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HUSKERS.COM @HUSKERWGOLF #HUSKERS 3 Mike Schuchart Assistant Coach (14th Season) Schuchart’s Honors Played in Three U.S. Opens Played in Four PGA Championships Three-Time Champion on Nike Tour Finished Fifth at 1993 Hardee’s Invitational (PGA Tour event) Nike Tour Championship Winner (1994) Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame Inductee (2010) Three-Time Nebraska PGA Player of the Year Member of National PGA Cup (1992) Nebraska Open Champion (2002, 2003) Nebraska Teacher of the Year (2003) Nebraska PGA Section Club Professional Champion (2003, 2005) Nebraska Amateur of the Year (1984) Nebraska (1985) Former Husker and professional golfer Mike Schuchart returns for his 14th season as an assistant coach for the women’s golf squad at his alma mater. Schuchart helps the Huskers with all aspects of their games. Schuchart adds years of professional experience to the Husker staff with more than 20 years as a PGA member with extensive playing experience on both the PGA and Nationwide tours. During his time on the Nike Tour, he was a three-time champion, including the 1994 Nike Tour Championship. He has also played in three U.S. Opens and four PGA Championships. He has been named the Nebraska PGA Player of the Year three times and was a member of the National PGA Cup in 1992, which represented the United States internationally. His best showing on the PGA Tour was a fifth-place finish at the Hardee’s Invitational in 1993. In 2010, Schuchart was inducted into the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame. In addition to playing golf, Schuchart designed the Prairie golf putter MS-1. Developed for fast greens, the putter is shorter from heel to toe and is face balanced. Schuchart lettered for the men’s squad in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. Mike and his wife, Felicia, have a 16-year-old son Keegan. Schuchart and his family reside in Lincoln. Nebraska golf Academy The Nebraska Golf Academy is a unique indoor golf training facility that offers over 2,000 sq. ft. of indoor putting and chipping surface located at Wilderness Ridge Golf Club. The Academy has seven covered, heated hitting bays and two teaching bays fully equipped with video and equipment analysis. The Nebraska women’s golf team practices regularly at the Academy during the season. Top: The indoor putting and chipping facility at the Nebraska Golf Academy provides the Huskers with space to work on their games year round at Wilderness Ridge. Bottom: The hitting bays at the Nebraska Golf Academy have heaters inside and look out to on the Wilderness Ridge driving range. Commitment