West Virginia Wesleyan College Men's Golf

Westfall is no stranger to Buckhannon or West Virginia Wesleyan College. A graduate of Buckhannon-Upshur High School (BUHS), he earned multiple honors in both basketball and golf, including 1996–97 All-NCAC, 1996–97 All-State, and 1997 NCAC Conference Player of the Year. At Wesleyan, Westfall competed for legendary head coach Charlie Miller from 1997–2001, earning WVIAC All-Freshman honors in 1997 and a spot in the prestigious Bobcat 1500 Club, scoring over 1,000 points and pulling down more than 500 rebounds in his career. He graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations. In addition to his playing career, Westfall has built a strong reputation as a coach at his alma mater. BUHS Boys Basketball Coach (2022–present): o   2022: Guided the Bucs to the Region I Final. o   2023: Recorded 16 wins, the most in 20 years, including a championship at the Strasburg HS Christmas Classic (Virginia). BUHS Golf Coach (2018–2024): o   Captured the Route 33 Cup (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). o   Led BUHS to the 2020 WV State Tournament, finishing 8th in WV Class 3A. o   Named 2021 Big X Coach of the Year after guiding the team to the Big X Conference Championship. o   Qualified an individual for the 2021 WV State Tournament.

West Virginia Wesleyan golf program. West attended Durant High School (Plant City, Fla.) and played four years on the varsity golf team before signing a full scholarship with Daytona State College (Daytona Beach, Fla.) While at Daytona State from 2010-2011, West played two years on the women's golf team. There she individually won the Xavier Championship in 2010 with scores of 73-70-70. Also, while at Daytona West helped lead her team to win two National Championships coming in top five individually for both championships. She was named All American in both 2010, 2011 seasons. After Daytona State College graduating with her AA she set her sight on Division I to finish out her Criminology degree. West transferred to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.) with another full scholarship. There she helped her team win four tournaments one including the Big East Championship in 2012. West was named All American in 2013. She took second place with scores of 72-75-73 at the USF/Waterlefe tournament. She graduated USF with a 3.0 G.P.A. in Criminology. In Feburary of 2014 West decided to play professional golf. She had to go through LPGA Qualifying School which is three stages before going to the LPGA. Stage I- Mission Hills Country Club Rancho Mirage, CA there she shot 79-73-72-73 to make it by two shots. She then moved on to Stage II. Stage II was held at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, FL.  There she carded 75-79-77-70 unfortunately, not making it to the III Stage of LPGA qualifying school. She started her journey with the Symetra Tour Road to the LPGA Her first profession tournament was at Lake Whales Country Club she missed her first cut by only two shots. She continued playing on the Symetra Tour for a few months after that traveling all over the East Coast.  While playing professionally, West turned her attention to coaching. West is very enthusiastic about coaching her first college team and joining the Bobcat family I feel so welcomed here Im very happy about my decision to come coach for this beautiful school. Ive been playing the game for seven years and Ive learned a lot of aspects to the game not only mentally but physically. Im so excited and thankful for the opportunity to change lives. I say change lives because all of my former coaches throughout my career have changed my life and I hope I can be half of what they are. Amy is the daughter to Mark and Donna West of Valrico, Fla. She has one older sibling Mark West of Savannah, Ga. I wouldnt be the person I am today without my family. Im so blessed to have my family by my side. West has learned a lot from her tour/ college experiences and is now ready to help her athletes achieve their dreams one swing at a time.