TULSA MEN'S GOLF WWW. TULSAHURRICANE.COM FINAL RELEASE May 19, 2015

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1 TULSA MEN'S GOLF WWW. TULSAHURRICANE.COM FINAL RELEASE May 19, 2015 Tulsa Golf Quick Facts Head Golf Coach: Bill Brogden (29th year) Conference: American Athletic Conference NCAA Appearances: (10 years) 1959, 1960, 1975, 1987, 1988, 1995, 2002,2005, 2007, 2012 NCAA Regional Appearances: (23 years) 1989, 1990,1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Best NCAA Finish: 9th place (2002) First Place Conference Finishes: (11 years) 8 MVC- 1982, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996; 2 WAC- 2002, 2005; 1 C-USA Runner- up Conference Finishes: (17 Years) 1940, 1941, 1948, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1992, 2001, 2003, 2004 Conference Individual Medalists: 15, (10-Missouri Valley Conference; 5 - Western Athletic Conference; 1 - C-USA) Tulsa Schedule/ Results Date Tournament Results Fall 2014 SEPTEMBER Windon Memorial Classic T8th/ Jack Nicklaus Invitational T6th/12 OCTOBER Rod Myers Invitational 10th/ Grove Intercollegiate 11th/12 Spring 2015 FEBRUARY 9-10 UTSA Oak Hills Inv. 10th/ Puerto Rico Classic T14th/15 MARCH 8-10 Tiger Invitational 9th/ Desert Shootout 10th/ UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic 1st/16 APRIL Irish Creek Collegiate T7th/ The American Championships 8th/10 Media Relation Contact: Kayla Koch Phone: kayla-koch@utulsa.edu MABREY PLACES 14th AT LUBBOCK REGIONAL... Playing as an individual at the NCAA Lubbock Regional, Matt Mabrey tied for 14th place after three rounds of action at the par-71 Rawls Course. Mabrey finished at one-under-par 212 with rounds of for his 14th place performance. Mabrey moved up three spots in the final round despite adding two strokes to his score from the previous two rounds. Though he struggled on hole 2, Mabrey came back and sank four birdies on holes 5, 7, 11, and 17. MABREY SELECTED TO ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM... Tulsa senior Matt Mabrey was selected to the all-american Athletic Conference team. Mabrey, who averaged 71.8 strokes-per-round this spring, placed in the top-20 in seven tournaments this season and never finished worse than 31st. HURRICANE WIN UALR/FIRST TEE COLLEGIATE CLASSIC... The University of Tulsa men's golf team won the team trophy at the 2015 UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic, March 30-31, with a team total of 866. Tulsa was led by senior Matt Mabrey who won individual medalist honors with a 54-hole total of 210. This was the team's best finish since tying for sixth-place at last fall's Jack Nicklaus Invitaional. It was Tulsa's first team title since the season when the team won the National Invitational on March 22, MABREY DOMINATED THE SPRING... Tulsa senior Matt Mabrey finished in the top-10 in three of seven tournaments this spring and had five top-20 finishes. He took home medalist honors at the UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic after carding a six-under par 210. He also finished with a 207 total, nine-under par, to tie for sixth-place at the Desert Shootout and also finished in seventh place at the Puerto Rico Classic, Feb Mabrey finished three strokes behind the individual medalists with a final score of four-under par 212. STAGGS WINS SEASON OPENER AT WINDON MEMORIAL... The Tulsa men's golf team started the fall 2014 season with a top-ten finish at the Windon Memorial in Evansville, Ill. The Hurricane carded rounds of for an 862 total to finish tied for 8th place. Senior Colton Staggs led the team and won medalist honors at the event after an amazing round 3. Staggs shot a career-low 63 on the par- 70 course, which tied the course and tournament records. His final total of 205 would also tie a 54-hole low record for the tournament and is the best individual performance for Tulsa so far this season. Tulsa Golf Roster Name Ht. Cl-Exp. Hometown/Previous School Sam Humphreys 6-0 Fr-HS Edmond, Okla./Edmond North Cody Kent 5-8 Sr-1L Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County Matt Mabrey 6-2 Sr-3L Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Catholic Matthew Marquez 5-10 So-1L Trinidad & Tobago/Montverde Academy Sebastian Smith 5-11 So-TR Santiago, Chile/San Diego Colton Staggs 5-11 Sr-3L Jenks, Okla./Oklahoma State Francisco Yanez 5-9 So-SQ Santiago, Chile/The Mayflower School TULSA MEN'S GOLF FINAL RELEASE STAGGS DOMINATED THE FALL... Senior Colton Staggs finished in the top-5 of the first two tournaments of the Hurricane's fall season. Staggs carded a spectacular 63 in the final round of the Windon Memorial Classic to take home medalist honors and tie course and tournament record-lows. His 63 is the lowest single-round total for a Tulsa golfer since David Inglis' 63 in the opening round of the 2002 WAC Championships, that he would go on to

2 win. Staggs' seven-under par performance at Windon bested his previous career-low, a 68 at last year's Desert Shootout, by five strokes. He then went on to finish in 5th place at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational after scoring one-under par 70 in the first and third rounds. MABREY IN TOP-20 FOR FIVE STRAIGHT TOURNAMENTS... Senior Matt Mabrey finished in the top-20 for five consecutive tournaments, earning a tie for sixth-place at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational with a 215 three round total, carding a 145 in a rain-shortened two-round event at the Rod Myers Invitational to also tie for 18th place, an 18th place finish at the Intercollegiate at The Grove with a 54-hole score of 224 and a tie for 17th place with a total of 218 at the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational, a share of the seventh-place finish at the Puerto Rico Classic with a 212 total score. This is his longest streak of top-20 finishes, his previous best was a run during his freshman year, when he placed T4th, T17th, T10th and T13th in four straight tournaments. Mabrey has finished in the top-20 in at least two consecutive tournaments three other times in his career at Tulsa. Twice in and once his freshman season in THE TULSA ROSTER... SAM HUMPHREYS... Edmond, Okla. native... graduated from Edmond North High School in did not seen action as a true freshman in CODY KENT... played in six career tournaments... finished the fall with a 78.6 stroke per round average... totaled 235 at the Intercollegiate at The Grove to place tied for 53rd, his best performance of the fall season... played in two tournaments in the season... placed 62nd at the Columbia Regional Preview to open the fall season with a 54- hole total of also played in the John Hayt Invitational... had a 78.8 stroke average in the season... his only action in was a 55th-place performance at the Rod Myers Invitational... had a 77.3 stroke average in three rounds in in , saw his only action at the Desert Shootout as he averaged 73.3 strokes and finished in 48th place playing as an individual... did not play in season... qualified for the U.S. Amateur in placed third at the U.S. Amateur Sectional Qualifer in Aurora, Colo.... placed fourth at the 2010 Colorado State Amateur... tied for second at the Colorado AJGA tournament in in high school, was a three-time first team Colorado All-State selection and two-time state individual runner-up... was a two-time team state champion, two-time Continental League Low Player of the Year... was a four-time first-team All-Continental League selection. MATT MABREY... played in 46 career tournaments and placed among the top-20 in 24 events... ended his senior year averaging 71.9 strokes per round... selected to the All-American Athletic Conference team after scoring 221 and placing tied for 25th-place at the American Championship... participated as an individual in the 2015 NCAA Lubbock Regional, placed tied for 14th-place with a one-under-par won individual medalist honors at the UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic after scoring (210) and finishing six-under par... counted a score of 218 at the Irish Creek Collegiate and tied for 28th-place... tied for sixth place at the 2015 Desert Shootout with season-low 54-hole total of finished in the top-20 for five consecutive tournaments this year, ending at the Puerto Rico Classic after carding 212 in three rounds to finish tied for seventh place... shot a career-best-tying 67 in the third round of the Puerto Rico Classic... finished tied for 17th place at the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational with a 218 three-round score... placed tied for 18th after carding rounds of (145 total) at the Rod Myers Invitational... finished in 6th place at the 2014 Jack Nicklaus Invitational with a 54-hole total of opened the season at the Windon Memorial with a score of 216 and tied for 29th place... had a 72.8 stroke average in 36 rounds in the season with seven top-20 performances... earned second-team all-c-usa honors in had three top-20 finishes in the fall, including a seventh-place performance at the Eagle/Osprey Intercollegiate... totaled four top-20 finishes in the spring... had his best career performance of first place at the Conference USA Championships... had a 73.8 stroke average in 34 rounds in placed among the top-25 six times in 12 tournaments in the season... best performance was fifth-place at both the David Toms Invitational and the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational... earned C-USA All-Freshman Team honors in played in 10 tournaments and finished among the top-20 five times with four top-15 performances in had a 73.6 stroke average in 30 rounds in turned in a 4th place performance at the Louisiana Classics in also had a 10th place performance at The Woodlands All-American and 13th finish at the Conference USA Championship... had a 15th place finish in his first career tournament at the 2011 Northern Intercollegiate... had a team-best 72.6 stroke average in 18 rounds during the spring 2012 season. MATTHEW MARQUEZ... finished his sophomore season averaging 75.7 atrokes per round in 11 tournaments and 32 rounds... had his career-best finish of 17th place at the American Athletic Conference Championships this spring with a score of 217 and was the top performer for Tulsa... played in seven tournaments in the season... had a 77.4 stroke average in 21 rounds... best finish as a freshman was 37th at the River Landing Intercollegiate... played on the 2012 Trinidad and Tobago National Team... won the 2012 Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship, setting a three-day tournament record with rounds of advanced to the round of 16 at the 2012 Florida Junior Tour... finished in fourth place at the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club in November also placed seventh at the TPC Tampa

3 Bay Classic in October SEBASTIAN SMITH... transfered from the University of San Diego... had a 74.7 stroke average in 25 rounds this season... best finish was 12th-place at the Irish Creek Collegiate after scoring one-over par 214 in 54 holes. COLTON STAGGS... played in 39 career tournaments at Tulsa... transferred to Tulsa from Oklahoma State prior to the spring 2012 season... had 12 career top-20 finishes at Tulsa... finished his senior year averaging 73.3 strokes per round... top performer for the Hurricane in fall 2014, averaging 72.1 strokes per round... finished in fourth-place (212, his second lowest 54-hole total this season) at the UALR/First Tee after leading the individual field through the first two rounds... carded 217 at Irish Creek to tie for 23rd-place... tied for 32nd place at the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational (221)... added a top-20 finish at the Intercollegiate at the Grove after scoring a 54-hole total of 224, tying teammate Matt Mabrey for 18th place... finished tied for 25th place at the Rod Myers Invitational after scoring 150 on rounds of 72 and finished in 5th place at the 2014 Jack Nicklaus Invitational with a score of won the Windon Memorial to open the fall season with a score of shot a career-best 63 in the third round to take home medalist honors, which tied both course and tournament record lows... best finish in was 19th place finishes at the Columbia Regional Preview and the River Landing Intercollegiate... totaled a 75.6 stroke average in 30 rounds in the season... had a 74.9 stroke average in 34 rounds in had five top-20 performances in his best finish was 16th place at the Desert Shootout... played in six events and had a 77.0 stroke average in 18 rounds during the spring 2012 season after transferring from OSU... best 2012 finish was 16th place at the 2012 NCAA Greensboro Regional... was a four-time all-conference selection at Jenks (Okla.) High School... was an all-state selection for the Trojans as well... also named the Tulsa World All-Metro Golfer of the Year... captured Class 6A regional titles in 2007 and won the PGA South Central Junior Championship in 2008 and won the 2009 OGA Men s State Amateur to become the youngest winner in the history of the event. FRANCISCO YANEZ... finished his sophomore year averaging 76.5 strokes per round... had his best finish of the season placing tied for 35th at the UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic (225) and matched that finish at Irish Creek after carding carded 222 and tied for 59th place at the Windon Memorial to kick-off the season... saw action in one tournament in played just two rounds at the Eagle/Osprey Intercollegiate and had a 78.0 stroke average for those two rounds. BROGDEN FINISHES 29th SEASON AT TULSA... Bill Brogden completed his 29th year as the men's golf coach and assistant athletic director at The University of Tulsa in the season. In 46 years as a collegiate golf coach, Brogden has taken teams to national prominence at four different schools. During that time, his teams have qualified for national competition 37 times, including 19 times to the national championship round. Brogden has earned conference coach of the year accolades 11 times, has been inducted into the GCAA Hall of Fame, has coached 22 All-Americans and has won 16 conference championships. Under Brogden's guidance, Tulsa has won seven Missouri Valley Conference titles and captured the Western Athletic Conference Championship in Tulsa finished as the WAC runner-up in 2001, 2003 and 2004, and in 2005 tied for the school's second WAC title. In , Brogden led the Hurricane to the 2007 Conference USA crown and the NCAA Central Regional title. He was named C- USA and the Central Regional Coach of the Year. Brogden's Year-by-Year Record NCAA Conference Year School NCAA Place Finish Memphis NCAA 17th 2nd MVC Memphis th MVC LSU th SEC LSU NCAA 11th 4th SEC LSU NCAA 18th 2nd SEC LSU NCAA 13th 2nd SEC LSU NCAA 24th 3rd SEC ORU Independent ORU NCAA 6th Independent ORU NCAA 6th Independent ORU NCAA 3rd 1st MCC ORU NCAA 2nd 1st MCC ORU NCAA 23rd 1st MCC ORU NCAA 23rd 1st MCC ORU st MCC ORU NCAA 25th 1st MCC ORU MCC Tulsa NCAA 32nd 1st MVC Tulsa NCAA 25th 1st MVC Tulsa Regional 9th 3rd MVC Tulsa Regional 12th 1st MVC Tulsa Regional 15th 1st MVC Tulsa Regional 14th 2nd MVC Tulsa NCAA track probation Tulsa Regional 13th 1st MVC Tulsa NCAA 11th 1st MVC Tulsa Regional 19th 1st MVC Tulsa Regional 12th 7th WAC Tulsa Regional 13th 13th WAC Tulsa Regional 21st 16th WAC Tulsa Regional 16th 4th WAC Tulsa Regional 11th 2nd WAC Tulsa NCAA 9th 1st WAC Tulsa Regional 23rd 2nd WAC Tulsa Regional 18th 2nd WAC Tulsa NCAA 29th 1st WAC (tie) Tulsa Regional 14th 3rd C-USA Tulsa NCAA 25th 1st C-USA Tulsa 5th C-USA Tulsa Regional 9th 5th C-USA Tulsa Regional 8th 5th C-USA Tulsa Regional 11th 3rd C-USA Tulsa NCAA 30th 7th C-USA Tulsa Regional 7th 6th C-USA Tulsa 3rd C-USA Tulsa 8th, AAC LAST 9 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Year Place Top Individual * 1st Nicolas Geyger, 2nd Brett Myers, 2nd Sam Korbe, 10th Mitch Cohlmia, 10th * 5th Rob Laird, 3rd Nicolas Geyger, 6th * 5th Nicolas Geyger, 5th Ryan Brooks, 11th * 5th Rob Laird, 6th Arie Fauzi, 12th * 3rd John Young Kim, 4th Johannes Veerman, 5th * 7th Matt Mabrey, 13th * 6th Chris Worrell, 28th * 3rd Matt Mabrey, 1st Logan McCracken, 2nd ^ 8th Matthew Marquez, 17th *Conference USA ^American Athletic Conference

4 Tulsa has made seven appearances at the NCAA Championships under Brogden 1987, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2007 and In 2002, Brogden s team placed third at the NCAA Central Regional and advanced to the NCAA Championships. The Hurricane entered the final round in second-place and finished with the school s highest national finish with a ninth place performance. Brogden was named the Central Region Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2007 as selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Brogden was named as the TU coach on September 2, 1986 following 10 seasons as the head coach at Oral Roberts University. At ORU, Brogden's teams made seven NCAA Championship appearances, captured six Midwestern Collegiate Conference titles and won 15 tournaments. He was named the National Coach of the Year in 1980 and added the District V Coach of the Year honors in '80, '81 and '85. Before his appointment at ORU, Brogden coached for five years at LSU and two years at Memphis.

5 The University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane Men's Golf Final Results Team Results 1st 2nd 3rd Total Place/Teams Par #of Golfers Fall '14 Windon Memorial Classic (S 21-22) T8th/ Jack Nicklaus Invitational (S 28-29) th/ Rod Myers Invitational (O 11-12) r/o th/ Grove Intercollegiate (O 26-28) th/ Spring '15 UTSA Oak Hills Invitational (F 9-10) th/ Puerto Rico Classic (F 22-24) T14th/ Tiger Invitational (M 8-10) th/ Desert Shootout (M 19-21) th/ UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic (M 30-31) st/ Irish Creek Collegiate (A 11-12) T7/ The American Championships (A 26-28) th/ Individual Player Statistics Total/Spring Total/Srping Player Tourn Rounds Fall Spring Total Low Top Finish Matt Mabrey (Sr.) 12/8 35/ (800) 71.6 (1,719) 71.9 (2,519) 67 1st Colton Staggs (Jr.) 11/7 32/ (793) 73.9 (1,551) 73.3 (2,344) 63 1st Sebastian Smith (So.) 9/7 25/ (450) 74.6 (1,417) 74.7 (1,867) 68 T12th Matthew Marquez (So.) 11/7 32/ (846) 75.1 (1,577) 75.7 (2,423) 68 17th Francisco Yanez (So.) 11/7 32/ (848) 76.2 (1,600) 76.5 (2,448) 69 T35th Cody Kent (Sr.) 2/0 5/ (393) N/A 78.6 (393) 75 T53rd Sam Humphreys (Fr.) 0/0 0/0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Individual Player Tournament-by-Tournament Results Tournament Humphreys Kent Mabrey Marquez Windon Memorial Classic dnp dnp =216 (T29th) =229 (79th) Jack Nicklaus Invitational dnp dnp =215 (T6th) =231 (T51st) Rod Myers Invitational dnp 80-78=158 (T62nd) 69-76=145 (T18th) 73-80=153 (T49th) Grove Intercollegiate dnp =235 (T53rd) =224 (T18th) =233 (T49th) UTSA Oak Hills Invitational dnp dnp =218 (T17th) =228 (T56th) Puerto Rico Classic dnp dnp =212 (T7th) =233 (T68th) Tiger Invitational dnp dnp =221 (T31st) =218 (T19th) Desert Shootout dnp dnp =207 (T6th) =221 (T57th) UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic dnp dnp =210 (1st) =228 (T55th) Irish Creek Collegiate dnp dnp =218 (T28th) =232 (T75th) The American Championships dnp dnp =221 (T25th) =217 (17th) NCAA Regionals dnp dnp =212 (T14th) dnp Tournament Smith Staggs Yanez Windon Memorial Classic =223 (66th) =205 (1st) =222 (T59th) Jack Nicklaus Invitational =227 (T43rd) =214 (5th) =235 (T59th) Rod Myers Invitational dnp 72-78=150 (T38th) 72-82=154 (T54th) Grove Intercollegiate dnp =224 (T18th) =237 (T59th) UTSA Oak Hills Invitational =228 (T56th) =221 (T32nd) =227 (T53rd) Puerto Rico Classic =229 (57th) =232 (67th) =234 (T71st) Tiger Invitational =223 (T36th) =224 (T39th) =248 (87th) Desert Shootout 75-WD-WD (WD) =214 (T28th) =220 (T51st) UALR/First Tee Collegiate Classic =225 (T42nd) =212 (4th) =223 (T35th) Irish Creek Collegiate =214 (T12th) =217 (T23rd) =220 (T35th) The American Championships =223 (T30th) =231 (T45th) =228 (40th) NCAA Regionals dnp dnp dnp