University of Detroit Mercy Men's Fencing

The University of Detroit Mercy fencing program announced Michael Ramlow as the 13th head coach in program history in October of 2022. He replaced Todd Dressell who retired after spending 23 years at the helm.  Year two under Ramlow saw freshman Nathan Mysiorek place eighth for the Titans at the 2024 Central Collegiate Fencing Championships hosted by Ohio State. Mysiorek went 3-3 in Pool #1 play to advance to the final eight bracket before falling to the top seed and eventual runner-up Luca Fioretto from Ohio State. He also posted four wins in the team competition. On the women's side at the 2024 Central Collegiate Fencing Championships, Hannah Benford finished a perfect 3-0 to lead Detroit Mercy to a 5-4 victory over Wayne State in the sabre competition.  In his first season, he led the men's team to an 11-5 victory over Northwestern at the Notre Dame DeCicco Duals. The women's team also claimed victory at Notre Dame, topping rival Wayne State 10-9.  "I am honored to be named the next head coach here at the University of Detroit Mercy," Ramlow said. "I have experience fencing against this program from my college career and they were always a challenging opponent and I hope to continue that." Ramlow fenced collegiately at Wayne State University from 2008-2012 where he compiled a 119-119 record in the Foil and a 29-33 career mark in the Epee. In his final season, Ramlow made it to the NCAA Championships where he finished 24th in the Epee after beginning the year competing with the Foil.  Following his collegiate career, Ramlow began working with the Renaissance Fencing Club in 2017 as an assistant Sabre coach working alongside Dressell.  Ramlow is a 20 year fencing veteran with five years of professional coaching experience. He is well versed in all three fencing disciplines and was a USA Fencing referee from 2021-2022. 

University of Detroit Mercy Director Of Golf Jordan McArleton announced a former Titan to his staff as Chuck Batcheller '87 was introduced as the new Assistant Director of Golf in the summer of 2023. In this role, he works with both the men's and women's programs.  "We are thrilled to have Coach Batcheller back with the program," said Coach McArleton. "It is great to have alums come back and share their expertise and coach with us. He had a great run at Cranbrook-Kingswood, and I really believe he can help take us to the next level." In his first season as an assistant, the men posted a 297.04 average, the best mark since they recorded a 296.3 in 2009-10, and then helped lower that to a 296.1 in his second season, the best since UDM tallied a 292.5 in 2007-08. In 2023-24, the men also placed eighth at the Horizon League championship with a 907 (308-306-293), the best team score at the league championship since the 895 in 2014, with the final-round 293 the best since shooting a 291 in the final round in 2013.  Also in his first season, the women tallied a 322.6 average, the seventh lowest team average in school history, and saw junior Ariel Chang win her first tournament and earn All-Horizon League Second Team honors. Batcheller played for Detroit Mercy from 1983-87, after an outstanding prep career that saw him earn All-Catholic and All-League at U of D Jesuit. After college, he continued to play and was a Michigan Amateur Qualifier in 1991 and 1996, reaching the match-play round in 1991.  He served as golf coach at Madonna High School for one season and was an assistant varsity golf coach and head junior varsity and freshman coach for boys and girls at Cranbrook-Kingswood, working for former Titan golf legend John Minnich '84. Batcheller has worked 35 years in the information technology industry with EDS and Hewlett-Packard and is currently an Account Business Office Executive at DXC Technology Services. He is also a volunteer rules official with the Golf Association of Michigan (GAM).  He graduated from the University with a degree in Communications and a minor in English in 1987. He is married to his wife Linda, a UDM master's grad in Industrial Psychology '90, and has four children, Brendan, Griffin, Ryan and Meredith.   

The University of Detroit Mercy Department of Athletics announced a restructuring in the men's and women's golf programs by hiring Jordan McArleton as the Director of Golf in the summer of 2022. The new position oversees the men's and women's golf teams as a full-time, dedicated head coach, as he now enters his fourth year with the program in 2025-26.  "We are extremely excited about the direction of the men's and women's golf programs," said Director of Athletics Robert C. Vowels, Jr. "The University and Department of Athletics are committed to the growth of both programs." "I'm extremely excited to start this journey with Detroit Mercy," said McArleton at his hiring. "It's a program with a huge amount of potential and in coordination with the great staff already in place, I think we can make both short and long-term upgrades to the player experience, which will lead to results on the course." Coach McArleton saw the men's team end last year with one of their best averages in school history as the Titans posted a 296.1, the best mark since UDM tallied a 292.5 in 2007-08. Detroit Mercy also changed the record book as it shot a 566 at Cleveland State's Tom Tontimonia Invitational, the second-lowest in school history. At the same time, the final round 277 was the fifth-best 18-hole score in the school record book and the best since 2010. Sophomore David Swab led the way, tying for first with a 135 (69-66), tied for the best two-round tournament in the record book, and his final round 4-under 66 was tied for the third best round in red, white and blue history.  The year before, the men posted a 297.04 average, the best mark by the red, white, and blue since they recorded a 296.3 in 2009-10, and also placed eighth at the Horizon League championship with a 907 (308-306-293), the best team score at the league championship since the 895 in 2014. Meanwhile, the final-round 293 was the best since shooting a 291 in the final round of 2013.  The women tallied a 322.6 average in 2023-24, the seventh lowest team average in school history. Junior Ariel Chang won her first tournament in the Roseann Schwartz Invitational and earned All-Horizon League Second Team honors as she ended the year with a 76.47 average, good for a share of fourth in school history. She was also All-Tournament as tied for third at the Horizon League Championship, the best finish by a Titan since 2015.  In his first year with both programs in 2022-23, he saw Chang earn her first conference honor as she was tabbed First Team All-Horizon League, first Titan underclassman to earn All-League honors since 2015. Chang broke the school record with a 76.05 average as she started all nine events and recorded six top-10 finishes, including tying for sixth at the Horizon League Championships with a 229.  The men claimed ninth at the Horizon League Championship with a 927, the best score for the Titans since 2017. Junior Alek Mauro finished in the top 10, his sixth top-10 effort or the year and the first Titan in the top 10 at the league event since 2017. Off the course, both teams have been recognized for academics, as the women earned the WGCA Team Academic Award in 2023 and 2025, while the men earned the honor by the GCAA in all three years. The women's team also received the Department's Team Excellence Award for having the highest GPA out of all the Titan teams with a 3.5, which also made them a Horizon League Raise Your Sights award winner, in 2023.  In addition, eight women have been named WGCA All-American Scholars, and three men have been tabbed GCAA All-American Scholars since he took over the program.  McArleton brought over 10 years of collegiate coaching experience to his resume as the head men's and women's golf coach at Albion College from 2010 to 2020.   Prior to joining the Titans, he was the Director of Instruction at the Northville Hills Golf Club, where he was in charge of instructional programming. Before that, he created the Jmac Golf Academy for private golf instruction for adults and team-based coaching for kids. At Albion, he started his collegiate coaching career with the women's golf team in 2010 before adding the men's team under his belt in 2013. In 2018, he guided the women's team to third place in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) standings, the program's best finish in 12 years. The women also had four players (Madison Kroetsch, Erica Mazur, Celine McClimans, Megan Moco) selected All-MIAA in his tenure and Megan Moco was honored with the MIAA Sportsmanship Award in 2017.  On the men's side, he helped Justin Kapke to a pair of All-MIAA honors and Connor Maddalena took home the MIAA Sportsmanship Award.  McArleton's professional career has also seen him work as a golf professional at Twin Lakes Country Club in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, and a golf instructor for the City of Ann Arbor, providing kids and adult golf instruction at Leslie Park Golf Course and Huron Hills Golf Course during the summer months. He was a four-year golfer and a two-time captain at Albion, earning medalist honors in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Jamboree his sophomore year. He was trained at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Florida, in high school. McArleton earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from Albion in 2003 and a Master of Arts in Journalism from Michigan State in 2012.  He is married to his lovely wife Theresa, and they have two boys, Liam (12) and Dash (10).