

“We just need to slow down and wait and do what’s best for our program,” Bond said. One of Porterfield’s many tasks as president will be to assist with the hiring of a new athletic director, who will in turn be tasked with shaping the new SPU golf program. SPU announced last week that Deana Porterfield will become SPU’s new president this July.


“It gives us time to put some people in place and then make a decision on the coaches and the direction of the program.” “With all of the transitions the university and the department are going through – the presidential search as well as our search for a permanent athletic director – we just felt it was best for the program itself to kind of hold that off one year,” Bond said. The program was meant to debut the following fall quarter however, SPU has announced their decision to postpone these plans until 2024.Ĭhristian Bond, assistant athletic director for communications, named the lack of a permanent athletic director or school president as the reason for this decision. ( Rio Giancarlo)ĭuring fall quarter of 2022, Seattle Pacific University athletics announced their plans to add women’s golf to the department.
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JanuSPU student Adam Haagenson lines up his driver behind the ball before teeing off during a round at West Seattle Golf Course in Seattle, Wash.
