Aug. 14, 2008

9.14.08 - OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Mid-America Christian University Head Golf Coach Markus Crandall has announced the signing of Rigele Dean. He will join the MACU golf program from Oklahoma Baptist University in the fall of 2008.

Dean, 22, is an Oklahoma City native who is the son of Chrystell Dean. He graduated from Westmoore High School in 2004. While playing golf for the Westmoore Jaguars, Dean was team captain and an all-conference selection as a junior and senior. He had a tournament stroke average of 74.3 and he won three high school tournaments: the Del City Invitational, the Edmond North Invitational and the Enid Invitational. On the Junior PGA circuit he won eight south central tournaments and was voted player of the year in 2003.

Dean played on the varsity golf team at Oklahoma Baptist University in the 2006-2007 season. While at OBU he placed in the top ten at the Southwestern Kansas tournament and the Oklahoma Christian Invitational. His stroke average was 75.9."Rigele is a talented golfer that has one year of college golf under his belt," Crandall said. "He brings experience and gives our team more depth. Having Rigele join the team will create positive intra-squad competition. I look forward to having his Rigele in our program."

MACU is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Sooner Athletic Conference.