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The 2008-2009 was a season in which the Conquistadors finished 2nd in
the conference and 16th at the NJCAA National Championship. It also
marked the 17th straight year the school finished the season ranked in
the national poll (10th).
The 2009-2010 season will
have the Conquistadors looking to win their 6th KJCCC Team Championship
in the last ten years. The team's nationally ranked streak will also be
on the line. If the team qualifies for the NJCAA National Division I
Championship it will mark the 20th straight year the Conquistadors have
competed in the tournament.
The 2008-2009 season saw
the Conquistadors place two players on the All-KJCCC
Conference team. Anders Engell(1st Team), Truls Hilde( Honorable Mention). The selections makes 55 Conquistadors that have
been selected to the All-Conference teams in the past 19 years. Dodge
City leads all other conference schools in all-conference selections.
Anders Engell selection to the Ping Golf Coaches Association
All-American Team (2nd Team) is the second straight season that a Conq
golfer has earned such a honor Three members of the 2008-2009 team
gained athletic scholarships to continue playing college golf, Anders
Engell (Wichita State University); Zac Henderson (Rodgers State
University); and Truls Hilde (Faulkner University).
The 2008-2009 team again
showed that not only are the Conquistadors very good golfers, but also
outstanding in the classroom. The team earned the NJCAA National
Academic Golf Team of the Year Award again by earning a 3.56 GPA. It was
the third straight year the Conquistadors have won the award.
How good will the
2009-2010 team be? For the first time in the 20 years that Casey
Malek has been the head coach the Conquistadors will only have one
returning player with any college tournament experience. With the lost
of four graduating sophomores from last year's team and the four-year
transferring of three freshmen the 2009-2010 squad will have nine first
time college players. The nine new players, however, bring with them
talent and great work ethic. All of the newcomers were the best players
on their high schools teams and all had outstanding summer tournament
results
How will 2009-2010 be for
the Conquistadors? A schedule that has the team playing against the best
teams in junior college golf as well as a always tough conference
schedule should have the Conquistadors making their 20th straight trip
to the National Championships.
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