SFU Men’s Golf Well Represented On All-GNAC Team
SFU Men's Golf Team Including Coach Matthew Steinbach Far Right (Twitter Image)
By Jacob Hall
Sports Information Manager, Marketing and Communications
Simon Fraser University
BURNABY, BC --- On Wednesday morning, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference announced their 2019- 2020 Men's Golf All-GNAC team selections, which included three SFU student-athletes, as well as Head Coach Matthew Steinbach.
Leading the way for SFU among All-GNAC selections was senior Scott Kerr. Kerr tied with Concordia senior Jaxson Daskalos with a 72.0 stroke average over 15 rounds, good enough for second lowest in the conference, finishing with six rounds of par or below and placing in the top-10 three times out of five events to earn his second first-team nod.
Kerr also finished tied for first place at February's Cal State San Bernardino Coyote Classic with a score of 3-over-par 216, and earned medalist honors after winning a six-hole playoff to open the spring season in style at the CSUSB Coyote Classic.
Also making the All-GNAC team was Aidan Goodfellow. Goodfellow was selected to the first team after earning second-team honors as a freshman. He was fifth in the conference with a 72.3 stroke average and placed in the top-five at two events. Goodfellow's low round of 65 in the second round of the Concordia Invitational lifted him to a tie for third place with a score of 2-under-par 211 to pace SFU to a team title at the event.
Rounding out the first-team player nominations was Isaac Lee. Lee earned his second selection to the first team after he finished sixth with a 72.4 stroke average, and had seven rounds of par or better. He carded a 68 in the second round and a 66 in the third round to finish tied for first at the Western Washington Invitational, but lost on the second playoff hole.
Finally, in his third full season as head coach of the Simon Fraser golf program, Matthew Steinbach earned the Men's Golf Coach of the Year award for the second time. Under Steinbach's watch, SFU led the conference with a 288.6 scoring average over 15 rounds and finished the season ranked No. 16 in the Bushnell Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll.
The team displayed incredible consistency over the course of the season, and placed in the top-five at four out of their five events, winning the Saint Martin's Invitational and October's Concordia Invitational, as well as finishing in second at the Western Washington Invitational. SFU was one of three teams to earn four All-Conference first team selections. Sophomore Ryan Stolys was also recognized as a second-team selection.