University of Hartford Men's Golf

Stankevich is currently amidst his second year as the head coach of the University of Hartford womens golf team. Stankevich also serves as the head coach of the Hawks' men's golf team, a position he has assumed for the last eight seasons. A Hartford graduate and former standout on the mens golf team, Stankevichs impact on the golf programs as both a student-athlete and now a coach has been evident on the course. The women's golf team has seen immediate improvement since Stankevich took the helm. Brooke Nethercott has accumulated multiple first and second place finishes under him, stroking her way to the top of the leaderboards at the Dartmouth Invitational in 2015. The team also won the Monmouth Hawks Quad Match as a group the team's first event championship of the 2015-2016 season. As a group, the women's team has totaled five events that they have finished fifth or higher among team leaderboards. Individally, Hartford boasts nine Top-10 event finishes from the 2014-2015 season alone under Stankevich. The team's academic success has floruished as well, with Cora Bernier, Annamarie Mallat, and Nethercott taking home the Women's Golf Coach Association All-American Honors for a 3.5 or better GPA in the classroom. This adds to five Hawks being recognized for the MAAC All-Academic team honors, awarded to student-athletes with a 3.2 GPA or better, in Stankevich's first season as head coach. Stankevich, who enjoyed an illustrious career as a student-athlete at Hartford, returned to his alma mater as the Hawks head coach in 2008. One of five team members to represent the Hawks at the 1988 NCAA Division I Championships, he contributed to several key victories for the team, including the New England Golf Championships and the NCAA Division I District 1 Championship. Stankevich also made his mark on the 1987-88 squad, which was the only Hartford team to feature PGA Tour players Jerry Kelly, Tim Petrovic and Patrick Sheehan. During the NCAA Division I Championships in Thousand Oaks, Calif., he finished fifth in the NCAA Long Drive Championship. After graduating from Hartford with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration as an economics and finance major, Stankevich turned pro in 1989. During that time, he competed in tournaments while working as a golf professional at various clubs, including Bear Lakes Country Club (West Palm Beach Fla.), Wampanoag Country Club, Clinton Country Club, Glastonbury Hills Country Club and Elmridge Golf Course. In 1993, Stankevich was elected to PGA Membership as a Class A member. Born in Hartford and raised in Wethersfield, Conn., he returned to the University of Hartford where he earned a Master of Arts in Economics in September, 1995, writing a thesis titled The Economics of Golf Course Development. Two years after he received his Master of Arts, Stankevich was brought on as a teaching professional for Golf Quest Family Sports Center in Brookfield, Conn. Shortly thereafter, he was named the Head Golf Professional and Director of Instruction. Since then, he has helped build Golf Quest Academy into one of the top golf academies in the Northeast, seeing it voted in the top-100 driving ranges/practice facilities in the nation almost annually by In addition, Stankevich has been named one the states top-three instructors by on numerous occasions. He has brought that skill set and work ethic back to his alma mater. Stankevich, who competed at Wethersfield High School for the legendary coach Rod Cyr, was inducted into the Wethersfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame alongside his former coach in October 2010. He currently resides in Woodbury, Conn., with his wife, Leslie, and their two sons, Durkin and Declan.