Lauren Whyte: New Assistant Coach to Women’s Golf
September 28, 2018
Lauren Whyte was named the new assistant golf coach for Mercer women’s golf by head coach Michele Drinkard back in early August. Whyte joins the Bears after playing two years at Baylor and then two at Denver. In the team’s press release on Whyte, Drinkard said she was “excited” for the ad...
Mercer men’s golf assistant coach leaves corporate office for the green
Addison Robinson, Graphic Editor
August 31, 2018
Jordan Harlacher built a golf program at his alma mater, Kenyon College in Gambio, Ohio, that moved into the category of Top Division III colleges/universities in the country. He is originally from Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania, a town outside of Pennsylvania’s capital, Harrisburg. Harlacher is th...
Schanen first at Mercer named GSGA Women’s Player of the Year
Megan Rosinko, Contributing Writer
February 12, 2018
Payton Schanen, a junior at Mercer, was recently named the 2017 Georgia State Golf Association Women's Player of the Year. She is the first from the Mercer golf program to receive this honor. “I just really want to leave a legacy here. That's not just my goal but our team's goal,” Schanen said. I...
Golfer Spencer Ball is starting the year off with a driving ambition
Jayla Moody, Arts & Entertainment Editor
October 19, 2017
Spencer Ball didn’t start playing golf until his freshman year of high school. In his first season on the Mercer Golf Team, he has finished two tournaments in the Top 20. “I was a little late to the game,” he said. Ball started off at a Division II school last year, Armstrong State University, and...
Club golf improves in second tournament
Hayes Rule, Lead Writer
October 9, 2017
Filed under Golf, Showcase, Sports
T.J. Long and Nate Hahn started a club golf team at Mercer last semester to prolong their dream of playing competitive golf. Now, after the club’s second ever tournament, the team is showing signs of improvement. The Bears traveled to Alabama to play at the Robert Trent Jones trail course at Silver La...
Golf came naturally for Mercer’s Kiko Rosete
Jaya Alaan, Contributing Writer
February 22, 2017
Golf is a game that demands technique, confidence and strategy. It’s not a sport that can easily be mastered. However, sometimes the “golf gods” bless certain individuals. Kiko Rosete, a Mercer men’s golfer from Gijon, Spain, is one of those lucky people. Rosete was 2 years old when he sw...
Freshman Lauren Lighfritz makes immediate impact on the course
Caitlyn Patton, Contributing Writer
October 9, 2016
Filed under Golf, Showcase, Sports
Lauren Lightfritz always sets her eyes on the prize. At her first college tournament, Lightfritz finished as the top Mercer golfer. Golfing since the age of seven, Lightfritz has worked tirelessly to get where she is today as a freshman NCAA Division-I (D1) golfer. At the age of 11, she starte...
Inside the Den: Softball’s Kaytlin Haney
April 1, 2016
Filed under Golf, Lacrosse, Podcast, Softball, Sports, Tennis, Volleyball
https://soundcloud.com/the-cluster-sports/inside-the-den-softballs-kaytlin-haney What's it like moving from Texas to Macon, Georgia? Justin and Hayes are joined by softball's Kaytlin Haney on this week's episode of Inside the Den. The hosts talk to the senior about her career at Mercer as well as...
Inside the Den: A Just Ruling
March 27, 2016
Filed under Golf, Podcast, Sports
Justin Baxley and Hayes Rule are back in this week with another Inside the Den podcast. On this week's show, Justin sits down with a very special guest to talk about Mercer Golf. The guys also talk about all the spring sports teams in action. You will not want to miss this special episode....
Freshmen leading the charge for women’s golf
Hayes Rule, Staff Writer
March 17, 2016
New faces have dominated the Mercer women’s golf team this season. After the resignation of seven-year head coach Gary Guyer, former Ole Miss coach Michele Drinkard was hired in June to lead the program. She wasn’t the only acquisition. Freshmen Mary Janiga, Payton Schanen, Terese Romeo and Ha...
Mercer Golf Team gears up for upcoming tournament
Sophie Peel, Staff Writer
March 3, 2016
Golf is a uniquely individual sport, but collegiate golf is different because it combines scores from the top five players who compete. The highest score, the worst score, is dropped and the remaining four make up the total. The Mercer Men’s Golf team is undoubtedly that: a team. However, ind...
Top five Mercer sports moments of the fall semester
Hayes Rule, Staff Writer
January 30, 2016
Filed under Basketball, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Sports
5. Jama runs away from competition for Julius Johnson Invitational win Men’s cross country runner Ahmed Jama took the reigns as a freshman for Mercer last semester, leading the Bears in all five of the team’s races -- but that doesn’t tell the whole story for the Woodstock, Georgia, native. ...