Henderson State University Women's Golf

Lavelle begins his second year on the Henderson State staff serving as a graduate assistant golf coach. Lavelle coached the Henderson women's golf team to a GAC Runner-up finish and a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Regionals. The 2016 Reddies included four freshmen on the squad with Henderson's freshmen ranking second nationally. Lavelle returned to Henderson after spending the three years at Cal State East Bay as a member of the Pioneer golf team. During his senior year at CS-East Bay, Lavelle played 33 rounds and averaged a 77.06 stroke average having a best finish of 12th at the 42nd Hanny Stanislaus Invitational with a three-round total of 224, 8 over par. Lavelle, who was captain his senior year, led all of college golf in putts per round at 27.39 and was third in birdie conversions. He also ranked 12th overall in total short game play. As a junior, Lavelle competed in 10 tournaments for the Pioneers with two top-20 finishes. He finished in eighth-place at the Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout and also finished 15th at the Notre Dame de Namur Argonaut Invitational. He posted a season-best score of 220 (+4) at the Saint Martin's Invitational. He finished with a scoring average of 76.74, fourth on the team. Lavelle played two seasons at Henderson State and was named the 2011 Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Year as well as earning Second-team All-Conference. During the 2010-11 season, Lavelle recorded three top 10 finishes including being the individual medalist at the Doyle Wallace Classic posting a 3-under, 141 on the Hot Springs Country Club course. He ended the year with a 75.1 stroke average. Lavelle holds the Henderson record for best individual round on a par 70 course firing a 65 at the Dallas Baptist Invitational. The following year, Lavelle won the Bison Fall Classic with a 5-under 139 in two rounds helping lead the Reddies to a second-place finish. A 2009 graduate of Lancaster (England) Royal Grammar School, Lavelle also competed in rugby, cricket, and track.Lavelle earned his Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism from Cal State East Bay in 2015.

Schultz is in his fourth year as Henderson State's director of golf. Schultz has led the Reddie mens golf team to three straight Great American Conference titles, while the womens team won the GAC in 2014 and finished as conference runners-up in 2015 and 2016. For his efforts, Schultz earned Coach of the Year honors in 2014 and 2015. The 2016 Reddie Mens Golf Team set the GAC record with three-round total of 849 at the GAC Championship. Henderson also claimed tournament titles at the Natural State Classic and the HSU Southern Bancorp Invitational. Brice Howard would earn individual medalist honors of the GAC Championships with a 54-hole score of 204, 12 under par. Mauricio Lira, Drew Greenwood and Price Murphree earned All-GAC honors, with Murphree also be names to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar Team. The womens team placed second at the GAC Championships with three freshmen in the line-up including Luisa Gartmann who earned first-team All-GAC honors. The previous year, the Reddie men capped off the regular-season with back-to-back tournament titles and proceeded to win their second GAC Championship with a team score of 866. Drew Greenwood earned individual medalist honors with a score 1-under par 215 to lead Henderson. The Reddie women finished as GAC Runners-up with three players finishing in the top 15. In 2014 the mens team claimed their first conference title since becoming a NCAA Division II institution and the first conference championship since 1992, while the women won their first conference title in school history. Henderson State began the program in 2006. Both teams the mens and womens have advanced to the NCAA Regionals four straight years and 15 players earned all-conference honors while five earned All-Central Region honors. Schultz came to Henderson after spending three years as an assistant golf professional at Hot Springs Country Club.   While working at the Hot Springs Country Club, Schultz was responsible for daily golf instruction, organizing and assisting with golf tournaments, developing and leading junior clinics, marketing and selling of merchandise, as well as day-to-day operations of the pro shop.   I am extremely passionate about the game of golf, and I have a true love for helping people reach their full potential in the sport, said Schultz. I am a firm believer that hard work and perseverance produce excellence.   Schultz earned his bachelors of science degree in recreation with a minor in business administration from Henderson in 2010. He continued his education at Henderson earning a masters in sports administration in 2012.   A three-year letterman at Henderson, Schultz was a three-time Academic All-Gulf South Conference honor roll selection.   In 2012, Schultz won the Arkansas PGA Assistants Championship and was runner-up at the Arkansas PGA Chapter Championship. A PGA Apprentice, Schultz is working towards Class A PGA status. He has served as vice president of the Arkansas Chapter PGA Assistants Association for the past two years.   Henderson State has had great success the past few years on the golf course and I want to continue to build on that success, said Schultz. I want to raise the bar of excellence. There is no doubt that we can win conference championships and excel on the national level. A great foundation has been laid, now we have to continue to build upon that foundation.   Schultz is married to the former Holly Loftin who earned a bachelors of science degree in early childhood education from Henderson State in 2011. The two have one son, Ryder.