CHAMPIONSHIPS (2): 2021 (GNAC), 2022 (GNAC)

COACH OF THE YEAR (2): 2021 (GNAC), 2022 (GNAC)

OVERVIEW:

Jason Riley '16 was named as the Head Coach of the Monks' golf program during the summer on 2019.

In 2021, Coach Riley led the Monks to their second GNAC Championship in program history. On October 12th at New Haven Country Club, SJC Golf took home the championship with a 646 team card. Freshman Drew Mathieu won GNAC Golfer and Rookie of the Year, with Coach Riley taking home the GNAC Coach of the Year honors. Three Monks - Sean McDonough, Jake Laplume and Drew Mathieu garnered All-Conference accolades.

A member of the Monks' golf program for two years (2014-15), Riley – who transferred from N.C. Wesleyan to SJC prior to his junior year - twice garnered Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) All-Academic honors and played in 13 events during his college career. He also served as a team captain during his senior season.

Riley was also a member of the Monks' club hockey team for two years and served as the program's head coach during the 2018-19 campaign.

A Business Management major with a minor in Mathematics, Riley graduated with Magna Cum Laude distinction in May of 2016 and was given the Saint Joseph's College Management Award, which is given annually to the student with the highest GPA in the department, following his senior year.

"We are very grateful for Coach Smyth's leadership of the golf program," says Curtin. "Coach Smyth has been and will remain an exemplary member of our Athletics staff. Jason comes aboard with the golf program in a solid place and we are confident he will build on all that Coach Smyth worked to accomplish."

Riley currently works full-time as a Senior Software Support Specialist at Tyler Technologies in Falmouth, Maine.