Bluefield College to add women's golf

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February 5, 2011

Anonymous Bluefield Daily Telegraph The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Sat Feb 05, 2011, 05:00 AM EST

BLUEFIELD, Va. — Coming off of the heels of announcing the return of intercollegiate football, Bluefield College will add women’s golf to the list of athletic sports offered at the college, according to a press release from the school.

Set to hit the golf course in the fall of 2011, the women’s program will be coached by the men’s golf coach, Aaron Summers. Summers, who came to Bluefield in the spring of 2010, has already begun recruiting for the fall season and will be ready to compete in the fall competitive season.

Adding women’s golf will make the second new sport added this year alone, and the sixth added with in the last five years to the college, behind men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s cross country, and football.

“BC continues to grow, and we are excited to add more opportunities for student-athletes to be a part of the BC community,” said acting Athletic Director Peter Dryer.

“We knew that adding football would give student-athletes in this region the opportunity to compete at a high level in the sport they love, and earn a degree here at BC. Women’s golf will do the same – provide a great experience competing in athletics while earning a college degree.”

BC will be on the forefront by adding women’s golf as just one of only two regional colleges in the area that will offer a separate competitive women’s golf program. Concord University is the only other school that competes in women’s golf in the region.

“There are not as many opportunities to compete in women’s golf collegiately. Having a team here at Bluefield and the knowledge and experience of a coach like Aaron Summers puts us in a position to provide a great opportunity for women golfers in the area,” said Dryer.

By adding women's golf it allows the college and Summers to tap into some regional, along with some statewide, talent that is passed by schools that do not offer a women's golf program.

"... My hope is that this addition will help to promote women's golf in the area, as well as encourage other schools to add the program," said Summers.

Summers realizes that one of the challenges of starting up a program as well as being the chief recruiter for the team is the lack of separate women’s teams at the secondary level.

“The number of girls that play golf is very low, not only in the area but in the state as well. Hopefully, with a collegiate women’s program in the area it will encourage high school age and younger girls to get into the sport,” said Summers.

Summers came to BC in the spring of 2010 after being assistant men’s and women’s golf coach at Radford University. As a professional player Summers holds the course records at four clubs in Virginia and North Carolina. Summers played collegiate golf at Radford University.

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