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05/19/2012 Men's Golf Secures NCAA Championships Bid in Impressive FashionCrimson Tide beats the field by 23 strokes to secure its 14th trip to the NCAA Championships 05/18/2012 Alabama Extends Lead at Athens RegionalCrimson Tide shoots 8-under for a 12-shot lead after 36 holes; top-five teams advance to NCAA Championships 05/17/2012 Alabama Leads NCAA Athens Regional at 15-Under ParCrimson Tide count four scores in the 60s and has a two-shot lead after 18 holes 05/16/2012 Alabama Opens Play at NCAA Athens Regional on ThursdayCrimson Tide looking for school's 14th appearances in the NCAA Championships 05/07/2012 Men's Golf Earns Top Seed at NCAA Athens RegionalCrimson Tide begins play at the University of Georgia Golf Course on May 17-19 Named the University of Alabama's head men's golf coach on July 26, 2002, Jay Seawell has rekindled the proud tradition of the Crimson Tide program and has quickly established Alabama as one of the elite programs in the country during his tenure in Tuscaloosa. In his 10th season at the helm of the Crimson Tide men's golf program, Seawell has his teams routinely ranked among the top five in the country while leading UA to eight NCAA Tournament appearances and five NCAA Championships berths - including five of the last seven. Alabama's 2010-11 team proved to be one of the best in school history. The Crimson Tide captured five tournament titles and finished ouside of the top four only one time in stroke play. The Tide posted a 137-24-0 record in head-to-head meetings and had four players ranked in the top 65 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index at the end of the season. The Tide posted a runner-up finish at the SEC Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships with a thrid-place finish at the NCAA Indiana Regional. Bud Cauley re-wrote the Alabama record book with a 70.75 scoring average over 36 rounds of golf. He finished 15 shots under par and was named a first-team All-American by both PING and Golfweek while also being choosen to the All-Nicklaus team. True freshman Cory Whitsett also garnered All-American honors under Seawell's tutelage, being named to the second team by both PING and Golfweek while also garnering first-team All-SEC and SEC Freshman of the Year honors. Fellow true freshman Bobby Wyatt was a second-team All-SEC choice. Returning only two lettermen for the 2009-10 season, Seawell was presented one of his biggest challenges. The veteran coach responded with a squad that captured their fourth straight Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and boasted four medalist throughout the season. The win at the Jerry Pate was the program's 15th in eight years under Seawell's guidance. Hunter Hamrick captured medalist honors at the JPNI and the Western Refining All-America Classic while tying for first at the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational on his way to honorable mention All-America honors. Cauley set a new school record for scoring average at 71.32 while Hamrick finished second on the team with an average of 72.88. Cauley also won the Isleworth Collegiate and the Linger Longer Invitational while garnering first-team All-American honors. The 2009 team added a program first to Seawell's resume with a victory at the NCAA Northeast Regional. It was the first regional title for the Crimson Tide's men's golf team and the club's second win of the season. Seawell's teams from 2007-09 finished sixth, 13th and 15th, respectively, in the NCAA Championships while the 2008 team also captured the school's first Southeastern Conference Championship since 1979. UA success over the past several years has energized the Tide's alumni base and created an excitement for Alabama golf not seen in recent memory. The 2008-09 team finished with two tournament titles with wins at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and the NCAA Northeast Regional. Seawell's five-man team almost always included at least three freshmen and finished with a 292.06-round average. True freshman Cauley garnered second-team PING All-America honors and first-team honors from Golfweek. He was also named first-team All-SEC and the SEC Freshman of the Year. He won medalist honors at the United State Collegiate Championship while Hunter Hamrick was the medalist at the NCAA Northeast Regional Cauley was also a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award and selected to play for the Americans at the 2009 Walker Cup and the 2009 Palmer Cup. Alabama's 2007-08 team finished the season ranked No. 3 in the final Golf World/NIKE Coaches poll and captured its first Southeastern Conference golf championship in 29 years. Seawell's success at Alabama has caught the attention and respect of his coaching peers who voted him the 2008 SEC Coach of the Year. His 2008 Tide team co-led the nation in team tournament championships with six wins. He has coached Alabama to 13 team tournament championships and five individual championships in seven years, including four medalists in 2007-08. The team also set the school's 54-hole record with the 810 it shot to win the 2007 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. His 2006-07 Alabama team made UA history, catapulting to the nation's No. 1 ranking in all three collegiate polls in September of 2006 and holding on to the top spot in the Coaches' poll from September through early February of 2007. The team won four tournaments and set school scoring records en route to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championship and a runner-up showing at the SEC Championships. Seawell is producing headline-worthy men, on the course and in the classroom. His golfers are among the most active in the Tuscaloosa community, volunteering their time at schools and helping host athletic department sponsored events for kids. In 2007-08, the golf team won both of the UA Athletic Department's biggest awards, the Men's Team with the Highest GPA and the Men's Community Service Award. Golf produced six Academic All-SEC award winners in 2008. Joseph Sykora, was a three-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American and was voted by the league's golf coaches as the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for an SEC-record three times, winning in 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2008, Sykora won both the SEC's H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award (all sports, all males in the league) and the University's Bryant Award as its top male student-athlete of any sport. Seawell has coached 13 All-Americans during his coaching career, including his latest, Bud Cauley, Hunter Hamrick and Cory Whitsett. His golfers at Alabama golfers have been nominated for the sport's highest national awards, including the Ben Hogan Award, the Jack Nicklaus Award and the Byron Nelson Award. Seawell arrived at the Capstone for the 2002-03 season and quickly established a formula for success. His first Crimson Tide team finished sixth at the SEC Championships, after a ninth-place showing the year before. Alabama also qualified for the NCAA East Regional, only the second appearance in the previous six seasons for the Tide. The 2003-04 season helped build the foundation for the coming years at Alabama. The Crimson Tide finished 11th at the SEC Championships, but captured its first tournament team title with a win at the Conrad Rehling Invitational and proved it was building for the future. That future came quickly as the Crimson Tide qualified for not only the NCAA Regionals in 2005, but finished tied for 28th at the NCAA Championships. It was Alabama's first NCAA Championship appearance since the 1996 season. The Tide posted a sixth-place finish at the NCAA East Regional to qualify. The Crimson Tide again qualified for NCAA regional play in 2006, finishing 14th at the NCAA West Regional. Alabama also recorded a third-place finish at the SEC Championships, its best at that time since a third-place showing in 1990. He began his coaching career at Anderson College where he coached from 1991-96, winning five consecutive Region 10 championships. His work earned him five Region Coach of the Year Awards. After briefly leaving Anderson for another career pursuit, Seawell returned to coach Anderson again in 1997-98 then was hired by Augusta State as its head coach prior to the start of 1998-99 season. He led ASU to four straight NCAA Regional appearances and three trips to the NCAA Championships. Seawell's 2001 team finished seventh at the NCAA Championships before turning in the best finish in school history the following year with a fifth-place showing. He coached three All-Americans during his tenure at ASU, including two-time All-American Jamie Elson and All-American and former Ryder Cup player Oliver Wilson. Seawell is a 1988 graduate of the University of South Carolina. His degree is in hotel and restaurant management. He lettered on the Gamecocks' golf team and served as the president of USC's Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Seawell and his wife, Stephanie, have three children: Brooke, Jackson and Lauren.
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