Steve Conley Selected to Join the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame

Steve Conley Selected to Join the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame
Banquet will be held January 22, 2007 in Florida

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 17, 2007
MARIA SIKORYAK-ROBINS
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS

Conley

FAYETTEVILLE, NC—The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) will be inducting Steve Conley, Methodist University’s men's golf coach, as well as Mike Watley, Fresno State coach, into the Hall of Fame. The 2006 class will be honored at the GCAA Hall of Fame Reception and Awards Banquet on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007 at the Radisson Resort at the Port in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

In his 21st season as head coach at Methodist University, Conley has led the Monarchs to nine NCAA Division III national championships. Methodist has finished in the nation’s top five every year since Conley accepted the Methodist coaching position in 1987. Highlighting the successes are national championships from 1990-92 and 1994-99, plus three national runner-up finishes and nine third-place showings. In addition, Methodist has won 18 conference championships during his tenure. Conley has been a 14-time Coach of the Year in both the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the USA South Athletic Conference, a 10-time GCAA District/Regional Coach of the Year, and four-time Eaton/Golf Pride National Coach of the Year. He has produced nine individual national champions, 62 PING All-America selections, and 12 Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars. In 1998, Conley led the Americans to victory in the Fuji Xerox USA vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship.

The men's golf team will tee off their spring season February 26-27th at the Mid Pines Invitational in Southern Pines, N.C.

Methodist University is Fayetteville’s only independent, four-year institution of higher education. The University enrolls 2,147 students from 41 states and 30 countries. For more information, please contact Sports Information Director at (910) 630-7172.