University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Local product and former Texas Wesleyan University standout Alex Schies enters her second year with the UT Arlington women's golf program as an assistant coach in 2020-21.

In her first season as UTA’s assistant coach in 2019-20, Schies – despite having the season cut short in mid-March due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic – helped lead the Mavs to the following accolades:

• UTA posted its first-ever under-par team round in the final round of the Lady Red Wolves Classic (Oct. 14-15) with a 3-under 285 total – seven shots better than the previous mark set in the 2018 Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (292, +4).
   
• That final round at the Lady Red Wolves Classic helped propel the Mavericks to a program-best 54-hole score with an 883 (+19) total. Each of the three-best 54-hole scores in program history occurred in 2019-20, including an 891 at the Kiawah Island Classic and an 899 at the Little Rock Classic.
   
• After holding a 312.24 team scoring average in its first-ever season in 2017-18, UTA lowered that score to 309.64 in 2018-19 and continued its progress with a program-best 307.43 in 2019-20.
   
• UTA’s national ranking also lowered again: 208 in 2017-18 to 173 in 2018-19 to 160 in 2019-20. The Mavs’ finish percentage continued the same trajectory: 24.2 percent in 2017-18 to 34.9 percent in 2018-19 to 55.6 percent in 2019-20.

A native of Mansfield, Schies spent the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach with Texas Wesleyan following a four-year career with the Rams in which she was named the Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year in all four seasons and graduated owning every individual school record.
 
Schies posted eight individual wins between 2014-18, and Texas Wesleyan's first five women's golf team wins came during her tenure. She had a career scoring average of 75.78 while finishing in the top 20 in 33 of the 39 tournaments she played.

Schies was named an NAIA First Team All-American each of her four years and competed in the NAIA National Championship each season. In 10 tournaments as a senior, Schies finished in the top 5 seven times, including four wins and her second SAC Individual Championship while leading the Rams to their first conference title.

A product of The Oakridge School in Arlington, Schies was a three-time Southwest Preparatory Conference State Champion, claiming the title as a freshman, sophomore and senior while finishing as the runner-up during her junior campaign.