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Skip Steffey, now in his sixth season as head coach, was named the 2008-09 GLVC Coach of the Year last year.

During the 2008-09 season two Flyers finished in the top 10 at the GLVC Championship. Amy Sachs earned All-GLVC honors while Jamie Siedlaczek missed all-conference accolades by just one stroke, tying for eighth.

Sachs was then selected to compete as an individual in the super regional. Siedlaczek, who won Lewis' first women's golfer of the month award in October of 2008, took home a special Lewis honor at the end of the school year. She was earned Lewis' Female Senior Student-Athlete Award. The annual honor goes to the student-athlete with the best overall grade-point average.

"I hope to continue to create a team atmosphere that is both competitive and family-like," said Steffey, a member of the National Golf Coaches Association. "I believe Lewis can draw outstanding student athletes and compete for conference and national titles in a short period of time.

"Our goal is to field a highly competitive team of outstanding students who enjoy the competition that Division II golf can present, while still focusing on academics."

In 1971, Steffey earned a bachelor's degree in physical education (English minor) and K-12 teaching accreditation at Texas Christian University. He was a member of the golf team, dormitory council president in 1970 and a graduate assistant golf instructor in 1971.

Steffey continues to play competitive amateur golf and has made numerous appearances in the Illinois State Amateur Championship.

A resident of Lockport, Steffey is a full-time Senior Loan Officer for American Home Mortgage. His wife, Karen, is a 1997 Lewis graduate who played two seasons for the Flyer women's golf team and was a two-time Academic All-GLVC selection. She teaches 7th-grade language arts at Summit Hill Junior High School in Frankfort.

The Steffeys are parents of a son, Tres, and a daughter, Kim. Tres is a 2004 sport management graduate of Lewis, where he played four years on the Flyer men's golf team and twice earned All-American Scholar recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America. He is attending law school in Florida. Kim is a 2006 graduate of Western Illinois University, where she was a Dean's List student, a member of Chi Omega sorority and president of the Panhellenic Council. She is a gymnastics instructor and coach at Gymkinetics in Mokena.