Missouri Western golf coach Greg Dillon has announced his first three signee’s at Missouri Western. Jakob Rudosky from Cortez, Colo. and Ryan Hand from St. Joseph, Mo. have signed to play for the men while Tiffanie Yabut from Omaha, Neb. will compete with the women.
Rudosky a 5-11 player from Cortez, Colo. played his high school golf at Dolores High School under his dad Micah and Tod Plewe. His greatest sports moment was winning regionals in a playoff with a 115 yard hole out. He was a two time All-State player as well as being a three time first team All-Conference performer. In 2013 he was the individual regional champion. He helped his team to three regional championships (2010, 2011, 2012) and to a 2nd place finish at state in 2010. In 2013 he had a scoring average of 71 and in 2012 of 73. He is the son of Micah and Anett and is undecided on a major at MWSU.
Hand is a 5-9 player from St. Joseph, Mo. He transfers to Missouri Western after playing two seasons at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kan. His first season at Dodge City he finished in the top 25 five times and top 10 once. He shot a low round of 72 at the Jayhawk #4 tournament at the Salina Golf Course and finished 24th at the NJCAA D1 Men’s National Championship at Texas Tech Rawls. This past summer he finished tied for 26th in the Missouri Men’s Amateur Championship at Blue Hills CC in Kansas City firing rounds of 80-71. In the St. Joseph Men’s Tournament he finished 3rd with rounds of 78-72-74.
Yabut is a 5-1 player from Omaha, Neb. Se played her high school golf at Burke High School in Omaha, Neb. She was a four year letter winner at Burke while being named first team All-Metro once and second team All-Metro once. She was her teams captain as well as being a three time state qualifier as an individual. She placed in the top-20 at state all three years she qualified. She is also a very good student being a member of the National Honor Society and being an honor roll student. She is the daughter of Jay and Elizabeth and plans on majoring in exercise science at MWSU.
“I am really excited to land players like Jakob, Ryan and Tiffanie,” commented Coach Dillon. “We had needs as we are losing 3 solid seniors in Tyler Gast, Evan McCarthy, and Derek Hawkins. I believe Jakob and Ryan will fill those needs. These two kids are extremely excited to join this program and be part of Griffon Golf. Both are extremely powerful ball strikers. Both have proven short games as I like how both have continually shown vast improvement in their scoring averages. Both players have a competitive pedigree in junior and men’s amatuer golf and both have a hungry work ethic. They will fit in very nice with what we are doing with this program.”
“We had needs in Women’s Golf also,” stated Coach Dillon. “Darcy Smith and Shelby Stone will graduate. Tiffanie has an extremely solid golf swing and is an extremely accurate ball striker. Her short game is solid which is evident by her accomplishments in high school and junior golf events. We love the fit that she brings to us with her competitive nature. She too will fit very nicely with the players we have in this program.”
— MWSU Sports Information —