4/20 - MEN'S GOLF: George Fox University to Add Men's Golf in Fall 2007
NEWBERG, Ore. - George Fox University will launch an intercollegiate men's golf program next fall, Director of Athletics Craig Taylor announced Friday.
The men's golf team will compete as a member of the NCAA Division III and the Northwest Conference. The Bruins' home course will be the new Chehalem Glenn Golf Course in Newberg, which opened in the summer of 2005. The collegiate golf season is played in both the fall and spring semesters.
The university is seeking an associate head coach for the program. MaryJo McCloskey, coach of the university's women's golf team, will serve as intercollegiate golf coordinator for both programs.
Men's golf will be the 15th intercollegiate sport and seventh men's sport offered by George Fox. George Fox added a women's golf team in the fall of 2006. Other intercollegiate men's sports sponsored by the university include soccer, cross country, basketball, baseball, tennis and track and field. George Fox sponsors eight women's sports: volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, softball, golf, tennis and track and field.
George Fox will be the ninth and final team in the Northwest Conference to offer men's golf. Other Northwest Conference schools are Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College, Pacific University, Pacific Lutheran University, the University of Puget Sound, Whitman College, Whitworth College, and Willamette University.
Prospective student-athletes can contact the department of intercollegiate athletics at 503-554-2910.
George Fox University is a Christian university of the humanities, sciences, and professional studies ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a "Best Value" and as a top-tier western regional university. It offers bachelor's degrees in more than 40 majors, degree-completion programs for working adults, a seminary, and 12 master's and doctoral degrees. Nearly 3,200 students attend classes on the university's campus in Newberg, at its Portland, Salem, and Boise centers, and at other teaching sites in Oregon.
For more information, contact Craig Taylor, Director of Athletics, at 503-554-2911, or via e-mail at ctaylor@georgefox.edu.