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Alexis Mihelich

Alexis Mihelich

HEAD COACH

Experience: 6th Year
Alma Mater: University of New Orleans, 2005

rough veseasonsasheadcoachatSIU,AlexisMihelich - was the Individual Medalist at the Saluki Invitational

has built upon the tradition of excellence in Saluki women’s earning MVC Player of the Week and Scholar Athlete of
golf. Under Mihelich, the program has compiled 14 team the Week honors. e spring season saw three top- ve team

tournament titles, 11 individual tournament titles, plus six nishes and seven top- ve individual nishes. e team
runner-up team nishes and seven individual runner-ups. In concluded the season nishing third at the MVC Conference

60 total tournaments spanning ve seasons, the Salukis have Championships where Brooke Cusumano nished as

nished in the top ve 42 times.
runner-up. Cusumano also earned All-Conference honors,
was named to the MVC All-Scholar-Athlete rst team, and

Mihelich was named women’s golf head coach at Southern was awarded the prestigious MVC Elite 18 Academic Award

Illinois University on Aug. 5, 2011. In her rst year (2011- for superlative achievement in academics and athletics ree
12), Mihelich led the Salukis to four tournament wins (Ball golfers took First-Team All-Conference honors, and Alisha
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State, SIUE, Saluki, NIU), the most wins in a single season in Matthews set a MVC Championship record with a single-

M school history. An SIU golfer won medalist honors in ve of round score of 67. SIU had six MVC Golfers of the Week.
the team’s 11 tournaments (SIUE, NIU, Saluki, MAC preview, Four players earned National Golf Coaches Association All-
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and Ball State), and four di erent Salukis won at least one American Scholar honors under Mihelich’s.
tournament. For the season, Southern nished among the

C top three teams in nine tournaments, including a third-place In year ve (2015-16) at SIU, Mihelich’s team recorded

H nish at the MVC Championship.
six top-three nishes, including victories at the UIC Fall
A Invitational and Loyola Invitational. Two players won

M In year two (2012-13) under Mihelich, SIU won the SIUE Medalist and MVC Player of the Week honors, and three
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Intercollegiate, and two Salukis won individual titles on the individuals earned MVC All-Scholars honors. Southern led
I year (Middle Tennessee and SIUE). e team produced the MVC with six players named to the WGCA All-American
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three MVC Golfers of the Week, two All-Conference players, Scholars team.
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S a third-place nish at the MVC Championship, and nine-
straight top- ve nishes. Two Salukis earned spots on the Prior to SIU, Mihelich served four years as women’s golf
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I MVC Scholar-Athlete team and three players made the head coach at Chicago State (2007-11). At CSU, she turned

P WGCA All-American Scholar team -- the second consecutive a last-place program into one that competed for tournament
year Mihelich landed at least three of her student-athletes on titles. Her 2010-2011 squad won three events (twice at the
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Chi-Town Showdown and once at the Windy City Triangular)
and nished in the top three of four tournaments and top ve

During year three (2013-14), the Salukis won four team in 9 events, including a third-place nish at the Great West

titles (UMKC, Middle Tennessee, Bradley and Saluki) and Conference Championship. Her 2008-2009 squad recorded
had one runner-up nish at Murray State. On the Individual three team tournament wins (IPFW, Chi-Town Showdown,

side, the team boasted one medalist honor at the Dual at St Francis), including the program’s rst team and individual

Dalhousie, one MVC player of the week, one MVC All title, one Individual Champion (St. Francis), and one
Conference selection, and one MVC All-Scholar athlete. Individual Runner Up (Green Bay).

For the third-consecutive year, at least three Salukis earned

WGCA All American Scholar honors.
In 2010, Mihelich was honored with the NIU Huskie
Classic Coaches Award, becoming the rst coach outside of

In her fourth season (2014-15), Mihelich opened the the Mid-American Conference to win the honor since 2003

season with back-to-back wins, claiming the Jan Weaver a er her team’s third place nish at the 2010 NIU Huskie
Classic hosted by Murray State and the inaugural Saluki Classic. A er her nal season at Chicago State in 2010-11,

Shootout. In the spring, the Salukis won the Saluki Invitational Mihelich earned Midwest Section Coach of the Year honors
for the third-consecutive time to remain undefeated at home by the LPGA for her outstanding accomplishments in

during her tenure. is victory marked the 12 team title collegiate women’s golf.

under Mihelich, as the Salukis shot the second-lowest 18-hole
round in school history at a 289. One Saluki - Mattie Lindner
Other stops before coming to Southern — Mihelich was a

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