The uniforms were the start. Black skorts and orange, purple, red and white polos with a glow-in-the-dark logo. The young women on the Edward Waters University golf team really, really liked that one-of-a-kind logo.
The six asked their coach, Kelly Allen, if they could leave practice early. They wanted to wear their new uniforms back to campus “because the students didn’t really know that we had a golf program,” freshman Leiahnni Smith explains. They took pictures of each other in their new gear. They shared TikTok videos, too.
The grant from the PGA TOUR’s signature event was earmarked to fund scholarships, cover operational expenses and secure a head coach, among other necessities. In addition, past PLAYERS tournament chairmen, who are members of the Red Coats, also delivered more than $10,000 in golf supplies like push carts and backpacks for the team.
“They wanted me to check out the school, and if it’s something I liked and I wanted to be a part of, then I would be a part of that history,” recalls Smith, a business administration major who hopes to work in the golf industry after graduation. Smith is one of just three players on the EWU team who played golf in high school, and the most accomplished. The first African American in northwest Ohio to win a state championship, she is also the first Woman of Color Golf-HBCU Collegiate Student Athlete Ambassador.
“It was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen on a golf course,” says Allen, who works part-time at Brentwood and Hyde Park Golf Club, in addition to coaching and running his own business, Golf by Kelly, with its signature “Hitman” logo. Yes, the one that glows in the dark. He went on to play at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina where he won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in 2015. When he got out of school, though, Allen realized the adult world was very different. He realized he didn’t have the passion or the work ethic to try to play professionally, so he bounced around at different jobs, working in pro shops and even writing mortgages at one point, while also launching his lifestyle brand.
Allen knows that Smith has a trusted mentor in Duncan, although he does try to add structure to her practice sessions with a variety of chipping and putting games. Her talent and work ethic set a bar for the rest, and Smith in turn has helped teammates like Aschenbrenner be patient as the soccer converts get more comfortable with the game.
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