Lewis University Women's Golf

Steffey enters his 10th season as head coach of the women's golf team with an overall record of 555-506. He was named the GLVC Coach of the Year in 2008-09.  His 2012-13 womens team had the highest grade-point average of any athletic team at Lewis, a tribute to the focus on academics that Coach Steffey stresses year after year. During the 2011-12 season Vanessa Phillips led the Flyer team with a 5th place finish at the GLVC Championships and was named to the GLVC All-Conference team. Additionally, Leila Marquet won the Division I, IPFW Golf Classic and was chosen as an individual to compete in the 2012 NCAA East Regional in Findlay, Ohio at the end of the season.  The teams season tournament scoring average of 328.5 was the lowest for womens golf teams in school history. A pair of Flyers, Nicole Tucker and Leila Marquet, were selected as individuals to represent Lewis at the 2011 NCAA East Regional. Marquet tied for the final spot at Nationals but fell short in a playoff hole. Following the season, Marquet earnd All-GLVC accolades. As a team the Flyers captured the St. Francis Spring Invitational. The team's 335.4 season average was the second lowest in school history after the 2007-08 squad. In 2009-10 he helped a starting five featuring four freshmen to a sixth place finish at the GLVC Championship. During the 2008-09 season two Flyers finished in the top 10 at the GLVC Championship. Amy Sachs earned All-GLVC honors while Jamie Siedlaczek missed all-conference accolades by just one stroke, tying for eighth. Sachs was then selected to compete as an individual in the Super Regional. Siedlaczek, who won Lewis' first women's golfer of the month award in October of 2008, took home a special Lewis honor at the end of the school year. She was earned Lewis' Female Senior Student-Athlete Award. The annual honor goes to the student-athlete with the best overall grade-point average. "I hope to continue to create a team atmosphere that is both competitive and family-like," said Steffey, a member of the National Golf Coaches Association. "I believe Lewis can draw outstanding student athletes and compete for conference and national titles in a short period of time. "Our goal is to field a highly competitive team of outstanding students who enjoy the competition that Division II golf can present, while still focusing on academics." In 1971, Steffey earned a bachelor's degree in physical education (English minor) and K-12 teaching accreditation at Texas Christian University. He was a member of the golf team, dormitory council president in 1970 and a graduate assistant golf instructor in 1971. Steffey continues to play competitive amateur golf and has made numerous appearances in the Illinois State Amateur Championship. A resident of Mokena, Steffey is a part-time Senior Loan Officer for Wintrust Mortgage Company. His wife, Karen is a Lewis graduate who played two seasons for the Flyers' women's golf team and was a two-time Academic All-GLVC selection. She is a Reading Specialist at Liberty Junior High for District 111 in Burbank, Ill. The Steffeys are parents of a son, Tres, and a daughter Kim. Tres is a 2004 sport management graduate of Lewis where he played four years on the Flyers' men's golf team and twice earned All-American Scholar recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America. He is a practicing attorney working in real estate tax reduction. Kim is a 2006 graduate of Western Illinois University where she was a Summa Cum Laude graduate in exercise science and kinesiology. She is a co-owner and instructor/coach at Gym Kinetics Gymnastics located in Mokena, Ill. Skip Steffey Head Coach Skip Steffey enters his 10th season as head coach of the women's golf team with an overall record of 555-506. He was named the GLVC Coach of the Year in 2008-09.  His 2012-13 womens team had the highest grade-point average of any athletic team at Lewis, a tribute to the focus on academics that Coach Steffey stresses year after year. During the 2011-12 season Vanessa Phillips led the Flyer team with a 5th place finish at the GLVC Championships and was named to the GLVC All-Conference team. Additionally, Leila Marquet won the Division I, IPFW Golf Classic and was chosen as an individual to compete in the 2012 NCAA East Regional in Findlay, Ohio at the end of the season.  The teams season tournament scoring average of 328.5 was the lowest for womens golf teams in school history. A pair of Flyers, Nicole Tucker and Leila Marquet, were selected as individuals to represent Lewis at the 2011 NCAA East Regional. Marquet tied for the final spot at Nationals but fell short in a playoff hole. Following the season, Marquet earnd All-GLVC accolades. As a team the Flyers captured the St. Francis Spring Invitational. The team's 335.4 season average was the second lowest in school history after the 2007-08 squad. In 2009-10 he helped a starting five featuring four freshmen to a sixth place finish at the GLVC Championship. During the 2008-09 season two Flyers finished in the top 10 at the GLVC Championship. Amy Sachs earned All-GLVC honors while Jamie Siedlaczek missed all-conference accolades by just one stroke, tying for eighth. Sachs was then selected to compete as an individual in the Super Regional. Siedlaczek, who won Lewis' first women's golfer of the month award in October of 2008, took home a special Lewis honor at the end of the school year. She was earned Lewis' Female Senior Student-Athlete Award. The annual honor goes to the student-athlete with the best overall grade-point average. "I hope to continue to create a team atmosphere that is both competitive and family-like," said Steffey, a member of the National Golf Coaches Association. "I believe Lewis can draw outstanding student athletes and compete for conference and national titles in a short period of time. "Our goal is to field a highly competitive team of outstanding students who enjoy the competition that Division II golf can present, while still focusing on academics." In 1971, Steffey earned a bachelor's degree in physical education (English minor) and K-12 teaching accreditation at Texas Christian University. He was a member of the golf team, dormitory council president in 1970 and a graduate assistant golf instructor in 1971. Steffey continues to play competitive amateur golf and has made numerous appearances in the Illinois State Amateur Championship. A resident of Mokena, Steffey is a part-time Senior Loan Officer for Wintrust Mortgage Company. His wife, Karen is a Lewis graduate who played two seasons for the Flyers' women's golf team and was a two-time Academic All-GLVC selection. She is a Reading Specialist at Liberty Junior High for District 111 in Burbank, Ill. The Steffeys are parents of a son, Tres, and a daughter Kim. Tres is a 2004 sport management graduate of Lewis where he played four years on the Flyers' men's golf team and twice earned All-American Scholar recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America. He is a practicing attorney working in real estate tax reduction. Kim is a 2006 graduate of Western Illinois University where she was a Summa Cum Laude graduate in exercise science and kinesiology. She is a co-owner and instructor/coach at Gym Kinetics Gymnastics located in Mokena, Ill.

Melvin is in her first season as an assistant coach for the Lewis University golf programs in 2014-15. Melvin played from 2011-14 at Chicago State University where she served as a co-captain. In 2013-14, she helped the Cougars to a program record team average of 317.0. She won the individual title at the 2013 Cougar Golf Classic with a school-record 70 in the final round. Melvin graduated with the schools best career scoring average (80.52), for a career with 30 or more rounds. She was an All-Great West Conference Second Team performer in 2012-13. Melvin served as the president of Chicago States Student Athlete Advisory Committee in 2013-14. She oversaw SAACs Halloween Party for local area children and a Christmas Toy Drive for the Salvation Army. Melvin graduated with honors from Chicago State in 2014. She earned a degree in accounting and served internships with Walgreens and the Chicago State University Internal Audit Department. Melvin is originally from Temecula, Calif. where she was a graduate of Great Oak High School.