{"id":150843,"date":"2018-08-07T14:47:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T19:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=150843"},"modified":"2018-08-07T14:47:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T19:47:12","slug":"kapaun-new-uj-mens-and-womens-golf-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=150843","title":{"rendered":"Kapaun  new UJ men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s golf coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-150844\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kaupaun-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kaupaun-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kaupaun-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kaupaun-320x175.jpg 320w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kaupaun.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jamestown \u00a0 (uj.edu)<strong> \u00a0 <\/strong>\u2014The University of Jamestown has named Nathan Kapaun as the new men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s golf coach, Director of Athletics Sean Johnson announced Tuesday, and said, &#8220;Nathan is not only the right fit for our program, but I&#8217;m confident that he is a long-term solution for our student-athletes. \u00a0He was a tremendous leader in our program as an undergraduate student-athlete, and those leadership qualities will carry over to his role as head coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kapaun, a graduate of West Fargo High School, was a three-year captain for the Jimmie men&#8217;s golf team and helped Jamestown in qualifying for the 2015 and 2018 NAIA National Championships. He was a first team all-conference selection in 2016-17 and 2017-18. In May, Kapaun graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration and is pursuing his master&#8217;s degree in Leadership this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Kapaun says,&#8221;I want to say thanks to Dr. Polly Peterson and Sean Johnson for this tremendous opportunity.\u00a0 I am beyond excited to continue the success of the Jimmie golf teams both in the classroom and on the golf course. It&#8217;s an honor to lead such a great group of players, and I&#8217;m excited to continue my role with the University of Jamestown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joining Kapaun will be assistant coach Amber Backen. Backen played two years at Minnesota State University-Moorhead before finishing her collegiate career at Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) University. At DWU, Backen was a medalist at the NAIA Region III Tournament while helping the Tigers qualify for the NAIA National Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The Jimmie men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s golf teams open the 2018 season on August 28 with the UJ Fall Kickoff at Jamestown Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown \u00a0 (uj.edu) \u00a0 \u2014The University of Jamestown has named Nathan Kapaun as the new men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s golf coach, Director of Athletics Sean Johnson announced Tuesday, and said, &#8220;Nathan is not only the right fit for our program, but I&#8217;m confident that he is a long-term solution for our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150845,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150843\/revisions\/150845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}