University of South Carolina Beaufort Men's Golf

Cory Cottrell begins his sixth season at the helm of USCB Golf during the 2025-26 season.  Under Cottrell's guidance, the USCB men's golf team earned the 2024-25 Peach Belt Men's Golf Championship, shooting 13-under with a team score of 851. The first PBC title in program history as well as in USCB Athletics history.  CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS  Men’s   2025 Peach Belt Conference Champions  Women’s   2023 Continental Athletic Conference Champions  INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS   Erik Rengardt, 2025 PBC Men’s Champion  McLain Neal, 2025 PBC Women’s Champion  Ashleigh Mead, 2023 CAC Champion  YEAR-by-YEAR  Men’s  2024-25: Wins: 3 | Top 3 Finishes: 6 | Medalists: 2  2023-24: Wins: 2 | Top 3 Finishes: 3 | Medalists: 2  2022-23: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 4 | Medalists: 1  2021-22: Wins: 2 | Top 3 Finishes: 4 | Medalists: 3  2020-21: Wins: 1 | Top 3 Finishes: 3 | Medalists: 4  Women’s  2024-25: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 0 | Medalists: 1  2023-24: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 2 | Medalists: 1  2022-23: Wins: 1 | Top 3 Finishes: 3 | Medalists: 3  2021-22: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 1 | Medalists: 2  2020-21: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 0 | Medalists: 0  2024-25   2024-25 Peach Belt Conference Men’s Golf Champion  Erik Rengardt and McLain Neal 2025 Peach Belt Conference Individual Champions  Erik Rengardt Co-Champion at the Savannah Intercollegiate  Three team wins, Currahee Collegiate Invitational, Oldfield Classic, and Peach Belt Conference Championship  Six top 3 finishes including three second place finishes at the Savannah Intercollegiate, Pawley’s Island Beach Bash, and Ralph Hargett Memorial  Erik Rengardt named PBC Freshman of the Year and to the Division II PING All-Region Southeast Team  2023-24  Two team wins at the Rams Shootout at the Pines and Oldfield Classic  Ellis Bright (Oldfield Classic) and Nikolai Holme (Rams Shootout at the Pines) picked up first place finishes during freshman year  Finished tied for 3rd at the PBC Men’s Golf Championship, Ellis Bright finished tied for fourth  Ashleigh Mead picked up her fourth career win at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational  2022-23  2023 Continental Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Champions   Ashleigh Mead crowned individual champion at CAC Championships, the Lady Bearcat Invitational, and the Dual in the Lowcountry  Jacob Thomas claimed individual title at Innisbrook Invite  2021-22  Picked up two wins during the season at the Monument Golf Oldfield Classic and the Dual Match vs Drexel  Tyler Fox (Monument Golf Oldfield Classic) Christoph Hagenauer (Dual Match vs SCAD), and Dawson Peters (Coastal Georgia Fall Invite) claimed individual wins   Ashleigh Mead picked up her first collegiate win at the Monument Golf Oldfield Intercollegiate   2020-21  Took over the program in spring of 2021  Recorded three top 3 finishes including a win in a dual match vs SCAD Savannah  Dawson Peters took home individual crown at the Oldfield Classic; Jacob Thomas finished just one stroke behind to finish second  Jacob Thomas claimed the individual win over in dual match vs SCAD Savannah; Dawson Peters finished second in same event  Dawson Peters won the Roadrunner Classic, his third victory of the season  Finished third overall at the Sun Conference Championships  AWARDS  2023 Continental Athletic Conference Women's Golf Coach of the Year  Dawson Peters, Jacob Thomas 2021 NAIA All-America Team  Dawson Peters – 2020-21 Academic All-America Team and All Nicklaus Team    Dawson Peters, Jacob Thomas 2022 NAIA All-America Team  Ashleigh Mead 2022 NAIA All-America Team  Jacob Thomas 2023 NAIA All-America Team  Ashleigh Mead 2023 NAIA All-America Team and All-Scholar Team  2023 NAIA Academic National Champions  Cottrell returned to USCB as the assistant men’s and women’s golf coach in the Spring of 2020. Cottrell graduated from USCB in 2016 with a Psychology degree and was a member of the men’s team from 2012 – 2016. After his time at USCB as a student-athlete, Cottrell went on to receive his Masters degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Georgia Southern University. While at Georgia Southern, Cottrell worked with athletes on mental performance and taught classes in the Physical Activity and Healthful Living Program. Upon graduating from Georgia Southern, Cottrell moved back into golf and Bluffton full time and worked as a mental performance coach for the International Junior Golf Academy (IJGA), where he provided classroom and individual mental performance sessions for junior golfers. Prior to joining USCB, Cottrell started his own company, Aware Performance Group, and continues to provide mental performance consultations and training. Cottrell has provided mental performance consulting to NCAA Division I athletes in golf, baseball, tennis, National Association of Collegiate eSports athletes and elite junior golfers. The athletes have been from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and South America. Cottrell is extremely active in continuing education in Sport Psychology and holds membership in the Association in Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and is a part of a committee dedicated to furthering the reach of AASP and sport psychology. Cottrell brings his experience as a student-athlete at USCB and his mental performance consulting experience back to USCB to continue the development of both the men’s and women’s programs to national recognition.  

Allen took over the USCB men's golf program in August 2015 and led the Sand Sharks to an eighth-place finish at the NAIA Men's Golf National Championships in his first season at the helm. USCB finished the 2015-16 campaign ranked 10th in the NAIA Men's Golf Coaches Top 25 Poll and boasted a pair of NAIA All-Americans in Brad Curren (second team) and Jud Milam (third team) and a CoSIDA Academic All-American in Kirk Mitchell (second team).  Allen came to USCB following two seasons as the head men's and women's golf coach at Coker College, where he led the women's team to a program-best runner-up finish in the South Atlantic Conference tournament in 2014.  Prior to his time at Coker, Allen was an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Pennsylvania for two years and an assistant at NCAA Division II California (Pa.) for one season. He also has experience as an instructor, working as a teaching professional at Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont and director of instruction for U.S. Golf Camps. Allen played collegiately at Eckerd College and participated in the 2006 U.S. Amateur before playing professionally on the Hooters Tour, New England Tour and West Florida Golf Tour. He earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Eckerd and his master's degree in Sports Management from California (Pa.).

Sam Fritzinger begins her fifth season in 2025-26 as the assistant coach for both the men's and women's golf team after joining Cory Cottrell's staff prior to the 2021-22 season.    Fritzinger comes to the Lowcountry after playing four years at NCAA DII Wingate. She graduated from Wingate in 2021 with a degree in sports management. During her career, she was named a WGCA (Women's Golf Coaches Association) All-American Scholar four times, while also earning three South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition as well. In her senior season, she was Wingate's NCAA Woman of the Year nominee and also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition. Her junior year (2019-20) was one of her most successful campaigns where she opened the year by earning medalist honors at the SAC Preview. She shot 2-under 142 (70-72) to win her first collegiate tournament. Her 2-under 70 performance marked a career-best round too. In that same year, she helped the Bulldogs win two tournament as a team as well as earning individual runner-up honors in two events. Playing in every tournament that year, she posted 12 rounds in the 70 en route to inking a season-best 77.19 scoring average. CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS  Men’s   2025 Peach Belt Conference Champions  Women’s   2023 Continental Athletic Conference Champions  INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS   Erik Rengardt, 2025 PBC Men’s Champion  McLain Neal, 2025 PBC Women’s Champion  Ashleigh Mead, 2023 CAC Champion  YEAR-by-YEAR  Men’s  2024-25: Wins: 3 | Top 3 Finishes: 6 | Medalists: 2  2023-24: Wins: 2 | Top 3 Finishes: 3 | Medalists: 2  2022-23: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 4 | Medalists: 1  2021-22: Wins: 2 | Top 3 Finishes: 4 | Medalists: 3  2020-21: Wins: 1 | Top 3 Finishes: 3 | Medalists: 4  Women’s  2024-25: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 0 | Medalists: 1  2023-24: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 2 | Medalists: 1  2022-23: Wins: 1 | Top 3 Finishes: 3 | Medalists: 3  2021-22: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 1 | Medalists: 2  2020-21: Wins: 0 | Top 3 Finishes: 0 | Medalists: 0  2024-25   2024-25 Peach Belt Conference Men’s Golf Champion  Erik Rengardt and McLain Neal 2025 Peach Belt Conference Individual Champions  Erik Rengardt Co-Champion at the Savannah Intercollegiate  Three team wins, Currahee Collegiate Invitational, Oldfield Classic, and Peach Belt Conference Championship  Six top 3 finishes including three second place finishes at the Savannah Intercollegiate, Pawley’s Island Beach Bash, and Ralph Hargett Memorial  Erik Rengardt named PBC Freshman of the Year and to the Division II PING All-Region Southeast Team  2023-24  Two team wins at the Rams Shootout at the Pines and Oldfield Classic  Ellis Bright (Oldfield Classic) and Nikolai Holme (Rams Shootout at the Pines) picked up first place finishes during freshman year  Finished tied for 3rd at the PBC Men’s Golf Championship, Ellis Bright finished tied for fourth  Ashleigh Mead picked up her fourth career win at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational  2022-23  2023 Continental Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Champions   Ashleigh Mead crowned individual champion at CAC Championships, the Lady Bearcat Invitational, and the Dual in the Lowcountry  Jacob Thomas claimed individual title at Innisbrook Invite  2021-22  Picked up two wins during the season at the Monument Golf Oldfield Classic and the Dual Match vs Drexel  Tyler Fox (Monument Golf Oldfield Classic) Christoph Hagenauer (Dual Match vs SCAD), and Dawson Peters (Coastal Georgia Fall Invite) claimed individual wins   Ashleigh Mead picked up her first collegiate win at the Monument Golf Oldfield Intercollegiate   2020-21  Took over the program in spring of 2021  Recorded three top 3 finishes including a win in a dual match vs SCAD Savannah  Dawson Peters took home individual crown at the Oldfield Classic; Jacob Thomas finished just one stroke behind to finish second  Jacob Thomas claimed the individual win over in dual match vs SCAD Savannah; Dawson Peters finished second in same event  Dawson Peters won the Roadrunner Classic, his third victory of the season  Finished third overall at the Sun Conference Championships  AWARDS  Dawson Peters, Jacob Thomas 2021 NAIA All-America Team  Dawson Peters – 2020-21 Academic All-America Team and All Nicklaus Team    Dawson Peters, Jacob Thomas 2022 NAIA All-America Team  Ashleigh Mead 2022 NAIA All-America Team  Jacob Thomas 2023 NAIA All-America Team  Ashleigh Mead 2023 NAIA All-America Team and All-Scholar Team  2023 NAIA Academic National Champions  With Fritzinger's assistance the USCB men's golf team earned the 2024-25 Peach Belt Men's Golf Championship, shooting 13-under with a team score of 851. The first PBC title in program history as well as in USCB Athletics history.  Since joining the NCAA DII ranks, the men's golf team has improved from No. 51 in the country to No. 12 in just a two-year span. USCB's regional has jumped from No. 13 to No. 6.