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MEN'S GOLF: Kyle Travis Earns Special Honors

Alma College senior golfer, Kyle Travis (Shepherd/Shepherd) was honored this week with a selection to the Cleveland Golf All-American Scholar Team.

 In order to receive this honor, a player must be a junior or senior academically and compete in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participate in 70-percent of his team's competitive rounds or compete in the NCAA Championships, a have a stroke average under 76.0 in DI, 78.0 in DII and 79.0 in DIII maintain a minimum GPA of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.

Travis led the Scots in the 2007-08 season with his play on the links earning All-MIAA honors and finishing with an average score per round of 78.5.

To read more about this award, click the link below:

Cleveland Golf All-American Scholars 


 

Posted: Thu, July 10th, 2008 at 9:51AM

 

Alma College is among the 10 percent of all colleges and universities in the nation to hold membership in The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors organization.

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Coach Profile

Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.

The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.

After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.

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