The Grand Canyon men's golf team named
Clayton Sikorski as assistant coach, Lopes head coach
Mark Mueller announced Friday.
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Sikorski has earned numerous coaching awards, including the Golden State Athletics Conference Coach of the Year, a Dave Williams NAIA National Coach of the Year finalist selection and NAIA Golf Coaches Association of America Western Region Coach of the Year.
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Most recently, Sikorski started the men's and women's golf programs in February of 2017 at Ottawa University, located in nearby Surprise, Ariz.
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At Ottawa, the Spirit won four events and finished outside the top five just once in 11 tournaments last season. Sikorski coached the National Christian College Athletic Association champion and a NAIA All-America second-team player at Ottawa. Additionally, the Ottawa was ranked as high as No. 5 in the NAIA and won the GSAC championship by 35 strokes.
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Before his time in Arizona, Sikorski was the men's and women's head coach at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. His men's team reached No. 14 in the NAIA coaches poll.
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Sikorski graduated from Oklahoma Wesleyan in 2014 and earned a Master of Business Administration degree in 2016. He played on the golf team for four years and earned Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference honors on the all-conference team twice.
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