Ron and Anna have taken Schreiner
Men's Golf from the bottom of the American Southwest Conference
(ASC), where it was when they took over, to perennial ASC title
contenders and 2013 ASC Champions. In each of the past five
seasons, Schreiner has finished no worse than fourth at the ASC
Championships but it was the 2013 season that moved the
Mountaineers to the national stage as the team played in the
NCAA National Championship Tournament for the first time. SU
finished 15th out of a field of 41 teams in its first appearance at
the national championships this past spring.
Schreiner Golf has produced seven All-ASC performers in its history and six of those have come in the past three seasons. Cheyne Kendall became SU's first ASC individual champion in 2013 and the second for Schreiner Golf in the past three years (Gabby Rosales, 2011). Ron and Anna earned their second ASC Golf Coach of the Year award in 2013.
All of this success has run parallel to the rapid evolution of the SU women's golf team which the duo started at the same time as taking over the men's program. While the women's team has become a fixture in the national rankings, the men's team made the jump in 2011-12 when it had the #4 ranked freshman class in the nation. Two of those players had a stellar run in the summer of 2012 and showed that they are competitive with the best major college players in Texas.
Still, Ron and Anna have much higher aspirations both for the men's program and their players in the years ahead. One of the areas that the duo are particularly proud of is the classroom performance of their players. The men's team won the Team Scholar GPA award for the second time in 2013 and had the highest GPA of all male teams on campus in 2010-11. Andy Bell became the program's first Academic All-American in 2012.
For both, coaching Schreiner Golf is a labor of love. Prior to coming to Schreiner, both had accomplished their career goals - Anna as a 10-year veteran of the LPGA Tour - and Ron, as Director of Athletics, Men's Golf coach and then tour caddie. So in creating Schreiner Golf, it was all for the benefit of their players.
Anna was an NCAA Division I All-American golfer at the University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) and led the Bulls to a 4th place finish at the 1991 NCAA D-I National Championships - still the school's highest finish ever. She turned professional after graduation (BS, Speech Communications) and promptly won her first pro tournament (Futures Tour-Naples Open). She retired in the summer of 2005 after a 14-year pro career - including the last 10 as a member of the LPGA. Among her professional highlights is a 15th-place finish at the 1999 U.S. Women's Open played at Blackwolf Run in her home state of Wisconsin. She has had five top-7 finishes in LPGA events and has won 11 professional tournaments. In late 2004, she shot the second lowest round, 60 (-11), in LPGA history behind only Annika Sorenstam's 59. That score also broke the LPGA record for lowest round ever shot in a final round (for a more complete listing of Anna's playing highlights, click here). Even though retired, Anna qualified for and played in her 8th U.S. Women's Open in the summer of 2007. Currently, she is Teaching Professional at The Club at Comanche Trace in Kerrville.
As mentioned, this is Ron's second stint as a college golf head coach. He was the head men's golf coach at Concord University in Athens, WV from 1999-2002. Ron took over an unsettled golf program in the fall of 1999 and completely transformed the team in one season. The team reached the NCAA Tournament and was a top finisher in the 15-team WVIAC each year he coached the team. In the classroom, the transformation was similarly dramatic. In two semesters, Concord Men's Golf went from the lowest team GPA on campus to the highest and maintained that success throughout his tenure. Ron has a Masters degree (MS - Sports Management) from St. Thomas University (Miami, FL) and and a BBA in Marketing from Ohio University (Athens, OH).
The Macoskos came to Kerrville in August, 2005 when Ron accepted the job of Director of Athletics at Schreiner. Anna, Ron, Ben (3/23/01) and their dog Nelson, live in Kerrville.
Schreiner Golf has produced seven All-ASC performers in its history and six of those have come in the past three seasons. Cheyne Kendall became SU's first ASC individual champion in 2013 and the second for Schreiner Golf in the past three years (Gabby Rosales, 2011). Ron and Anna earned their second ASC Golf Coach of the Year award in 2013.
All of this success has run parallel to the rapid evolution of the SU women's golf team which the duo started at the same time as taking over the men's program. While the women's team has become a fixture in the national rankings, the men's team made the jump in 2011-12 when it had the #4 ranked freshman class in the nation. Two of those players had a stellar run in the summer of 2012 and showed that they are competitive with the best major college players in Texas.
Still, Ron and Anna have much higher aspirations both for the men's program and their players in the years ahead. One of the areas that the duo are particularly proud of is the classroom performance of their players. The men's team won the Team Scholar GPA award for the second time in 2013 and had the highest GPA of all male teams on campus in 2010-11. Andy Bell became the program's first Academic All-American in 2012.
For both, coaching Schreiner Golf is a labor of love. Prior to coming to Schreiner, both had accomplished their career goals - Anna as a 10-year veteran of the LPGA Tour - and Ron, as Director of Athletics, Men's Golf coach and then tour caddie. So in creating Schreiner Golf, it was all for the benefit of their players.
Anna was an NCAA Division I All-American golfer at the University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) and led the Bulls to a 4th place finish at the 1991 NCAA D-I National Championships - still the school's highest finish ever. She turned professional after graduation (BS, Speech Communications) and promptly won her first pro tournament (Futures Tour-Naples Open). She retired in the summer of 2005 after a 14-year pro career - including the last 10 as a member of the LPGA. Among her professional highlights is a 15th-place finish at the 1999 U.S. Women's Open played at Blackwolf Run in her home state of Wisconsin. She has had five top-7 finishes in LPGA events and has won 11 professional tournaments. In late 2004, she shot the second lowest round, 60 (-11), in LPGA history behind only Annika Sorenstam's 59. That score also broke the LPGA record for lowest round ever shot in a final round (for a more complete listing of Anna's playing highlights, click here). Even though retired, Anna qualified for and played in her 8th U.S. Women's Open in the summer of 2007. Currently, she is Teaching Professional at The Club at Comanche Trace in Kerrville.
As mentioned, this is Ron's second stint as a college golf head coach. He was the head men's golf coach at Concord University in Athens, WV from 1999-2002. Ron took over an unsettled golf program in the fall of 1999 and completely transformed the team in one season. The team reached the NCAA Tournament and was a top finisher in the 15-team WVIAC each year he coached the team. In the classroom, the transformation was similarly dramatic. In two semesters, Concord Men's Golf went from the lowest team GPA on campus to the highest and maintained that success throughout his tenure. Ron has a Masters degree (MS - Sports Management) from St. Thomas University (Miami, FL) and and a BBA in Marketing from Ohio University (Athens, OH).
The Macoskos came to Kerrville in August, 2005 when Ron accepted the job of Director of Athletics at Schreiner. Anna, Ron, Ben (3/23/01) and their dog Nelson, live in Kerrville.