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Jon Mays Named
New Executive Director
of the MGA
THE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ALUM RETURNS TO MINNESOTA AFTER
A CAREER AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN.
On
September 22, the Minnesota
Golf Association announced
leadership,
Jon Mays as its newly hired executive
director and chief operating officer.
Mays, 34, is the seventh executive director
in the association's 122-year history,
succeeding Tom Ryan, who announced
his retirement earlier this year. Mays will
lead the MGA staff in serving the association's
90,000 associate members, more
than 400 member golf clubs and 14 allied
golf industry associations.
" My family and I are thrilled to be
stepping into a role that will allow me to serve the game and
our members in my home state, " says Mays, adding, " Golf has
played an important role in my life both personally and professionally,
and I look forward to using this platform to enact
change for other Minnesota golfers. I want to thank Ede [Rice]
and the other members of the search committee for putting
their faith in me to succeed Tom. Golf in Minnesota is in a better
place because of his leadership, and I look forward to working
with our experienced staff to carry on his legacy. "
Mays, who is a Bloomington native, returns to Minnesota
after a five-year stint with the University of New Haven, first
as an associate director of athletics before he was promoted to
overseeing the department of athletics as its director. Under his
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the department
received
record levels of funding, the UNH
Charger Athletics Fund flourished
and the athletics center underwent
key facility upgrades. In Mays' time,
the Chargers football and basketball
programs have achieved success on
the field and court, including consecutive
trips to the NCAA Playoffs and
an appearance in the Elite Eight for
the men's basketball team. While at
New Haven, Mays was instrumental in
establishing new men's and women's
varsity golf programs in 2022.
" Succeeding a legacy leader like Tom Ryan is no small task, " says
Ede Rice, MGA president. " We at the MGA are delighted to begin
working with Jon. With his Minnesota roots and passion for golf,
he has the perfect skill set and leadership experience to guide our
talented staff into the future, " adds Rice.
Mays is an accomplished scholar having earned his Ph.D. in
sport management from the University of Kansas. He is a graduate
of Lawrence University where he excelled as a student athlete
and served as captain for both the basketball and golf teams.
Mays will assume his new duties with the MGA full time beginning
Nov. 1, and anticipates moving his wife, Alicia, and their
young family to Minnesota over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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