Sub-Region XII Tournament	Geoff Wood- 215 -1st Mike Richey- 218 -2nd	1st Place
Region XII Tournament	Geoff Wood - 1st Mike Richey - 10th	4th Place
NJCAA Tournament	Geoff Wood - 37th Mike Richey - 50th

FINAL OCCAC STANDING		1ST PLACE

* OCCAC Outings

RECAP Men's Golf 2002

RESULTS It was definitely the year of the Laker in 2002. Capturing first place finishes in three conference outings, as well as finishing second in the remaining two, Lakeland won the OCCAC title. They also went on to win the Sub-Region XII Tournament, finish fourth in the Region XII Tournament and qualify two golfers to the NJCAA Tournament in Phoenix, Arizona. AWARDS Freshman Geoff Wood earned First-Team All-OCCAC honors after leading the
conference, as well as the region, in hole average. Sophomore Mike Richey and
freshman T.J. Nadon also were members of the OCCAC First-Team after finishing
among the league's top 10 golfers. Head Coach Lenny Nixon was voted OCCAC
Coach of the Year in only his second year with the team. Wood was also a Region
XII First-Team selection as he and Richey qualified for this season's national
tournament.

Wood and freshman Adam Dean were honored as STAR Students for their achievements in the classroom fall semester. Dean and freshman Jim Weikamp received STAR honors spring semester.

RECORDS Lakeland won a conference outing other than their own for the first time in 12
years after shooting a 318 at the Sinclair Invitational. They also shot a conference low round score of 292 at the Columbus Invitational and a sub-Region XII round
score low of 294. Wood became the first Ohio golfer in the history of the Region XII tournament to take home top honors. Wood and Richey also finished among the
top 50 golfers at the NJCAA Tournament, a first in Lakeland history. Wood was 37th and Richey was 50th.

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Contact
Scott Barlow
Athletics Director
Telephone
440.953.7350
Office
L-102-g