BATON ROUGE – For the second year in a row, LSU men’s golf assistant coach Shane Warren has been recognized for his efforts in helping to lead the No. 8-ranked Tigers to another outstanding season in 2011 as he is one of eight semifinalists for the 2011 Jan Strickland Award, announced this weekend by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
The Jan Strickland Award is selected by the GCAA and presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf, which has served as the sponsor of the award since its inception in 2003.
Each year, the Strickland Award seeks to honor the assistant coach for NCAA Division I, II, III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics or National Junior College Athletics Association that has excelled in working with their student-athletes in success on the course and in the classroom.
Warren is one of eight assistant coaches from around the country to be named a semifinalist for the award this season, including Steve Bradley of Florida, Josh Brewer of Southern California, Garett Clegg of Washington, Stafford Gray of Oklahoma City, Christian Newton of Georgia Tech, Tyler Stith of Iowa and Chris Whitten of Michigan.
Finalists for the 2011 Jan Strickland Award will be named on May 6 with this year’s recipient receiving a chance to further his professional development with an invitation to the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Kingdom in Carlsbad, Calif.